About me

Hi, I’m Oliver T. Edwards, and industrial development is my passion. My background is in the business and project development side of industrial projects, mostly ports and shipping in Northern Europe. What I write about industrial development comes from that perspective—a mix of capital, commercial, and technological considerations.

My journey into shipping and industry might look odd on paper. I trained as an architect, then did industrial market research with my brother, got into urban development, then commercial product design, and then into shipping infrastructure. It might not be the usual way, but I leaned in anyway.

What those years left is a willingness to commit to long-term projects while the answers are still uncertain. You make the most of the conditions in front of you, and you work with the people you have. Whether there is enough volume, whether a site can work, whether a terminal can exist—you find that out by going to the site and to the person, not by waiting for a complete picture. I did that as a developer at Normod Carbon. It included CO₂ terminals in Denmark and Sweden, and establishing international partnerships with companies like Euroports. They were industrial infrastructure. The residue is the development work, not a preferred method.

I approach writing in the same way. You just chip away at it until you find out what you don’t know—not to perform knowledge you already have. That’s why this website is a living document. Posts start unfinished. If you want to talk, I’m on X and LinkedIn, or you can subscribe to the newsletter via the form below. Feedback on the site is welcome via this form.