Shipping Master Series

The Business Model for Maritime Innovation 2020-2050 Webinar One - Thursday, June - 1, 2023 Presented by Dr. Martin Stopford Webinar One - Overview As shipping enters an era of change, companies will need to make more decisions, with less information. So decisions that used to be routine, will be increasingly complex. This webinar is about how maritime change works; how to manage it; and the dynamic timeline between 2020 and 2050. It will be difficult because there has not been much innovative change in the last 30 years, but previous generations of shipping companies faced plenty. Between 1850 and 1914 steam technology took over; iron and steel hulls replaced wood; and cables replaced letters. Another was the transition from coal to oil; steam to diesel; riveted to welded hulls; air travel; and communications revolution between 1930 and 1970. Then the era of globalization between 1950 and 1970 triggered bulk and container transport systems. Now, phasing out carbon emissions; a new generation of digital techn