Neutral collaboration
Provide a trusted forum where industry, research, and public-sector actors can align around practical digital solutions.
About the DGS Alliance
A neutral collaboration space for digital and low-emission shipping
The Alliance brings together stakeholders from across the maritime ecosystem, including ship operators, ports, technology providers, regulators, and research organisations, with the shared objective of accelerating digitalisation and decarbonisation through collaboration, interoperability, and evidence-based decision making.
Interoperability by design
Promote federated architectures, reusable models, and data-space approaches that avoid isolated technology silos.
Evidence-based transition
Support decisions with validated methods for performance, emissions, compliance, and operational optimisation.
Strategic Vision & Goals
A shared framework for digital and low-emission shipping
The strategic vision of the DGS Alliance is to support the transition of the maritime sector towards a digitally enabled, low-emission future, aligned with European and international sustainability objectives.
Digital twin harmonisation
Promote interoperable frameworks for consistent modelling, simulation, and analysis across platforms.
Policy alignment
Align digital twin technologies with EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, IMO standards, and evolving regulation.
Technology deployment
Support validation and deployment of high-TRL digital twin solutions for real maritime operations.
Capacity building
Facilitate training, knowledge exchange, and collaborative activity across industry, research, and policy.
Market adoption
Encourage adoption through demonstrated value, shared methodologies, and open infrastructures.
Membership & Participation
Open and inclusive participation
Membership in the DGS Alliance is open and free of charge. The Alliance welcomes participation from shipping companies, ports, technology and service providers, classification societies, inland waterway operators, research institutions, universities, policymakers, and regulatory bodies.
Members are encouraged to actively contribute by sharing insights, participating in working groups, supporting pilot activities, and engaging in collaborative initiatives.
Shipowners & operators
Explore digital twin use cases for fleet performance, voyage decisions, maintenance, and emissions management.
Ports & maritime infrastructure
Connect operational data, port-call optimisation, and green corridor initiatives with wider digital ecosystems.
Technology providers
Contribute interoperable services, models, dashboards, and integration patterns for industry-ready adoption.
Regulators, researchers & classifiers
Use shared evidence, open resources, and validated methodologies to inform policy, standards, classification, and research.
Governance & Working Structure
Transparent and federated governance
The DGS Alliance operates through a multi-tier governance structure designed to ensure strategic oversight, technical coherence, and regulatory alignment. This federated governance model allows participating organisations to retain autonomy while contributing to shared objectives.
Steering Committee
Responsible for strategic direction, priority setting, and overall coordination of the Alliance.
Technical Working Groups
Focused on digital twin frameworks, data standards, and interoperability practices.
Policy & Regulatory Advisory Board
Supports alignment with European and international maritime policies and regulatory dialogue.
Membership Value
What members gain
- Access to shared knowledge and validated digital twin resources.
- Participation in working groups and collaborative activities.
- Involvement in the evolution of digital twin frameworks and tools.
- Connection to a European network focused on digitalisation, sustainability, and maritime competitiveness.
Role of EU Projects
From projects to long-term ecosystem
The DGS Alliance federates and sustains outcomes from leading European research and innovation initiatives, including DT4GS, FOREMAST, and WARRaNT. These projects provide validated models, tools, and methodologies that feed into the Alliance, while the Alliance itself operates independently of individual project lifecycles and remains open to new contributors.
DT4GS
FOREMAST
WARRaNT
Join the Alliance
Become part of the Digital Green Shipping community
Joining the Alliance is an invitation to collaborate, contribute, and co-develop solutions for the benefit of the wider maritime community.