This special edition of The Signal brings together five UnDocked conversations with people leading change inside maritime businesses.

From agentic AI and tanker strategy to vessel safety, technology trials and digital integration, they share what implementation looks like from inside the organisations doing the work.

— Arnel Murga

Mergers can create scale, but combining vessels and commercial operations is only part of the challenge. Systems, data and teams must also be brought together without creating new barriers across the organisation.

Tabitha Logan joins UnDocked to discuss her experience at Cetus Maritime and the role digital integration plays when shipping businesses combine.

The conversation examines how organisations can bridge operational silos, maintain collaboration and continue pursuing innovation while managing the daily demands of running a global fleet.

It is a useful discussion for maritime leaders considering how technology can support growth without adding further fragmentation or complexity.

What comes after using AI as a copilot?

Most maritime AI applications still help people find information, interpret data or make recommendations. Agentic AI promises something different: systems capable of carrying out parts of a workflow and escalating decisions only when human judgement is required.

Private equity CTO Peter Rossi joins UnDocked to explain what this shift could mean for maritime businesses, from management by exception and changing software economics to the importance of retaining control over company data.

The conversation looks beyond the terminology to consider where agentic systems may be useful, which processes are ready for greater automation and why human oversight remains central to responsible deployment.

Shipping rewards companies that can make long-term decisions in a market shaped by short-term cycles.

Mikael Skov, former CEO of Hafnia, joins UnDocked to discuss how the tanker company grew from its post-financial-crisis beginnings into one of the sector’s largest operators.

The conversation covers consolidation, investor confidence, counter-cyclical investment and the discipline required to build a strong organisation through changing markets. It also examines the strategic uncertainty created by the energy transition and the growing risks associated with the dark fleet.

For owners and executives, it offers a candid account of the decisions behind sustained growth in a volatile industry.

What does it take for a promising maritime technology to prove that it can work in day-to-day vessel operations?

Stylianos Papageorgiou joins UnDocked to discuss how Lomar Labs works with technology companies to test new ideas aboard vessels and determine whether they solve genuine operational problems.

Through its Compass programme, Lomar provides an environment for evaluating technologies ranging from autonomous systems to tools supporting the energy transition. The conversation examines why vessel access, crew feedback and close collaboration with owners are essential to moving beyond the prototype stage.

For shipowners assessing new technologies, it offers a practical look at what separates an interesting concept from a system a fleet can use.

Physical inspections remain central to maritime safety, but they provide only a snapshot of a vessel at a particular moment.

Steen Lund joins UnDocked to explain how RightShip has developed from an inspection and vetting organisation into a technology-led risk platform drawing on a broader range of vessel data.

The discussion explores how data could complement established inspection practices, improve transparency and give owners, charterers and other stakeholders a more continuous view of safety performance.

It also examines the organisational challenge behind the technology: how an established maritime business changes its capabilities, culture and approach to product development.