Aronnax
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -This regular podcast is powered by Fathom.World and hosted by Craig Eason - a former sailor, broadcast journalist and now maritime journalist, editor and event host.
Aronnax delves into the transformation of the ocean and maritime industries as they face some of their greatest sustainability challenges to date. It focuses on technology, the environment and the digital enablers that help drive our quest for sustainable and equitable ocean use.
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From the IMO the day history was made
July 08, 2023 17:34 - 32 minutes - 719 MBThe immediate response from across the spectrum of those in the room when the decision at the IMO to strengthen shipping's decarbonisation strategy was made. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 3rd 2023
July 02, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 593 MBDeveloping countries seek legal teeth in climate battle, WMU's seafarers and transport technology report, Ship recycling v Basel Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ships and their steel. Turning it green?
June 26, 2023 19:43 - 25 minutes - 563 MBSustainable Shipping Initiative push to get shipping to look at the next green challenge. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 19th 2023
June 18, 2023 11:50 - 32 minutes - 708 MBMore details soon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 4th 2023
June 04, 2023 17:56 - 28 minutes - 618 MBCraig Eason talks to: Alco Weeke, STC on the launch of METNET and seafarer training for a new industry Di Gilpin, Smart Green Shipping, on having a nuclear fuel carrier agree to instal a test wind system on a ship. Pia Meling, Grieg Green, on the risks of not understanding the transparency acts Shane McArdle, CEO, Kongeberg Digital, on the future of the company now Shell Ventures and IdeKapital invest $90m Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
May 28th 2023
May 21, 2023 09:36 - 36 minutes - 794 MBNews stories relating to this edition of the podcast can be found at Autonomous Ships and Autonomous crew: why we need both CIMAC Congress returns to a new era of decarbonisation Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 8th 2023
May 08, 2023 06:30 - 26 minutes - 586 MBCraig Eason talks to: Loukas Kontogiannis, Head, Marine Pollution, Marine Environment Division. Is ship sourced plastic pollution a challenge too big? Sofia Werner RISE Maritime The need to tell shipping’s growing good news about wind propulsion carefully Mariana Noceti, Principal Programme Assistant, Women in Maritime Programme, Technical Cooperation Division The role of men and International Women in Maritime Day Sveinung Oftedal, Norwegian Ministry of Climate & Environment ...
Brim Tech, Klaveness' sustainability, and MAN ES engine bonanza
April 16, 2023 13:32 - 41 minutes - 903 MBBrim Explorer is a young company started by two entrepreneurs in 2018. It has thrived, now has a fleet of soon to be five electric or hybrid electric vessels, has a partnership with a leading ferry operator and a technology spin off. I sat down on one of the company's founders, Espen Larsen-Hakkebo, on one of his boats during a trip to Oslo to talk about the company journey and the idea for the tech company Also I have a slip from a conversation I had with the Engebret Dahm, CEO of ship own...
Investing in maritime greentech, CCS onboard & renting the wind
February 25, 2023 21:48 - 29 minutes - 652 MBmore details to come Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Baltic Sea Insights 3/3
February 12, 2023 14:01 - 29 minutes - 647 MBIn this third and final Aronnax miniseries, Craig is onboard the Finnlines ferry Finnfellow which takes him from Travemunde in Germany, North through the southern part of the Baltic Sea, to Malmö in Sweden. He talks to two of the youngest officers onboard and ponders the growing activities in the Baltic Sea and the much needed spatial planning to ensure it all happens sustainably and without hitch. Links Fathom World VASAB (Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea) Finnlines SeaFocus...
Baltic Sea Insights 2/3
February 11, 2023 14:02 - 32 minutes - 707 MBThe Baltic Sea has huge economic, social and political importance. The ship's that sail it and the environmental work to save it are oft forgotten cogs in these machinations. In this first of three episodes I take three trips on three routes operated by Finnlines to talk to the crew about their careers and their views of the future. and to experts about the Baltic and work to clean it up and ensure its economic value can be sustainably achieved. This second part includes a visit to Helcom ...
