Operational efficiency is one of the most immediate and scalable levers available to improve fuel savings, resilience, and decarbonisation in the maritime sector. Yet most companies only capture a fraction of the available value.
Operational efficiency is one of the most immediate and scalable levers available to improve fuel savings, resilience, and decarbonisation in the maritime sector. Yet most companies only capture a fraction of the available value.
A new report from the Global Maritime Forum finds that the key barriers to more efficient voyages are not technical, but systemic. Leadership challenges, organisational culture, and misaligned incentive structures continue to reinforce inefficient behaviours across the maritime value chain, slowing the uptake of cost-effective operational improvements.
The report identifies three key enablers for unlocking operational efficiency at scale: clear strategic alignment within organisations, stronger cross-departmental collaboration, and deeper collaboration across the maritime value chain. The findings underline that operational efficiency in shipping is not a technical challenge, but a human and organisational one.