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John Hae? inger, Carnival Corp.

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John

Haeflinger,

VP of maritime policy and analysis,

Carnival Corp.

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While the cruise industry grows globally in earnest, this maritime niche is under the microscope like no other, operating high pro? le, high design billion dollar ships in and out of some of the most pristine places on the planet. Tasked to keep the company’s ships running ef? ciently and environmentally sound is John Hae? inger, VP of maritime policy and analysis, who directly oversees the sustainability team at Carnival

Corp. Hae? inger shares with Maritime Reporter & Engineering News his insights on the tech and technique to keep today and tomorrow’s ? eet running clean and ef? cient.

BY GREG TRAUTHWEIN ith a military back- cleanly and ef? ciently. “I started my Carnival portfolio for value. It was a well as our corporate sustainability and ground, and MBA career as an Of? cer in the United States great experience that ultimately led me maritime operational risk mitigation pro- and nearly a de- Navy, during which I served as a Depart- to my current role, which oversees Mari- grams. cade of experience ment Head on a Trident-class nuclear time Policy for the company.

Wwith a top-tier submarine, he said. “In mid-2008, I had Hae? inger reports directly to Bill

There is No Silver Bullet management consulting ? rm, John Hae- an opportunity to join Carnival Corpora- Burke, Carnival’s Chief Maritime Of- The path to environmental compli- ? inger brought a well-rounded and sys- tion as the head of Strategic Projects, a ? cer, and his job includes oversight of ance is neither straight nor easy for any tematic approach to the job of running group within the Company that looked Carnival’s Health, Environmental, Safe- maritime entity, particular billion dol- the vast Carnival Corp. ? eet of ships for opportunities to further leverage the ty and Security, or “HESS” policies as lar ? oating resorts that carry thousands www.marinelink.com 35

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