Cargotec announced that together with maritime industry and ICT companies, will establish world’s first ecosystem aimed at creating autonomous marine transport system to the Baltic Sea by 2025.
The initiative is largely financed by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for innovation. In addition to Cargotec, the main investing companies are Ericsson, Meyer Turku, Rolls-Royce, Tieto and Wärtsilä. The ecosystem platform is being handled by DIMECC, a co-creation ecosystem provider.
Soili Mäkinen, CIO at Cargotec commented:
“For decades, Cargotec’s business areas MacGregor and Kalmar have been pioneering solutions on-board and at ports for efficient and safe cargo flow solutions. This initiative is in line with our ambitions, and we are excited to be part of it. We invite all industry stakeholders to collaborate in this area.”
Tommi Pettersson, Vice President, Software and Automation Development, Kalmar added:
“Kalmar is pleased to collaborate with industry leaders in finding ways to expand automation in the maritime logistics chain. This initiative has great potential to help in increasing safety and productivity not only in container ports but in the whole maritime industry.”
Cargotec says it is on a drive to become a world leader in intelligent cargo handling, and it is increasing its focus on software, services and digital business. The above initiative supports this goal.
Source: Cargotec
