September 2025
This issue of Marine Log explores how digitalization and disruptive tech are reshaping maritime. We highlight tools transforming fleet navigation, communication, performance—and what’s next for operators embracing a connected future.
digitalization
Op-Ed: Asset management vital for aging global fleet
By Adam Dennett, CEO, SpecTec With the age of vessels at a 40-year high ship owners and operators need to act now and use asset management technology combined with a culture of
Op-Ed: Digitalization won’t replace seafarers; it will protect them
By Fabian Fussek, Co-Founder and CEO, Kaiko Systems Shipping is an industry that often prides itself on tradition. But some traditions shouldn’t continue, especially when they create added burdens on crews. Today,
Training needed as speed of digitalization outpaces crew capacity to understand the data delivered
The shipping industry’s adoption of smart technology risks being undermined by the crew’s ability to understand the information the tech provides, according to Glueckstadt, Germany-headquartered Condition Monitoring Technologies GmbH ( CMT). The
Podcast: Tototheo on rethinking maritime digitalization
In the latest episode of Listen Up!, Marine Log’s official podcast, we take a closer look at digital transformation in the maritime sector—beyond the buzzwords. Host Heather Ervin is joined by Vlassis
Op-Ed: Social media as a tool for professional development at sea
By Josephine Le, founder of The Hood Platform Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed first-hand the global embrace of digitalization. Things that were once physical and paper-based are now electronic,
BW LPG rolls out Oceanly digital solutions fleetwide
Looking to use advanced vessel reporting and performance monitoring to improve fleet performance, the world’s largest LPG carrier operator, BW LPG, is implementing digital solutions from Rapallo, Italy-headquartered Oceanly fleetwide. Oceanly says
Op-Ed: Streamlining OSV operations with data standardization
By Arnaud Dianoux, founder & managing director, Opsealog For centuries, maritime trade has relied on standardization to drive efficiency and innovation. The introduction of the shipping container in the 1950s transformed global
Op-Ed: Digitalization for better asset performance management
By Ilari Leinonen, Product Owner, Elomatic The maritime industry is currently navigating a period of transformation, which is driven by increasingly stringent regulatory frameworks and an industry-wide push towards decarbonization. With these
Op-Ed: Cutting fuel costs at the source
By Per Funch-Nielsen, Director, AuctionConnect The pathway for decarbonization in the shipping industry has been laid out by the IMO, providing clear objectives and checkpoints along the way. The global industry regulator