FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Geopolitical instability, rising operational costs, workforce shortages, digitalization, AI, drone inspections and methane slip monitoring are among the key issues shaping today’s maritime agenda, according to Vassilios Dimoulas, Technology & Innovation Director, Bureau Veritas. Speaking in an exclusive video interview with SAFETY4SEA during Posidonia 2026, held from 1 to 5 June, Dimoulas highlighted that while technology and decarbonization are transforming the industry, people remain at the heart of shipping’s sustainable future. RelatedNews Consortium signs to develop Conditional Unmanned Bridge for VLOC GIT Coatings: Balancing environmental performance and operational efficiency is vital var jnews_module_21375883_0_6a327588f3df9 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375883","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2707,102,2596,1181,1504,635,1862,4299,4437,3556,1745","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random