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Fenna van de Merwe,

Principal Consultant at DNV, left and Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen,

CEO of DNV - Maritime

Photos courtesy DNV

Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV -

Maritime minces no words in calling the continued seafarer crisis and the inability to effectively change crews ‘a disgrace.’ “The problem is, in many countries, the health department of the governments are setting the agenda, making the decisions, and internal bureaucracy inside of gov- ernments prevents a solution; I think that is where the problem lies. It must be the heads of state for those nations that have not yet signed up to take charge, show leadership, and assign seafarers as key workers.” investing in digitalization and safety and draw conclusions just on that spe- ample – for the bene? t of the individual by means of looking or incorporating ci? c area that one might be working in, companies and the industry as a whole. the safety related risks, and whatever’s be it a piece of technology or a speci? c “Recently it (the Green Shipping Pro- necessary to tackle those safety related service, but stay true to that service and gram) launched a guidance on the use risks.” that expertise and use it in collaborative of ammonia as a fuel, and I think this

Breaking out of the Silos situations, like in joint industry projects is a perfect example. It doesn’t make

The maritime industry historically where an overarching party,” serves as a sense for a select few ship owners to has ‘kept its cards close’ in the name facilitator to ensure that all entities are try to use ammonia as fuel, and thereby of competition, but van de Merwe con- communicating and working toward a have a competitive advantage, because tends that coming out of those silos, col- common, collaborative goal. it’s all about infrastructure, availability, laborating, has the power to elevate all. The Green Shipping Program in Nor- and price. Releasing this as a joint effort

The trick, as always, is how to do it. way, a private public cooperation, is by the industry is sharing the informa- “(When we talk about) encourag- gaining a lot of international attention tion that is needed to manage using that ing the industry to collaborate, I’m not and participants, said Ørbeck-Nilssen, type of fuel from a safety aspect (among saying give away your expertise,” she and he touts it as an example of how a long list of other commercial consid- said. “What I’m saying is use your ex- organizations from all ends of the mar- erations).” pertise, stay true to it, and share what ket can come together to explore, trial

Watch the interview on it is necessary to build a complete ho- and learn about new technologies and

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