One lesson learned from Covid-19 has been asking for help, says Björn Blomqvist, Managing Director of Rederi AB Eckerö.
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Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves focused on smart recovery – speakers emphasized cooperation and digitalization
Maritime industry faces big challenges due COVID19-pandemic. Pandemic is seen to lead to stronger collaboration and accelerated digitalisation.
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Breaking Waves: Towards smart and emission-free shipping
The Breaking Waves conference 2019 at the Messukeskus Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre as part of the world-leading start-up event Slush. The famous buzz surrounding the event also extended to the maritime
cluster’s conference, as the top names and influencers in the sector met to discuss the future challenges facing maritime logistics.
The world is becoming autonomous
“The world is becoming autonomous,” Pia Meling said in Breaking Waves-conference in Helsinki. Why should it not happen in maritime?
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“We are not dinosaurs”
“I am so sick and tired of hearing that we are the dinosaurs,” Erwin Verstraelen said. “If 90 percent of the global trade is maritime based, you can’t be a dinosaur.”
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“The world is getting more complex”
“We have to use infrastructure in a clever way. Our target must be in cities and ports, to avoid traffic jams and keep the traffic flowing,” says Port of Hamburg CEO Jens Meier.
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Breaking Waves brought the maritime sector to Helsinki
The two-day event, arranged to coincide with Slush in December 2018, brought together the top entities from the maritime cluster in Finland and Europe, offering ideas and inspiration for addressing future challenges.
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Hamburg port boss is a firm believer of teamwork
As chairman of the Port of Hamburg at the mouth of the North Sea, Jens Meier oversees Europe’s third-busiest maritime point of entry after Rotterdam and Antwerp. Known as Germany’s “Gateway to the World,” Hamburg is also the planet’s 15th-largest port, handling about 10 million cartons annually.
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The Commission would like to see a unanimous sea cluster
As a representative from the European Commission at the recent Breaking Waves 2018 think tank in Helsinki, Magda Kopczynska asked European maritime cluster leaders what she should do to help them solve the industry’s future concerns.
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