Are We Making Seafaring Harder Than It Needs to Be? With Steven Jones
Steven Jones joins Nick Chubb and Raal Harris to examine what the latest Seafarers Happiness Index reveals about life at sea, crew relationships, shore-based wellbeing.Chapters02:16 The origins of the...
6 Aug 57min
The Trust Problem Behind Digital Training Records and Maritime’s Third Mobile Ecosystem
Mintra’s integration with Norway’s competence registry opens a wider discussion about digital training records, trust and interoperability in maritime. Nick and Raal revisit failed technology forecast...
30 Jul 50min
The Battle for Shipbuilding Capacity and Private Equity Targets Vessel Operations
Nick and Raal explore shipbuilding’s geopolitical revival, friendshoring, autonomous vessel insurance, and the risks of an overheated global orderbook cycle ahead for shipping. They also examine how s...
23 Jul 58min
Freedom of Navigation Under Fire, China's Unexpected Green Push, and Trusting AI at Sea
Freedom of navigation comes under renewed pressure as proposals to charge for transit through the Strait of Hormuz raise profound questions about international maritime law. The conversation then turn...
16 Jul 53min
Compliance Over Competence, Human APIs, and Cognitive Load
This week, Nick and Raal explore two new research reports examining the gap between maritime systems as they're designed and how they're actually used at sea. They discuss cognitive overload on modern...
9 Jul 54min
$600 Ship Data Collection, Digital Literacy, and Preventive Healthcare
Nick and Raal discuss leadership change at Hafnia, falling costs for onboard vessel data collection, the continuing debate over software ecosystems versus single platforms, digital literacy and STCW r...
2 Jul 57min
Adaptive Learning and the Death of the Manager: UnDocked Live from Bergen
Nick and Raal mark Undocked’s first live episode from Bergen with two competing visions for AI in maritime: scalable human expertise and the decline of middle management. The discussion explores perfo...
25 Jun 34min
The End of Easy Globalisation: Bergen Maps the New Maritime Order
Nick and Raal report from Bergen after Undocked’s first live stage appearance, capturing interviews with Michael Beckley, Sabrina Chao, Andreas Enger, Julian Bray, Pia Melling and Göran Persson. Acros...
18 Jun 1h 26min
