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Regulation Driving Integration

Regulation is accelerating the push toward integration.

In March 2026, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved a Strategy on Maritime Digitalization fo- cused on interoperability, standardization, and data gover- nance across jurisdictions.

Classi? cation societies are positioning themselves at the center of this shift.

DNV’s Veracity platform, for example, aggregates ves-

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AI & Maritime ing, and ? eet-level pooling.

On the horizon, Arti? cial Intelligence (AI) is entering the

Similarly, Lloyd’s Register has consolidated its offerings maritime realm. One entrant, Orca AI, an automation into the OneOcean platform, aiming to unify data across specialist, now offers platforms linking the vessel safety, compliance, and operations. As Tony Brown, SVP bridge and the shore-side of? ce. The company reports of Product at OneOcean, notes, the industry is moving that its kit is deployed aboard more than 1,200 toward “a single ecosystem of decision-making tools that vessels- with customers including MSC, NYK, Seaspan, connect ship and shore.”

Gram Car Carriers, and Maran Tankers. A deal in the works with ship manager Anglo-Eastern is expected to

The Push Toward a Single Source of Truth bring Orca AI’s vessel count to more than 2,000 ships.

The concept of a “single source of truth” is central to

In a recent analysis conducted by North Standard, current digitalization efforts. Poor integration between a leading mutual provider of P & I insurance, looking ship and shore systems continues to slow decision-making at 139 deepsea container ships trading globally, the and increase operational risk.

results showed a 52% reduction in “high-severity

DNV’s Craig Koehne emphasized this point at CMA, close encounters” within 12 months of deploying the noting that shipowners are increasingly focused on “data-

Orca AI platform. According to North Standard, “…AI driven operations”—bringing more data ashore to enable situational awareness can strengthen performance faster, more accurate decisions.

regardless of legacy bridge hardware.”

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