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complete 500-mile trial of Advanced Technology
autonomous navigation technology AI firm Advanced Navigation
secures $68m investment - 2
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Autonomous shipping has to make sense for it
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n November 15, Mokpo
National Maritime Uni-
versity's 9,000-tonne
training vessel, the
Segyero, sailed from Mokpo West Sea
to Dokdo islands, a distance of
approximately 500 nautical miles
(nm). Equipped with Samsung Heavy
Industries’ (SHI) remote autonomous
navigation system, ‘Samsung
Autonomous Ship’ (SAS), the vessel
completed the journey safely and
avoided 29 collision risk situations
where it encountered other ships on
the coast of the Korean islands con-
necting the South Sea and the East Sea.
In particular, SAS recognised a col-
lision risk situation in real-time when
passing in the vicinity of Ieodo where
several fishing boats were approach-
ing from the bow and starboard side
simultaneously. The system showed
accurate and safe avoidance routes
every 5 seconds.
SAS incorporates advanced ICT
technologies such as radar, automat-
ic identification systems (AIS), and
camera images to help recognise
situations, automatic engine and
rudder control to help avoid colli-
sions, and a 360-degree view to mon-
itor the surroundings during day
and night.
The autonomous navigation
demonstration was designed to test
SAS performance and stability in var-
The ‘Segyero’ sailed around 500 miles using Samsung’s remote
autonomous navigation system in late November 2022.
Image credit: Samsung Heavy Industries
ious collision risk situations and
prove the capabilities of SHI’s tech-
nology in Korea's complex marine
environment. The demonstration will
also serve as an opportunity to
upgrade SHI’s autonomous naviga-
tion technology.
SHI reports that it is the first com-
pany to receive approval from the
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries to demonstrate SAS.
While there are no safety regula-
tions to test autonomous ships at sea,
SHI worked with Mokpo Maritime
University and Korean Register to
establish safety guidelines such as
risk assessment, risk identification
and risk management measures,
which were reviewed and approved
by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs
and Fisheries, establishing a legal
basis for the demonstration of
autonomous navigation.
"The successful demonstration is a
meaningful achievement that con-
firms SAS' performance and stability
of navigation in complex maritime
situations,” said Kim Hyun-joe, head
of SHI's ship and marine research
centre. "As a first mover of technolo-
gy, SHI will fulfil its role and respon-
sibility to establish safety laws and
systems along with technological
innovation.” DS
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Decarbonisation
Behavioural change leads to
fuel savings of $3m - 9
CMES, BHP and DNV share voyage data to
drive emissions reductions - 10
New consortium awarded £1.2m to address
clean maritime challenges - 12
Satcoms & Cybersecurity
Greener shipping for tomorrow’s
world- 16
Port-IT unveils latest version of endpoint
security suite - 20
Eastaway signs newbuild container ships to
AuraNow VSAT - 21
Software
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culture - 23
ESA collaborates with Sinay to create digital
platform - 25
MOL moves to cloud-based SaaS applications
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Thome opens fleet operations
hub in Mumbai
The Thome Group has opened a new oper-
ations hub at its office in Mumbai to
strengthen its fleet support function and
decarbonisation goals.
The hub will enable office staff to offer
more value-added support to the fleet
using a large video wall comprising of 10
LED monitors that can be used to display
different monitoring and enterprise
resource planning systems simultaneously.
The hub will complement the one cur-
rently at Thome Group’s head office in
Singapore, which opened in November
2017 to enhance its ship management ser-
vices and reaction times to emergency
responses.
The Mumbai hub will be operational
24/7 being equipped with state-of-the-art
resources such as video conferencing,
CCTV, UPS, and the ability of replicating
the video wall at other locations like
Singapore via streaming.
Manned by the vessel performance
team, the facility will also assist with mon-
itoring and support requirements in rela-
tion to navigation safety, adverse weather
reports, security, and transiting MARPOL
Annex VI emission control areas.
The operations hub has a high level of
digitalisation including automation,
alarms, warnings, and email prompts to
ensure timely actions by both the onboard
and ashore teams. This leads into the
group’s vision of utilising machine learn-
Thome Group operations hub in Mumbai
Three Greek shipping companies
sign up to Windward’s AI platform
Maritime AI firm Windward has signed
partnerships with three Greek shipping
companies: shipbroker Ortsa Marine, ship
manager Goldenport, and shipowner
Marine Trust.
Marine Trust, Ortsa Marine, and
Golden Port will use Windward’s platform
as its primary tool for sanctions compli-
ance, optimising vessel screening due
diligence processes. Windward’s
Maritime AI solution is powered by
advanced machine learning and
behavioural analytics models, providing
customers with insights into vessel
behaviours, ownership structures, com-
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 2
ing as a tool.
“The opening of another operations hub
in Mumbai will reap huge benefits. The
rapid developments in digital technologies
have significantly enhanced our capabilities
to acquire qualitative, high frequency and
real-time vessel data which can be used to
make informed decisions about the opera-
tional efficiencies of our managed fleets. We
can now offer our clients up to date infor-
mation and even greater improvements in
our ship management services,” said Claes
Eek Thorstensen, executive vice chairman
of the Thome Group.
“Furthermore, in times of emergency we
can react instantly by accessing real-time,
accurate information, allowing our crisis
teams to take decisive action to resolve any
issues quickly and safely,” he continued.
“This facility will enable our vessel per-
formance team to actively track the param-
eters and conditions vital for the optimisa-
tion of fuel consumption and consequently
help with emissions reduction. Our perfor-
mance team will also proactively advise
our vessel managers to make changes to
achieve targeted CII ratings through speed
optimisation, hull condition management,
and appropriate adjustments to the opera-
tions of propulsion and auxiliary machin-
ery. The facility will also assist with remote
support for weather-based routeing and
equipment troubleshooting,” said Olav
Nortun, CEO of the Thome Group.
pany risks, and predicting in real-time
which companies and vessels are likely to
be high risk.
"The current regulatory climate necessi-
tates all maritime players to digitalise their
screening and sanctions compliance pro-
cesses," said Ami Daniel, co-founder and
CEO of Windward. "As Greece continues
to be a global shipping leader, we’re proud
to provide our new customers with a com-
prehensive view of what is happening
with their fleet. Our solution takes busi-
ness readiness one step further and
ensures sanctions compliance and opti-
mised business practices.”
