We have come a long way in the last 50 years or so:
From ships with no “connectivity” to ships that is controlled from the office, including watering the onboard vegi garden remotely:
An anecdote from a time long past:
A bit over 50 years ago I got my first command. The ship that had only MF radio for “connectivity”.
On our 5-6 week trips from Singapore to East Indonesia v.v. we had “connectivity” with the Owner and Manager in Singapore only abt. day and a half sailing before arriving back in Singapore to alert them of our ETA and whatever return cargo I had managed to pick up.
That is the reverse of the “Vessel as a Floating Office” they are talking about now.
The “ship run from the ship”, not from the office ashore as envisaged here. .