Leadership development is one of our key strategic priorities for 2026 and an important part of our ambition to become an even stronger, more resilient organisation and to continue delivering value for our people, clients and stakeholders.
Outstanding results by AEMA alumni in the 2025 Certificate of Competency (CoC) examinations reinforce the Academy’s enduring legacy of academic excellence, professional competence, and maritime leadership.
The purpose of ship management has not changed. The nature of excellence has.
In this thought leadership article, Anglo-Eastern Univan Group CEO Bjorn Hojgaard examines how the expectations placed on modern ship managers are evolving in an increasingly complex operating environment. While safe operations, technical excellence and regulatory compliance remain fundamental, today’s owners are asking different questions, around resilience, cybersecurity, decarbonisation, geopolitics, crew development, AI, and long-term risk.
Bjorn argues that ship management is not a commodity but a professional craft built on judgement, capability and trust. As uncertainty becomes a defining feature of global trade, owners are no longer buying technical management alone. They are investing in accumulated experience, resilient systems, strong people, operational discipline and the peace of mind that comes from knowing their assets are being managed with a long-term perspective.
Drawing on Anglo-Eastern’s investments in people, digital infrastructure, AI, security intelligence and sustainability services, the article explores why the future of ship management will be defined not by scale alone, but by organisations that continually compound knowledge, judgement and trust.
By Bjorn Hojgaard, CEO, Anglo-Eastern Univan Group
The offshore wind segment continues to stand out as one of the fastest-growing areas within the maritime industry, driven by the global energy transition and an expanding pipeline of projects across Europe and beyond. In this article, Barrie Finlayson, General Manager of Anglo-Eastern’s Glasgow Office, shares how the evolving landscape is reshaping workforce dynamics, covering rising demand and salary pressure, changing expectations on rotation, retention challenges, and the shift towards more strategic, long-term crewing models within the offshore segment.
Our whitepaper highlights how seafarers still face daily hassles with paper forms, necessitating lengthy walks across large vessels for signatures and repeated data entry across systems, adding complexity to demanding work.
The maritime industry has historically lagged in digital transformation due to poor sea connectivity and reliance on manual routines, but advances like Starlink’s low-latency networks now enable cloud access, mobile apps, real-time data sharing, and seamless workflows.
Anglo-Eastern views this shift as essential, integrating connectivity with chosen platforms for a paperless future that empowers crews, boosts compliance, and delivers value to shipowners through transparent operations.
The digitisation roadmap provides point-of-work access to digital permits, checklists, and logs, automates workflows to cut duplication, and ensures validated data for safety and fleet-wide regulatory assurance, with a table outlining key initiatives.
Read the full report to learn more
Our Shared Services Centre in India (ISSC) has made solid progress in data and operational discipline and its focus now turns to execution, automation and talent development.
Our whitepaper highlights how seafarers still face daily hassles with paper forms, necessitating lengthy walks across large vessels for signatures and repeated data entry across systems, adding complexity to demanding work.
The maritime industry has historically lagged in digital transformation due to poor sea connectivity and reliance on manual routines, but advances like Starlink’s low-latency networks now enable cloud access, mobile apps, real-time data sharing, and seamless workflows.
Anglo-Eastern views this shift as essential, integrating connectivity with chosen platforms for a paperless future that empowers crews, boosts compliance, and delivers value to shipowners through transparent operations.
The digitisation roadmap provides point-of-work access to digital permits, checklists, and logs, automates workflows to cut duplication, and ensures validated data for safety and fleet-wide regulatory assurance, with a table outlining key initiatives.
Read the full report to learn more
Our whitepaper highlights how seafarers still face daily hassles with paper forms, necessitating lengthy walks across large vessels for signatures and repeated data entry across systems, adding complexity to demanding work.
The maritime industry has historically lagged in digital transformation due to poor sea connectivity and reliance on manual routines, but advances like Starlink’s low-latency networks now enable cloud access, mobile apps, real-time data sharing, and seamless workflows.
Anglo-Eastern views this shift as essential, integrating connectivity with chosen platforms for a paperless future that empowers crews, boosts compliance, and delivers value to shipowners through transparent operations.
The digitisation roadmap provides point-of-work access to digital permits, checklists, and logs, automates workflows to cut duplication, and ensures validated data for safety and fleet-wide regulatory assurance, with a table outlining key initiatives.
Read the full report to learn more
For over one year, Anglo-Eastern has been the proud ship manager of Fortescue’s Green Pioneer – the world’s first operational ammonia-fuelled demonstration vessel. Since June 2024, the vessel has embarked on a global tour across Asia, Europe, and the United States, raising awareness of ammonia as a viable marine fuel and contributing to the development of international regulations.
At Anglo-Eastern, lifelong learning is more than a value – it’s a commitment to shaping resilient, forward-thinking maritime professionals.
Our whitepaper highlights Mission 30, Anglo-Eastern’s initiative to accelerate young officers’ advancement and promote growth, accountability, and leadership. Maritime careers are shifting, with fewer than 25% planning to remain at sea long-term and promotions occurring later due to breaks and retraining.
Mission 30 aims for 30% of officers to reach management before age 30, meeting all standard promotion criteria. Supporting this, the Career Care programme provides personalised guidance and mentorship, while the STAR Award rewards early leadership.
Since launching, internal promotions have surged, exam participation doubled, and retention improved.
The company focuses on internal development, culture, and technology like digital career tracking and a Talent Acquisition Platform to ensure fair, transparent advancement.
CEO Bjorn Hojgaard says, “Technology will matter, but people will matter more” with systems empowering maritime talent.
Read the full report to see how we are turning complexity into clarity, and disruption into opportunity – one vessel at a time:
This new service marks a significant step forward in Anglo-Eastern’s dedication to leveraging technology for operational excellence, fuel efficiency, and maritime sustainability, while easing regulatory pressure and saving fuel costs.
