Kongsberg Digital (KDI) launches a maritime digital twin with Höegh Autoliners as its first pilot customer. The twin is powered by real-time data from the Vessel Insight data infrastructure and its eco-system of applications.
Digital twins allow new ways of working and interacting with data and operational insights. The first areas the maritime twin supports are trim advisory, 3D visualization of the vessel, and situational awareness around it, including weather conditions.
The maritime industry is facing huge challenges to meet the new standards for increased transparency and reduced carbon footprint. As a response to this, we have developed a dynamic digital twin that provides a holistic view of the vessel and its surroundings, where data from the vessel is merged with other relevant data sources and presented in one common work surface for operators and shipowners
said Andreas Jagtøyen, Executive Vice President of Digital Ocean in Kongsberg Digital.
The objective of KDI´s holistic digital twin is to support partners in utilizing advanced simulations to troubleshoot operations, make predictions of future performance, and over time, enable condition-based maintenance to reduce cost and operational downtime.
“Utilizing twin technology on an area of most importance, fuel reduction, is the first step in building a new family of technology and applications, component by component,” added Mr. Jagtøyen.
Höegh Autoliners is KDIs partner for the pilot with their car carriers, supported by Delta Marine.
The additional insight and more rapid and cost-effective vessel management provided by KDI’s digital twin will supercharge their environmental performance and enable future benefits faster. We already see benefits on trim optimization, but when we add the data around other facets of vessel operation, along with training and maintenance, we expect further benefits and savings to come thick and fast
stated Chief Operations Officer of Höegh Autoliners Sebjørn Dahl.
In the coming months, KDI will reinforce this digital twin for maritime development by adding new components for visualization and performance.
