Shipping Podcast - this is where we talk about the coolest industry on the planet and help raise the maritime industry's profile.
261 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe shipping industry is the backbone of international trade, contributing to the globalisation and development of the world, but it's the shipping people who makes the world go around.
This is where you meet the maritime professionals, strong characters with an interesting background.
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103 Helle Hammer, Managing Director, CEFOR, the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers
January 25, 2019 06:00 - 37 minutes - 36.3 MBIn episode 103, I finally got the chance to sit down and speak with Helle Hammer, Managing Director, CEFOR. Our paths have never crossed before, we just know each other through mutual friends in the marine insurance industry. I am happy that we got some time to speak about what it's like to be a female role model, what a lobbyist do and why it's so interesting with all the changes taking place right now. Listen to Helle and give your comments on what she is saying, do you agree? Are we...
102 Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix
January 11, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes - 35.2 MBWhat is the approach to cybersecurity in the maritime sector? Is there enough awareness to make the right decisions? Meet Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix, who I sat down with whilst at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, USA last Summer. She underlines the importance of looking upon risk management more holistic and to gain knowledge about the various threats from cyberspace that the shipping company or ship management company faces. Internet of things, it's the internet of the sea...
101 Nicklas Viby Fursund, Partner & MD, Rainmaking Transport
December 28, 2018 06:00 - 38 minutes - 37.1 MBPier47 is an office building located on the Langelinie Pier in Copenhagen, where Rainmaking Transport is creating a space for maritime start-ups. It's beautifully located at the quayside, but the most beautiful things are inside, it's the corporates' digital setups that have been given the freedom to work outside the traditional organisation chart - and the maritime start-ups where the sky is the limit of what they are going to achieve. Meet Nicklas Viby Fursund, Partner & MD at Rainmaking...
100 Lena Göthberg, Producer and Host of the Shipping Podcast
December 14, 2018 06:00 - 38 minutes - 37.1 MBThe 100th! It's a milestone! I take the opportunity to share what I have learnt by starting a podcast in the maritime industry. How it all started with a crazy idea and borrowed equipment onboard the worlds' largest container ship MAERSK MCKINNEY MOLLER and her Captain. I got the advice to start by sharing 4 episodes, just in case the prospective listeners wouldn't get hooked if I only shared one episode and that wasn't to their taste. 1. Captain Niels V Pedersen 2. Carl Johan Hagman ...
099 Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Business Development Manager, Nor-Shipping
November 30, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutes - 35 MBMeet a true Scandinavian, a female leader from Sweden, living in Denmark and working for a Norwegian company, meet Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Owner of Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory and Business Development Manager at Nor-Shipping. With a background as a Chemical Engineer, she has already spent time in many of the well-known organisations in the maritime industry, such as DNV(GL), Maersk and now Nor-Shipping. She is a force to be reckoned with and she has a very special talent for making vis...
098 Bjørn K. Haugland, Executive Vice President and the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) in DNV GL Group
November 16, 2018 06:00 - 23 minutes - 22.5 MBBjørn K. Haugland is a Naval Architect who got the sustainability perspective when he lived in China a few years ago. He started in the oil & gas industry and then worked with quality assurance of marine operations for a couple of years, but when he saw the environmental challenges his social interest became his focal point and today Bjørn is the Chief Sustainability Officer in the entire DNV GL Group. We discuss the changes to the industry today, how innovative the maritime industry is bu...
097 Paul Holthus, Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council
November 02, 2018 06:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBAt the Opening Oceans Conference, organised by NOR Shipping, I met with Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council, WOC, who was one of the keynote speakers. Paul founded WOC when he saw that shipping and the ocean environment are both inseparably linked, but with the former having a dramatic effect on the latter. Listen to Paul speaking about how the Young Ocean Professional network works, through referrals and introductions and how this network is growing. More than 35,000 volunteers a...
096 Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
October 19, 2018 05:00 - 18 minutes - 18.4 MBPeter Thomson @ThomsonFiji the United Nations Special Envoy for the Oceans, was one of the keynote speakers at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen, May 2-3, 2018 and I managed to catch him for an interview. He travels the world to promote and advocate for the SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Peter says it has been an uphill battle until the Ocean Conference in New York 2017, where the governments of Fiji & Sw...