Baltic Sea Insights 1/3
February 10, 2023 09:39 - 29 minutes - 642 MBThe Baltic Sea has huge economic, social and political importance. The ship's that sail it and the environmental work to save it are oft forgotten cogs in these machinations. In this first of three episodes I take three trips on three routes operated by Finnlines to talk to the crew about their careers and their views of the future. and to experts about the Baltic and work to clean it up and ensure its economic value can be sustainably achieved. This first part reflects the crew and journey...
Future training, Orcelle Wind and how to claim green properly
January 29, 2023 12:52 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBHow cargo owners get green transport without using green ships. €9m for another wind project. We need to retain up to 1.3m seafarers for a new fuel era Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dirty bottoms and more
January 15, 2023 15:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBLinks to these stories on Fathom World HD Hyundai and its CES message Starlink's rapid move into maritime WHISPER and Sidewinds: The €9.2m wind integration project Cruise ship biofouling Contact Fathom World and Craig at [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shipping's in the ETS: What's the benefit?
December 02, 2022 15:58 - 19 minutes - 15.7 MBTalks are still going on in Brussels (this is early December 2022) about the changes to the European emission trading scheme. However the part about bringing shipping into it and how it will get a special fund to help decarbonise seems to have been agreed Craig Eason talks to ECSA's Sotiris Raptis and Transport & Environment's Faig Abbasov, to organisations normally on opposing side of the table, on why they agree the news is goof news Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax....
Building underwater habitats
November 19, 2022 07:32 - 27 minutes - 22 MBHello again and welcome to a new episode of the Aronnax podcast. This is the podcast looking at the transformation of the shipping, ocean and maritime space. It is a podcast looking at the people, the technology and the environment of the seas, which if you did not know is why I chose the name Aronnax. My name is Craig Eason and I run the Fathom World news website and help organisations with their events. Now, staying in the realm of French unwater science fiction, today’s episode is abou...
Veering Windward
November 02, 2022 11:37 - 17 minutes - 13.8 MBDanielle Doggett again This is the women that is building a wooden cargo ship in the Costa Rican jungle (listen to her first appearance on the Aronnax Podcast here) has just bought a second vessel in Europe and about to put it on trade shipping Colombian coffee to American coffee lovers, and is now doing the rounds to secure financing for a fleet of wind powered (steel) container ships. Where on the wind does she get the energy? Full transcript of this episode at: https://fathom.world/ar...
Slime and emissions
October 23, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 16.5 MBWhile moderating the IMO's Glofouling R&D Forum I heard some deep discussions about invasive species, biofouling risks and the very close link between fouled hulls and new measurers to create greater fuel efficiency and ship emissions (that could be dangerous for operators who do not take note) The recent IMO Glofouling report can be found here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Life cycle thinking (Episode 6)
September 16, 2022 09:07 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBThis is the final episode of the six part mini series produced in co operation with Re-Flow, where Rasmus Elsborg Jensen (ReFlow)and Craig Eason (Fathom) talk life cycle thinking, ships fuels and circularity. Life cycle assessments are becoming big business in manufacturing. This is not something that shipping companies and other transport and logistics providers can ignore as LCA's call on an understanding of a company's scope 3 emissions (those made by a supplier as it performs the servic...
Approval for Torghatten Nord's hydrogen plans
September 03, 2022 10:24 - 26 minutes - 21 MBThe long distance hydrogen-ferry and the move away form LNG Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Life Cycle Thinking (Episode 5)
September 02, 2022 15:35 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBIn the fifth episode (of six) Rasmus and Craig discuss the way life cycle assessments can be undertaken on a ship. With the help of Dewi Wesselman from Damen Shipyards, and Ann O'Connor from the Maersk McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping, they discuss how a ship will have multiple LCA's linked to it, from its many different components and not just the fuel. Shipyards, says Dewi, are beginning to take note and realise they have a role to play right from the design and the vessel ...
