ABS chief executive Christopher Wiernicki says classification societies need to keep pace with the way decarbonisation and digitalisation are changing shipping’s safety needs.

Amid the debate at London Inter­national Shipping Week on how to meet the target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Wiernicki warned that the industry is in danger of losing sight of safety.

“What I hope does not get lost in this journey to 2050 is that focus on safety.