Shipping Podcast - Listen To The Maritime Professionals In The World Of Shipping

Joanne Kelleher studied at the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and in her Master's degree study she asked 37 Maritime Professionals what they want from their industry leaders and got some interesting results. Joanne shared her insights in an article on LinkedIn, which I found very interesting, so I decided to try and meet Joanne for an interview and she agreed and that is what we speak about in this episode, the 104th.  Do we have the leaders we deserve in the maritime industry? Traditionally, there has been an authoritarian leadership with clear commands, there is only one Captain on the ship! Is that changing? What kind of leaders does the #nextgen of shipping people want from a leader? How can the industry meet the requirements of the young generation? Is there a new leadership on the horizon?  Joanne and I really get into the nitty-gritty of leadership, diversity, WISTA, female leaders, participatory leadership and being a leader in different cultures. I would really like to start a discussion on this

In 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 in a paradigm when shipowners have started to open up and realise the value of being transparent and participate in the conversation around what the maritime industry contributes to global trade and the development of our future society? I know what I think, please let me know your thoughts. I am @lenagothberg in all media channels and it's only through sharing our knowledge that we can become stronger - and more attractive ;) Thank you for listening! Spread the word about the @ShippingPodcast - it's allowed!   

What 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 now. Machine to machine communication, satellite connection, data science - this is all relatively new vocabulary to the maritime community, but still, we all need to understand what risks the balance sheet might open up to.  Cybersecurity is another of the buzzwords right now. It was a pleasure to sit down with Cynthia and listen to her expertise in the area. What is your reaction to what she is telling? Please let me know, I am @lenagothberg in all social channels, or if you prefer to comment on the website, just go to www.

Pier47 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 Transport and listen to why he left the maritime industry and came back a decade later. He and his team are creating a platform for the maritime corporates and the start-ups where they can meet, and where venture capital can also find a haven for where they want to invest. Listen to Nicklas and give your feedback! I love feedback, especially on the 101st episode ;)  I am @lenagothberg in all channels.  Thank you for listening, don't forget to spread the word about the Shipping Podcast.          

The 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 3. Jonathan Wichmann 4. Thina Saltvedt  Those super interesting people were kind enough to give me the best takeoff ever, how could I go wrong when I had their support?  I speak about "behind the scenes" and what I have learned about how the companies in the maritime industry view marketing & advertisements, i.e. not at all. It's time to rethink the branding of the entire maritime industry, we need to make changes to reach young people and attract them to the industry. I realise how us discussing autonomous shipping have eff

Meet 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 visions into something tangible. Sofia is the brain behind the concept of the Opening Oceans Conference.  I seized the opportunity to discuss some topics that have been weighing on my mind for a while, and maybe I was too hard on her, but I think we agreed on some things when it comes to the visibility of the shipping industry.  Thank you to Sofia and thank you for listening. This conversation needs feedback, what do you think? Please give us a shoutout in social media or comment on the website www.shippingpodcast.com  @lenagot

Bjørn 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 but how we as an integrated part of a longer supply chain needs to step up even more.  Bjørn K. Haugland thinks that the maritime industry needs more female leaders and more female engineers, which will drive innovation and communication and make sure that we attract the brightest minds to our industry.  Thank you for listening, this was the 8th and last interview from the Opening Oceans Conference held in Copenhagen, May 2-3, 2018. What do you think? Have you learned something new? How did you like the keynote speakers? I

At 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 are collaborating to reach the SDG:s and now WOC is also focussing on female leadership, working together with Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, WISTA, amongst others. What do you think when listening to Paul? I am interested in hearing your view, I am @lenagothberg in all social media channels, or you can go to www.shippingpodcast.com and make a comment. Thank you for listening.