Life cycle thinking (Episode 5)
September 02, 2022 15:35 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBIn the fifth episode (of six) Rasmus and Craig discuss the way life cycle assessments can be undertaken on a ship. With the help of Dewi Wesselman from Damen Shipyards, and Ann O'Connor from the Maersk McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping, they discuss how a ship will have multiple LCA's linked to it, from its many different components and not just the fuel. Shipyards, says Dewi, are beginning to take note and realise they have a role to play right from the design and the vessel ...
Life cycle thinking (Episode 4)
August 19, 2022 12:12 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBIn the fourth episode of this Aronnax miniseries looking at Life Cycle developments, Craig and Rasmus look at how these discussions are set to impact marine fuels. The IMO has its draft lifecycle HGH (and carbon intensity guidelines), LIsten to two experts, PhD researcher Megan Roux and Ann O'Connor from the Maersk McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping explain how LCAs for fuels are different from the well-to-wake (wheel) approach, and how this is going to make a big difference to...
Life cycle thinking (Episode 3)
July 15, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 729 MBThe shipowner and the fuel Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Life cycle thinking (Episode 2)
July 08, 2022 03:00 - 20 minutes - 16.7 MBFinance and green investment pressures Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Life cycle thinking (Episode 1)
July 01, 2022 03:47 - 24 minutes - 548 MBLife cycle thinking is not new. But it is growing in importance. Manufacturers are seeking better data of their product supply chains, of their emissions they they themselves create and which are created as a result of the work of their suppliers and service providers. In this first episode we hear from House of Cosmetics and Viking Lifesaving, two completely different companies but with a common objective, to build up a full data focused picture of the life cycle emissions of their prod...
Life-cycle thinking: Intro
June 23, 2022 08:37 - 10 minutes - 228 MBIntroducing a new podcast mini series produced by Fathom World and in partnership with Reflow. Life Cycle assessments are becoming an important part of industrial life as companies seek emissions and sustainability data to create a clear understanding of the impact of their products and processes. This short episode introduces the hosts, Craig Eason (Fathom.World) and Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen (ReFLow) and outlines what the full six episode mini series will cover. Support this show http://sup...
Life cycle thinking: Intro
June 23, 2022 08:37 - 10 minutes - 228 MBIntroducing a new podcast mini series produced by Fathom World and in partnership with Reflow. Life Cycle assessments are becoming an important part of industrial life as companies seek emissions and sustainability data to create a clear understanding of the impact of their products and processes. This short episode introduces the hosts, Craig Eason (Fathom.World) and Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen (ReFLow) and outlines what the full six episode mini series will cover. Support this show http://sup...
Life-cycle thinking
June 23, 2022 08:37 - 10 minutes - 228 MBIntroducing a new podcast mini series produced by Fathom World and in partnership with Reflow. Life Cycle assessments are becoming an important part of industrial life as companies seek emissions and sustainability data to create a clear understanding of the impact of their products and processes. This short episode introduces the hosts, Craig Eason (Fathom.World) and Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen (ReFLow) and outlines what the full six episode mini series will cover. Support this show http://sup...
Getting technical on the GHG changes
June 19, 2022 04:17 - 23 minutes - 512 MBTalking to Edwin Pang, Arcsilea and RINA, on what's just happened with the regulators post MEPC Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hunting with Newton
June 05, 2022 15:00 - 19 minutes - 420 MBTalking with Team Newton, winners of the IX Intelligence Hunt competition, about clean cruising Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The details of shipping in the ETS, and why methane slip just won't go away
May 22, 2022 07:09 - 22 minutes - 247 MBEuropean Parliament got tough on shipping, methane slip Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An interview with Bo-Cerup Simonsen
May 05, 2022 20:07 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBThe purpose and position of the Maersk McKinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
WISTA gets technical in Copenhagen
April 29, 2022 11:53 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBThe World Maritime Technology Conference took place in Copenhagen from April 26th to April 28th 2022 (It should have taken place last year but the pandemic put things on hold). During the event five members of WISTA (Women's International Shipping and Trading Association) Technology and Futures Committee were in the audience and taking part in sessions. I cornered them for 20 minutes to talk about where WISTA stands today and the difference it is, and can make. Around the table are: Feder...
