Shipping Podcast - this is where we talk about the coolest industry on the planet and help raise the maritime industry's profile.

Dr Tristan Smith is a lecturer in Energy and Transport at the UCL Energy Institute, where he leads a shipping modelling and analysis research group. Tristan has degrees in Engineering and Naval Architecture and he has been the coordinator of the project Low Carbon Shipping – A Systems Approach, leading two of the six work packages on 'modelling the global shipping system' and 'regulation policy and incentives for low carbon shipping'.

Tristan's research interests cover all aspects of shipping economics, logistics and operation and he has been leading a consortium of ten organisations to produce the Third IMO Greenhouse Gas Study 2014: a major publication for the industry, which is used as a reference for CO2 emission regulatory discussions for the future.

It's interesting to hear Tristan explain the challenges the researchers meet when trying to explain the shipping industry and it mechanisms to the policy makers and what difficulties there is for the same researchers to reach the industry and convince them to let go of the mind-set of "what can we get away with".

Hear how Tristan examines the often used arguments for why shipping should benefit from not making any changes to the current state of the business; Shipping is the greenest form of transport, Shipping is too important to the global economy, Shipping is intractable for developing countries & that the current technology is the only solution.

It's a bright future with no shortage of stimulating employment opportunities that Tristan describes for the #shipping industry.

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Adam Kent has always loved ships and was actually a ship-spotter when he was young. He grew up on the Isle of Wight, but was never meant to work in the shipping industry.

Maritime Strategies International is an independent shipping consultancy, producing market forecasting of the shipping markets. In order to do that you need to be on top of everything from steel price, unemployment rates and GDP to oil prices and new regulations.

Adam explains what the drivers are for the various shipping segments and why they have such big impact on earnings and vessel values.

We discuss the eco shipping, scrapping, and newbuilding market. We go through the shipbuilding market and we touch upon the new Panama Canal and if there is any credibility to the Nicaragua Canal.

New trading patterns and Adams belief in a constant flow of new regulations to force the shipping industry into becoming more eco-friendly.

As you understand, this is like Christmas for the shipping geeks - but hopefully it is also enlightening for those who hasn't seen the light yet, it is a very long and educational episode. Please enjoy!

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Niclas Dahl is the Market Unit Manager for Marine & Diesel Equipment at Alfa Laval in Shanghai, but he started up as a Business Manager for the Ballast Water business area within Alfa Laval some ten years ago.

He has been through a fantastic period of technical challenges, environmental considerations and together with the team was responsible for building a completely new company within the company.

There were so many challenges when they first started that he cannot name anyone in particular. They were breaking new ground and found technical solutions to new regulations which they thought were going to come in full force and effect any day.

It still isn't.

Niclas is very pleased that the company has taken a proactive approach to the new developments from the regulators point of view, he enjoys being a part of the change that is taking place now, than sitting waiting for it.

Listen to this father of four daughters and his view upon the shipping industry, which he entered in 1998 and never wants to leave!

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Andreas Chrysostomou is a naval architect who grew up through the ranks and last year was Nomination for IMO as a candidate for the position of Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organisation, IMO.

Andreas was not elected in the political game of electing the head of one of the special agencies of the United Nations, UN, but he shares his experiences from taking part in the process. He got the possibility to elaborate on how he sees his dream of governing an international body like that.

Andreas Chrysostomou is not new to the IMO system, in 1999 he was elected as Chairman of the Design and Equipment Subcommittee and 2003 he was elected as Chairman of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) a position he held until 2013.

As you will hear, Andreas talks a lot about e-navigation, which is not navigation but everything where navigation gets involved, and he thinks that the shipping industry should embrace the new technology for many reasons.

Thank you for listening. If you want to give a shout-out to Andreas, you reach him via his Twitter account @An_Chr or by including the @ShippingPodcast in your tweet ;)

Markky Mylly, Managing Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency, EMSA, formerly employed by the Finnish Maritime Administration, but above all a "tanker-man" is running EMSA in Lisbon, which is the link between the member states and the European Commission when it comes to maritime regulations.

Markku is of the opinion that the shipping industry is fulfilling the SECA regulations which came into full force Jan 1st, 2015. They have recorded more than 6,000 measurements and the majority is in compliance.

Every year, more than 2,800 maritime incidents and accidents within European waters are reported to EMSA. Markku thinks that the 80 serious accidents reported last year has to be reduced, every accident means environmental and economic implications, but the fatal accidents has to be brought down to a minimum.

