| Publications directory |
| A complete index of articles, podcasts, interviews, and co-authored papers on digital transformation and shipping. |
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| Date | Title / Content description (clickable) | Co-authors / Key details |
| Jan 30th 2026 | From Pizzeria Parties to Global Ports: Reflections on 37 Years at MSC | Retirement announcement |
| Nov 20th 2025 | What Container Shipping Can Learn From the Vikings | — |
| Sep 23rd 2025 | AI Agents: A Smarter Way to Navigate Shipping’s Complexity | — |
| Aug 13th 2025 | 5 Shifts That Show Digitalisation Is Real (And Here to Stay) | — |
| Jul 21st 2025 | Why Culture, Not Code, Is the Real Driver of Change in Shipping | — |
| May 14th 2025 | The Power of Perspective: What I Learned by Listening | — |
| Apr 28th 2025 | Executive Insights: "Technology is just a tool, people make the difference" | — |
| Mar 13th 2025 | Blue Means Go… Right? (Imagining a World Where Standards Don’t Exist) | — |
| Feb 20th 2025 | 5 Myths about Digitalisation in Shipping | — |
| Jan 27th 2025 | How Steve Jobs Would Transform Shipping | — |
| Nov 12th 2024 | Putting the Pieces Together: Solving the Digital Adoption Puzzle in Shipping | — |
| Oct 24th 2024 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #11: How DCSA Standards Drive Cross-Industry Collaboration | With Thomas Bagge |
| Aug 12th 2024 | 3 Truths About Innovation in Shipping (inspired by your comments) | — |
| Jun 27th 2024 | How Digital & Green Corridors are Revolutionising Global Maritime Trade | — |
| May 16th 2024 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #10: Digital Learnings from the World’s Busiest Transhipment Hub | With Kenneth Lim |
| May 2nd 2024 | It’s Time to Change the Way we Look at Innovation in Shipping | — |
| Mar 28th 2024 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #9: The Human Side of Digital Transformation | With Hariesh Manaadiar |
| Mar 15th 2024 | How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping the Shipping Industry | — |
| Feb 12th 2024 | Manifest 2024 and Digital Talks #9 Teaser | — |
| Jan 26th 2024 | Shipping's Future Is Paperless and Digital: So What's Holding Us Back? | — |
| Jan 16th 2024 | Poll: How is the container shipping sector progressing on digitalisation? | — |
| Dec 21st 2023 | Best of Digital Talks: 7 Perspectives on the Impacts of Digitalisation in Shipping | — |
| Oct 20th 2023 | My Favourite Cartoons About Digital Transformation | — |
| Oct 2nd 2023 | The cost of NOT doing eBL (and other digital documents) | — |
| Aug 22nd 2023 | How to navigate the transition from paper bill of lading (BL) to eBL | — |
| Jul 27th 2023 | The UK Law that Could Revolutionise Shipping | — |
| Jul 14th 2023 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #7: Embracing Data & Digital: A Freight Forwarder’s Story | With Christian Xu |
| May 2nd 2023 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #6: Data-sharing & Cyber-Security at the USA’s Largest Port | With Gene Seroka |
| Jan 30th 2023 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #5: A Customer Perspective on MSC’s Smart Containers | With Raphaelle Hemmerlin |
| Dec 12th 2022 | Why a people-first approach is essential for digitalisation in shipping | — |
| Nov 14th 2022 | ICC Insider thoughts: “Digital transformation is not simply about technology ...ople better at what they do” | — |
| Oct 19th 2022 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #4: Innovation in shipping: From starting up to scaling up | With Iwan van der Wolf |
| Sept 30th 2022 | What Playing Music Taught Me About Shipping | — |
| Sept 6th 2022 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #3: Exploring new frontiers in shipping innovation | With Ho Ghim Siew |
| Jul 28th 2022 | A Customer Experience That No-one Owns: How Data Will Change Shipping | — |
| Jun 21st 2022 | What Shipping Can Learn from The Mechanical Turk | — |
| Jun 16th 2022 | Podcast: In Conversation with Andre Simha | The Maritime Podcast |
| Jun 14th 2022 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #2: Global trade, shipping and the evolution of digitalisation | With Jan Hoffmann |