AI firm ‘Advanced
Navigation’ secures
$68m investment
Advanced Navigation, a developer of arti-
ficially intelligent (AI) robotics and navi-
gation technology, and global investment
firm KKR, have signed a definitive agree-
ment under which KKR will lead a AUD
108 million (USD 68 million) Series B
funding round in Advanced Navigation.
The funding round includes participa-
tion from new investors such as deep
learning venture firm AI Capital and exist-
ing investors, including Main Sequence,
the hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC, In-Q-Tel,
and Our Innovation Fund, bringing
Advanced Navigation’s total amount
raised to more than AUD 134 million
(USD 85 million).
Headquartered in Australia, Advanced
Navigation’s robotic and navigation solu-
tions optimise performance and efficiency
by leveraging AI neural networks and
deep learning algorithms.
Advanced Navigation sensor products
are sold into commercial and defence
industries spanning sea, land, air, and
space applications.
Advanced Navigation will use the
funding to accelerate R&D programs
focused on transformative robotic, naviga-
tion, photonic, and quantum sensing solu-
tions, and enhance its global sales and
marketing capabilities to reach new cus-
tomers.
Advanced Navigation will also assess
inorganic growth opportunities to incor-
porate new technologies and products
into its suite which complement the com-
pany’s existing products and areas of
expertise.
“We look forward to this next phase of
growth as we continue to be a driving
force in the autonomy revolution. KKR
has significant experience investing in
emerging technologies, we are thrilled to
have them lead our Series B funding
round and work alongside our team to
advance our product and technology
innovation and development. Our tech-
nologies will continue to safely and reli-
ably guide autonomous vehicles across
hazardous environments. Together with
our engineering experts, partners, and in
collaboration with global research insti-
tutes, we will work to build a more
resilient, secure and sustainable future,”
said Xavier Orr, CEO and co-founder of
Advanced Navigation.
Advanced Navigation CEO and co-founders
Xavier Orr and Chris Shaw
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Norwegian start-up WaveFoil has developed fins for ships to reduce fuel consumption by 5-15 per cent.
Digital Ship heard from WaveFoil’s CEO Bente Storhaug Dahl how the technology works.
F
or many shipowners and opera-
tors today, saving fuel and
cutting emissions is a top priority.
When a ship enters turbulent
waters, strong waves increase the resistance
between the vessel and its environment,
exacerbating fuel burn and emissions.
Norwegian company Wavefoil has
found a way to turn this energy into
propulsion to minimise fuel consumption
in the form of retractable foils that mimic
the way whales move through water.
These retractable foils dampen the motion
between ship and water, eliminating addi-
tional resistance and thereby providing a
smoother surface for the vessel to sail on.
Speaking to a group of journalists on a
recent press tour around the west coast of
Norway, Bente Storhaug Dahl, CEO of
WaveFoil explained the idea behind the
technology.
“If you take a plank of wood and you
try to press it directly down into the water,
you will feel a resistance. But if you tilt it
forwards, you will feel that it goes into the
water a little faster and a little easier,” she
said. The same thing happens when
removing the plank from the water; titling
it ever so slightly significantly reduces
resistance and drag.
The M/F Teistin the evening before she was launched, with a foil module
from Wavefoil installed. Image credit: Wavefoil
Maritime UK launches latest code of practice for autonomous ship systems
Maritime UK has launched version 6 of the
Industry Code of Practice for Maritime
Autonomous Ship Systems (MASS).
The accelerating pace of change in mar-
itime autonomy has required updated
guidance for those owning and operating
Maritime Autonomous Ship Systems
(MASS).
Whilst not a legal text, the code has been
used by manufacturers, service providers,
and others as part of their day-to-day
work. Many manufacturers have reported
clients requiring compliance with the code
as a basis for contractual negotiations.
Smooth sailing
The WaveFoil fins are based on this con-
cept. Installed on the bow, the foils provide
a tilt for the vessel as it hits the water,
reducing the impact between the ship and
the surface. In addition, the foils generate a
lift that provides a forward thrust greater
than the drag against the momentum of the
ship, which can be converted into propul-
sive power.
According to Dahl, between 5 and 15
per cent reduction in fuel consumption is
possible with the technology and up to 25
per cent motion damping can be achieved,
depending on the vessel type and sailing
conditions.
The foils are less suited to cold waters or
when the vessel is sailing below seven knots,
Dahl noted. In certain sailings, a ship opera-
tor may wish to avoid using them altogeth-
er. For this reason, WaveFoil developed the
foils to be fully retractable, putting the user
in complete control of their deployment.
Case studies
In 2019, the first prototype was unveiled in
Trondheim, Norway. This foil was designed
with a wingspan of 5.2 metres and has so far
been operating for 20,000 hours with no
issues or maintenance requirements.
Later that year, the bow foil was
Version 6 adds updated guidance on a
variety of topics including MoD Maritime
Levels of Automation, MASS Shoreside
Interface guidance and Remote Control
Centre manning and operation.
The Maritime UK Autonomous Systems
Regulatory Working Group (MASRWG)
published the first Code of Practice to global
industry-wide acclaim in November 2017,
followed by annual updates since then.
Lloyd’s Register has supported the pub-
lication of this version of the code.
Sarah Kenny, chair of Maritime UK
said: “I am delighted that we continue to
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 3
installed on the MF Teistin, a ferry that
operates in the Faroe Islands and is owned
by Strandfaraskip Landsins.
Recently, WaveFoil unveiled a bow foil
with an 8m wingspan. Another foil that is
currently in production and is expected to
be the largest foil system once available
will have a wingspan of 12 metres and
weigh 80 tonnes.
The foils are largely installed on smaller
vessels such as ferries, ambulance ships,
expedition ships, and fishing vessels .
Particularly for the ambulance vessels, the
reduction in motion is a huge benefit for
the patients they transport.
Dahl said that it’s unlikely that the sys-
tem will be suited to very large deep-sea
ships as these vessels will be longer than
the length of the waves. According to
hydrodynamic models, a longer ship-to-
wave-length ratio is less likely to benefit
from the foils.
While the system can be retrofitted, it is
more suited to newbuild installations due
to the complexity of opening up the hull of
an existing ship. Installation time is
approximately 3-5 weeks.
Simulation and
decision support
Dahl noted that WaveFoil has had keen
interest from owners and operators look-
ing to try out new tools and technologies,
and more importantly, those that are will-
ing to take risks. However, she also
receives a large number of requests for
case studies and predicted fuel saving
onboard larger ships.
WaveFoil has developed a simulation
tool to help prospective clients understand
the potential of the system.
