Climate crisis, trade wars and a global pandemic. Can diversity and gender equality in the marine industry bring needed solutions when sailing through rough seas? During Oslo Innovation Week 2020 (OIW), held on 21-25 September of this year, TOOL streamed a high-level panel organized by Maritime Bergen (MB) on the topic of diversity in theContinue reading “Better Business With Diversity”
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Mitt voksenpoeng: Birgit Liodden
How did a school dropout become one of the most profiled young shipping female executives globally in the maritime industry? In this podcast, Birgit Liodden talks about her professional journey as the Founder, and general secretary of YoungShip International and achieving milestones as being the first woman and youngest ever to be Director of Nor-Shipping,Continue reading “Mitt voksenpoeng: Birgit Liodden”
Women Who Change The World: Malak al Akiely, Jordan
Meet my soul sister and host in Jordan, also opening up her home to me while I’m in Amman. Malak Al Akiely is a Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum, and a self made entrepreneur in commodity trading since the age of 21. She is the first female Board member on Jordan Economic Forum,Continue reading “Women Who Change The World: Malak al Akiely, Jordan”
Women Who Change The World: Nadia Shahin, Jordan
Nadia Shahin is awarded Jordanian Business Woman of the year. As the general manager of Kawar Group’s shipping and logistics division, Nadia Shahin represents multiple firsts: She is the first female and first non-Kawar family member to command a top leadership post at the firm, which she has held since 2010. She also is theContinue reading “Women Who Change The World: Nadia Shahin, Jordan”
SHE x TOOL Oslo-Mumbai 2020: Slow travel, with time to learn
Back in the days, traveling internationally was time consuming and expensive. It was considered a luxury, for the privileged. In our time, it can be cheaper to fly halfway around the world, than buying a train ticket to the other side of your own country (train tickets Oslo-Bodø with sleeping cabin as example). In theContinue reading “SHE x TOOL Oslo-Mumbai 2020: Slow travel, with time to learn”
Onboarding Female Crew
We are super happy to announce progress on one of our ambitions for 2020; recruiting female crew. While the owners of M/S Bjørvika are men with certificates to run the vessel, we aim to go with all-female crew when conducting our own voyages. We have now recruited 4 female ratings for the upcoming season, andContinue reading “Onboarding Female Crew”
ZERO WARMUP with WeWork: Afterwork with news from TOOL and our community!
ZERO WARMUP at TOOL! On November 5th, The Ocean Opportunity Lab is hosting the official side venue for the ZERO Conference 2019 and will be celebrating this and finalizing our 2nd phase of TOOL redesign, by inviting friends and community partners for a day dedicated to the next generation of change makers on our floatingContinue reading “ZERO WARMUP with WeWork: Afterwork with news from TOOL and our community!”
Video sneak peek: The 2 week transformation!
How an amazing crew of professionals, volunteers and passionate ocean lovers transformed the veteran lady M/S Bjørvika into The Ocean Opportunity Lab! Now we’re ready for welcoming the next generation of changemakers onboard to co-create, inspire and explore the future! Save your seat for the launch Thursday 26 September, a few places left!
Chasing 100 million tons CO2 – Norwegian entrepreneurs offers a solution for oil majors!
We thought we were only going to reveal the world’s first floating entrepreneur lab this week, from sunny Oslo. Instead we’ll focus on how Norwegian entrepreneurs will be helping oil majors to cut 100 million tons CO2 annually through a new tool. How can Norwegian oil major Equinor cut 1 million tons CO2 a year withoutContinue reading “Chasing 100 million tons CO2 – Norwegian entrepreneurs offers a solution for oil majors!”