095 Daniela Fernandez, Founder & CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
October 05, 2018 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.9 MBAttending the Opening Oceans Conference, which creates a roadmap for maritime business leaders to explore the new ocean economy options, discover synergies with their existing businesses, meet investment and gateway partners and make profitable strategic decisions, in Copenhagen early May 2018, I met Daniela Fernandez, a passionate young woman who wants to engage young people in innovation, change and new ideas about how to use the Ocean space. Daniela is the Founder & CEO of the Sustainable...
094 Nir Gartzman, Co-Founder, theDOCK innovation hub
September 21, 2018 05:00 - 26 minutes - 25.9 MBInvited by the Opening Oceans Conference, a new initiative by NOR-Shipping to help realize the potential of the ocean space, I met Nir Gartzman, from theDOCK innovation hub, who was invited to participate in the Nordic ThinkTank session. Nir has an interesting background, he is a Chief Engineer and an Israeli navy officer who has spent the last 10 years in the high-tech & the clean-tech sector in Israel when his passion for the maritime industry made him focus on the digital arena and co-f...
093 Matthew Duke, Chief Business Process Officer, Grieg Star
September 07, 2018 05:00 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBMeet the environmental scientist who fell into IT, which made him fall into the maritime industry focusing on digitalisation & innovation, Matt Duke, Chief Business Process Officer, Grieg Star. Matt started his maritime career with Odfjell, where he became Global Head of IT and built up a fascination for the shipping industry, which he wanted to become better via IT and to save money by a more structured way of working. When it became time to move on there was a choice between shippin...
092 Christopher Clott, PhD, Maritime College, State University of New York, ABS Chair of Marine Transportation and Logistics, Global Business Transportation Department
August 24, 2018 05:00 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBI met Chris Clott at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen early May and since he has a much experience from the maritime industry after having worked for liner companies, specialised in business strategy and also is one of the co-founders of the Maritime Global Innovation Centre, he gives a crash-course on where the maritime industry is right now when it comes to Industry Revolution 4.0. With the goal to influence & drive change, Chris sees the necessity of collaboration and he wou...
091 Lasse Kristoffersen, CEO of Torvald Klaveness
August 10, 2018 05:00 - 23 minutes - 23.2 MBLasse Kristoffersen started in Torvald Klaveness in 2007 heading up the business unit Klaveness Maritime Logistics. In September 2011 he was appointed new Chief Executive Officer for Torvald Klaveness and became the first company CEO from outside the Klaveness family. Lasse describes the journey from a genuine, traditional shipowner to a true digital organization ready to meet the demands of the future and how everyone in Torvald Klaveness will be invited to take part in that journey. I...
090 Thomas Öström, Founder, Board Member and CEO of Climeon AB
July 27, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes - 28.7 MBThomas Öström is the passionate person who wanted to find the solution to climate change. He is challenged by the use of fossil fuel and had an idea on how to use the energy in waste heat from industries and low-temperature geothermal heat to generate electricity. The company Climeon started in 2011 and has entered the maritime industry by turning heat into clean electricity, unaffected by weather conditions. Thomas says that the restrictions the maritime industry put on their product were...
089 Dorothea G. Ioannou, Managing Director, Global Business Development, Shipowners Claims Bureau (Hellas), Inc.
July 13, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes - 35 MBDorothea G. Ioannou is the Chief Operating Officer of the Shipowners Claims Bureau Inc., New York, in addition to leading the team in Piraeus. In 2017, Dorothea received the Next Generation Shipping Award at the Lloyd’s List Global Awards in London, which we talk about in addition to the value of social media, to create a talent pool and to be kind to people. We discuss leadership and the importance of staying on top of things, also the latest trends, if you are going to stay in business....
088 Stelios Magkanaris, Marine Claims Adjuster, Team Piraeus, The Swedish Club
June 29, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 24.5 MBMeet Stelios Magkanaris, a Fellow of the Association of Average Adjusters, who is a Marine Claims Adjuster of the Piraeus Team of The Swedish Club, which is a marine insurance company. Stelios shares his experiences from having worked with marine casualties for a very long time, after having been brought up in a shipping family. It's easy to sense his passion for the maritime industry and the marine insurance profession, where he is a stalwart member of the team. I hope that this episod...
