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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 repatriated.

Here is a link to IMOs Q and As about the crew change crises.

Currently, the next step towards normality is vaccination. The key-workers status would move seafarers up the line in the queue.

The next step after that is how to prove vaccination and clearance for Covid-19 through a negative test. One suggestion is a Digital Health Pass, and that is what this episode is addressing.

Meet Anthony Day, working at IBM in Dublin, who focuses on digital health pass and how complicated it can be to get national health authorities to agree on a global standard. Anthony describes how a digital health pass would make the certification easy to show on a mobile device when travelling or entering a sports arena. He explains blockchain technology and gives us insights into the various considerations that have to be considered.

Anthony has his podcast called Blockchain won't save the world if you are interested in the tech behind the digital health pass, blockchain.

Thank you for listening!

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Welcome to the 158th episode of the Shipping Podcast, where you meet Captain Thomas Lindegaard Madsen of VENTA MAERSK, Maersk Line, one of the more visible role models in the maritime industry.

Thomas has been sailing for almost thirty years and has experience with many different vessels. Currently, his vessel is trading in the Baltic Sea area and this year he is enjoying ice navigation.

Captain Thomas recognises that the biggest change he has seen during his career is the arrival of the internet into our industry.

We get so many insights from Captain Thomas in this episode. He is talking about opportunities with the new technology development, and it is apparent that he loves his job.

Thomas is sharing his concerns about being public on social media. It gives a perspective on how we can showcase the maritime industry to the world by using social media.

I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did. Both Thomas and I love feedback; please give us a shout out if you think this was worth the time listening to. I am @lenagothberg in most channels.

Thank you for listening.

In episode 157, you meet Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, Founder and Owner of Total Marine Solutions, Inc. We talk about the cruise industry where Alex has spent most of her work life and which is suffering so much now during the pandemic.

Alex is a hardworking businesswoman with an extensive network in the maritime industry. She is on many maritime associations, where she enjoys meeting new people and exchanging ideas to develop the maritime sector.

We speak about attracting the next generation's interest in our industry, and Alex is convinced that we need to start early. If not even to younger people, reaching out to the high schools is the only way forward.

Total Marine Solutions Inc. celebrated its 20th-anniversary last year. A lot of hard work has made them successful, and their commitment to customer service helped them achieve that. I wish Alex and her team all the best!

Here is a link to This Week in Maritime

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Welcome to a short and sweet solo episode with Lena Gothberg, the Host and Producer of the Shipping Podcast.

It's the 156th episode of the Shipping Podcast, and I guide you through the audio jungle of how to listen to a podcast. She recommends the Overcast app but has suggestions to both iOs and Android users.

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Meet Guy Platten, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping, ICS, representing 80 pct of the world's merchant fleet. He speaks about the realisations he has had during the last year.

• What will the new normal look like?
• What are the most pressing things to solve once we get the vaccine in place?

Guy tells me that it is a strategic ambition of ICS to build the maritime industry profile, which of course makes me very happy!

We also hear about the crew change crises and why it was hard to bring governments to understand the important role that shipping and seafarers play to keep society going in the pandemic.

If you have anything to add to this, please give me a shout-out, I am @lenagothberg in social media, the email address is [email protected]

Thank you for listening.

Welcome to the 154th episode of the Shipping Podcast with Reshma Nilofer, the first female maritime Pilot in India and one of few in the world. Reshma takes us on a journey on how to reach your dream goals. She is a powerful woman and a role model to many.

Reshma Nilofer was the first female maritime river pilot, and the current Indian President awarded her with the "Woman Power Award" in 2018. The Woman Power Award is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of India's Government to individual women or institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment.

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Did you enjoy this episode? Let me know your thoughts. I am @lenagothberg on social media. Thank you for listening.

Happy New Year, we kick off the new year by listening to Johanna Kull, a Loss Prevention Executive at Alandia Insurance Company. She has an impressive background, she has studied Social Science and have an MSc in Psychology, and by that, she is probably somewhat unique.

You can find more information about the Alandia Loss Prevention department on their new website if you are interested in finding out more.

We talk about what it contains to work with Loss Prevention, and Johanna gives her perspective as a young professional entering a new world. Johanna refers to a previous episode with Cecilia Osterman, which you can listen to here.

We are also discussing the difference between autonomous ships and unmanned ships. I refer to a scale for autonomy for vehicles. Here is the link to Wikipedia, where you can read more about the different stages of autonomy.

Thank you for listening to the Shipping Podcast. I wish you all the best for the new year!

Stuart Ostrow is the President of ShipMoney, and he is the guest in episode 152 of the Shipping Podcast. Stuart is an entrepreneur who entered the maritime domain 15 years ago. He tells the story of ShipMoney and how he realised the importance of a virtual debit card for seafarers and what a difference it makes to offer online payments both for employers and the seagoing personnel.

Stuart highlights the importance of the seafarers and their current situation, not to forget the ones still at home unable to work since they cannot travel to the ship.

The ICS Campaign Seafarers Delivering Christmas, #SeafarersDeliveringChristmas has a website where you can see how to support the seafarers, here is the link

https://www.ics-shipping.org/news-item/help-us-support-seafarersdeliveringchristmas/ If you are a seafarer and is willing to speak about the Crew Change situation, please drop me a line at [email protected] I will be working on this during the holiday season, so please reach out. You will need good connectivity to connect via Zoom, either through the mobile app or on your computer, a headset and a quiet space. I promise you that you can be anonymous if you want. Thank you for listening! Merry Christmas! Lena

Welcome to the 151st episode of the Shipping Podcast! Listen to Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD.

"Technical development will never be as slow as today", says Jan and continues to speak about digitalisation and decarbonisation as the two main global trends that we need to follow right now. It leads to a structural change which will bring automation and transparency to the shipping industry and that will make us more resilient for the future.

He is also speaking about things that have changed due to Covid-19 and that more people have been given fruit for thoughts by the pandemic. Our behaviour has changed.

He continues to point out the fact that it's not export of products that have been affected, it's the service industry that has been hit by the lockdown. Export of services, what can that look like?

Remember to read Jan's blog about his haircut in countries around the world. You find it at www.janhoffmann.live where you also find a lot of other tidbits.

Thank you for listening. I love feedback, please drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know what you think!

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 it as much that she actually made a training programme for it and then wrote a book. What is your contribution to making the rest of the world fall in love with the maritime industry?

Do you have suggestions for the interviewee to the Shipping Podcast 2021? What topics do you want me to focus on?

Please drop me a line at [email protected] so I can take that into my planning for 2021.

Thank you for listening.