Container ship receiving satellite bandwidth

SpaceX’s Next Maritime Challenge Isn’t Winning More Ships

Introduction Commercial shipping has already embraced Starlink. The next challenge is convincing the world’s largest fleet operators that bandwidth alone is no longer enough. Wall Street spent last week analysing SpaceX’s latest quarterly earnings. Investors focused on revenues of $7.8 billion, 12 million Starlink subscribers and Elon Musk’s ambitious target of generating $100 billion in…

4 Degrees of Vessel Autonomy

The Four Degrees of Maritime Autonomy: Why the Industry’s Future Is More Evolution Than Revolution

Introduction Ask someone to picture an autonomous vessel, and they will probably imagine a crewless container ship crossing the Pacific with nobody on board, guided entirely by AI. It is an image that captures headlines and fuels conference debates. The reality, however, is considerably less dramatic and considerably more interesting. History shows that technological revolutions…