087 Harald Huso - CEO and Founder of Huso
June 15, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes - 17.4 MBMeet Harald Huso, a developer of new media with a background of twenty years in Norwegian media, advertising, and new media. He even started a maritime tv channel some ten years ago, unfortunately, the financial crisis made it impossible to continue with that, but Harald has the experience and the knowledge about how to use digital media for branding and communication. We speak about maritime superheroes and why it's so important with role models. This episode is a "must listen". You kno...
086 Synne Marie Mossevig, Consultant, Maritime Advisory, Environmental Technology and Compliance, DNVGL
June 01, 2018 05:00 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBWhat are the implications and costs of regulations? How can public procurement be used to reduce the environmental footprint? You need to listen to Synne Marie Mossevig, who works with these issues at DNVGL in Olso. We talk about the impact of regulations, what and who influences the regulators and dives into the "usual questions" about visibility, #nextgen & the future of the #shipping industry. You don't want to miss this! Download, subscribe & listen - that's the mantra. Please help ...
085 Ingrid Due Gundersen, CFO Hoegh Autoliners
May 18, 2018 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBShip finance, an exciting rare side of the maritime industry. How does it work, where is the capital? Can that capital be accessed by the new start-ups, or is that only for the traditional borrowers? Who is better to answer all my questions than Ingrid Due Gundersen, now CFO of Hoegh Autoliners, one of the 10 women to watch for the future in the maritime industry? We also chat about what it's like to be a woman in a male-dominated industry, where you attend dinners with forty people and yo...
084 James Paddon, Senior Executive, Marsh Global Energy & Power
May 04, 2018 05:00 - 39 minutes - 37.1 MBJim Paddon, Senior Executive, Marsh Global Energy & Power, explains the marine insurance market and how it has changed over the years. Large risks like oil drilling rigs, how are they insured? What are the challenges for a marine insurance broker? What is it like to be working in a global market? All of those questions are raised in my chat with Jim, and of course, the usual questions that all the guests answers. Don't miss out! And you listeners, give feedback! What do you think? I am @...
083 Nina M Hanevold-Sandvik, Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein
April 20, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 27.9 MBNina M Hanevold-Sandvik, Senior Lawyer at Wikborg Rein in Oslo, is an expert on litigation. She is part of the emergency response team that goes out if there is a casualty with a vessel involved. Nina has got tips for young people entering the industry and she is a vivid advocate for the Maritime Trainee Program set up by the Norwegian Shipowners Association, which you can hear more about in episode 81 with Tom Kleppesto. Did I say that this is the 83rd episode? Listen to the maritime ...
082 Thea Thorstensen, Underwriter at Skuld
April 06, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes - 24.2 MBThea Thorstensen used to be a Claims Executive at Skuld, but have now changed and become an Underwriter. She loves her work, you can hear that in her voice, and is definitely a woman that we will see developing the maritime industry into something more and something bigger - if that is even possible. Thea is one of the ten women to watch for the future according to her peers in YoungShip and I agree with them. It's interesting to listen to Thea, since it was more than 25 years since I was...
081 Tom O. Kleppesto, Director and Founder, Komptensepartner
March 23, 2018 06:00 - 52 minutes - 42.2 MBTom Kleppesto, "Jack of all Trades" and a well-connected shipping man tell the story about how he has managed the Maritime Trainee program on behalf of the Norwegian Shipowners Association for a decade. We get to know how it was set up, run and what Tom thinks is the outcome of the program. We get some stories from how the students were chosen and how Tom see the changes both from the students' side, the companies side and also how leadership is different now compared to 10 years ago. List...
080 Kristine Hasle Øverby, Partner, Wiersholm Lawfirm
March 09, 2018 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBKristine Hasle Øverby is a Partner at Wiersholm Lawfirm in Oslo. She is specialized in shipping finance and deals with contractual law. Kristine is one of the 10 women to watch for the future according to YoungShip, and in this episode, we speak a lot about diversity, role models and what it's like to be a young female in a male-dominated industry, but we also get to hear about the offshore crises, the digitalisation of both the maritime industry and the legal industry and also a bit about s...
079 Patrik Berglund, CEO and Co-Founder of Xeneta
February 23, 2018 06:00 - 38 minutes - 31.4 MBTo be able to learn and gain knowledge, see the things that could change an entire industry and make it more transparent, that is what Patrik Berglund, CEO, and Co-Funder of Xeneta, is talking about in this the 79th episode of the Shipping Podcast. Hear him speak about the journey that took them from an idea to a success and what obstacles they had to face to reach the place where they are now, at the top of mind with both executives and venture capital. Xeneta is an ocean freight rate ...
