The American Bureau of Shipping has struck a new course in the fast-growing maritime digital technology space by launching a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company to bring its products to more customers as shipping gears up to face a carbon compliance challenge.

ABS Wavesight is built on the Houston-based classification society’s Digital Solutions division, which had already brought together two flagship digital products that are installed on 5,000 vessels around the world.