Episodes

  • S5 Ep38: Dan Slater, VP Sales and Business Development, Scanreach

    S5 Ep38: Dan Slater, VP Sales and Business Development, Scanreach
    Jun 10 2024
    On the ship.energy podcast this week, Dan Slater, VP Sales and Business Development at Scanreach, takes a deep dive into the world of digitalisation to explain the importance of IoT for smart shipping and how data can be collected, reported and acted on to improve vessel efficiency.

    Dan has a BSc in Applied Chemistry from Cardiff University in Wales. He has three decades of experience in telecoms and data sales and business development. He joined ScanReach in 2022 after a number of years at GreenSteam. He has also held senior positions at i4-Insight and Eniram.

    ScanReach is a maritime IoT company based in Bergen, Norway. The company was founded in 2015 with the mission of developing affordable and user-friendly live lifesaving technologies for vessels and offshore installations, in particular for Personnel On-Board (POB) Control.

    The company has developed a wireless IoT platform for complex and confined steel environments such as ships and offshore structures. This means that the inside of vessels and rigs can be wirelessly fully covered. Other IoT applications also include wireless control of assets, equipment, room conditions, and cargo monitoring and gas detection.
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    22 mins
  • S5 Ep37: Julien Boulland Head of the sustainable shipping, commercial department at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore

    S5 Ep37: Julien Boulland Head of the sustainable shipping, commercial department at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
    May 27 2024
    Julian Boulland, head of the sustainable shipping commercial department at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, is this week’s podcast guest.

    In a wide-ranging conversation with ship.energy’s contributing editor Mark Williams, Julian considers the challenges and potential timelines for scaling up the availability of next generation shipping fuels. He also looks non-fuel tech options which are going to be vital in meeting the IMO’s intermediate emission reduction targets.

    Julien has represented Bureau Veritas for over 18 years in positions around the world, including a decade based in South East Asia. An expert in gas technologies, he has worked on various aspects of LNG in shipping related to Classification, Certification, Regulatory Compliance and Innovation. He frequently delivers workshops and trainings on technical aspects of LNG shipping and Code compliance (IGC Code and IGF Code) and is a well-known speaker at forums and conferences.

    Julien has an MSc in Naval Architecture / Naval Engineering from the University of Southampton in the UK and aMSc in Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Nancy in France.


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    33 mins
  • S5 Ep36: Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation, V Ships

    S5 Ep36: Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation, V Ships
    May 13 2024
    This week’s ship.energy podcast features Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation at V Ships

    Matt is a Master Mariner and has sailed on Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels. His career ashore began in 1996 with Acomarit which was later acquired by V.Ships in 2001. His roles have included time spent as a Ship Operator, Fleet Operations Manager and Fleet Manager, before taking up the role of Divisional Risk, Safety and Quality Director, Chief Operating Officer, Group Director Marine Operations and latterly Group HSSEQ Director.

    As Sustainability & Decarbonisation Director, Matt has the responsibility to drive V.Group’s partnership with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to help the industry transition to a net zero future. He is working closely with the Center to support its work and provide practical guidance regarding safe solutions to achieve decarbonisation aims.

    Matt is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
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    35 mins
  • S5 Ep35: Dr Adi Imsirovic, Director, Surrey Clean Energy

    S5 Ep35: Dr Adi Imsirovic, Director, Surrey Clean Energy
    Apr 30 2024
    Dr Adi Imsirovic, Director of Surrey Clean Energy, gives his insights on alternative marine fuels and the future of oil in this week’s ship.energy podcast. Dr Imsirovic has some 35 years of experience in oil trading and has held a number of senior positions in his career, including as Global Head of Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading and Regional Manager of Texaco Oil Trading for Asia.

    As well as looking at the trajectory of shipping’s energy transition, Dr Imsirovic is extremely well placed to consider the future of oil. How much oil will still be produced, traded and consumed by 2050? How will oil be priced? What will carbon pricing and carbon capture do to oil markets?

    In addition to his roles in the commercial sector, Dr Imsirovic was a Fulbright Scholar, studying at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. He taught Energy Economics as well as Resource and Environmental Economics at Surrey University for several years, where he remains affiliated to its Energy Economic Centre. He has also worked as a Senior Research Fellow the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

    He has a PhD in Economics and a Masters degree in Energy Economics.

    Dr Imsirovic has written a number of papers and articles on the topic of oil and gas prices, benchmarks, and energy security. He is the author of ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oils: Growth and Development of International Oil Markets’, published in 2021 and also editor of ‘Brent Crude Oil: Genesis and Development of the World's Most Important Oil Benchmark’.

    His next book to be published is ‘International Oil Markets in the Era of Climate Change’.
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    25 mins
  • S5 Ep34: Arsenio Domínguez, Secretary General, International Maritime Organization (IMO)

    S5 Ep34: Arsenio Domínguez, Secretary General, International Maritime Organization (IMO)
    Apr 15 2024
    This week’s ship.energy podcast features Arsenio Domínguez, who began his four-year term of office as the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the start of 2024.

    The podcast was recorded in the wake of the 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and, in conversation with ship.energy’s contributing editor, Mark Williams, Dominguez underscores the importance of the IMO when it comes to establishing global regulations for the shipping sector.

    Dominguez also gives his views on:
    • How the shipping industry is progressing towards 2030 and 2040 interim emissions targets, that were adopted in MEPC 80, as well as the 2050 net zero goal.
    • The Carbon Intensity Indicator.
    • How the IMO can retain its global primacy in shipping in the face of regional shipping regulations and emissions regimes.
    • His personal hopes for the industry between now and the end of the decade.
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    16 mins
  • S5 Ep33: Christophe Tytgat from SEA Europe and CESA

    S5 Ep33: Christophe Tytgat from SEA Europe and CESA
    Apr 2 2024
    The first ship.energy podcast in April features Christophe Tytgat, Secretary General, SEA Europe (Shipyards and Marine Equipment Association) and CESA .

    Christophe is a professional lobbyist with an extensive network in the European Institutions, in European lobbying associations and in the shipping and transport industry.

    He is an expert in European policy and legal matters as well as in shipping-related issues with a particular focus on the following domains: shipping policy; social affairs; state aid; EU competition; security; customs; maritime law, and taxation.

    He has a Master of Arts degree in East European Studies from Leuven University

    In conversation with Contributing Editor Mark Williams, Christophe discusses his work at SEA Europe and CESA and offers his views on likely policy developments and how/if EU and IMO policies could align. He also addresses the current fragmentation and complexity of maritime funding in Europe.
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    27 mins
  • S5 Ep32: Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, Chief Analyst, Head of Research at Global Risk Management

    S5 Ep32: Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, Chief Analyst, Head of Research at Global Risk Management
    Mar 19 2024
    33 mins
  • S5 Ep31: George Haysom, CCO, Idwal

    S5 Ep31: George Haysom, CCO, Idwal
    Mar 4 2024
    24 mins