The U.S. Coast Guard has long contended with personnel shortages. Over a year ago, one of its leaders outlined the issue: “The maritime force is operating with a deficit of about 4,800 members, or nearly 10% of its workforce, and anticipates an even larger shortfall this year due to struggles with recruiting, said Vice Adm....
This week marked the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2025). As we’ve discussed at length, the war has driven the emergence of Russia’s shadow fleet, or gray and dark fleets. They are used for smuggling Russian cargo while appearing legitimate, or at least trying to evade detection. As if commemorating...
The maritime ecosystem is facing unprecedented challenges: from new environmental regulations, to security threats, to ever-evolving compliance demands. Meeting these challenges often requires organizations to sail fast just to stand still. Turning them into opportunities calls for the adoption of new technologies, new strategies and new partnerships.
‘Sea: The Future 2020‘ is the perfect setting to make this happen. Building on the success of 2019’s inaugural conference, it’ll look at how technologies, such as artificial intelligence, can help us interact with the maritime domain in a safer, more profitable, and sustainable way.
Past Sea: The Future
For those of you who are short of time, here’s the three-minute highlights reel, to give you a flavor of what you may have missed, and – let’s be honest – to see if you made the cut!
Over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be sharing more tidbits from the event. But if you can’t wait, you can head over to our channel, where this year’s groundbreaking conference has been broken down into 19, easily-digestible morsels. Bon appétit.
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