Port To Port Podcast

Ramesh recalls a memorable incident with his dad and a recruiting officer named Mr. Hoshang Dasdu that led to him signing his first contract in the shipping industry. He didn't have a specific mentor but learned from different chief engineers and captains throughout his sailing career. Ramesh shares his transition from being a seaman to becoming Chief Engineer, which was exciting for him despite some challenges. He eventually decided to leave the sea life due to boredom and took on his first ...

Summary:Hatem Elgameil, a Naval architect and Marine engineer, introduces himself and his background. He immigrated to the United States in 1994 and has worked in various engineering roles throughout his career. He joined IMI International Marine Industries as Vice President of Engineering in 2020 after spending 14 years with Noble drilling as Director of Projects. Hatem also had experience working in a company in California doing engineering model testing and R&D design verification. Des...

Summary:Gordon interviews Per Cristian with an untraditional shipping background who had a desire to work on ships from a young age. Per Cristian shares their family's seafaring legacy and their own journey from Switzerland to Norway, where they studied nautical engineering. They then joined Odgl as a cadet and spent ten years working on ships before deciding it was time to move back to shore. They joined Esper Tankers in Hamburg and later ENS tankers. Per Cristian talks about their fir...

Summary:Bob Sanguinetti, CEO of Aberdeen Harbour Board and former Royal Navy officer, discusses his career and the reasons for transitioning from the UK Chamber of Shipping to Aberdeen. He highlights Aberdeen's potential in leading decarbonization efforts in shipping due to its advanced subsea technology, smaller vessels for prototyping new technologies, and concentration of energy companies. He also emphasises the significance of Aberdeen's harbour expansion project, which is the largest mar...

Frank Coles is a former seafarer that made the career decision to come ashore and study maritime law which eventually led to him becoming the President of Inmarsat, CEO of Transas and most recently the CEO of Wallem Group.Known for his outspoken style Frank takes no prisoners in his desire to have seafarers recognised and to provide an enforceable global protocol for "Green Channel" travel for seafarers (link to the petition below). The story of his career journey is inspiring and he to...

Chris McDade was appointed as Vice President of Gas Operations by Teekay in the Summer in the middle of the COVID pandemic. His rise within Teekay to his new position has been relentless and his willingness to take on new projects and succeed isn't common so it was great to learn more about his journey in joining the industry as a Deck Cadet and the small decision at the time to join one of two vessel types and the eventual difference it made in his career path.Teekay Gas has went throu...

Thomas Wøidemann is the CEO of Lauritzen Kosan in Copenhagen. We discuss a range of topics from what it took for him to achieve his career goals and how his loyalty and consistency in accepting new challenges within his company helped him advance to his current position.Starting out in the commercial side of the business with a bit of luck before accepting a challenge to move to Texas to gain experience rather than the commercial gain that is often looked at as the primary motive.Having now w...

Chrissie Clark is the Programme Manager for Diversity & Skills with Maritime UK. Chrissie has made great strides so far in her first year in the post strengthening the existing Women in Maritime Network and Launching the LBGT Maritime Network, the Ethnicity in Maritime Network and the Mental Health Network. All of the networks hold monthly meetings and engagement has been incredible so far.Chrissie started her career in Diversity in Australia within the Mining sector. Yo...

Alexander is the CEO and Founder of SHIPNEXT and VARAMAR. In this episode we discuss the thought process behind starting SHIPNEXT and some of the challenges he has met since starting SHIPNEXT. As a company SHIPNEXT is a global trade platform linking ships with Cargoes around the world.If you are looking for inspiration Alexander's story and attitude is sure to push you as he shares how he has pushed through the opinions of the naysayers and now successfully grown two businesses.Th...

Launching a Marine Tech Start Up is never going to be an easy task but at Chord-X spending the majority of your first year in business in the COVID Pandemic hasn't stopped them.I this episode we learn more about Jon and non maritime start to now leading an exciting start up forward. Taking inspiration from Aviation and Formula 1 industries Chord-X is a game changer for vessel owners and managers for not only saving fuel costs but also in early detection of engine anomalies in real time ...