2017–2019, a retrospective — Two years ago, I started Shone with my co-founders Ugo and Antoine with the idea that other transportation industries had seen a lot of innovation and digitization that had not yet reached the maritime world. …

How the maritime world offers unique opportunities for human-machine enhancement — At Shone, we are very vocal about the fact that autonomous and unmanned are not the same thing. So let’s dive a bit deeper into why and how we envision autonomous manned ships. Reducing the problem space First, a crew is made of a diverse set of people. Some of them are engineers who…

A graphical dive into non-linearity of income distribution — The recent Yellow Vests movement in France has picked my curiosity about the income inequality situation in France (and the world at large). Being of the data-driven kind I started looking for numbers about this in order to better gauge the state of affairs. Code and data to replicate all…

How the maritime industry can invent its own path in the autonomous space — This simple equation is a key driver of our work at Shone. We believe that humans are extremely valuable and talented. That’s the reason why we care a lot about providing the crews with great technology that makes their lives easier and helps them accomplish more. …

The unfortunate tale of a missed reef — This series highlights recent maritime accidents, detail their causes and highlight how intelligent systems could help prevent future incidents. It is inspired by the fact that when I co-founded Shone, I learnt that most accidents happen due to human errors. …

Piloting gone wrong — This series highlights recent maritime accidents, detail their causes and highlight how intelligent systems could help prevent future incidents. It is inspired by the fact that when I co-founded Shone, I learnt that most accidents happen due to human errors. …

How a small mistake in chart plotting can lead to a disaster — This series highlights recent maritime accidents, detail their causes and highlight how intelligent systems could help prevent future incidents. It is inspired by the fact that when I co-founded Shone, I learnt that most accidents happen due to human errors. …

Shipping is largely ignored by most and yet absolutely fundamental to our global economy. Over 80% of goods are carried by sea and the world merchant fleet totals about 50,000 ships, and the only reason I know this is because I co-founded Shone, a startup focused on shipping technology. Almost…