World Maritime University

Published during the International Chamber of Shipping’s (ICS) Shaping the Future of Shipping event in Manila, the technology road map has been empirically developed in cooperation with various stakeholders/experts, most of whom have seafaring experience. The participants took part in three workshops. The combination of 50 experts represented a broad range of maritime expertise, with technologists (28%), academia (9%), NGOs (4%), shipping companies (6%), shipping associations (14%), shipowner associations (12%), regulators (24%), and others (3%). The stakeholders selected their top 10 industry trends, future shipping technologies and the required policies to facilitate technology adoption. After the identification of the industry trends, technologies and policies, the stakeholders further identified the opportunities and threats relevant to various maritime stakeholders as a consequence of trend materialisation and technology adoption. Aggregated technologies listed in the road map are those that are dependent on the development of other technologies. Through their interdependency and interconnectivity, they offer the potential of creating a new technological paradigm that transforms the way ships are designed, constructed and operated,” the report stated. This technological interoperability and integration is driven by advances within a range of technologies, including autonomous decision-making, and artificial intelligence. The success of these new technologies identified in the Technology Road Map will rely on the adoption of an appropriate regulatory framework, global standardizations of technologies, and cooperation and coordination among maritime stakeholders,” the report maintainence.