The voice of IT Leadership in the commercial maritime industry
Shipowners and managers are preparing for a charting landscape shaped by S-100 standards and more data intensive navigation. SevenCs believes its new Nautilus ChartServer can help fleets modernise chart delivery without disrupting existing operations. The focus is on readiness, flexibility and operational control.
We’re designing a very different kind of maritime & digital leadership summit.
No surface-level panels. No recycled narratives. No endless presentations.
Instead, the Digital Ship Summit focuses on the practical challenges and opportunities shaping the digital transformation of shipping, from connectivity and data infrastructure to AI-driven decision-making and cybersecurity resilience.
Expect real strategy conversations, panel debates that challenge the narrative, senior peers in the room, and practical thinking on what comes next for the industry.
Shipowners and managers are under growing pressure to prove transparency across fleets and voyages. Pole Star Global believes a new scoring approach can turn fragmented compliance data into something operational teams can actually use. Its Maritime Transparency Index aims to give owners faster, clearer risk judgements without adding complexity.
Shipowners and managers are watching autonomous technologies move steadily from trials into regulated operations. A new partnership between Singapore’s DSTA and Korean Register aims to tackle one of the sector’s biggest concerns, how to verify and validate systems that make decisions at sea. The outcome could influence how autonomous vessels are approved, insured and operated.
Where operational excellence meets net zero ambition
Shipowners exploring alternative fuels often cite availability and scale as the main barriers to adoption. Gen2 Energy’s latest grid capacity confirmation in northern Norway brings a new green hydrogen project closer to reality. For maritime operators, it signals another step towards dependable zero emission fuel supply.
Harbour craft electrification is moving from policy to practice in Singapore. PaxOcean Group’s fully electric tug, built with ABB systems, offers shipowners and operators an early look at how zero emission harbour operations may work in daily service. The vessel is due to enter service in 2026.
Yesterday's Most Engaging Story:
Two decades before digital transformation became a buzzword across the industry, Manuel Fernazdez de Mosteyrin, Chartering Manager and AI & Innovation leader at Stena Bulk was already rethinking processes. His first digital project wasn’t revolutionising operations; it was convincing his manager to use a PDF printer.
It was this mindset of ‘there’s got to be a better way’ that has shaped Manuel’s entire career. Manuel argues that innovation only succeeds when leaders fall in love with problems, not technologies.