In this episode of Innovation to Impact, we sit down with Shakib, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Lloyd's Register and Chairman of the Safetytech Accelerator Board, for a conversation that cuts through the noise around maritime innovation.

We explore why so much technology looks promising on paper but fails to deliver at scale — and why data silos, not a lack of digital ambition, are the real bottleneck. Shakib breaks down the difference between technology that is genuinely disruptive and technology that is merely distractive, and what that distinction means for startups, operators, and class societies trying to navigate a fast-changing industry.

We also get into the generational shift underway in maritime, what classification societies actually do for technology adoption (and where they can get in the way), why autonomous  ...