Panellist from Ulstein:

Ulstein Group's representative, Johannes Volle, will participate in the senior industry panel:

Confidence is not intelligence: Why shipping still destroys value despite 'correct' decisions.

At Posidonia 2026, a senior industry panel will address a critical but underexplored issue in shipping: why technically correct, data-driven decisions still lead to value destruction. Despite better data, stronger regulation and increasing digital capabilities, the industry continues to lose value—not because decisions are wrong, but because they are poorly timed, misaligned or not structured for capital. As the EU-ETS turns operational choices into direct financial exposure, fuel and technology decisions become increasingly irreversible, and capital becomes more selective, the cost of getting decisions “almost right” is rising materially. The result is a widening gap between technical correctness and financial outcomes.

This discussion deliberately moves beyond the usual narratives of digitalisation and compliance. Instead, it focuses on what is often missing: how decisions are structured, timed and translated into financially credible outcomes. Bringing together commercial, digital, energy transition and financial perspectives, the panel explores why better data and better tools still fail to produce better results—and what this costs in practice.

Confirmed speakers:

Ernst Meyer, CEO, Torvald Klaveness
Johannes Volle, CFO, Ulstein Group, Chair of the Board in Blue Ctrl and Ulstein Digital
Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, IWSA
Orestis Schinas and Olaf Danckwerts, HHX.blue,
Nijoe Joseph, Montjais Partners, TBC

Core Themes:

“Shipping does not lack data—it lacks structured decisions.”
“Many of the most expensive mistakes in shipping are not wrong decisions—they are confident ones.”

Johannes Volle's role in the panel:

Lead on intelligence risk
Where digital / operational data improves (or fails to improve) decisions
Bridge operations + finance

Event Details

Thursday, 4 June 2026
10:45–12:30
Athens Metropolitan Expo – Seminar Room 2A

Posidonia, Athens