2. How did you end up in the maritime sector?
My desire to work at sea already solidified during young years as a member of the navy youth at my place of birth Wilhelmshaven. This is where I learned my first sailor knot, cutter rowing and gained my first experienced on the water in an “optimist”. Ride-alongs on navy ships, a school internship on a buoy tender and handling the legendary “Mc-Stemm” wooden hatches during a vacation internship of the German Shipowners’ Association on a coaster on North and Baltic Sea voyages turned my wish to work at seas into a passion and a proper career planning. My professional path of maritime navigation began to run its course after 10th grade with my vocational training as maritime rating…