Tag: Interviews

We have asked Mrs. Pia Meling, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Massterly AS - A Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture, to make an assessment of 2020 from her perspective and share her message for the new year across the global community. Among others, she wishes for the new year that industry will ensure lasting efficiency gains from automation and remote services and use every mean to drastically speed up decarbonization path.

We have asked Mrs Lena Dyring, Director, Cruise Operations at Norwegian Seafarers' Union, to make an assessment of 2020 from her perspective and share her message for the new year across the global community. Among others, she highlights there is urgent need for the industry to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to seafarers as soon as possible.

We have asked Mr. Dimitris Orfanos​, HSQE Manager at M Maritime, to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights that raising shipping’s profile with the public should be a priority.

We have asked Mr. Sunil Kapoor, Director of FML Ship Management in Cyprus, to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights that the industry needs to learn from past accidents/ incidents and improve the safety standards and procedures in order to prevent more accidents and piracy attacks from taking place. 

We have asked Mr. David Hammond, CEO, Human Rights At Sea, to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights that shipping needs to start comprehensively acknowledging that human rights at sea exist and embed them in policy, legislation, and management activities throughout the supply chain.

We have asked Mr. Lars Lange, IUMI Secretary General, to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights that the continuing environmental challenges and how the industry will return to some kind of normality after the pandemic passes are the key challenges for the new year.

We have asked Mrs. Elina Papageorgiou, LR’s Marine and Offshore President for UK and Ireland, to make an assessment of 2020 from her perspective and share her message for the new year across the global community. Among others, she highlights that an industry-wide collaboration is fundamental to achieve the goal of decarbonization.

We have asked Mr. George Teriakidis, DNV GL Area Manager East Med & Black Sea, to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights how the pandemic has accelerated our path towards digitalization with remote surveys showing an increase during the last months. 

We have asked Mrs. Jenny Braat, CEO, Danish Maritime, to make an assessment of 2020 from her perspective and share her message for the new year across the global community. Among others, she highlights that there is need for more level playing fields across the world, becoming more ambitious regarding the transition from black to green shipping.

We have asked Mr. Seiichi Gyobu, Corporate Officer, Regional Manager of Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Northern Black Sea at ClassNK to make an assessment of 2020 from his perspective and share his message for the new year across the global community. Among others, he highlights that the shipping industry has proven its resilience within this year, thanks to the dedication of seafarers and industry professionals.