Maritime Capital Advisory

Capital and connections for a more sustainable maritime future

Zwin Maritime brings together maritime expertise, financial experience and an international network to help shipping, offshore and maritime businesses move from opportunity to execution.

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Maritime · Finance · Sustainability · Growth The Netherlands · International
Zwin Maritime

Navigating opportunity in a changing maritime world.

Maritime trade connects economies, industries and people. At the same time, the sector is facing major changes in technology, energy, regulation and capital.

Zwin Maritime was created around a simple idea: combine financial know-how with maritime experience, creativity and the right connections to make good ideas executable.

The name is inspired by Het Zwin, the tidal inlet on the Dutch-Belgian coast — a landscape shaped by water, trade and the sea.

Beach and coastal landscape associated with Zwin Maritime
Where land, sea and trade meet. The coastal landscape behind the Zwin Maritime name and perspective.
What we do

Maritime expertise. Financial perspective. Real-world execution.

Independent support for maritime businesses, investors and entrepreneurs looking to finance, grow, connect or navigate the energy transition.

01

Capital Advisory

Support with debt, equity, bonds and alternative funding for maritime, shipping and offshore opportunities.

02

Strategic Advisory

Independent thinking around growth, transactions, partnerships, positioning and commercial development.

03

Network & Connectivity

Connecting businesses with financiers, investors, shipowners, technology companies and relevant industry expertise.

04

Maritime Transition

Helping accelerate practical solutions that can make shipping and maritime finance more sustainable.

Working philosophy
Connectivity, creativity, commitment and results.
The Zwin approach
Listen first. Connect the right people. Move quickly.

Every assignment starts by understanding the actual challenge. From there, Zwin Maritime helps shape concrete ideas, tests what is commercially and financially realistic and connects the people required to make progress.

The approach is personal, pragmatic and internationally oriented — with an emphasis on speed, engagement and long-term relationships.

CONNECT. CREATE. EXECUTE.
Experience

Joep Gorgels

Maritime executive and senior banker with international experience across shipping, offshore, logistics, finance and the energy transition.

Education
Delft University — MSc Chemical Engineering

Executive education
TIAS — Commissioner & Supervisor Program, 2022

Focus
Capital · Strategy · ESG · Commercial growth · Maritime transition

1997–2000

Fluor (Daniel)

Early career experience in the Netherlands and United Kingdom.

2000–2022

ABN AMRO / Fortis / MeesPierson

More than two decades in banking with leadership roles and extensive work across maritime, shipping, offshore and logistics.

2012–2017

Country Executive — Norway

International leadership role in one of the world's most important maritime markets.

2017–2022

Global Head Transportation & Logistics Clients

Global client responsibility covering financing, equity and bond raising, advisory and hedging solutions.

Sep 2022–Apr 2026

EST-Floattech — CFO / Co-director

Financial and executive leadership at a specialist maritime energy-storage company.

Since 1 May 2026

EST-Floattech — CEO

Leading EST-Floattech as CEO, with a focus on maritime electrification, growth and sustainable shipping.

Selected maritime network

Active across the maritime ecosystem.

Selected companies and organisations connected to Joep's current or recent maritime work.

EST-FloattechMaritime energy storage↗ Value MaritimeMaritime sustainability↗ OnboardConnected maritime technology↗ Greenstar CapitalCarbon & environmental markets↗
Media & selected announcements

Perspectives from the maritime transition.

CNBC · Interview

Maritime battery technology: smaller, cheaper and safer

Joep Gorgels discusses the development of maritime battery technology on CNBC's Squawk Box Asia.

Watch interview → HANSA · Podcast

Future trends for maritime battery systems

A conversation on electrification, battery systems and the direction of the maritime energy transition.

Listen to podcast → Onboard · Announcement

Advisor for deep-sea shipping growth

Onboard announces Joep's advisory role supporting growth in the deep-sea shipping segment.

Read announcement → Greenstar Capital · Announcement

Shipping expertise meets environmental markets

Greenstar Capital announces Joep's involvement, combining shipping knowledge with decarbonisation expertise.

Read announcement →
Contact

Have a maritime opportunity worth discussing?

Whether the challenge is capital, strategy, commercial development or finding the right connection, the best place to start is a conversation.

gorgelsjoep@outlook.com +31 (0)6 829 58 594 LinkedIn ↗
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