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What we do

Further & Further is a consultancy that helps the shipping industry and technology providers find common ground necessary to partner with mutual benefit.

Digital tools and AI lack the tension and tangibility we’re used to generating our power from because shipping runs on relationships, reputation, and instinct. When new systems enter an environment like this, they must earn their place in the workflow and in the minds of the people who rely on them.

AI is a strategic new hire — not a tool.

It needs to make commercial sense and literal sense for teams to properly implement, which means orientation and context. Access builds over time. Trust comes from results, and results build confidence.

This requires a framework to operate within that reflects each company’s individual risk appetite based on size, resources and direction. Do you have four ships, forty, or four hundred? Survival must be built in and scaled to reality.

This is how we move from pilot purgatory and improvisational chaos to stable, profitable outcomes.

Further & Further is brand agnostic and welcomes difficult questions and perspectives, just like you.

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Our Services

PR and Press

You’ll never hear us use the words revolutionary, game-changing, or disruptive and we’ll make sure you never use them either. We provide cringe-free PR – articles, website copy, event coverage, and podcasts – that sound like you and the people you like to spend your time with.

AI Content Fixing

We improve low-quality AI-generated content – from lifeless and generic to red-flag inaccuracy – that’s costing companies credibility and eroding your marketing investment.

Make the world a better place and never say game changing again!

What Do People Say About You?

A brand lives in what people say when you’re not in the room. We conduct tailored market research to uncover how your company and product suite are genuinely perceived in the industry, and what potential customers are actively looking for that you don’t yet offer. You get clear insight into market expectations, missed opportunities, and the data needed to drive commercial growth.

Right Sized Tech

We assess which technologies actually make sense for your operation and resources—and whether they’ll pay for themselves. We’re brand agnostic and start with a focus on incremental improvements with frameworks that can work with your current setup.

Venture Studio: Entrepreneur x Entrepreneur

Venture Studio: Entrepreneur x Entrepreneur

We partner with shipowners and senior maritime leaders to transform ideas into marketable tech by validating the fit in the wider market, shaping governance and scalability, building the go-to-market, and socializing adoption within teams so ventures don’t fall over.

Chatham House Style Events

We improve low-quality AI-generated content – from lifeless and generic to red-flag inaccuracy – that’s costing companies credibility and eroding your marketing investment.

Our Services

Right-sized Tech

You’ll never hear us use the words revolutionary, game-changing, or disruptive. We assess which technologies actually make sense for your operation and resources—and whether they’ll pay for themselves. We’re brand agnostic and start with a focus on incremental improvements that could work with what you’ve already got.

Reality-Based Sustainability Events

Partnering with Dr. Liapis from the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology to create brand-agnostic roundtables with shipowners, technical managers, and decision makers where tech providers are naturally folded into conversations around industry friction points. We’ll use results-based examples without tech terminology to better understand where resistance lies and develop win-win solutions

AI Content Fixing

We improve low-quality AI-generated content—from lifeless and generic to red-flag inaccuracy—that’s costing companies credibility and wastes your marketing investment.

Make the world a better place and never say game changing again!

AI Consulting

Using the proprietary ML model developed by Satva Trust, we partner with maritime companies on projects where AI creates real operational value, focusing on practical applications that work with your existing processes, not against them.

Communications & Media

Many maritime websites look like they’re from before the war. Presentations give you a panic attack they’re so full of odd facts, text, and quarreling fonts. Communications feel like an afterthought because they usually are.

We help maritime companies who understand the importance of bringing value to the conversation. Whether it’s improving how your story gets told, the positions you take on industry issues, website content that’s well-written, straightforward, and effective, or starting a company blog or podcast—we provide the substance, edge, and voice to grow engagement and attract new clients.

Communications & Media

Many maritime websites look like they’re from before the war. Presentations give you a panic attack they’re so full of odd facts, text, and quarreling fonts. Communications feel like an afterthought because they usually are.

We help maritime companies who understand the importance of bringing value to the conversation. Whether it’s improving how your story gets told, the positions you take on industry issues, website content that’s well-written, straightforward, and effective, or starting a company blog or podcast—we provide the substance, edge, and voice to grow engagement and attract new clients.