079 Patrik Berglund, CEO and Co-Founder of Xeneta
February 23, 2018 06:00 - 38 minutes - 31.4 MBTo be able to learn and gain knowledge, see the things that could change an entire industry and make it more transparent, that is what Patrik Berglund, CEO, and Co-Funder of Xeneta, is talking about in this the 79th episode of the Shipping Podcast. Hear him speak about the journey that took them from an idea to a success and what obstacles they had to face to reach the place where they are now, at the top of mind with both executives and venture capital. Xeneta is an ocean freight rate ...
078 Mikael Lind, Associate Professor, Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Viktoria
February 09, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBPort Collaborative Decision Making concept (Port CDM), part of the Sea Traffic Management Validation Project - STM and the winner of the Digital Enabler Award 2017 -meet the Project leader, Mikael Lind, Associate Professor, Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Viktoria, who now has been bitten by the "shipping-bug" and loves Ports. How can the ports increase their efficiency by becoming digital? That is the question that Mikael Lind is answering in this the 78th episode of the Shipping Pod...
077 Åsa Kärnebro, Harbour Master, Port of Gothenburg
January 26, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBMeet Åsa Kärnebro, Harbour Master, Port of Gothenburg, in the 77th episode of the @ShippingPodcast. Åsa is a Master Mariner with long experience; all from sailing on tankers, teaching university students at the Maritime Academy to the HR responsibility for seagoing personnel. Being a Harbour Master entails a lot of different responsibilities, more than you think. Åsa is sharing all the different stakeholders involved in a port call, but also the responsibility the port has towards the gen...
076 Stine Mundal, Head of Section Environmental Certification, DNVGL
January 12, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MBMeet Stine Mundal, Head of Section Environmental Certification, DNVGL a naval architect, based in Hamburg, Germany. Stine is Norwegian, educated in Norway, a trainee in Norway, working in France and Singapore and now based in Hamburg. She shares her view as a young woman in the maritime industry and is one of the 10 Women to watch for the future in the maritime industry, awarded by YoungShip. You will have the possibility to meet the rest of the women at a later stage, but you can read mo...
076 Stine Mundal, Head of Section Environmental Certification, DNVGL
January 12, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MBMeet Stine Mundal, Head of Section Environmental Certification, DNVGL a naval architect, based in Hamburg, Germany. Stine is Norwegian, educated in Norway, a trainee in Norway, working in France and Singapore and now based in Hamburg. She shares her view as a young woman in the maritime industry and is one of the 10 Women to watch for the future in the maritime industry, awarded by YoungShip. You will have the possibility to meet the rest of the women at a later stage, but you can read mo...
075 Norbert Kouwenhoven, Global Business Services Customs, Borders & Revenue Management, Executive, IBM Nederland B.V.
December 29, 2017 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBAt the Sea Traffic Management Conference in Venice in September, I found myself having the opportunity to speak to an expert in the field of the blockchain, also the point of contact between IBM and Maersk when it comes to this technology, so I couldn't help myself but to record our conversation. And Norbert was up for it! So, all the questions you might have, I had the opportunity to put! Why is this so revolutionary? Is it "only" interesting for the container industry? When can we expec...
074 Mark Dembitz, Business Development, Spire
December 15, 2017 06:00 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MBMeet Mark Dembitz, Business Developer for Spire, and listen to him discuss how AIS signals can be gathered and turned into interesting input for business strategies in the maritime industry. Is this industry ready for data analysis+ How long will it take before the 3rd party analysis becomes obsolete? Or will that never happen? More questions than answers after this interesting conversation that took place at #Shipping2030 in Singapore early September 2017. What do you think? Can we ...
074 Mark Dembitz, Business Development, Spire
December 15, 2017 06:00 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MBMeet Mark Dembitz, Business Developer for Spire, and listen to him discuss how AIS signals can be gathered and turned into interesting input for business strategies in the maritime industry. Is this industry ready for data analysis? How long will it take before the 3rd party analysis becomes obsolete? Or will that never happen? More questions than answers after this interesting conversation that took place at #Shipping2030 in Singapore early September 2017. What do you think? Can we ...
