Publications directory
A complete index of articles, podcasts, interviews, and co-authored papers on digital transformation and shipping.

DateTitle / Content description (clickable)Co-authors / Key details
Jan 30th 2026From Pizzeria Parties to Global Ports: Reflections on 37 Years at MSCRetirement announcement
Nov 20th 2025What Container Shipping Can Learn From the Vikings
Sep 23rd 2025AI Agents: A Smarter Way to Navigate Shipping’s Complexity
Aug 13th 20255 Shifts That Show Digitalisation Is Real (And Here to Stay)
Jul 21st 2025Why Culture, Not Code, Is the Real Driver of Change in Shipping
May 14th 2025The Power of Perspective: What I Learned by Listening
Apr 28th 2025Executive Insights: "Technology is just a tool, people make the difference"
Mar 13th 2025Blue Means Go… Right? (Imagining a World Where Standards Don’t Exist)
Feb 20th 20255 Myths about Digitalisation in Shipping
Jan 27th 2025How Steve Jobs Would Transform Shipping
Nov 12th 2024Putting the Pieces Together: Solving the Digital Adoption Puzzle in Shipping
Oct 24th 2024MSC Digital Talks Episode #11: How DCSA Standards Drive Cross-Industry CollaborationWith Thomas Bagge
Aug 12th 20243 Truths About Innovation in Shipping (inspired by your comments)
Jun 27th 2024How Digital & Green Corridors are Revolutionising Global Maritime Trade
May 16th 2024MSC Digital Talks Episode #10: Digital Learnings from the World’s Busiest Transhipment HubWith Kenneth Lim
May 2nd 2024It’s Time to Change the Way we Look at Innovation in Shipping
Mar 28th 2024MSC Digital Talks Episode #9: The Human Side of Digital TransformationWith Hariesh Manaadiar
Mar 15th 2024How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping the Shipping Industry
Feb 12th 2024Manifest 2024 and Digital Talks #9 Teaser
Jan 26th 2024Shipping's Future Is Paperless and Digital: So What's Holding Us Back?
Jan 16th 2024Poll: How is the container shipping sector progressing on digitalisation?
Dec 21st 2023Best of Digital Talks: 7 Perspectives on the Impacts of Digitalisation in Shipping
Oct 20th 2023My Favourite Cartoons About Digital Transformation
Oct 2nd 2023The cost of NOT doing eBL (and other digital documents)
Aug 22nd 2023How to navigate the transition from paper bill of lading (BL) to eBL
Jul 27th 2023The UK Law that Could Revolutionise Shipping
Jul 14th 2023MSC Digital Talks Episode #7: Embracing Data & Digital: A Freight Forwarder’s StoryWith Christian Xu
May 2nd 2023MSC Digital Talks Episode #6: Data-sharing & Cyber-Security at the USA’s Largest PortWith Gene Seroka
Jan 30th 2023MSC Digital Talks Episode #5: A Customer Perspective on MSC’s Smart ContainersWith Raphaelle Hemmerlin
Dec 12th 2022Why a people-first approach is essential for digitalisation in shipping
Nov 14th 2022ICC Insider thoughts: “Digital transformation is not simply about technology ...ople better at what they do”
Oct 19th 2022MSC Digital Talks Episode #4: Innovation in shipping: From starting up to scaling upWith Iwan van der Wolf
Sept 30th 2022What Playing Music Taught Me About Shipping
Sept 6th 2022MSC Digital Talks Episode #3: Exploring new frontiers in shipping innovationWith Ho Ghim Siew
Jul 28th 2022A Customer Experience That No-one Owns: How Data Will Change Shipping
Jun 21st 2022What Shipping Can Learn from The Mechanical Turk
Jun 16th 2022Podcast: In Conversation with Andre SimhaThe Maritime Podcast
Jun 14th 2022MSC Digital Talks Episode #2: Global trade, shipping and the evolution of digitalisationWith Jan Hoffmann
May 20th 2022Is Container Shipping Becoming ‘Digital-first’ Fast Enough?
Apr 21st 2022These 3 fears are slowing down digitalisation
Feb 28th 2022The 5 Major Themes in Digitalisation and Shipping in 2022
Feb 22nd 2022MSC Digital Talks Episode #1: Driving MSC's digital evolution in France and beyondWith Philippe Lestrade
Dec 22nd 2021How 1 Text Message Changed the World (and what we can learn)
Nov 26th 2021Why the Next Generation Should Want to Work in Shipping
Oct 13th 2021The Future of Work in Shipping: The (Digital) Genie is Out of the Bottle
Jul 30th 2021When Ships Fly: A Glimpse into Maritime’s Digital Future
June 14th 2021Digital & predictable: what shippers really want from supply chains
May 6th 2021What will the Bill of Lading look like in the next decade?
Mar 12th 2021Music, shoes and tech: A look inside my lifelong passions
Mar 4th 2021TPM21 Podcast: Attaining Predictability - MSC's Simha on DigitizationBeyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Feb 26th 2021Port call optimization: Two sides of the same coin
Feb 10th 2021The Unexpected Impact of COVID on Shipping
Dec 9th 2020The 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 2020Smart Ports: The Next Leg in the Relay Race of Shipping
Oct 28th 20205 Digital Transformation Mistakes to Avoid in the Shipping Industry
Oct 19th 2020Information Sharing Communities for Digitally Enabled Supply Chain VisibilityBy Mikael Lind, Margi van Gogh, Hanane Bechawenhoven, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Erik Lund, Henk Mulder, Niall Murphy, André Simha
Oct 7th 2020Intermodal Supply Chain Facilitation through Adoption and Implementation ...munications StandardsBy Hanane Becha, Todd Frazier, Rudy Hemeleersarsen, Bertrand Minary, Henk Mulder, André Simha, Jaco Voorspuij
Sept 25th 2020The Next Generation: Who Will Shape the Next 33 Years of Container Shipping?
Aug 31st 2020A Long Love Story of Tech and Shipping: My 33 Year Long Career in MSC
Aug 20th 2020Smart Decision-Making and Collaborative AlignmentBy Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen
Aug 4th 2020Why digitalisation does not mean losing the personal touch
June 18th 2020Digital ContainerisationBy Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen
June 15th 2020Port digitalisation in the face of disruption
May 29th 2020Smarter shipping, inspired by Uber
May 14th 2020Standardisation in container shipping is key to boosting economies of scale.By Hanane Becha, Mikael Lind, Francois Bottin, Steen Erik Larsen
Apr 20th 2020Smart Ports: On the move to become Global Logistics Information Exchange HubsBy Hanane Becha, Mikael Lind, Francois Bottin
March 9th 2020Creating value for the transport buyer with Digital Data StreamsBy Mikael Lind, Hanane Becha
Feb 13th 2020Don’t miss the opportunity of joining the world’s movements on digital collaboration!By Mikael Lind
Dec 4th 2019Can improved visibility take shipping to the next level?
Nov 13th 2019Are we reaping the full value of our data in shipping?
Oct 30th 2019Digital technologies are enabling better collaboration in shipping!By Mikael Lind
Oct 22nd 2019The benefits of smart containers to importers and exporters
Sept 24th 2019Can blockchain revolutionize shipping through a single source of truth?
Aug 30th 2019The consumerisation of shipping and what it means for you
Jul 24th 2019Technology can enable shipping, but only through collaboration



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