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Podcast

The further and further podcast features unfiltered, long-form conversations with maritime personalities across a broad range of topics. The focus is less on achievements and strategy, and more on revealing thought processes, motivations, perspectives, and how people move through the world beyond what they’re best known for. Hosted by Emma Collier, with occasional co-host appearances from Further & Further Consulting partners, Robin Russel and Dimitris Orfanos.

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#3 Christopher AversanoPodcast

#3 Christopher Aversano

Emma CollierNovember 18, 2025
# 2 Nir GartzmanPodcast

# 2 Nir Gartzman

Emma CollierSeptember 11, 2025
#1 John FaraclasPodcast

#1 John Faraclas

Emma CollierAugust 27, 2025

Further & Further
Media

Emma writes about life as it happens, connecting shipping, science, technology, language, and emotional intelligence in leadership through personal narratives.

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About the Partners

Emma Collier

After a decade building people-focused brands and bridges between industries, Emma has spent the last five years building in maritime. Working at the intersection of technology, adoption, and human decision-making, she ran Global Partnerships for George Economou’s EVIDENT, which tokenized the first maritime asset, a $100m LNG carrier. As the Founder of Further & Further, her goal is to provide the translation from tech utopia to straight facts so that shipping companies can vet and work with their vendors more strategically and the frameworks necessary to implement so their teams can realize the return on investment.

She is also host of the Further & Further podcast, which aims to somewhere between Lex Fridman and Joe Rogan for the maritime industry.

Dimitris Orfanos

Dimitris brings 17 years of hands-on experience in technical management roles within major ship management and owning companies. His deep operational insight into fleet technical functions — combined with practical understanding of digital tools in shipping — positions him at the intersection of engineering execution and strategic technology deployment.

At Further & Further, he evaluates vendor solutions and guides shipping clients with pragmatic frameworks that align innovation with operational reliability. Dimitris also advises on the commercialisation of maritime AI models, connecting technical needs with scalable digital opportunities. He couples real-world technical credibility with a forward-thinking mindset to help maritime stakeholders move beyond pilot phase and achieve measurable, fleet-wide outcomes.

Tasos Chatzisavvas

Tasos is a certified REV (Recognised European Valuer) and civil engineer with master’s degrees in Environmental Protection and Engineering Project Management. As founder of AEIFOROS, he specializes in renewable energy projects, property valuations, and technical consulting, with two decades of experience working with major Greek banks including National Bank of Greece and Eurobank.

As a Partner at Further & Further, Tasos brings deep knowledge of Greek regulatory frameworks, public procurement processes, and project implementation—essential expertise for navigating complex approvals and understanding what actually works in the Greek market. His experience spans from photovoltaic parks to real estate development, providing the local knowledge and regulatory insight that foreign investors and maritime companies need when entering Greek markets.

Christiana Aristidou – Commercial Partner

Christiana Aristidou is a Transnational Business Technology Lawyer, CEO of The Hybrid LawTech Firm, regulated by the Cyprus Bar Association, and an established authority in technology law, regulation, and digital transformation. With more than twenty-six years of practice, she advises regulators and major organizations on cross-border legal matters involving advanced technologies, fintech, compliance, and risk.

She develops comprehensive training programs with unique content, combining research, innovation, regulation, technology law, and digital transformation. Her work educates institutions such as the Central Bank of Cyprus, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, and other public and private entities internationally.

As a Commercial Partner for Further & Further, she supports maritime companies in evaluating technology vendors, strengthening cybersecurity and digital infrastructure integrity, ensuring regulatory alignment, and clarifying liability across operational and data systems.

Robin Russel

Robin navigates the complexities of maritime evolution with three decades of leadership across shipping, real estate, finance, and technology. His leading Satva Trust to selection for the Lloyd’s insurance market’s accelerator programme, Lloyd’s Lab, from among 200+ global applicants underscores his balanced approach to industry advancement.

Currently the CEO at Satva Trust. Together at Further & Further, we apply our combined expertise beyond Satva Trust’s specific focus, helping clients navigate maritime evolution without the usual consulting theater.

Get in touch

To schedule a consultation, event coverage, or learn more about what we do, send an email to emma@further.consulting or reach out directly via LinkedIn

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