“What we see now is that people are
eager to see results. We managed to get 11
per cent fuel savings on the MF Teistin,
which is great, but the vessel is 45m long.
We’re now going to test it onboard vessels
that are 70m long and we have some
shipowners waiting to hear so they know
whether they’re looking at something like
8 per cent or 12 per cent fuel savings,” said
Dahl.
In addition to the size of the vessel, fuel
savings will depend on the shape of the
produce such well-regarded guidance in
this most rapidly growing of domains. For
the UK, autonomy is a key driver of future
growth opportunities and fuses our exper-
tise across the sector - professional ser-
vices, cutting-edge innovation and high-
quality manufacturing and design.
Autonomy is at the heart of key national
missions like decarbonisation and the
National Shipbuilding Strategy.
"The pace of change in accelerating, and
as autonomy changes the way we live and
work, this Industry Code of Practice serves
as valuable guidance on certification,
Digital Ship
CEO of WaveFoil Bente Storhaug Dahl
told journalists visiting Norway about
the plans for the technology.
Image credit: Kristin Støylen
hull as that affects how the vessel moves
through the water, and the area the vessel
is operating in.
“In some waters, the waves come from
the side, in some places the waves are very
short, or they might be longer in other areas,
so we have some software that can do per-
formance prediction,” explained Dahl.
The WaveFoil software enables the user
to input variable factors such as the sailing
route, distance, sailing day, sailing speed,
load, and the hull shape to calculate how
much fuel the vessel would use during a
certain voyage. It then provides an estimate
of the fuel savings that could be achieved
with the retractable bow foil system.
The software is not just limited to the
bow foil simulations, but according to
WaveFoil, can be used to provide insight
and decision support on installed power
and energy storage capacity based on a
vessel’s main dimensions. It can also be
used to deliver continuous dialog though
the design process to evaluate current
design, deliver third-party evaluation of
the final design parameters based on the
customer’s hull geometry, estimate fuel
saving potential for wind-assisted propul-
sion, and provide animation of the vessel’s
motion in waves.
Dahl confirmed that WaveFoil is working
with an EU funded project to develop a deci-
sion support system (due for launch at a later
point) to further help crew to reduce fuel
burn and optimise operational processes. DS
assurance and safety.”
Baroness Charlotte Vere, maritime min-
ister at the Department for Transport said:
“Autonomous vessels are set to revolu-
tionise the maritime sector, by cutting
emissions, bolstering supply chains, and
easing pressure on our ports. With 75 per
cent of accidents at sea caused by human
error, this technology will also help to dra-
matically boost safety.
“I’m delighted to see the guidance for
manufacturing such vessels be updated –
reflecting how quickly this remarkable
technology is advancing.”
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Autonomous shipping has to
make sense for it to work
The shipping industry is a long way from operating fully autonomous because neither the regulatory environment nor
the technology is in place to provide for it, according to Mark O’Neil, CEO and president of the Columbia Group.
H
e warned delegates attending
the recent Maritime Cyprus
conference, that while the
industry may talk about
automation and autonomous shipping, the
industry should not rush towards it for the
sake of it.
“Automation by its very definition,
means self-governing and self-control, but
even with an auto pilot you still need a
pilot. When you look at a predator drone
you have twice as many people involved
on the ground or in the control room than
you do involved in the operation of an F16
fighter. So, it is a question of where the
Columbia Shipmanagement’s Performance Optimisation Control Room helps to
optimise ship operation processes. Image credit: Columbia Shipmanagement
Aventra Group launches AI-powered CII prediction tool
Aventra Group has launched AG
Carbondex, an artificially intelligent (AI)-
powered application that predicts Carbon
Intensity Indicator (CII) scores for every
vessel, helping shipping companies to
measure risks, increase ratings and make
better-informed commercial decisions.
From 2023, the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) will require shipown-
ers to report CII on an annual basis, a
report systematically graded from A to E.
To trade internationally, vessels will
need to bear a certificate of compliance.
Additionally, shipowners and ship man-
agement companies are required to file
multi-year plans to improve emissions on
each of their ships. Vessels with better CII
scores are expected to demand higher mar-
ket rates, while those with lower scores
will be forced to charge less.
To support the industry’s transition to
decarbonisation, AG Carbondex enables
users to access real-time monitoring activi-
ties of their fleets’ CII-related performance
manpower or person power actually sits involved ashore or on the vessel.
and how much manpower is required. If “The semi-automated world we are in
we had an automated environment, we right now is much more exciting from a
would probably have more people vessel operating point of view and the
involved in that process. tools we have available are massive, bring-
“Is there an appetite for a degree ofing real benefit. But is there benefit in tak-
ing out the human element completely? I
automation in shipping? I think there is in
don’t think so,” he stressed.
certain parts of the world and in certain
circumstances, but let’s not rush to auto- Columbia Shipmanagement takes digi-
talisation and semi-automation very seri-
mate for the sake of it. It has to make sense
ously, especially through the use and
and will only make sense in certain parts of
deployment
the world, in certain trades, and in certain of its Performance
circumstances. There will never be fullyOptimisation Control Room (POCR). CSM
sees the POCR as an essential tool in opti-
self-governing or self-controlled shipping
because there will always be personnel mising the ship operation process, whether
it is monitoring the opera-
tion of the vessel, optimis-
ing fuel and lubes con-
sumption or voyage plan- Mark O’Neil, CEO and president of the
ning around weather or Columbia Group
politically sensitive areas.
“We place sensors on
our vessels to monitor and take the engine to pieces and put it
every last aspect of the ves- back together again. That is the level of
sel’s operation from shore, sophistication, and it makes economic
to the point that our shore- sense,” he said.
based POCR staff can walk CSM has recently been involved with
‘virtually’ around a vessel digital twinning of a jack-up rig and an off-
that is 2,000 miles away. shore supply vessel. Its engineers can per-
With their 3D goggles on form operations on a much-reduced cost
they can pick up a fire basis and achieve huge visualisation of
extinguisher and check the what is going on onboard. The two smart
expiry date or check the offshore support vessels operate for Saudi
condition of the lifeboats. Aramco, and the degree of control is
They can perform services remarkable, said O’Neil. This level of digi-
on the auxiliary engines talisation makes complete economic sense,
with hologram technology he stressed. DS
and simulate vessel CII ratings. The soft- their fleets by transforming noon reports Carbondex is just the beginning of the
ware allows an operator to reduce emis- into insightful analytics for an optimised Digital Transformation of Technical
sions and improve revenue with an inter- operation. We have a great vision for tech- Management,” said Juan J. Gil, CEO
connected CII analysis to deliver a more nical management analytics. AG Aventra Digital, Singapore.
distinct bird’s eye view of their fleet opera-
tions.
