While the term āpioneerā is oftentimes loosely bandied about, there is no more accurate term to describe Jochen Deerberg, an environmental pioneer of the maritime industry, founder of Oldenburg, Germany-based Deerberg-Systems, who was recently feted by cruise industry luminaries at his farewell dinner late last year. āTo start in 1979 one could see that environmental-waste management problems on shore and especially in the maritime industry would be of great importance in the future,ā said Deerberg. āOf course, I was 10 years too early with my idea.