Peter 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 & Sweden left a great legacy. After that, he sees a HUGE change in how the SDG 14 has risen to the agenda all over the world. Prosperity will depend on trade, so Peter Thomson has a very positive view of the future for the shipping industry, but we have to be seen to support the IMO strategy.  I am so interested to hear your view on what Peter is talking about in this episode. You can reach me on @lenagothberg and Peter Thomson via @ThomsenFiji  Thank you for listening! 

Attending 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 Ocean Alliance.  After having been invited to several gatherings with Heads of States and people from the United Nations, she asked herself "Why am I the only young person in the room?" and started to think about how the two worlds can come together. Now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance consists of 75 chapters in 50 countries, where each chapter gathers 15-300 youth leaders. Listen to Daniela and give her a shoutout in social media, what she is doing is so meaningful and necessary, so you need to get involved yourself.

Invited 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-found an innovation hub. TheDock gathers innovators, investors and corporate partners on the same platform, which has been set up after having met with 20+ other innovation hubs for other sectors in Israel, they can now say that this is the best practice for how to do it.  Nir states that the coming 5 years will be very interesting for ships, operations, and ports. He can see the maritime sector follow the same paths as automotive & fin-tech has done and it's time to catch the opportunity to leverage the worldwide glo

Meet 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 shipping & digital - and he found somewhere he could combine those two passions, at Kongsberg Digital where he was one of the minds behind Kognifai.  Matt was one of the keynote speakers at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen, early May, where this interview was recorded. With birds singing in the background (!). Remember the mantra? Subscribe, download and listen - and then go and tell everyone that you meet that they need to listen to the Shipping Podcast!   

I 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 would very much like to have that once he has figured out HOW it's going to be done and then identified WHO can make it occur? If you want to reach out to Chris, he is @CCMaritime on Twitter. Chris thinks that Scandinavia is ahead of the US when it comes to digital transformation but he can see the entire spectra in a true transformation when looking on a global scale. There are the Prospectors, where he counts Scandinavia, the Analysts, the Defenders and the total Reactors. They are all there and even though it's most fun

Lasse 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 met Lasse at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen on May 2nd, 2018. This is a new initiative from Nor-Shipping to help maritime and ocean industry players realize the unique business potential of the ocean space. Download, listen and spread the word!  Thank you for listening! @lenagothberg @shippingpodcast 

Thomas 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 really the best premises for developing their Heat power system. Listen to what Thomas has to say and let us know what you think about it, or just give a shout-out to yet a Swedish solution to a problem within the maritime sector. Thank you for listening!  @lenagothberg @shippingpodcast 

Dorothea 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. Sometimes that can be a bit challenging, but Dorothea's advice to everyone is to just keep pushing. Hopefully, this episode can make you see the beauty of the maritime industry, if you haven't already seen the light, and take the opportunity to spread these wise words to some of your friends and/or business fiends. Thank you for listening. I am always available for comments, shout-outs, and conversations. I am @lenagothberg on all social channels.      

Meet 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 episode will inspire you to look further into marine insurance, there are so many different aspects of the maritime industry where a ship is in distress and there are so many different occupations that people hold when focusing on marine insurance. Thank you for downloading, listening and talking to your friends about what Stelios and I discussed. @lenagothberg     

Meet 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 know your end of the bargain: listen, download & subscribe - we need to hit the top lists with this podcast about the maritime industry, by the passionate people within it! Thank you for listening and spreading the word! @lenagothberg 

What 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 me spread the word about the maritime industry and raise the profile of shipping!  I love shout-outs! I am @lenagothberg in all social media channels. Thank you! 

Ship 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 you are the only female in the room. What does that feel like?  This is an episode you will learn a lot from. Ingrid is a very experienced and knowledgeable shipping businesswoman, who knows what she is talking about.  Download, subscribe, listen & give feedback - that's the mantra. Download, subscribe, listen & give feedback!  Thank you for listening! I am @lenagothberg in all social channels and there is a website if you rather would like to comment there, reviewing on iTunes is rather complicated - unless you only g