Using AG Carbondex, shipping compa-
nies can achieve the following:
• Real-time benchmarking and monitor-
ing of an individual vessel or the entire
fleet
• Accurately forecast vessel CII rating to
improve regulatory compliance
• Smarter fuel management with
detailed visualisation
• ISO 27001 – best-known standard for
information security management
systems
“We have developed a rock-solid solu-
tion to meet the needs of shipowners and
commercial & technical teams. When set
up our minds to build AG Carbondex, we
knew we wanted to create an edge for tech-
AG Carbondex
nical teams to improve the performance of
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Digital Ship

Smart steering
Optimal steering and minimal rudder motion can generate substantial fuel savings and lower emissions. Digital Ship
caught up with Sandra Gassig, product line manager, navigation and shipping at Sperry Marine to discuss how
automating course-keeping can improve ship performance and lower workload on the bridge.

I
nefficient and ineffective vessel steer-
ing can lead to excess fuel consump-
tion and compromise safety. These
problems are exacerbated as a ship
moves through challenging waters. One
way to enhance steering is to deploy smart
automation systems that continuously
assess current performance, compare it
with potential performance, and optimise
parameters such as steering angle and
heading to improve rudder control and
drag performance. In doing so, rudder
motion can be limited, and a more fuel effi-
cient, smooth, and safe voyage can be
achieved.
Moreover, automation systems help to
improve the safety of a ship by reducing
the risk of human error, which according
to insurance firm Allianz, account for 75-96
per cent of maritime casualties[1].
Self-tuning autopilot
In Autumn this year, Sperry Marine intro-
duced an intelligent self-tuning autopilot
and fully adaptive heading control system
that has been designed to deliver
improved course-keeping with reduced
fuel consumption and a lower workload
on the bridge. Known as NaviPilot 4500N,
it continuously monitors performance and
self-tunes to optimise the performance of
the rudder depending on voyage, trim,
squat, and cargo load conditions.
As a vessel’s behaviour can change
quite significantly before and after cargo
loading and unloading, it is important to
ensure the rudder is optimised.
NaviPilot’s autopilot function calculates
new data and sets new parameters to opti-
mise the vessel’s behaviour, making sure
the ship steers as straight and efficiently as
possible.
“The ultimate goal of NaviPilot is to
minimise the movement of the rudder to
reduce fuel consumption, thereby limiting
emissions,” Sandra Gassig, product line
manager, navigation and shipping at
Sperry Marine told Digital Ship.
NaviPilot makes its decisions based on
heading data and speed data. “It quickly
assesses how the vessel is behaving in
terms of its steering commands and looks
at what the heading of the vessel is to the
current, and compares this to what it
should be, or what the operator is aiming
for,” explained Gassig.
NaviPilot evaluates turning perfor-
mance of the vessel, rate of turn, how fast
it gets to the heading that the operator
wants to achieve, and it optimises all the
time based on continuous data. Unlike
standard auto pilot systems, the self-learn-
ing aspect means that it is always adapting
and changing rudder turn based on the
current load and environmental condi-
tions. This means it is always operating
based on the present.
“Imagine a really heavy container ves-
sel in the sea and you're the guy steering
the vessel and turning the rudder and you
want to reach a certain point with your
vessel, but you have to do it manually and
know exactly how to handle the rudder so
you get where you want to go. It’s not easy
and you have to have a lot of experience
and knowledge. Autopilot calculates the
rate of turn all the time, reducing some of
the pressure on the operator. The human
brain is capable of doing this, but it
requires a lot of experience and attention
on a lot of different data all at once,”
Gassig explained.
In addition, NaviPilot can adjust rudder
lift and drag based on different weather
conditions, an essential part of optimising
fuel performance.
Giving crew the right
tools for the job
Navipilot features a fully safe tuning adap-
tive mode, which means it works continu-
ously in the background. Crew members
are not required to interfere, only to check
if it’s still in the optimal settings. A manu-
al mode enables crew to step in and over-
ride the auto-mode to ensure better adjust-
ments are made. “The benefit of the manu-
al mode lies in the capabilities of the crew.
More experienced crew will likely make
use of the manual function more than less
experienced operators,” said Gassig.
Installation and
integration
Navipilot is easy to install as there are few
components, just standard network
cabling and connections. It features a dial
wheel to modify heading, hardware activa-
tion buttons for safer operation, a 7-inch
Navipilot 4500N includes real time response to voyage and load conditions. By
minimising rudder motion, fuel consumption and emissions can also be reduced
colour touch display and selectable modes
for rate/radius turn mode or rudder limit
modes.
The system forms part of Sperry
Marine’s ‘connected bridge’ concept which
enables remote maintenance and diagnos-
tics as part of a 'Smart Support’ package to
support maximum vessel availability.
Navipilot 4500N can be integrated into
existing installations to provide the same
benefits to existing vessels.
Important to note is that Sperry’s
autopilot systems can be installed on ves-
sels without a Sperry bridge.
Sperry revealed to Digital Ship that the
team is looking at expanding the capabili-
ties of Navipilot 4500N. One part will be
connecting the new autopilot system to the
back of the bridge to enable a secure data
connection between the system and the
back of the bridge. Sperry is also looking at
how to get this data to the shore for more
in-depth analysis. DS
[1] Allianz, Safety and Shipping Review (2021)

Windward unveils AI-powered fuel consumption API

cy on average per voyage, as well as
Maritime artificial intelligence (AI) compa-
ny Windward has launched its new Vessel actionable insights.
Fuel Consumption API, an AI-powered The solution will enable stakeholders
solution providing fuel consumption to optimise chartering decisions and
assessments with up to 95 per cent accura- manage their carbon footprint, while
increasing econom-
ic efficiency.
Windward
Vessel Fuel
Consumption API
tracks and calcu-
lates fuel consump-
tion of any tanker
across the globe
without the use of
additional devices.
This provides
stakeholders – weather conditions, hull fouling, engines,
including charter-
ers, shipowners,
Windward has launched a new AI-powered
energy companies,
Vessel Fuel Consumption API
and financial insti-
tutions – with total fuel consumption visi-
bility for the main engines, auxiliary
engines and boilers of all tankers.