073 Matthew Tillman, CEO and Founder of Haven Inc
December 01, 2017 06:00 - 23 minutes - 19 MBMatthew Tillman, CEO & Founder, Haven Inc, is bringing a fresh perspective on the maritime industry, where he thinks we need to gain back our self-confidence and recognize that we are as important as the internet, another obvious important, constantly delivering mode of transport. Haven does not want to become a broker, they work on a fixed subscription fee and have been successful in attracting venture capital for their ideas. It's refreshing to listen to Matthew, how he shares failure...
072 Therese Jallbrink, Business Interaction Manager, Stena Bulk
November 17, 2017 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.9 MBTherese Jällbrink, Business Interaction Manager, Stena Bulk, started her career 15 years ago when she decided to become a Master Mariner. After having tested out to be at sea, she realized it was not for her, so she changed into studying Shipping & Logistics. She got an internship at Brostrom Tankers, where she worked for a couple of years before she joined Stena Bulk as a trainee. She is now part of the Business Development group that is transferring the company into the digitalized way o...
071 Ian Williams, Skipper and 6x World Champion match racing expert
November 03, 2017 06:00 - 20 minutes - 17.2 MBIan Williams is best known for his success in match racing. He is the only skipper to have won 6 World Championships and also has 6 National Championships and 3 Youth National Championships in the discipline. He was the first Briton to win the match racing World Championships and as of the end of 2017, World Match Racing Tour Season is a 16 times winner on the Tour with 43 podium finishes. I met with Ian Williams on July 15th, 2017 in Marstrand and had an interesting conversation about s...
070 Geir Isene, Innovations Manager, Dualog Innovation Garage
October 20, 2017 05:00 - 38 minutes - 31.5 MBFasten your seatbelts and press play on the 70th episode of the Shipping Podcast. It's all about innovation and the new era we are entering into now. And a little bit about connectivity and broadband at sea & why it's important to make the crew happy onboard a ship. Listen to Geir Isene from the Dualog Innovation Garage talking about how innovation is essential for the maritime industry to become more visible and take command over our own destiny. I cannot wait to hear from you, what is...
069 Constantine Komodromos, Co-Founder and CEO, Vesselbot
October 06, 2017 05:00 - 21 minutes - 18.4 MBYou wanted a maritime start-up, a forerunner taking advantage of the digitalisation of the maritime industry and I present Constantine Komodromos, Co-Founder & CEO, Vesselbot. Listen to Constantine, who is NOT a mariner, and how he wants to develop and streamline the relationship between the charterer and the shipowner and what he thinks about the future of the shipping industry. This is an episode you don't want to miss, especially since we made it so many times before it finally is pr...
068 Håkan Fagerström, Group Head of Cargo, Tallink Silja Oy
September 22, 2017 05:00 - 49 minutes - 40.7 MBI met with Håkan Fagerström, Group Head of Cargo, Tallink Silja Oy, when visiting Helsinki May 16th, 2017. Håkan is a Master Mariner with a sense of IT, programming skills and is not afraid of trying new things. In a way it feels like because he is open to change, he is contributing to developing the industry and since he loves his work so much, I doubt if he ever will be south of Dakkar.. Listen & tell everyone else that they should listen. Share in social media and comment on the episode...
067 Andrew Faiola, Director, Mobility Solutions, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific, Intelsat
September 08, 2017 05:00 - 21 minutes - 18.3 MBAndrew Faiola is the interviewee in the 67th episode of the Shipping Podcast. Andrew is the Director, Mobility Solutions, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific at Intelsat and explains what the enhanced connectivity at sea will mean to the maritime industry and what lays ahead of us. Digitalisation is a new way of working and the connectivity becomes part of the bloodstream of the operations, that is Andrew's view. What do you think? Please share your thoughts in any social channel or...
066 Melvin Mathews, Director Maritime, Eniram
August 25, 2017 05:00 - 23 minutes - 19.6 MBMelvin Mathews is the Maritime Director at Eniram, he has a background as Master Mariner, he has worked as a ship manager and now he is in the tech world. There are so many wise things that Mathew is sharing with us, he speaks about leadership, the need for new, visionary leadership within the shipping industry. He has noticed the new perspective that the Millenials and the Gen Z:s are bringing to our industry and he speculates a little bit what that will look like for the future. And he...
