Recognising the need to stay ahead of the curve, many larger shipmanagers are actively working on new digital projects.

Developing the technology is an expensive process, so it is often a collaborative effort with technology companies and other industry stakeholders.

Synergy Marine Group is working on a project to harness onboard data to help crews' decision-making.

“It looks at how we can study patterns and logic and the interaction between the various machineries onboard.