From Mistral to Syroco
April 24, 2022 07:09 - 19 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode of the Aronnax Podcast we catch up with Alex Caizergues from Marseille, a kiteboarder who became the fastest man on water powered by the wind, lost his title and now wants to win it back, and in doing so has invented a decision making (digital twin) tool that shipping can use to make itself more efficient. Full transcript on Fathom.World Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With Orca. A ship to lead the way
April 01, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBLloyd's Register, Heidelberg Cement, Fellekjøpet, Egil Ulvan Rederi and Norwegian Ship Design join Fathom World's Craig Eason to discuss how cargo owners can have a big say in how shipping gets to decarbonise. WITH ORCA is a ship design set to show that while the clean fuels may be expensive, industry can use technology and ingenuity so a ship does not have to be used all the time the ship is at sea. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Intelligence hunting: Bringing in ideas from outside the box
February 11, 2022 19:15 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBSeven teams of maritime and logistics students took part in the latest Intelligence Hunt competition where they were given challenges by companies with real issues they want to have solutions to. The winners of the latest challenge designed a clean fuelled passenger and cargo vessel that could work in the unique waters of Finland. This episode sees Craig Eason talk to the student talent team called Rauma Decarbonisers, along with with the company that set their challenge, Rauma Marine Constr...
Northern Explorer & the fleet of hydrogen powered cruise ships
January 30, 2022 15:13 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBRolf Sandvik is ready to sign contracts and build the first of what he hopes wil be a fleet of hydrogen and battery powered luxury cruise ships. He proved his capabilities with Vision of the Fjords but this is going much further in size and ambition. He talks with Craig Eason about the plans and why he thinks it will work. A full transcript can be found on the Aronnax podcast page on the fathom.world website Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Bound4Blue: The story of Spanish wind propulsion innovation
January 22, 2022 12:34 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBHello again and welcome to another episode of the Aronnax podcast. I am Craig Eason, from Fathom World and podcast host. In this episode we go to Spain, to Barcelona. Because it is here that a relatively young company has begun to make waves having now installed a wind assist technology on a second vessel as it pushes ahead with its plans to join the growing market for fossil fuel free power solutions. The company is called Bound4Blue, founded in 2006 not by nautical engineers, but aeronaut...
Getting e-methanol for shipping: the story of Liquid Wind
January 16, 2022 12:34 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBLarge ships working on the deep seas need new fuels. The bunker fuels they use today - what are residual fuels and refined fuels - are all hydrocarbons which the industry needs to be weaned off as they emit greenhouse gases which while being just over 2% of the global amount of man-made GHGs is likely to be much bigger a percentage as other industries and society reduce their emissions and ship numbers grow as global trade and equity increase. The politics of decarbonisation are of course d...
Diane Gilpin on wind, life and financing
November 19, 2021 13:39 - 40 minutes - 56 MBIn this episode of the Aronnax Podcast Craig Eason caught up with Diane Gilpin one of shipping's greatest champions for a resurgence of wind-powered solutions as the industry seeks energy efficiencies and decarbonisation. In a wide ranging discussion Craig and Diane talked about her career, and what she has learned about innovation and how hard it is to seek financing (an issue for any sustainability focused green technology being pioneered by a startup or SME). Craig gets her thoughts on ...
Digging into UCLs latest shipping transition report
October 29, 2021 14:32 - 32 minutes - 44 MBUCL (with its consultancy arm UMAS) has issued a 122 page report outlining the paths shipowners can choose as they decarbonise the industry. Craig Eason speaks to two of the authors, Dr Alison Shaw and Dr Domagoj Baresic abou the content to find out how it could make a difference. He also asks about the role of both international and national/regional regulations and whether having both develop simultaneously is a hindrance or a help. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aronnax. ...