065 Roger Adamson, CEO, Futurenautics Maritime
August 11, 2017 05:00 - 39 minutes - 32.9 MBRoger Adamson is the CEO of Futurenautics Maritime and has a background as a Naval Architect. I first met Roger when I invited him to come and speak at the Institute of Shipping Analysis a few years back. He then took the stage and talked about wearables and other gadgets that can be used also onboard a vessel, for various purposes. At that time, I hadn't heard anyone talk about those things to the maritime community, and it's still the same, Futurenautics is in the forefront and they know...
Bonus episode 2yr anniversary of the Shipping Podcast
July 31, 2017 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBHow to celebrate 2 year of podcasting, 64 guests, 85,000+ downloads in 155 countries? I decided to do that by turning the table and open up for my listeners to interview me! Ping shipping, this is something you need to listen to! I list my favourite episodes, my listeners favourites and what I have learned since I started. I have views, and good advice if you listen carefully, on marketing and advertising, I challenge the maritime industry to support a disruptive start-up, lead by a female...
Bonus episode 2yr anniversary of the ShippingPodcast
July 31, 2017 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBHow to celebrate 2 year of podcasting, 64 guests, 85,000+ downloads in 155 countries? I decided to do that by turning the table and open up for my listeners to interview me! Ping shipping, this is something you need to listen to! I list my favourite episodes, my listeners favourites and what I have learned since I started. I have views, and good advice if you listen carefully, on marketing and advertising, I challenge the maritime industry to support a disruptive start-up, lead by a female...
064 Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University
July 28, 2017 05:45 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBIn episode 64, you meet Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (LL.B, LL.M (2), Ph.D International Law) who is the President of the World Maritime University based in Malmo, Sweden. She talks about her lengthy career within the United Nations system and especially the time she dedicated to the new Maritime Labour Convention, MLC, where 68 instruments now finally are merged into one single Convention. Cleopatra is passionated about gender equity, something she talks a lot about and how it is importan...
064 Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University
July 28, 2017 05:45 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBIn episode 64, you meet Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (LL.B, LL.M (2), Ph.D International Law) who is the President of the World Maritime University based in Malmo, Sweden. She talks about her lengthy career within the United Nations system and especially the time she dedicated to the new Maritime Labour Convention, MLC, where 68 instruments now finally are merged into one single Convention. Cleopatra is passionate about gender equity, something she talks a lot about and how it is important...
063 Per-Olof Arnäs, PhD and Senior Lecturer in ICT-based transportation systems, Chalmers University
July 14, 2017 05:00 - 55 minutes - 45.6 MBMeet Per-Olof Arnäs, PhD and Senior Lecturer in ICT-based (Information and Communications Technology) transportation systems at Chalmers University, who loves the 21nd century and thinks that everything is better now compared with before. P-O is a digital evangelist and has been so for as long as I have known him. We talk about the difference between Digitization and Digitalisation, where digitization is when you create digital information, you have information already but convert it into ...
062 Deanna MacDonald, CEO and Co-funder BLOC
June 30, 2017 05:00 - 33 minutes - 27.3 MBMeet Deanna MacDonald, CEO and Co-founder of BLOC, blockchain research and application development company, which has a mission to help create the demand for a decentralised global economy. Deanna explains in a very simple fashion to me all there is to know about block chain, the importance of trust in the system and some of the implications for the maritime industry. This is a crash course in block chain, promise you the level of knowledge that you need to be able to follow the debate on ...
061 Catja Hjorth Rasmussen, Head of Equipment Excellence, Maersk Line
June 16, 2017 05:00 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBCatja Hjorth Rasmussen explains why it took 5 years to complete the remote control container management project, which is now in full operation at Maersk Line. The system has GPS tracking and has eliminated more that 100,000 manual pre-trip inspections. Catja joined the shipping industry fresh out of school as a shipping trainee, and has been in love with the industry ever since. The international environment, the fast pace and the ever changing environment was what attracted her to the in...
060 Anne H. Steffensen, General Manager and CEO, Danish Shipowners' Association
June 02, 2017 05:00 - 31 minutes - 26.1 MBMeet Anne H. Steffensen, General Manager and CEO of the Danish Shipowners’ Association, Copenhagen. Anne used to be the Danish Ambassador to the UK, then jumped into the job as the CEO of the Danish Shipowners Association and have never looked back. She has become an advocate for the shipping industry, even if she has always enjoyed spending time with the people in the maritime community. Listen to Anne Steffensen's view on how the digital transformation will have an impact on the shippi...