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The summer of 2023 has come to an end and we had a short sit down with our summer interns to learn about their time with us.

Oslo-based company sees prominent investors buy into its modular shipping data system.

In this interview, Jørgen talks about his experience with writing his master thesis; "Expanding Our Knowledge of Maritime Trade with AIS and Explainable AI Systems".

– Shippingbransjen sliter med steingammel datasystemer, sier Kristin Omholt-Jensen. Nå har hun fått med seg en rekke shippingkjendiser i softwareselskapet Maritime Optima.

Interview with Simen Omholt-Jensen about his finished master thesis - Tramp Ship Routing and Scheduling in the Dry Bulk Industry including Bunker Optimization and Fleet Repositioning.

Just as timely as the four previous ones with regards to topic: Sadly, cyber security has become one of the hottest ones for business and indeed governments these days, even for individuals like you and me.

The Russian war in Ukraine and the conflict between China and USA over Taiwan - how can shipping and the maritime industry navigate in such troubled waters? This, along with other huge topics were discussed.

The aim of the hackathon is to find innovative solutions to global challenges, and at the same time to acquire talent for one of our most important industries: the maritime industry.

This summer we’ve had five summer interns working together with us. We sat down with them to learn more about what they’ve been doing this summer, and what plans they have for the future!

On Monday, the 27th of June, we had the chance to visit Drammen Havn (Port of Drammen) thanks to Ivar Vannebo and Morten Hansen. Read about one of the most ambitious ports in Norway.

After two meetings with geopolitical focus, this time we turned to the main issues for our industry, and thus our clients: decarbonization.

This time, we discussed the new world order after the Ukraine war, China's ambitions to become a world leader, and how technology will continue to change the world.

On Thursday, the 3rd of February 2022, we invited shipping people for the first meeting in a series of "The Breakfast Club by Maritime Optima and Fridtjof Pub". The topic was geopolitics and energy supply.

"I was introduced to the team and their data platform during the spring. It is rare to find a startup investing so much in maritime data quality and seeing such a competent team with so much passion and willingness to improve data quality continuously", says Mr. Melsom Ziegler.

Maritime Optima AS has the opportunity to grant two scholarships of NOK 25,000 per semester. All students who are affiliated with a master's program in programming, machine learning, finance, or international economics can apply.

Orbcomm is a Nasdaq listed company and one of the world's biggest global AIS coverage providers. We are now receiving updated AIS positions from more than 600 satellites and terrestrial AIS senders on more than 65 000 vessels.

"Both parties will continue developing our products, so let's see what the future will bring", says Omholt-Jensen. Ishaan Hemnani, Co-Founder of BunkerEx, commented, "We are excited to partner with other forward-thinking companies in the Maritime space, and Maritime Optima was no exception".

The Norwegian start-up Maritime Optima is preparing to launch a better digital interaction tool for the shipping industry. Despite troubled markets and Covid19, the company is gearing up for growth.

An era is over and replaced by another one. Thanks a lot to Thorleif Thorleifsson for founding the company together with Simen and Kristin. Maritime Optima continue her voyage with a new Board of Directors but you will always be a part for the soul of this company.

Kristin Omholt-Jensen (54) driver oppstartsselskapet Maritime Optima, som hun grunnla sammen med to av sine sønner i april 2018.‍ Som første selskap har de mottatt tilskudd av koronapenger fra Innovasjon Norge.

My dream is to create a software releasing more time for value-creating work and building value network because digitalization is about strengthening knowledge and competence. In a world being digitalized, it becomes even more important to be skilled in a subject and to learn to work in teams.