Lars Jensen

CEO, Partner at Vespucci Maritime

Speaker

Lars Jensen is CEO and Partner of Vespucci Maritime which is focused on providing expert assistance in strategic decision making, analysis, process improvement and revenue management in the container shipping sector. Vespucci Maritime provides specialized consultancy services for all stakeholders in the container shipping industry, with expertise in strategy, process management, market intelligence, digitization and training. The company was operating under the name SeaIntelligence Consulting until April 2021.

Lars Jensen is also the CEO and founder of CyberKeel, focusing on cyber security in the maritime industry, providing cyber security assessments onshore and on vessels as well as assist in improving cyber security readiness. Lars Jensen has founded the publishing house Vespucci Maritime Publishing and is the author of the book “Culture Shock in Maersk Line” outlining the changes in the world’s largest container line over the past 15 years. Soon to come is “Liner Shipping 2025” focusing on the changes to come in the industry and how carriers, terminals, shippers and forwards should navigate to be successful.Lars Jensen is co-founder of LinerGame which is focused on providing innovative training and team building in the liner shipping industry. Additionally, Lars has experience in designing and executing training courses for the Maersk Line Shipping Education as well as tailor-made training courses for individual companies and is acting as both teacher and coach at the maritime MBA at Copenhagen Business School.In 2016 Lars Jensen co-founded LinerGrid providing advanced tools to optimize network design for container carriers and also joined the board of the New York Shipping Exchange.

Lars Jensen has 15 years of experience from inside the container shipping industry. This covers a combined period of 8 years as Director of driving and developing market intelligence & analysis for Maersk Line, Maersk Logistics and The Containership Company. Additionally Lars Jensen has for 2 years been CEO of the purely online container carrier Youship, as well as in charge of developing and implementing eCommerce strategy in Maersk Line. Prior to entering the container shipping industry, Lars Jensen completed a Ph.D. on complex mathematical analysis in physics, as well as worked with technological innovation and modelling in the Oil&Gas industry.