Organisations can optimise their charter-
ing decisions, negotiate better time charter
equivalent (TCE) rates, monitor vessels for
technical malfunctions and benchmark dif-
ferent fleets, with the potential to achieve
fuel savings of 10 per cent on average,
as well as a derived reduction in carbon
emissions.
The new Vessel Fuel Consumption API
is based on a deep learning model that cal-
culates and assesses the fuel consumption
of any given tanker using multiple data
sources, inputs, and behavioural features,
including speed, meetings, port calls,
fuel types, 10 plus years of historical voy-
age data, and more. These datasets were
built, tested and verified in collaboration
with companies participating in
Windward’s Data for Decarbonisation
Program (D4D), a partnership aimed to
increase transparency and foster collabora-
tion within the maritime industry by lever-
aging the power of big data and AI to
decrease carbon emissions.
“The first step towards decarbonising
the maritime industry is improving the vis-
ibility of vessels’ fuel consumption,” said
Ami Daniel, CEO and co-founder of
Windward. “Environmental concerns and
ESG are primary goals for both companies
and consumers. We are approaching the
point of no return and providing accurate
assessments of consumption is key in mak-
ing business decisions that are both eco-
nomical and more importantly, environ-
mentally conscious. We are proud to use
our maritime expertise and AI to con-
tribute to the industry’s efforts in creating
a sustainable future and protecting the
environment for future generations.”

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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Danelec introduces two new
voyage data recorder services
Danelec has introduced two new web-
based voyage data recorder (VDR) services
designed to provide VDR status informa-
tion and give ship managers and operators
secure remote access to the VDRs onboard
vessels.
The VDR Monitoring Service introduces a
brand-new online health status overview of
VDRs combined with reported location of
vessels, while the VDR Management Service
adds to this with several key new features,
including the ability to remotely extract VDR
recordings, download alarm logs and VDR
Pre-Annual Performance Tests (Pre-APT).
The new services are designed to enable
improved operational safety, continued
compliance monitoring, uninterrupted
incident investigation, enhanced service
planning, remote service configuration
and predictive maintenance.
Both services are powered by
DanelecConnect, an intelligent, cost effi-
cient and scalable maritime IoT infrastruc-
ture used as a reliable, secure, and agile
data collection system for supporting
shipowners in their digital transformation.
The VDR services are accessible directly
online via the Danelec eService portal digi-
tal platform while Danelec’s unique, low-
cost and practically plug & play Vessel
Remote Server (VRS) takes care of two-way
data transfer to and from the platform.
Among the first shipowners using these
digital services is Eurotankers. Its crude oil
tanker MV Eurovoyager has a number of
maritime IoT features in place.
Capt. Ioannis Kourtelis, marine &
HSQE manager, DPA, Eurotankers said :
“Eurovoyager is an important ship in our
fleet as it sets the direction for future-
proofing our business through maritime
digitalisation and the Internet of Things.
“With a VRS previously installed it was
Angelicoussis Shipping pilots digital crew
medical care solution
Greek shipping company Angelicoussis
Shipping Group has implemented a 3-
month pilot of onboard crew medical care
solution by MedAssist.Online.
Dutch company MedAssist.Online
delivers approved medical solutions
through “bringing the doctor to the vessel”
when it is needed the most.
MedAssist.Online offers medical care solu-
From left to right: Nikos Diamantopoulos,
sales manager at Oriani Hellas; Dr.
Christos Dimopoulos, fleet medical advisor,
Angelicoussis Shipping Group; Dr. George
Siatos, fleet medical advisor, Angelicoussis
Shipping Group; and Giorgos Karistinos,
sales development director, Oriani Hellas
Two new web-based voyage data recorder
(VDR) services are now available from
Danelec
very straightforward to add Danelec’s new
VDR Management Service to the already
very useful VDR Monitoring Service.
“We have benefited significantly from the
monitoring and status data as well as access
to the system and sensor data we now have.
We expect to see more advantages including
the ability to optimise VDR pre-annual
performance testing in the future.”
Casper Jensen, CEO, Danelec added:
“As ships become smarter, we continue to
develop new digital solutions that lever-
age the value of data from our VDRs so
that customers can introduce new work-
flows and practices that save time, money
and improve safety.
“We are placing more and more focus
on developing new solutions with
DanelecConnect as a foundation and feed-
back from companies with a strong digital
strategy that embrace technology firsts like
Eurotankers is essential to our on-going
development program.”
Danelec’s new services are immediately
available to Danelec VDR users with an
already installed Danelec VRS. Customers
without a VRS will need to install one
before gaining access to DanelecConnect
digital services.
tions that are affordable, reliable, and able
to operate at sea with low to zero band-
width, increasing a company’s compliance
with international standards.
The programme consists of three user-
friendly applications that serve different
purposes and will assist crew members
when there is an emergency on the vessel.
One of the applications, MedAssist Live
App, addresses the challenge of providing
medical help when there is no expert on site.
The Live App allows a distant profes-
sional to assist virtually. Crew members
onboard the ship receive real-time visual
instruction and guidance, using augmented
reality. This allows medical assistance to be
delivered anywhere and at any given time.
The Skills App provides instructions for
performing basic medical procedures. The
Heart App solution, that includes a
Bluetooth sensor hardware as well, will
generate a 12-lead hospital-quality ECG.
With a single click, the result (the ECG) can
be sent as a PDF to professionals.
The only needed tool is a tablet, which
is provided by MedAssist.online.
MedAssist.online is represented in
Greece by Oriani Hellas.
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 6
SeaBot receives UK MCA voluntary recognition
for MASS remote operator training
The UK Maritime and Coastguard autonomous marine vehicles; from mother-
Agency (MCA) has announced that training ships and remote operations centres (ROCs).
provider SeaBot Maritime has received MCA MASS training comprises a blend of
voluntary recognition for its maritime instructor-led, synthetic environment and
autonomous surface ships (MASS) remote experiential on-water learning, complement-
operator training. ed by SeaBot Maritime’s additional solutions
This newly recognised training is specifi- including distance-learning solutions, VR,
cally designed for personnel working in the AR, and 3D visualisation tools.
maritime industry conducting USV Gordon Meadow, CEO of SeaBot
Operations and is the first training module in Maritime said: “We are delighted to have
SeaBot Maritime's wider MASS Certified been awarded voluntary recognition by the
Professional Training Scheme (MCP). The MCA, for our next gen training. We believe
MCP Scheme is a career pathway devised as the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency
a framework for users of uncrewed vessels. represent global excellence in standards.
