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ClassNK Puts GNSS Interference Detection on the Class Certificate — What It Means Beside IACS UR E26/E27

ClassNK Puts GNSS Interference Detection on the Class Certificate — What It Means Beside IACS UR E26/E27
ClassNK Puts GNSS Interference Detection on the Class Certificate — What It Means Beside IACS UR E26/E27 A new notation for ships that can detect jamming and spoofing — the gap it fills, what it does not promise, and why other class societies are likely to follow Captain Paul Maritime 4.0 · AI, Data & Cyber Security · LinkedIn Japan's ClassNK has added a class notation for ships fitted with systems that detect the effects of GNSS interference and alert the bridge . It is a small line in a rulebook, but it is the first time a major class society has put GPS jamming and spoofing on the class certificate itself. For anyone working with IACS UR E26 and E27 , it is also a clear signal: the cyber-resilience rules we are all implementing do not cover attacks that arrive through the antenna instead of the network.
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· 10/28/2026
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Paper Review: Agentic Software - How AI Agents Are Restructuring the Software Paradigm (Cao, 2026)

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Agentic Software: How AI Agents Are Restructuring the Software Paradigm Paper review · Zhenfeng Cao · arXiv preprint, June 2026 Captain Paul Maritime 4.0 · AI, Data & Cyber Security Most articles about AI coding tools ask how much faster programmers can work. This paper asks something bigger: if an AI can decide what to do while it runs, is it still the kind of software we have known for fifty years? The answer is interesting, but the most useful part for our industry is a warning buried in the evidence. AI agents that do well on a single task become much less reliable when the work carries on over time, and ship systems stay in service for decades.
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· 11/01/2026
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How Can a Functional Description in a Manual Be Converted into a Reproducible Test Procedure?

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How Can a Functional Description in a Manual Be Converted into a Reproducible Test Procedure? Article 8 of a 12-Part Series on UR E27 Strategies for Marine Equipment Suppliers ※ The product examples, Test Case IDs, setting values, and file names described in this article are illustrative examples created to explain how a reproducible UR E27 Test Procedure can be structured. Blue Horizonist (Lew) Maritime & Cyber Security Consultant · ISP Consultant The previous article examined how a statement that a function has been implemented in a product can be converted into verifiable Evidence by linking the applicable requirement, product design, Configuration, and test results. Among these elements, the Test Procedure is one of the areas that generates the most rework in actual projects.
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· 10/23/2026
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Does CRA Vulnerability Reporting Reach the Shipowner? The Gaps Shipbuilding and Equipment Contracts Must Close

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Does CRA Vulnerability Reporting Reach the Shipowner? The Gaps Shipbuilding and Equipment Contracts Must Close Equipment makers now report to EU authorities. Whether that information ever reaches the shipowner, and the ship, depends on the contracts in between. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity The EU Cyber Resilience Act now requires manufacturers to report actively exploited vulnerabilities to EU authorities and to inform their users. On a ship, the "user" is hard to pin down, part of the equipment sits outside the Act, and the timelines do not match a ship's life. This post looks at those three gaps from the owner's side and sets out what contracts need to cover so the information actually reaches the ship.
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· 10/23/2026
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NIS2 for Shipping Companies: Essential or Important Entity? From Status Assessment to Governance Design

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NIS2 for Shipping Companies: Essential or Important Entity? From Status Assessment to Governance Design Questions every shipping company should settle before NIS2 settles them for it: scope, classification, the owner–manager split, and the governance that has to sit behind the answer. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity NIS2 adds a layer on top of the IMO and IACS cyber requirements that shipping companies already know, and that layer is aimed at the company rather than the ship. This post sets out how to think about NIS2 status, what really separates essential from important entities, and why the more useful question is not "are we in scope?" but "would our structure hold up under any status?"
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· 10/23/2026
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Are ships safe in the era of AI hacking?

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From Cybersecurity to the Era of Cyber Resilience The question now isn't "how do we block it" — it's "how do we survive it." Richard Principal Maritime Engineering Leader · Digital Ship Innovation & Cyber Security On August 12, I attended the Maritime Cybersecurity Conference 2026 (co-hosted by CYTUR and SecurityNews, held concurrently with ISEC 2026) at the COEX ASEM Ballroom in Seoul. Listening to Hanwha Ocean's presentation, "AI-Era Vessels' New Challenges and Responses," I realized the industry's front line is wrestling with exactly the same questions. This article is a write-up of what that talk left me thinking about. Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating digital transformation across the shipbuilding and shipping industries. Smart ships, digital twins, remote maintenance...
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· 10/19/2026
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Vivit Africa LNG: What Is Known About the Suspected Cyber Incident on an H-Line LNG Carrier

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Vivit Africa LNG: What Is Known About the Suspected Cyber Incident on an H-Line LNG Carrier A crew reported a cyber attack, the coast guard recorded a malfunction, and the cause is still not established. Why that gap is itself the lesson. Captain Paul Maritime 4.0 · AI, Data & Cyber Security · LinkedIn In early September 2026 the LNG carrier Vivit Africa LNG , owned by South Korea's H-Line Shipping , lost access to some of its control systems while approaching Italy with a US cargo. The crew reported a suspected cyber attack. The Italian Coast Guard recorded a malfunction whose cause could not be identified. The ship left without discharging. As of 30 October 2026 I could find no published finding, so this is an unconfirmed incident, and it should be read that way.
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· 10/18/2026
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Three Pages for an Entire Ship: Why I Rejected a Shipyard's E26 Vessel Asset Inventory

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Three Pages for an Entire Ship: Why I Rejected a Shipyard's E26 Vessel Asset Inventory First : Vessel Asset Inventory [E26, 5.1.3] ※ The shipyard and SI company names are anonymized (H*, M*). Jack Superintendent · M**  (M** Shipping Company) I want to share some of the problems I have experienced with cyber security documents for ships being built in China. The first document I want to talk about is the Vessel Asset Inventory under E26, Section 5.1.3. I have a strong message for Chinese shipyards and shipowners: Hire a competent cyber security SI company of Korea.
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· 10/18/2026
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Assessing the USCG's Unmanned Systems Test Area Policy: Three Reasons to Add Cybersecurity

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Assessing the USCG's Unmanned Systems Test Area Policy: Three Reasons to Add Cybersecurity Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard's policy on designated test areas for unmanned systems (WWM 26-05) is a timely measure that pursues innovation support and maritime safety management together. Centered on physical navigation safety, it lays the foundation for a risk assessment and management framework. Extending that framework to cybersecurity, in light of the distinctive characteristics of unmanned systems, would make the policy considerably more effective. This article sets out three reasons to add cybersecurity to the policy: for unmanned systems, a cyber incident is an operationally fatal event; their cyber resilience and recoverability can be verified o...
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· 10/17/2026
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