This book contains mostly a very glorified picture of each of the individuals that could come directly from glossy brochures.
It is obvious that the author does not want to ask hard questions, dig deep into the matter or try to discover what really lead these men to their success.
Yes, people matter. Yes, they have all been successful in the end. But how was the eay getting there? How did they succeed? What have they learned?
I refuse to believe that these guys have just gotten where they are because they have visited their workers at the hospital or funded schools. I had hoped to gain some insight into shipping, the industry and it’s people. This book did mostly not achieve any of this. The chapter about Stolt-Nielsen and the one about Trøim came close, but the other 13 did not.
So if you want to learn avout shipping, you should rather check out other books. For example Shipping Economics or The Shipping Man.