Tag: smart ships

The Transas Global Conference was successfully concluded earlier this month in Malta addressing the imminent technological changes that are forcing shipping to rethink its role within the global supply chain. Frank Coles, CEO, Transas, opened the two-day Transas Global Conference in Malta highlighting the possibilities and pitfalls of the maritime sector’s fragmented approach to digitalization, and offering an integrated vision for the future of shipping.

Nordic Tankers Trading, Danish tanker company, announced their intention to create a new company in partnership with V.Group, international marine services business, to secure growth in ship management operations.

Dubai Maritime City Authority celebrates the launch of ‘Innovation Quay,’ a new initiative designed to take advantage of technological innovations, in support of the efforts to promote development in the maritime sector. ‘Innovation Quay’ will be a facility for major manufacturers and research institutions to conduct field studies, using the latest innovative technologies.

SAFETY4SEA conducted ‘Share your Smart Shipping Insights’ survey during Q4 2016 and assessed how maritime stakeholders have realized the current and future smart shipping challenges and have established the nature of ECDIS & e-Navigation, Cyber Safety/ Cyber Security, Autonomous Shipping and Future Trends within shipping.

Nigel Cleave, Chief Executive Officer, Videotel has responded to SAFETY4SEA questions regarding the developments in smart shipping. Mr Cleave said that during 2016 there has been significant progress with smart shipping and ship owners have realized its benefits. He also noted that cyber security remains a huge challenge for 2017 and highlighted that industry stakeholders need to join forces for enhancing smart technologies for operational efficiency.

Giorgio Colotti, SpecTec Domain Expert, explains the benefits of smart solutions for both shipping companies and ships and highlights that communication is essential for the successful implementation of smart shipping.

Bjørn Kjærand Haugland, EVP & Chief Sustainability Officer DNV GL, says that autonomous shipping is a now a reality. The technology is in place and the time has come to move more operations ashore. Instead of having a crew of 15 sailing in a storm in the North Sea, people can stay in a control room on shore, where the same person could monitor and steer many ships.

Autonomous vessels are set to be a reality in the future, but work on them is well underway in the present. Here Willy Zeiler, NAVTOR Marketing and Communication Manager, outlines how e-Navigation will help turn an ambitious concept into reality.

WISTA has said that although smart ships are likely to be carrying cargoes within 10 years, all in the logistics chain need to adapt in order to make good use of the new technology and the huge amount of data that will be available as a result. Shipping will go from a “poor beginning” in terms of generating and using data to be at the forefront of new technology.

In this article, Mr Rob Kenworthy, Managing Director, GTMaritime notes that a shipboard email system is very important for the 'smart' shipping industry as it reflects the evolution of maritime communications.