| May 20th 2022 | Is Container Shipping Becoming ‘Digital-first’ Fast Enough? | — |
| Apr 21st 2022 | These 3 fears are slowing down digitalisation | — |
| Feb 28th 2022 | The 5 Major Themes in Digitalisation and Shipping in 2022 | — |
| Feb 22nd 2022 | MSC Digital Talks Episode #1: Driving MSC's digital evolution in France and beyond | With Philippe Lestrade |
| Dec 22nd 2021 | How 1 Text Message Changed the World (and what we can learn) | — |
| Nov 26th 2021 | Why the Next Generation Should Want to Work in Shipping | — |
| Oct 13th 2021 | The Future of Work in Shipping: The (Digital) Genie is Out of the Bottle | — |
| Jul 30th 2021 | When Ships Fly: A Glimpse into Maritime’s Digital Future | — |
| June 14th 2021 | Digital & predictable: what shippers really want from supply chains | — |
| May 6th 2021 | What will the Bill of Lading look like in the next decade? | — |
| Mar 12th 2021 | Music, shoes and tech: A look inside my lifelong passions | — |
| Mar 4th 2021 | TPM21 Podcast: Attaining Predictability - MSC's Simha on Digitization | Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast |
| Feb 26th 2021 | Port call optimization: Two sides of the same coin | — |
| Feb 10th 2021 | The Unexpected Impact of COVID on Shipping | — |
| Dec 9th 2020 | The maritime ecosystem needs ecosystem innovation to avoid “paving the cowpaths” | By Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha, Steen Erik Larsenn, Eyal Ben-Amram, David Marchand |
| Dec 4th 2020 | Smart Ports: The Next Leg in the Relay Race of Shipping | — |
| Oct 28th 2020 | 5 Digital Transformation Mistakes to Avoid in the Shipping Industry | — |
| Oct 19th 2020 | Information Sharing Communities for Digitally Enabled Supply Chain Visibility | By Mikael Lind, Margi van Gogh, Hanane Bechawenhoven, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Erik Lund, Henk Mulder, Niall Murphy, André Simha |
| Oct 7th 2020 | Intermodal Supply Chain Facilitation through Adoption and Implementation ...munications Standards | By Hanane Becha, Todd Frazier, Rudy Hemeleersarsen, Bertrand Minary, Henk Mulder, André Simha, Jaco Voorspuij |
| Sept 25th 2020 | The Next Generation: Who Will Shape the Next 33 Years of Container Shipping? | — |
| Aug 31st 2020 | A Long Love Story of Tech and Shipping: My 33 Year Long Career in MSC | — |
| Aug 20th 2020 | Smart Decision-Making and Collaborative Alignment | By Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen |
| Aug 4th 2020 | Why digitalisation does not mean losing the personal touch | — |
| June 18th 2020 | Digital Containerisation | By Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen |
| June 15th 2020 | Port digitalisation in the face of disruption | — |
| May 29th 2020 | Smarter shipping, inspired by Uber | — |
| May 14th 2020 | Standardisation in container shipping is key to boosting economies of scale. | By Hanane Becha, Mikael Lind, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen |
| Apr 20th 2020 | Smart Ports: On the move to become Global Logistics Information Exchange Hubs | By Hanane Becha, Mikael Lind, Francois Bottin |
| March 9th 2020 | Creating value for the transport buyer with Digital Data Streams | By Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha |
| Feb 13th 2020 | Don’t miss the opportunity of joining the world’s movements on digital collaboration! | By Mikael Lind |
| Dec 4th 2019 | Can improved visibility take shipping to the next level? | — |
| Nov 13th 2019 | Are we reaping the full value of our data in shipping? | — |
| Oct 30th 2019 | Digital technologies are enabling better collaboration in shipping! | By Mikael Lind |
| Oct 22nd 2019 | The benefits of smart containers to importers and exporters | — |
| Sept 24th 2019 | Can blockchain revolutionize shipping through a single source of truth? | — |
| Aug 30th 2019 | The consumerisation of shipping and what it means for you | — |
| Jul 24th 2019 | Technology can enable shipping, but only through collaboration | — |
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