“Welcome to a Dying Industry”

Podcast: Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast · MarineLink

Opublikowano: 2026-10-29

“Welcome to a dying industry” is the advice that Rik van Hemmen, as a young professional starting with Martin & Ottaway, received from a group of grizzled veterans at an industry event in New York City. But van Hemmen is the furthest from a conventional thinker, so he thanked them for their advice, pointed out that they were old, they would be gone soon and whatever was left was his. Though his maritime journey is long, as a young man van Hemmen was not convinced that maritime was his future, despite the fact that he’s a literal “Son of a son of...