ABS chief warns of widening gap between innovation and real world operability
- Operational pressures intensify as costs rise, voyages lengthen, crews become harder to source and cyber risk escalates
- Execution, not invention is now the industry’s biggest hurdle
Speaking at Posidonia, ABS chief executive John McDonald said shipping is entering a critical phase where technological capability is accelerating faster than the industry’s ability to absorb it, creating rising risk, higher costs and mounting pressure on crews. Closing this gap, he argued, will define the sector’s future competitiveness and safety performance
