At DNV GL, we have identified a looming “safety gap” between shipping’s existing safety-risk approach and ambitions for greater digitalisation and the ­adoption of alternative, more environmentally friendly fuels.

Put simply, new developments are creating new safety concerns, and the longer we wait to identify and address these, the more the gap will grow.

Let’s start with decarbonisation.

Shipping has a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.