Meet Shipping's High Level Climate Champion
October 18, 2021 17:03 - 26 minutes - 36 MBHello and welcome to a new episode of the Aronnax podcast the show that focuses on the transformation of the maritime and ocean space. I’m Craig Eason, editorial director at Fathom.World where the stories we cover on the podcast will be found with additional detail. So, a quick plug, visit the fathom. World website and subscribe to the newsletter if you have not already done so, and also look on your chosen podcast app and follow, like and subscribe to this podcast, let me know what you th...
The dangers of anthropogenic underwater noise
September 25, 2021 15:49 - 28 minutes - 39 MB4.2 underwater sound Transcript Craig Eason, Fathom World & Podcast Host (0’00””) Hello again and welcome to the Aronnax podcast and in this episode we are looking underwater. So let’s start with some music to the ears of anyone who loves the sea. Whale song of course. Whale song is perhaps the most well-known natural sound in the oceans, after perhaps the noise of waves crashing onto beaches and other weather-related sounds. In this episode we are going to hear how anthropogenic or hum...
Air bubbles and nuclear hydrogen
September 05, 2021 07:42 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBGuests Rodrigo Bermelho/Vale Noah Silberschmidt/Silverstream Brett Rampal/CATF, Links: Vale pushes giant bulk carriers down greener path - (fathom.world) Should we use nuclear power to make hydrogen fuels for shipping? - (fathom.world) UK Government eyes nuclear powered merchant vessels with late consideration of IMO codes - (fathom.world) Earlier Aronnax episodes about wind assist technologies Aronnax: Pressure and propulsion - (fathom.world) Aronnax S1-3 Wind Part 1 - The resur...
Zero emission shipping at COP 26
July 13, 2021 13:24 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBAn association, made up of technology companies and others that believe shipping can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, was launched nearly two years ago is heading to Glasgow to UNFCCC's COP 26 to show the world what it believes can be done. The Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association believes wind propulsion, green hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells should shape shipping's future more than e-fuels. biofuels and even ammonia, options that are gaining a lot of interest in the mar...
The devil in the detail of the CII/EEXI measures to curb shippings' CO2 emissions
June 23, 2021 19:29 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBThe member state representatives who attended the latest meeting of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee did so remotely and battled through a growing lack of trust to finally agree the details of the two measures the IMO secretariat call the short term measures. These as anyone in shipping will likely know are the EEXI and CII. They will kick in in 2023 and while they will have an impact, have been decried by green lobby groups as not strong enough. But are they as weak as man...
Shipping the CO2 molecule as cargo
June 12, 2021 04:30 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBCarbon capture and storage, the process of catching industrial CO2 emissions and then storing them (sequestering them underground is seen by the IEA as a vital decarbonisation tool. Norway agrees and is supporting the efforts of Equinor, Shell and Total as they see this as a key tool for reducing Co2 emissions from their oil and gas production. (It is promoted as storage as a service, where they have emptied the oil and gas wells and can refill them with CO2). Cement makers also see the pot...
Capturing ships carbon dioxide emissions
May 31, 2021 15:40 - 14 minutes - 32.1 MBMany thanks to tech experts Sigurd Jenssen, Wärtsilä & Kazuki Saiki, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for their input talking to Craig Eason. Shipping is on a path to reduce its CO2 emissions. A lot of the talk is about new fuels, but what about using the industrial technology found ashore to capture CO2 and then either sequester it or use it again? Transcript Kazuki Saiki It's like a scrubber, a SOx scrubber and you create a shower of the amine solution through the exhaust gas and through thi...
The jungle ship
May 07, 2021 12:22 - 30 minutes - 69.8 MBCraig Eason Hello, and welcome to the Aronnax Show, a podcast about the shipping and ocean space. It’spowered by Fathom.World. I am Craig Eason and that is Danielle Doggett, the CEO of Sail Cargo a company she launched to do something very, very different. This episode of the Aronnax Show is dedicated to the ship in the jungle. A wooden ship being built in a wooden shipyard on the coast of Costa Rica and destined to sail with sustainable cargoes by shippers seeking sustainable shipping up...