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Maritime industry faces long journey going digital

Prioritising commercial concerns can lead shipowners to resist investing in digitalisation, while emphasis on cost savings may cause them to overlook other possible benefits

Published Sun, Mar 18, 2018 · 09:50 PM

MPA

Singapore

IT'S NOT easy being a regulator in this digital age, especially one in shipping - an industry infamous for being a laggard in more than one sense of the word.

One of the world's oldest industries, shipping has emerged as the last frontier for digitalisation, as pointed out by a panellist at the recent Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) 2018.