V.Group is one of a handful of ship management firms that have been spearheading a significant revamp of the shipping industry.

Ship managers are the companies hired by shipowners to operate and manage their vessels and fleets while they focus on

other things - like making money.

While it is an incredibly fragmented industry, the trend for shipowners to sell off or outsource their ship management divisions to third party managers is a growing trend.

Meanwhile acquisitions, mergers, and an expansion of service offerings are common.

Third party ship managers are also hugely in favour of digitalisation and the use of AI in operations.

And this is why TradeWinds Craig Eason spoke to V.Group CEO Rene Kofod-Olsen.

V.Group just bought a technology consultancy, Njord, off or Maersk Tankers that helps shipowners make decarbonisation investment decisions.  

V.Group has also built its own AI and digitalisation tools.

Kofod-Olsen is also outspoken about modern ship management getting more value for its role, and the opportunity to enhance seafarers by empowering them with technology, not replacing them with it.

It's a fascinating interview.

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Investigators responding to the shipping accident that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore faced a needle-in-a-haystack search. An electrical failure had caused the 9,971-teu Dali (built 2015) to lose power just three ship lengths from the bridge.

But the ship’s thousands of wires stretch for miles. Which one caused the problem? In the fourth episode of our Marine Investigation series about the deadly incident, Wavelenth Plus explores the hunt for this fault, which National Transportation Safety Board chair Jenifer Homendy compared to searching for a loose bolt on the Eiffel Tower.

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Removing wrecks is an expensive business. And the bill continues to rise as governments and the public demand cleaner, clearer oceans. TradeWinds counts the costs of retrieving stricken ships.

by Paul Peachey

a TradeWinds/DN Media podcast

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In this episode TradeWinds's Asia correspondent Huaqing Ma talks to John Rowley, chief executive of Hong Kong-based Wallem.

Wallem is one of the leading ship managers in the maritime sector. Huaqing and John talk about the challenges of being a modern ship manager in a competitive world and why the company is so closely bonded with Hong Kong.

Read Huaqing's full articles here: From combat zones to ship decks: The making of Wallem’s CEO

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Secretary general of the International Maritime Organization Arsenio Dominguez spoke to Holly Birkett on the sidelines of the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) conference, just days after IMO delegations delayed an all-important vote on emissions regulations.

He was reflective on the way that the talks played out and said there are lessons to be learned, but emphasised that decarbonisation work will not stop at the IMO or within the industry.

Seeing as it was the WISTA conference, the time was also right to ask Dominguez about what the IMO is doing to support women in maritime industry and create equitable workplaces for all.

Host and producer: Holly Birkett, TradeWinds reporter.

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In this episode, TradeWinds US bureau chief Eric Priante Martin sits down with Ardmore Shipping chief executive Gernot Ruppelt and president Bart Kelleher in New York just over a year after they took the reins of the Irish product and chemical tanker company. On the sidelines of a Capital Link investor conference, they explain how they are looking at opportunity in what they describe as a non-binary way and leveraging a stronger balance sheet to harness opportunity presented by a volatile market.

Read more here: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/interviews/ardmore-duo-work-to-harness-opportunity-amid-volatility-a-year-after-leadership-transition/2-1-1886714

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