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In collaboration with Wilhelmsen Port Services
Our continued investment
in Greece is testament
to our commitment
Gavin Griffin and Sean Neilan discuss the company’s
global vision, ESG commitments, and the importance of
Greece as a hub for Wilhelmsen’s continued growth.
What are the values and principles How do you tackle the challenges posed
that represent Wilhelmsen Group by shipping’s energy transition?
in the shipping industry? As a group, we are strongly involved in the
Our group’s vision is to be a “shaper” in industry’s energy transition through our
the maritime industry. Being a shaper New Energy division, which is focused on
means being a pioneer, determined to building an ecosystem that supports this
lead, and taking every opportunity to shift. This includes departments involved
innovate and meet the ever-changing in energy infrastructure, offshore wind,
needs of our customers and stakeholders. technology, and decarbonisation.
Our values are rooted in customer cen- At Port Services, we have set focused
tricity, empowerment, learning and inno- internal ESG goals and ambitions,
vation, stewardship, as well as teamwork and we contribute to the Wilhelmsen
and collaboration. These values govern Group's annual sustainability report.
our behaviour and are consistently This ensures our clients that we are a
reflected in our actions. They are the responsible service provider that can
basis for how we handle our business support their own ESG targets.
in order to achieve our vision. Currently, we are focusing on how we
can capture Scope 3 emissions data on
Can you describe the shipping sec- behalf of our customers. While reporting
tors Wilhelmsen Port Services Scope 3 emissions is not yet mandatory
is involved in and the advantages for many of them, we feel that, as a pro-
of your port agency solutions? fessional and responsible ships agency
As part of the wider Wilhelmsen Group, provider, it is important that we proac-
Wilhelmsen Port Services covers all tively prepare and organise this data
shipping segments as agents through so that it is available when needed.
our global maritime network. In addition
to offering all types of agency services, What services does Wilhelmsen Port
we also support our customers with our Services provide through its offices
HUB solutions, Maritime Logistics net- in Piraeus?
work, and cruise shore excursions. We have heavily invested in our Greek
An interview with Gavin Griffin, Recently, we also launched our Port organisation over the last 4 years. In
Vice President, Ships Agency, Cost Financing solution, which allows addition to our ships agency team, which
Wilhelmsen Group customers to free up significant working handles all vessel types and agency-
& Sean Neilan,
Sales Director Europe & Americas, capital and bring increased efficiency related services, during this period, we
Wilhelmsen Port Services to their operations. have established and grown our HUB
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