Developed by SeaBot Maritime in associ- “SeaBot Maritime’s vision and its course
ation with its long-term customer, Fugro framework mirrors the MCA’s regulatory
Middle East, Module A in MASS Operations approach across autonomy in helping
was launched, to help overcome the chal- embrace and create robust frameworks for
lenges of the adoption and operation of the future needs for new and novel technolo-
nextgen maritime technology. gies as they emerge, such as MASS, within
The most recent training course held in UK Law and regulation.
October 2022 was delivered to delegates “This is the first module of the MCP
from Fugro working in the Middle East, but Scheme to gain recognition. SeaBot Maritime
participants also included representation is delivering further modules as part of its
from AD Ports Group and the UAE maritime MASS Certified Professional training, a glob-
authority. al training programme being rolled out in
MCA’s autonomy vessel training lead, 2023.”
Rob Gale said: “Gaining MCA
voluntary recognition demon-
strates that in the absence of
internationally agreed standards
for MASS Training, SeaBot
Maritime’s training promotes
maritime safety and the protec-
tion of the marine environment,
whilst seeking to promote best
practice within the industry.”
SeaBot Maritime provides
training, workforce learning and
development solutions for cus-
tomers migrating from conven-
tional workforces to safe opera- SeaBot Maritime has MCA approval for delivery of its
tion of surface and subsurface MASS training. Image credit: SeaBot Maritime
EMSA deploys drone to monitor ship
emissions on Med coast
The European Maritime Safety Agency The particular model of RPAS in use is
(EMSA) has responded to a request from ideal for rapid mobilisation from different
the French authorities to provide surveil- sites. The ATLAS 4 vertical take-off and
lance support for multiple tasks including landing quadcopter manufactured by
the monitoring of emissions from passen- ALTUS LSA and supplied by the ALTUS
ger and commercial ships using the busy LSA-led consortium with ADAPTIT is
ports in Marseille. under contract to EMSA and fully
The sniffer drone takes measurements equipped with different payloads includ-
from the exhaust plumes of passing ships ing cameras and emissions measurement
to help verify compliance with EU and sensors.
IMO rules capping the sulphur content of While emissions monitoring will be the
marine fuels, with a view to reducing primary task of the operation, the RPAS
harmful effects on human health and the may also be deployed for other comple-
environment. The operation follows recent mentary tasks within a designated area.
successful trials and is expected to run
until 23 December 2022.
The ship safety inspectors of the
Interregional Directorate for the
Mediterranean Sea (DIRM MED) in charge
of dockside controls will be directly
involved in the targeting of vessels in close
contact with the pilots of the drone. Each
flight will be followed in real time through
EMSA’s RPAS Data Centre and the mea-
surements taken will trigger follow-up
inspections via the THETIS-EU database
EMSA drones will monitor emissions from
for port state control where instances of
ships in Marseille
non-compliance are suspected.
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DECARBONISATION
The first cut of the steelwork that will form
the first production run of BAR’s emissions
saving WindWings technology has been
completed, according to BAR Technologies
and Yara Marine.
During the first half of 2023, two
WindWings will be installed on MC
Shipping-owned vessel the Pyxis Ocean,
and four WindWings will be installed on
the Berge Olympus owned by Berge Bulk.
Global commodities business, Cargill,
which charters the Pyxis Ocean, will be the
The installation of WindWings will reportedly enable operators to save
approximately 1.5 tonnes of fuel per WindWing per day
Zero-Emission Shipping Mission launches green corridors hub
A new Green Shipping Corridor Hub has
been launched at the Zero-Emission
Shipping Mission event at the Danish
“State of Green” Pavilion at COP27.
The Hub is an interactive platform and
toolkit to support the development of
green shipping corridors. It marks the first
action to be delivered from the Mission’s
Action Plan, published less than two
months ago at the Global Clean Energy
Action Forum in Pittsburgh.
“Today, the members of the Zero-
Emission Shipping Mission are taking the
lead in accelerating the transition to zero-
emission shipping as we launch the Green
Corridors Hub to support the develop-
ment of green corridors. It is an important
step towards reaching the Mission Goals as
the development of Green Corridors is a
key catalyst in enabling shipowners to
strategically plan for and rely on vessels
that operate on zero-emission fuels,” said
Michael Berube, deputy assistant secretary
for sustainable transportation at U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) and chair of
the executive committee of the Zero-
Emission Shipping Mission.
“For COP27 to be successful, we must
translate words into action. Through its
Green Shipping Corridors Hub, the Zero-
Emission Shipping Mission is creating the
tools to catalyse decarbonisation in one of
the hardest-to-abate sectors. By enabling
the public and private sectors to come
together, we can make zero-emission
shipping a reality,” said Dr Eleanor
BAR Tech WindWings take shape
first operator to see fuel savings and lower
carbon emissions from the WindWings
installation.
As global shipping prepares to imple-
ment the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)
rules from 1 January 2023, vessel owners
are increasingly turning to technologies
that may be retrofitted to existing vessels
to enable them to reduce their carbon
emissions.
The installation of WindWings allows
operators to save around 1.5 tonnes of fuel
Webster, head of mission innovation
secretariat.
The Hub presents three initial tools,
which have been developed for use by
both industry and governments to support
the development of Green Corridors:
• The Route Tracker is an interactive
map, providing a complete and up-to-
date mapping of all announced Green
Corridor initiatives globally
• The Matchmaker is an interactive tool,
enabling stakeholders interested in
developing green shipping corridors
globally to find collaborators across the
maritime/energy value chain
• The curated Library makes the major
analyses, frameworks, guides and
assessments relating to Green
Corridors easily available in one place
for the first time.
In addition to these tools, three new
products supporting the development
of Green Corridors are being launched
via the Hub, highlighting its intended
role as a platform for knowledge shar
ing around corridors:
• A ‘Pre-Feasibility Blueprint’ for assess-
ing the viability of potential corridor
projects created by the Maersk
Mc-Kinney Moller Centre for Zero-
Carbon Shipping
• The ‘2022 Annual Progress Report on
Green Shipping Corridors’ from the
Getting to Zero Coalition, which
provides a mapping and analysis of
progress developing Green Corridors
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 8
per WindWing per day on average global
routes. This directly facilitates a significant
contribution to CO2 reduction in the ship-
ping industry – with c4.7 tonnes of CO2
saved per WindWing per day assuming the
use of heavy fuel oil for main propulsion.
