Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The maritime industry is besieged with new regulations on multiple fronts, and the digitalization requirements are central to everything, from safe and efficient operations to decarbonization. On the exhibition floor at NorShipping 2025, Maritime Reporter TV connected with a trio of executives from Navtor to discuss the pace of change and how Navtor engages with industry to develop solutions that help ease the transition.
The maritime industry is besieged with new regulations on multiple fronts, and the digitalization requirements are central to everything, from safe and efficient operations to decarbonization. On the exhibition floor at NorShipping 2025, Maritime Reporter TV connected with a trio of executives from Navtor to discuss the pace of change and how Navtor engages with industry to develop solutions that help ease the transition.




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Stevens Towing is a fourth generation towing company with its headquarters on Yonges Island, SC. For many years, it operated a ship and boat repair facility, mostly for its own use. About six years ago the fourth-generation leader of the family company, Johnson Stevens, decided to invest in the shipyard portion of the business and open up further to attract outside commercial work. As Ray Kinsella said in Field of Dreams, if you build it, [they] will come, and come the business did to Stevens Towing vessel repair facility, which has found a strong and growing niche. Kurt Olsen, VP, Ship Operations, discussed with Maritime Reporter TV the assets, the people and the investments in ship and boat repair capability that are driving business today. Stevens Towing: Building its Ship Repair Niche](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yIYkxYwQZUA/mqdefault.jpg)





