“Access to innovation is no longer enough. Competitive advantage will be defined by how effectively we turn technology into safe, reliable performance at sea," said John McDonald, ABS Chairman and CEO at
“Access to innovation is no longer enough. Competitive advantage will be defined by how effectively we turn technology into safe, reliable performance at sea," said John McDonald, ABS Chairman and CEO at Capital Link at the start of Posidonia, as he set out the urgent need to close the gap between rapid technological advancement and real-world performance.
He highlighted the increasingly complex operating environment facing shipping, shaped by constrained capital, rising costs, extended voyages, crew shortages and escalating cyber risk and how this has direct implications for safety.
“Taken together, complexity is building faster than it can be absorbed. That is showing up in elevated risk, whether from aging assets or from the challenges of integrating new systems and training crews to operate them. For shipowners, the result is clear: higher cost, less predictability and thinner margins for error, with direct implications for safety,” said McDonald.
Innovation continues to accelerate across digitalization, energy systems and vessel design and McDonald pointed to the next wave of technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics and digital twins, as having the potential to reshape vessel design, operations and lifecycle performance. He stressed that the industry must now focus on integrating new technologies into live operations,
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