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16 October 2026

Shipping’s AI winners will build capability, not buy technology

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Shipping’s AI winners will build capability, not buy technology

The technology is already widely available. The advantage will come from how shipping companies turn it into specialised systems, define its place in the team and manage adoption, says Michalis Gkontas, co-founder and CEO of AskChief. Today’s AI systems can already perform useful knowledge work. They can search and interpret large volumes of information, compare …

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