SAFETY4SEA is pleased to announce that Rolls Royce Marine has received the 2018 SMART4SEA Technology Award at the prestigious 2018 SMART4SEA Awards Ceremony which successfully concluded on January the 30th, the evening ahead of the SMART4SEA Conference, at Yacht Club of Greece in Athens.
Rolls Royce Marine received the SMART4SEA Technology Award, sponsored by ABS, for its project ‘Sisu’ which uses the latest technologies made possible by digitalization to demonstrate the world’s first remotely-operated commercial vessel. Conducted in Copenhagen Harbour in February, the project marks a major milestone on the journey towards remote and autonomous ships. Other short-listed nominees for this category were: Dryad Maritime, FLIR Systems, Martek Marin, Ocean Manager.
Presenting the award Mr. Vassilios Kroustallis, Senior Vice President, Regional, ABS stated: “We are all on a journey to autonomous transportation at sea. For the shipping industry at sea and ashore that journey will be a gradual process of evolution. And it should be to ensure that shipping in the future will have even better safety and environmental performance than that which is expected of traditional shipping operations today. The winners of tonight’s award have capitalized on the latest technologies made possible by digitalization to deliver what is undoubtedly a major milestone on this exciting technological journey.”
Accepting the award on behalf of Rolls Royce Marine, Mr. Constantine Dracoulis, Sales Manager said: “Our Ship Intelligence team is pioneering the development of remote controlled and autonomous ships, which will revolutionize ship design and operations making them safer, more efficient and offering opportunities for business growth. We have made a significant investment in research and development to make remote and autonomous shipping a reality and indeed last week we announced the opening of our Research & Development centre for autonomous ships in Finland.”
“Project Sisu is a collaboration between Rolls-Royce and Svitzer (part of Maersk Group), using the latest technologies made possible by digitalization to demonstrate the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel. From the quayside in Copenhagen Harbour the vessel’s captain, stationed at our Remote Operations Centre in Copenhagen, berthed the vessel alongside the quay, undocked, turned 360°, and piloted it to the Svitzer HQ, docking again. He then reversed the journey. “
Rolls Royce Marine is one of the world’s leading producers of aero engines for large civil aircraft and corporate jets and the second largest provider of defence aero engines in the world. Rolls-Royce is well established in the marine sector where we design vessels and integrate power systems. The company has a growing presence in civil nuclear power, drawing on its skills and experience of over 50 years in powering nuclear submarines. The MTU brand is world-renowned in high-speed diesel engines powering applications as diverse as rail locomotives and luxury yachts.
Rolls Royce Marine attracted the most votes by the end of the voting period which held online during a two-month period. SMART4SEA Conference & Awards within the scope of awarding industry’s outstanding practices for Excellence, Innovation and Technology. Other winners of the 2018 SMART4SEA Awards were: Chart Co for the E-Navigation Award, Tototheo Maritime for Connectivity Award, Steamship Mutual for the Cyber Security Award, Kongsberg Maritime for the Energy Efficiency Award, Be Cyber Aware At Sea for the Training Award, Giampiero Soncini for the Personality Award and Frank Coles for the Leadership Award.
Find photos from the awards ceremony at Flickr and explore more about the nomination & voting procedure and the winners of 2018 SMART4SEA Awards at awards’ dedicated webpage at https://www.safety4sea.com/2018-smart4sea-awards/
