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What SMM 2026 Signals for Shipping, the Rise of the Meat Proxy, and the Return of the Spreadsheet
Nick returns from SMM Hamburg with a read on where maritime innovation is actually moving: wind propulsion, nuclear, AI, class and new technology hubs. Raal then digs into digital judgement, conflicting data sources and the return of spreadsheets thanks to AI, before the episode ends with a reminder of shipping’s extraordinary role in everyday abundance.
CHAPTERS
01:07 How SMM is changing
03:21 The Thetius Top 150
07:52 Wind propulsion goes mainstream
12:39 Maritime AI before the AI boom
16:27 Meet the “meat proxy”
17:39 Class as an innovation enabler
28:25 What people at SMM really think…
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