Maritime technology may be attracting more money, more founders and more attention than ever, but last week’s SplashTech Digital Leaders Forum in Singapore repeatedly returned to an uncomfortable question: can the sector produce genuinely scalable companies, or is most of the industry ultimately bu…

AI will not make seamanship obsolete. It will make human judgement more valuable, as tomorrow’s crews learn to interrogate data, challenge automation and take control when increasingly intelligent systems get it wrong. The latest chapter from our new SplashTech magazine. The crew of 2035 will not b…

Shipping’s resistance to digital change is often blamed on age, regulation and risk aversion. It’s more nuanced than that as this latest from our new SplashTech magazine explains. The most revealing answer to a technology question is sometimes not about technology at all. Asked which legacy mindset…

The answer sounds simple: the owner. In practice, vessel data passes through OEMs, managers, charterers, ports and technology platforms, turning access, interpretation and derived value into one of maritime digitalisation’s thorniest disputes. The latest chapter from our brand new SplashTech magazi…

Shipping’s digital ambitions are accelerating faster than the structures beneath them. The industry largely agrees on the need for open standards, but adoption remains constrained by proprietary interests, regulatory fragmentation and the absence of firm mandates. The latest chapter from SplashTech…

SplashTech is a new magazine launching today examining how technology is reshaping the way shipping operates, competes and makes decisions. Built around original interviews, industry data and practical case studies, it moves beyond hype to explore what actually works onboard and ashore. The magazin…

SplashTech is a new magazine examining how technology is reshaping the way shipping operates, competes and makes decisions. Built around original interviews, industry data and practical case studies, it moves beyond hype to explore what actually works onboard and ashore. The magazine covers AI, dig…

Fred Olsen 1848 has secured third-party verification from classification society DNV for its BRIZO floating solar technology, marking a step towards commercial deployment of the system in more exposed marine and inland water environments. The technical review, carried out under DNV’s recommended practice for floating solar photovoltaic systems, concluded that the technology’s design methodologies, structural …

SplashTech magazine is a new premium publication from Splash dedicated to the technologies reshaping global shipping. Created for shipowners, operators, managers, and charterers, the magazine will serve as the industry’s essential annual guide to navigating the hazy digital transformation sweeping through every segment of maritime trade and builds on new portal, SplashTech, launched earlier this …

SplashTech magazine is a new premium publication from Splash dedicated to the technologies reshaping global shipping. Created for shipowners, operators, managers, and charterers, the magazine will serve as the industry’s essential annual guide to navigating the hazy digital transformation sweeping through every segment of maritime trade and builds on new portal, SplashTech, launched earlier this …

“We all know that adoption of wind propulsion has been held back by lack of trust in data,” one leading pioneer in wind tech told me the other day. It is true, and it is gratifying that our sister title, SplashTech, has been able to report so many class-backed data showing fuel savings for a …

“We all know that adoption of wind propulsion has been held back by lack of trust in data,” one leading pioneer in wind tech told me the other day. It is true, and it is gratifying that our sister title, SplashTech, has been able to report so many class-backed data showing fuel savings for a …

In the Year of the Fire Horse we are launching two new products – Splash Singapore, a mega Asian shipowner gathering due on September 28, and SplashTech, our brand-new site dedicated to covering the transformation of shipping. Launched this week, SplashTech delivers all the key news shaping the future of shipping from across the world …

In the Year of the Fire Horse we are launching two new products – Splash Singapore, a mega Asian shipowner gathering due on September 28, and SplashTech, our brand-new site dedicated to covering the transformation of shipping. Launched this week, SplashTech delivers all the key news shaping the future of shipping from across the world …

Today sees the launch of SplashTech, a one-stop-shop for all your shipping technology business news well as tech-related updates, giving readers all their shipping technology news in one source. With dedicated social media channels, and a weekly digest, SplashTech delivers all the key news shaping the future of shipping from across the world in the …

Today sees the launch of SplashTech, a one-stop-shop for all your shipping technology business news well as tech-related updates, giving readers all their shipping technology news in one source. With dedicated social media channels, and a weekly digest, SplashTech delivers all the key news shaping the future of shipping from across the world in the …