171 Hans Hederström, Consultant, Marine Consultancy Group

Meet Mr Maritime Simulator himself and learn all about Bridge Resource Management, BRM

People don’t like change. Famous words of the interviewee in this episode, Hans Hederström, Consultant, Marine Consultancy Group.

Listen to Captain Hederström and the impact he has had on the development of maritime safety and especially Bridge resource management. We get to hear the story of how the Center for Simulator Maritime Training, CSMART, in Almere, the Netherlands, came about and how that was a dream...

https://shippingpodcast.com/171-hans-hederstrom-consultant-marine-consultancy-group/

167 Captain John Konrad, founder and CEO of gCaptain

167 Shipping Podcast – Are all the stars aligned now – is there a new time for the maritime industry?

Captain John Konrad is THE influencer in the maritime industry. He started the gCaptain, which is currently the largest media outlet in the maritime domain.

John is equally interested in changing the narrative for the maritime industry as I am. We agree that we need to work together to create sustainable marketing for and about the maritime industry.

No one speaks about Über in the Silicon Valley...

https://shippingpodcast.com/167-captain-john-konrad-founder-and-ceo-of-gcaptain/

160 Fenna van de Merwe, Principal Consultant and Discipline Lead in Human Factors, Safety, Risk & Reliability, DNV – Maritime Advisory

Are there risks involved when systems are becoming complex? Have you taken a new approach to evaluate the new risks appearing when moving into the digital world?

Meet Fenna van de Merwe has led the writing of the White Paper from DNV called Closing the gap in an era of transformation.

It intends to guide maritime stakeholders to control and mitigate these risks and put them in a better position to make informed decisions about achieving and maintaining smarter and carbon-neutral shipping.

Fenna is...

https://shippingpodcast.com/160-fenna-van-de-merwe-principal-consultant-and-discipline-lead-in-human-factors-safety-risk-reliability-dnv-maritime-advisory/

159 Anthony Day, Blockchain Partner, Global Business Services, IBM Ireland Ltd

What will a Digital Health Pass mean for Seafarers?

During the pandemic, we have seen a crew change crises. Seafarers have not been able to travel between the ships that constitute their workplace and their country of residence due to travel restrictions.

High-level meetings have been taking place, aiming to get seafarers designated as “key-workers”, which would lead to exemption from specific COVID-related travel restrictions and make it possible for the 200,000 stranded seafarers to become...

https://shippingpodcast.com/159-anthony-day-blockchain-partner-global-business-services-ibm-ireland-ltd/

150 Peggy Hoegh Grays, Senior project manager, Author

Welcome to the 150th episode of the Shipping Podcast, where you meet Peggy Hoegh Grays, Senior project manager, Author who has written a book describing all the different occupations available in the maritime industry. If you want to add the job description of the job you currently have, please email Peggy at [email protected] so she can add you to her book “The maritime industry, an ocean of opportunity”. 

Peggy is a Senior project manager and she loves her job. She loves is as much that...

https://shippingpodcast.com/150-peggy-hoegh-grays-senior-project-manager-author/

143 Henrik Hvid Jensen, IT architect, Trustworks A/S

In episode 143 we meet Henrik Hvid Jensen, IT architect, Trustworks A/S, the expert in digitalised trade, who is one of the brains behind TradeLens, an interconnected ecosystem of supply chain partners — cargo owners, ocean and inland carriers, freight forwarders and logistics providers, ports and every entity involved in global trade with digital tools.

Henrik is passionate about getting the entire logistical chain digital since he can see so many benefits from that, he speaks about hidden...

https://shippingpodcast.com/143-henrik-hvid-jensen-it-architect-trustworks-a-s/

139 Giovanni Colotto, Managing Director, De Poli Tankers BV

In episode 139 you meet Giovanni Colotto, Managing Director, De Poli Tankers BV, a 32-year-old Italian who lives in the Netherlands nowadays. Giovanni wrote me an email asking to become a guest since he wanted to contribute with his knowledge and is ambitious to be part of the change the maritime industry needs.

We discussed a lot about change, NextGen, diversity, visibility, sustainability and leadership, the things I find most interesting to discuss. What are your views on these topics? Do...

https://shippingpodcast.com/139-giovanni-colotto-managing-director-de-poli-tankers-bv/

138 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer of the Shipping Podcast

We are in a pandemic and need to be persistent and patient, but we also have to start adjusting to the new reality that will emerge when the time of isolation is over, and that is what I wanted to talk to you about today.

I have been through changes earlier in my life, it’s tough and challenging but can be very rewarding once you get through it.

The corona pandemic has meant that the Shipping Podcast also has gone through some changes (just like the rest of the world); new equipment, new ways of...

https://shippingpodcast.com/138-lena-gothberg-host-and-producer-of-the-shipping-podcast/

Coast Guard Sector Charleston change of command

The crew of Coast Guard Sector Charleston conducted a change of command ceremony Tuesday at Sector Charleston. During the ceremony, Capt. John Reed transferred command of Coast Guard Sector Charleston to Capt. John Cole.

Reed served as the commander of Sector Charleston since August 2017 and oversaw maritime safety, security, and stewardship operations along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia that included 933 search and rescue cases resulting in 359 lives saved and 1,347 lives assisted....

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-sector-charleston-change-of-command/

136 Katy Ware, Director of Maritime and Safety standards, Maritime Coastguard Agency, Permanent Representative of the UK to the IMO

In episode #136 you meet Katy Ware, Director of Maritime and Safety standards at the Maritime Coastguard Agency and a Permanent Representative of the UK to the IMO, a power woman who is working very hard to support the maritime industry in the pandemic crises. Katy is concerned about the seafarers around the world, the cruise industry and how the shipping industry will rise again after the pandemic but she is also optimistic in saying that the window of opportunity is open and now is the time...

https://shippingpodcast.com/136-katy-ware-director-of-maritime-and-safety-standards-maritime-coastguard-agency-permanent-representative-of-the-uk-to-the-imo/

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