People don't understand that Europe is totally dependent on shipping, it's paramount that we raise the profile of shipping.

Have you got the recipe for spreading the word about shipping and the Shipping Podcast in particular? It's through sharing the fact that there is a Shipping Podcast and then writing a review. Please, feel free to put your view forward - it's easy!

Yvonne Pokropek is the HR Director for 13 countries within the DB Schenker group. She has a background in the union, the HR team in Port of Gothenburg, at LEAR Corporation and now more than a decade within the forwarding company DB Schenker.

Yvonne has the experience from many different management styles and has her view clear on what motivates people; good leadership. We have an interesting discussion what good leadership contains and how to develop people reporting to you.

We have a long conversation about how to get more women to the top management positions and from there into the Board rooms, where Yvonne now has reached a point where she thinks quotation is the only "quick fix" available.

In the beginning of this episode a swear word (?) is used, apologies for that if you feel uncomfortable. Personally, I didn't know it was a swearword, that might say something about me..

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Karin Orsel is a 45 year old Shipowner, Ship manager & Entrepreneur who thinks it is very important to engage and get involved in the international trade associations within the shipping industry - how else can you influence upcoming regulations, gain knowledge and have a heads-up?

Listen to how she took a leap of faith 1994, at the age of 23, started a shipping company with one client, 6 vessels and 50 crewmembers and how that has grown into a substantial ship owning and ship management company, MF Shipping Group, today employing more than 1,000 crewmembers on 52 vessels.

This episode of the Shipping Podcast covers a lot, 90 % of everything within shipping I would say; why is a ship called "she"? What is the responsibility of the Godmother of the ship? How Shipowners does chose which flag to fly? SECA, how do that effect the industry? Unmanned ships? Are there only 0.6 % female seafarers in the global merchant fleet?!

Well, you have to listen, this is a real titbit, either you are a mariner or a non-mariner, promise you!

Help spread the word about the Shipping Podcast through all channels possible! That will get more people interested in all the exciting things within our industry!

Kudos!

Per Bondemark is the Chief Procurement Officer at SSAB, a Swedish steel company listed on NASDAQ in Stockholm. He leads a team at SSAB which is buying transport for more than SEK 3 bio, handle approximately 900 ships yearly and are used to tackle the ice situation in the Baltic Sea.

There are so many different angles in this interview, we touch upon raw material in steel (!), politicians, regulations, environment, recruitment, infrastructure and how to decide which transport mode to use for which products.

Per is heading the Swedish Shipper's Council, he is a member of the European Shipper's Council and he has a habit of speaking his mind, both to politicians and supplier. Per emphasises that it is unfair to make small countries like Sweden & Finland to take the lead when it comes to changing the environmental footprint of the global merchant fleet. He is referring to the new SECA rules effective from Jan 1st, 2015.

Listen to Per and give us your view to our conversation, do that on iTunes, on the website, in Facebook or on Twitter. Let's get a discussion going!

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Rolf Westerström, CEO of the Swedish Sea Rescue Society, SSRS, speaks about how their organisation has developed over the last 20-25 years, how accidents as ESTONIA, SCANDINAVIAN STAR & JAN HEWELIUSZ was a wakeup call and what impact they had on the development of new, faster and more safe rescue boats and how mass evacuation now is looked upon in a completely different way.

Rolf also gives the background to the "Yellow Boats" (gula båtarna) an initiative by the media house Schibsted to assist refugees in need for sea rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, which until Christmas has saved more than 600 lives.

Rolf is retiring soon, he has got a perspective on the shipping industry since the 60's and he thinks that it's his job to make sure that each and every politician realises that we always cross water, when we leave our countries or our continents.

Listen to this wise and humble man and tell someone about it - that is the best way to get the Shipping Podcast more well-known, which is our common goal.

This episode was brought to you by the Swedish Mercantile Marine Foundation.

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You are meeting 8 shipping business women who attended the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA, International AGM & Conference in Istanbul, Turkey October, 7-10, 2015 and Consuelo is the final one.

Consuelo Rivero, Shipping Agent at Ership in Huelva, Spain, has been the Secretary of the WISTA International Executive Committee for the last six years and she is the most loyal fan of the Shipping Podcast, always supporting and giving feedback!

Consuelo speaks about her job what it's like to be a shipping agent and how few female Captains she has met during her 22 years in the maritime industry.

Thank you for 2015, best wishes for a prosperous 2016 - and don't forget to spread the word about the Shipping Podcast!