Tag: Internet of Things

“Internet of Things” (IoT) is a very common term that we tend to hear more and more in the recent years. When it comes to IoT, we are talking about intertwined devices, software, sensors etc. that enable us to be connected throughout physical space. However, this “invisible” web that connects our devices can pose danger to the information security.

The team at Columbia’s Performance Optimisation Control Room (POCR), headed up by Captain Pankaj Sharma, has developed a totally SMART and fully digitised jack-up barge under its management as part of a digital twinning process designed to massively optimise vessel performance.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded type approval certification (TAC) to an IoT solution offered by METIS Cyberspace Technology SA: ‘METIS IoT SYSTEM’.

As the successor to Inmarsat’s industry-leading maritime safety service, Inmarsat C, Fleet Safety will facilitate a more proactive approach to distress communication based on unparalleled performance, advanced functionality, and an intuitive user interface, argues Peter Broadhurst, Senior Vice President of Safety and Cyber Security, Inmarsat Maritime.

Two years into a pandemic have opened new, unprecedented pathways for digitalization globally, making shipping to accelerate integration of technologies that were already in track. And although the near future seems unfruitful for a full integration of autonomous ships, the reality of technology revolutionizing conventional shipping operations and help improving maritime safety is closer than we think. Here are the most promising technologies transforming shipping in the coming decade.

Wärtsilä Voyage will collaborate with Microsoft to industrialise IoT for shipping through a scalable cyber-secure platform.

China Classification Society (CCS) aims to drive greater data-driven green global logistics supply chains by signing a new initiative.

US satellite communications provider Viasat will acquire the global mobile satellite company, Inmarsat in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion.

Japanese company K LINE and IBM Japan conducted a field trial in an effort to strengthen the safety management of cargo handling.

Japanese shipping company NYK announced it has started to share ship operation data with the Japan Fisheries Information Service Center, through IoS Open Platform (IoS-OP). This is the first time that shipping industry data has been shared with other industries through IoS-OP.