Mazzotta (Fincantieri), the ship of the future will be green and digital

"The ship of the future, as we call it, will have to be greener and more digital at the same time." This was announced by Biagio Mazzotta, president of Fincantieri, speaking at the conference "Italian seas protagonists of world sailing" on board the Vespucci ship.

"Starting from green, one of the things we are most committed to is the ecological transformation of ships - explained Mazzotta - we are working a lot on hydrogen and towards maritime nuclear power, even if the latter will be long-term. In February meanwhile - he recalled - we launched the first ship in the world powered by liquid hydrogen, stored on board, a ship which we will deliver by the end of this year and which will also be able to do some sections with zero emissions".

The ships also focus heavily on digital innovation. "Like Fincantieri - explained Mazzotta - we have a digital ecosystem on board, continuously updateable, and in February 2026 we delivered a ship 'with a brain', capable of learning, growing and collecting data, which consumes less, wastes fewer resources and in the meantime learns".

Even on construction sites, added Mazzotta, "we are increasingly digitalised, in particular on the automation front, which means both planning with artificial intelligence algorithms and improving the construction phase, as much as possible", also with cobots, i.e. humanoid robots.

Equipment that "we are about to experiment with - announced the president of Fincantieri - is a welder, with the first tests starting this year".

Mazzotta highlighted that technologies also serve "to guarantee greater safety in the workplace" and that "the future still remains people, who are always our strategic infrastructure. We are working to increase productivity - he concluded - and to do this, technology and people must grow together".