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Intelligence hunting: Bringing in ideas from outside the box
Seven teams of maritime and logistics students took part in the latest Intelligence Hunt competition where they were given challenges by companies with real issues they want to have solutions to. The winners of the latest challenge designed a clean fuelled passenger and cargo vessel that could work in the unique waters of Finland. This episode sees Craig Eason talk to the student talent team called Rauma Decarbonisers, along with with the company that set their challenge, Rauma Marine Construction and the team's industry mentor, Poul Woodall, formerly DFDS in Denmark.
Guests on the podcast are:
MIka Laurilehto, Rauma Marine Construction, Finland
Ahmed Hassan, Egypt (studying at Aalto University)
Xiaohan Gu, China (studying at Chalmers University of Technology)
Ankita Nayak, India (studying at Aalto University)
Nsebong Umoh, Nigeria (studying at Chalmers University of Technology)
Poul Woodall, Denmark, team mentor
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