The shipping industry needs to take a more holistic view when looking to improve safety, environmental performance and operational efficiency, says DNVGL’s maritime chief executive Knut Orbeck-Nilssen, because right now the environmental agenda has overtaken safety concerns and that is worrying. Joining Lloyd’s List this week, Mr Orbeck-Nilssen and DNVGL’s environment director, Eirik Nyhus, discuss how better informed decisions are needed and why greater consideration should be given to scientific and technical evidence when it comes to global and national regulation.