At present, production is focused on
the main spar elements that give the
WindWings their height, alongside the
associated booms, towers, and slew
bearings.
Tilt table production
Concurrently, manufacturing is also pro-
gressing with the tilt mechanism that pro-
vides vessel charterers with the versatility
to stow the WindWings during dockside
operations, when passing under struc-
tures, or in certain sea conditions.
The composite parts of the wings are
also well advanced with the assembly and
testing to follow.
Despite global challenges in the com-
modities supply chains, the production of
WindWings continues on schedule, with
installation onto the Pyxis Ocean set for the
first quarter of 2023, and the Berge Olympus
following shortly afterwards.
“The failure of COP27 to reach consen-
sus on phasing down fossil fuels has
reminded us of the imperative to keep
innovating at an industry level in order to
reach our goals for decarbonising global
bulk shipping,” said John Cooper, CEO at
BAR Technologies.
The new Green Shipping Corridor Hub was launched at the
Zero-Emission Shipping Mission event during COP27
since COP26
• First-of-a-kind ‘route-level’ data from
UMAS and the Getting to Zero
Coalition. The rich data quantifies the
suitability of individual shipping
routes for early adoption of hydrogen-
derived fuels. The aim of the data is to
support governments and industry in
finding and successfully exploiting
their Green Corridor opportunities.
All three products can be found in the
Library.
To support the Mission’s ambition for
the Hub to be a focal point for Green
“However, with the CII regulations set
to come into force in January 2023, vessel
owners are not in a position to just do
nothing – they must have a plan for emis-
sions and manage this planning within set
deadlines.
“The positive news is that with tech-
nologies like WindWings, alongside much
of the work being done into future power-
trains, vessel owners have options on the
table to be able to adapt quickly, reducing
the risk of stranded assets.”
“Berge Bulk’s decision to equip its
Newcastlemax bulker Berge Olympus with
four WindWings shows that wind-assisted
propulsion is one of the key technologies
in their transition strategy towards Net
Zero. We are very proud to support our
customer in reducing the emissions from
Berge Olympus by 19 tonnes of CO2 per day
on an average route. This is a major result
for decarbonisation of this bulk carrier,”
said Thomas Koniordos, CEO at Yara
Marine Technologies.
“The interest in WindWings from the
industry is thrilling and we are happy with
the progress we achieved in the value
chain to ensure the ready availability of
this technology to meet the needs of the
shipping industry worldwide.”
Yara Marine is the commercial contrac-
tual partner and manages the value chain
from procurement, construction, installa-
tion, service, and training for the
WindWings in global locations.
Corridor efforts, not only will the initial
three tools on the platform be regularly
updated with new information and data
going forwards, but new tools and
resources will be added too, to further
support the development of Green
Corridors.
The tools, documents, and other
resources on the Hub platform are provid-
ed by the members of the Shipping
Mission to help accelerate the maritime
energy transition. The launch is a call to all
stakeholders to engage with and benefit
from the tools on the platform.
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EU reaches preliminary agreement to make shipping part of ETS MPC Container Ships
A preliminary deal has been agreed to
make shipping part of the EU Emission
Trading System (ETS).
The European Commission, the
European Parliament, and the European
Council reached agreed to include interna-
tional shipping in the Emissions Trading
Systems. A final agreement is expected on
16-17 December when the last negotiations
will take place.
This means that shipping will be includ-
ed in the ETS from 2024, meaning that
emissions from 2024 will be paid for in
2025. 70 per cent of emissions in 2025 will
be paid for in 2026, and 100 per cent of the
emissions in 2026 will be paid for in 2027.
In addition:
• As from 2024, all greenhouse gases
The procedure is expected to be finalised at the beginning of 2023
Behavioural change leads to fuel savings of $3m
A four-month pilot to reduce carbon emis-
sions through behavioural change alone
across 23 Bernhard Schulte
Shipmanagement Deutschland (BSMD)
managed ships has resulted in 13,900 met-
ric tonnes of CO2 reduction and saved
over US $3 million in fuel.
Software company Signol, which uses
behavioural science to better understand
and cut fuel consumption, delivered indi-
vidualised carbon-saving targets to 30
masters and chief engineers across the 23
BSMD-managed vessels.
Calculated on the seafarer’s prior per-
formance from analysis of operational
data, Signol provided personal milestones
and achievements via its app and direct
The four-month trial with BSMD achieved fuel savings over US $3 million
must be reported via MRV and as from
2026, the GHGs are covered by the ETS
• The funds from 20 million allowances
corresponding to 1.5 billion EUR are
dedicated via the Innovation Fund to
restructure the shipping industry. Faïg
Abbasov, shipping programme direc-
tor at Transport & Environment (T&E)
says this is a “huge win” as until
recently ring-fencing was a taboo
• Offshore vessels over 5000GT must
report to the MRV system as from 2025
and will be incorporated into the ETS
as from 2027
• Offshore and cargo vessels of 400GT to
5000GT must report to MRV as from
2025 and will, when the ETS legislation
is revised in 2026, be covered by the ETS
emails, nudging participants toward fuel
efficient behaviours, and letting them
review their voyages.
The results prove that behaviour
change alone can lead to a material reduc-
tion in ships’ energy demand and carbon
emissions, whilst lowering operational
costs.
• 13,900 metric tonnes of CO2 was saved
over the four-month trial, equivalent to
US $3.16 million saving for BSM’s
customers and their charterers
• Bunker fuel consumption was signifi-
cantly reduced, with a 12 per cent
saving across participating ships over
the course of the trial – approximately
4,000 metric tonnes
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 9
• The shipowners are entitled to compensa-
tion for the ETS cost from the charterer but
are not legally obliged to pass on the cost.
“European shipowners welcome the
increased climate ambition of the ‘Fit for
55’ package, recognising that the climate
crisis is one of the greatest economic and
environmental challenges faced by our
society. Decarbonising shipping is not a
question of ‘if’ but a question of ‘how’.
Setting aside part of the ETS revenues for
maritime is a victory for the decarbonisa-
tion of the sector. Dedicated support
through the Innovation Fund is key to
bridging the price gap with clean fuels,
improving the energy efficiency of ships,
fostering innovation and building the
infrastructure in ports. We look forward to
working with the Commission and the
stakeholders to develop effective tools for
the industry’s transition”, said Sotiris
Raptis, ECSA’s secretary general.
