Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast

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Maritime Matters takes a deep dive with leadership in the global maritime industry, going beyond the headlines for insights on the most topical issues of the day. From oceangoing ships to coastal and inland waterways; to ship and boat design and construction; each episode is dedicated to exploring the rigors of working on and around the world’s waterways.

  1. JAN 15

    The UXO Risk: Seequent Adds Clarity Underwater

    “Seeing” under the world’s waterways is a perpetual challenge, seeing what’s under the seabed surface and even bigger challenge. Seequent, the Bentley Subsurface Company, helps organisations understand what’s happening underground and under the seabed, helping to identify and mitigate risks such as unexploded ordinance (UXO), helping to ensure a more efficient and safe work environment for multiple maritime stakeholders. Matt Grove – EMEA Regional Segment Manager – Offshore, and Becky Bodger – EMEA Customer Solutions Team Lead, discuss with Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, the array of tools available to get the job done.

    51 min

  2. 10/23/2025

    Propane is the “Energy for Everyone”

    Ports and terminals are at the epicenter when it comes to energy transition and emission reduction, essential cogs for industry, commerce and the U.S. economy as whole, but also a large target for environmental organizations to focus. In this edition of Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, Jim Bunsey, Senior Manager, Business Development, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) , discusses the value proposition of propane, discussing in depth the experience of West Basin Container Terminal (WBCT) – operated by Ports America and a major terminal at the Port of Los Angeles – which has more than two decades of experience slashing fuel costs, emissions and maintenance costs with propane-powered port tractors.

    17 min

  3. 10/14/2025

    From “Yard Dog” to the C-Suite: Matt Binsfeld, CEO, Brennan

    The 4th generation family run business J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan) is a waterborne marine construction powerhouse, born more than 100 years ago in the Upper Midwest, and evolving into a multi-dimensional, national marine infrastructure leader. Matt Binsfeld, President and CEO of Brennan, and his three brothers operate the business today. Binsfeld recently sat down with Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast to take a deep dive into the company, it’s rich history which was started in 1919 pouring concrete floors for local barns, with insights on a multitude of complex engineering construction and environmental mitigation projects, with a and promising future.

    33 min

  4. 10/06/2025

    Better Data Modular Solutions Drive Bergan Marine System

    From inland towboats and tank barges, to oceangoing tankers and government fleets, Bergan Marine is literally everywhere you look on the waterfront. Kyle Durden, President & CEO, Bergan Marine Systems, discusses the rich history of this company; born in Norway but operating from Florida since 1980, Bergan Marine Systems offers a full family of product and services that are connected, modular solutions that reduce installation and operating costs – ultimately providing better data.

    26 min

  5. 09/16/2025

    MSC Taps the Digital Revolution to Cut Fleet Emissions, Fuel Burn

    It’s trite (but true) to say that in the maritime industry’s quest to cut emissions, there is no ‘silver bullet’ solution, rather a series of small step changes that cumulatively add up over time. Maritime Matters: The Marinelink Podcast, recently hosted Giuseppe Gargiulo, Head of Newbuildings, MSC and Daniel Bischofberger, CEO, Accelleron, to specifically discuss the development and delivery of Accelleron’s FITS2 technology, and automation technology built with MSC and premised on Accelleron’s cumulative 100+ years of turbocharger experience. While the focus of the tech talk was FITS2, both leaders shared with Maritime Matters a much broader look inside MSC – its current fleet of 900 ships with 120 more on order – and how it balances and rationalizes the integration of new technology on newbuilds and existing ships to help meet ever tightening emission reduction goals.

    47 min

  6. 08/07/2025

    Colonna’s Shipyard: Forged in Steel, Anchored in Legacy

    Listen to the full Maritime Matters: The MarinelinkPodcast featuring Randall Crutchfield, Chairman & CEO, Colonna’s Shipyard, the fifth-generation, family leader of this medium-sized shipbuilder. Founded in 1875 with a $2,000 loan from his brother, 26-year-old ship carpenter Charles J. Colonna, created a company that has not only withstood thetest of time, but today stands ready as a multi-faceted ‘blue collar industrial complex’ to help in the effort to effectively rebuild the U.S. shipbuilding base, and more specifically to help rebuild the U.S. Navy and U.S. government-owned fleet of ships.

    49 min

  7. 06/05/2025

    Propane Powers WBCT’s Port Tractor Fleet to 50% Fuel Savings

    Propane is a fossil fuel, but it is a clean fuel that is more easily adaptable to port and maritime operations as compared to most other non-conventional future fuel. Jim Bunsey, Senior Manager, Business Development, Propane Education Research Council (PERC), discusses with Maritime Matters: The Marinelink Podcast, the operational value and environmental benefits of switching to propane. Specifically, takes a deep dive into the West Basin Container Terminal (WBCT) at the Port of Los Angeles and its 20+ years of experience in working with propane as a fuel for its fleet of port vehicles, logging a 50% savings on fuel and a 99% lower emissions by switching to propane across its fleet of 75 propane-powered port tractors.

    41 min

  8. 05/21/2025

    One on One with Knut Ørbeck Nilssen, CEO Maritime, DNV

    With a 160+ year history and 18% of the world fleet under the DNV classification banner, DNV is one of the world’s leading classification societies. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV’s long-tenured CEO Maritime, weighs in on the most pressing matters of the day, from risk mitigation during a time of geopolitical upheaval, to the core technical issues driving maritime’s future, from decarbonization and fuel transition to digitalization and cyber security.

    47 min
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Maritime Matters takes a deep dive with leadership in the global maritime industry, going beyond the headlines for insights on the most topical issues of the day. From oceangoing ships to coastal and inland waterways; to ship and boat design and construction; each episode is dedicated to exploring the rigors of working on and around the world’s waterways.

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