Category: <span>Executive Notes</span>
Peter Hult Reflects on VIKAND’s First-Half 2022
Dear Valued Partners, When I reflect on the first six months of 2022, it has been the busiest and most exciting time in the history of VIKAND. We welcomed many new team members this year to support demand for our total healthcare solutions, and we are now represented in 44 countries around the world. I…
Anticipating the Fall Yacht Show Season, by Bo Larsen, VP of Commercial Partnerships
With the fall yacht show season in full view, VIKAND is excited to start off with a bang. We’re more than just attending the Monaco Yacht Show, we are co-hosting an ACREW Breakfast Seminar on total wellbeing aboard on 30 September with colleagues at Dryad Global. Wellbeing aboard—particularly in the crew experience—is critical to successful…
Global Maritime Forum’s All Aboard Alliance Launch
Image Caption: Global Maritime Forum All Aboard Alliance Launch Attendees In late May, I had the pleasure of representing VIKAND at the launch of the Global Maritime Forum’s “All Aboard Alliance” held at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon, outside Zurich. Thirty-seven Global Maritime Forum member representatives, including major maritime organizations—Anglo-Eastern, Cargill,…
The Unity of Partnerships, by Bo Larsen, VIKAND VP Commercial Partnerships
You’ll find VIKAND everywhere from sea to sea, shore to shore. Our vision to be the world’s leading expert in maritime health care is buoyed again and again by the richness of our partnerships with businesses, maritime associations, regulators, and government. At Nor-Shipping in April, the VIKAND team deepened existing relationships and made new ones.…
Seafarer Human Sustainability Declaration Launched, by Peter Hult, VIKAND CEO
Along with a group of key maritime stakeholders, the Seafarer Human Sustainability Declaration launched during the U.S. Coast Guard awards ceremony at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Oslo, Norway during Nor-Shipping in early April. Spanning the very breadth of the seven seas, the Declaration is applicable to every maritime segment. As we head toward this…