On October 18, a testbed was set out for an Internet of Ships Open Platform (IoS-OP), while NYK provided an onboard IoT platform that has been developing with MTI Co., and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). NYK will use the IoS-OP to improve safety and reduce environmental loads.
The IoS-OP consortium was launched in June 2018 by ShipDC, a ship data center that aims to establish a platform to use data collected from vessel operation.
When carrying out the test by satellite for transmitted and received data between onboard data-collecting equipment and equipment onshore, many limitations exist. A testbed for IoS-OP aims to solve this.
NYK had previously worked to gather operation data from 2008, and managed to reduce fuel consumption and detect engine failure at an early stage.
What is more, NYK has also cooperated with NTT Group to develop an onboard IoT platform by adding a new system that enables the remote distribution and management of onboard applications from land offices.
NYK will now use the IoS-OP to improve safety and reduce environmental loads.
