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Exclusive interview with Friedrich Portner - Chief Commercial Officer, Maritime & Shipping Cluster, AD Ports Group

In an exclusive interview with Oil Review Middle East, Friedrich Portner - Chief Commercial Officer, Maritime & Shipping Cluster, AD Ports Group explained how Noatum Maritime is strengthening its global portfolio by enhancing its existing capabilities across tankers, offshore and subsea, and container shipping to engage customers more deeply on multiple fronts, noting the company’s comprehensive offshore and subsea supply chain. He noted the increasing complexity of offshore projects and how the company is offering an integrated service to customers. Noatum Maritime has developed a very comprehensive and broad offshore support fleet, from multi-purpose vessels to dive support vessels and logistics vessels, while on the service side offering a comprehensive service portfolio.
Portner highlighted the company’s increasing focus on offshore wind, where it is building on oil and gas capabilities and expanding fabrication capacity through a recently purchased shipyard.
He also discussed how Noatum Maritime is leveraging technology and innovation to improve efficiency, safety and sustainability across its operations, highlighting in particular Milahi, a comprehensive integrated management platform enhanced with AI agents to support faster operational decisions. Technology and safety investments include autonomous remote vehicles, unmanned vessels, and electric tugs, and the company is continually looking to invest not only in software and technology but also into more advanced assets to advance operational capability.