Baltic Exchange appoints strategic carbon lead
The Baltic Exchange has appointed former Right Ship chief executive Martin Crawford-Brunt as a strategic carbon lead. The Baltic Exchange recently introduced carbon assessments alongside its spot dry bulk charter rate assessments and supports market mechanisms aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from the shipping sector.
Crawford-Brunt holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics & naval architecture and started his career working for the Port of Cape Town in 1994 before joining the classification society DNV as a marine surveyor.
At DNV he worked in a number of strategic roles globally, including alternative fuels and emission reduction. He then spent three years (2018-2021) as chief executive of Right Ship before setting up Lookout Maritime. (cj)