Danish Shipping’s Maria Skipper
Schwenn, executive director of climate,
environment and security is pleased with
the news. “It’s a historical moment where
years of political discussions on how to
regulate shipping is close to be materi-
alised in an agreement. In my opinion, it’s
ambitious and will undoubtedly push the
industry in a greener direction, and even-
tually lead to absolute reductions of green-
house gasses,” she said.
Danish Shipping also says that the reg-
ulation creates incentives to use new green
fuels such as e-methanol and e-ammonia.
• The consumption of marine diesel for
auxiliary engines also fell by 122 metric
tonnes – a saving of more than $150,000
USD for BSM’s customers and their
charterers and 400 metric tonnes of
CO2.
The method and results calculated by
Signol were independently reviewed by
UMAS (University Maritime Academy
Services) which concluded that ‘…the
results suggest a clear association of varia-
tion in DFOC (delta fuel oil consumption)
values with the nudging of captains’ and
that ‘…the main conclusions that nudging
can have a significant effect on DFOC
and AEU (auxiliary engines) appear
reasonable.’
Following the success of Signol’s imple-
mentation in its first maritime trial, the
company will continue to deepen its rela-
tionship with Bernhard Schulte
Shipmanagement and its partners
and clients, working to decarbonise the
industry.
Harriet Johnson, head of maritime at
Signol said: “The partnership with BSM
Deutschland has shown the significant
potential of Signol’s software solution in
shipping. At this critical time for the mar-
itime industry, these results are evidence
that decarbonisation need not be capital-
intensive and slow-moving. We look for-
ward to a continued partnership with BSM
as it helps the sector navigate toward a
sustainable future.”
A summary of the report’s findings is
available to download here: bit.ly/3VJGLLf .
Digital Ship
rolls out digital CO2
management solution
MPC Container Ships has confirmed the
roll out of zero44’s digital CO2 manage-
ment solution across its entire fleet of
64 vessels.
Spun off by company builder Flagship
Founders in May 2022, Berlin-based
zero44 developed a CO2 management
software for commercial vessels. Since
February 2022, zero44 has been develop-
ing and testing the software with MPC
Container Ships and a second partner.
The software focuses on the implica-
tions of the International Maritime
Organization’s (IMO’s) Carbon Intensity
Indicator (CII) rating scheme and the
EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS)
regulation. The digital solution helps
shipping companies to gain control over
the emissions of their vessels and aids
in concrete decision-making for their
commercial planning. zero44 aims to
help shipping companies make the most
sensible cost- and revenue-driven deci-
sions in view of the new regulatory
framework.
"We are pleased to enter into a part-
nership with zero44," said Philipp
Niesing, responsible for marine decar-
bonisation solutions in the MPC Group.
"Zero emissions is the ultimate goal for
the entire industry and at MPC
Container Ships, we aim to keep all ves-
sels in our fleet consistently compliant
under the new CII scheme from January
2023. To do this, we need software that
will allow us to monitor the CII rating
daily. With zero44, we will be able to
coordinate the deployment of our vessels
with the respective charterers and jointly
ensure that the CII targets are met
throughout the charter year. The partner-
ship so far has been very fruitful and
educational for both sides and we are
looking forward to our future coopera-
tion as well."
Friederike Hesse, co-founder and
managing director of zero44 said: "The
work with MPC Container Ships has
clearly proven the benefits of our solu-
tion. We are pleased that the company
entered into a joint development process
with us so early on, which is now bearing
fruit. From now on, we want to focus on
the rollout for the broad market and the
consistent further development of our
solution."
MPC Container Ships has confirmed the
roll out of zero44’s digital CO2
management solution across its entire
fleet of 64 vessels. Image credit: MPC
Container Ships
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DECARBONISATION
CMES, BHP and DNV share voyage data to drive emissions reductions
China Merchants Energy Shipping
(CMES), BHP and DNV have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
collaborate on industry value chain green-
house gas (GHG) management.
As the maritime industry is undergoing
major transformations driven by the twin
ambitions of carbon emissions reduction
and digitalisation, the MoU seeks to enable
close cooperation between shipowner and
charterer with the aim of achieving further
energy efficiencies and GHG savings
through improved voyage data collection,
verification and sharing via DNV’s
Veracity data platform in collaboration
with the industry partners’ digital man-
agement systems.
With tightening environmental regula-
tions and ever more ambitious GHG sav-
ings expectations from cargo owners and
financiers, it is crucial for shipowners to
accelerate the reduction of GHG emissions
from their operations and for charterers to
Norwegian partners join forces to find
fastest way to zero emissions
In response to the Green Shipping
Challenge formulated jointly by the
Governments of Norway and the United
States, Norwegian maritime cluster organ-
isations, shipping-industry associations,
shipowners, business organisations, classifi-
cation societies and finance actors have
committed to far-sighted cooperation to
achieve zero emissions for the maritime
sector.
The Green Shipping Challenge, whose
primary aim is to catalyse the global tran-
sition to green shipping, was issued as part
of a joint statement on climate by
Norwegian Prime Minister Johas Gahr
Støre and Special Presidential Envoy on
Climate John Kerry in May 2022.
The Norwegian collaboration was for-
mally announced on November 7 at a high-
level launch event during COP27 in Egypt.
Participants in the Norwegian collabo-
ration will strive towards reducing emis-
sions from shipping by 50 per cent by 2030,
in line with the Norway’s national climate
goals. This comes in addition to the cur-
rent target of the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) to reduce CO2 emis-
sions from global shipping by at least 40
per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2050.
Alongside efforts to improve the energy
efficiency of existing vessels, the partners
undertake to develop, design and build
the zero-emission vessels of the future.
Achieving 2030 national climate goals will
require 700 low-emission and 400 zero-
emission ships in Norway alone.
“Together we are ready to enter into a
binding partnership with the authorities to
reach our national climate targets, and this
is a big step towards closer cooperation,”
said head of cluster Daniel Garden of GCE
Blue Maritime.
“To have the lowest impact on the
world’s natural resources, the transition
must consist of both a green conversion
program for existing ships, as well as a
comprehensive green newbuilding pro-
gram. The partners will also contribute to
help enable this where they can.
To this end, CMES, BHP and DNV have
started their first joint pilot project, which
focuses on the exchange and analysis of
quality-assured data from selected ships
and voyages. The first-ever Voyage GHG
Verification Statement was issued by DNV
as part of the pilot project, with the goal of
establishing a trusted common source of
data truth for use in various current or
potential future business scenarios such as:
• Scope 1 (shipowners) and Scope 3
(charterers) emissions reporting
• Carbon trading and taxation settlement
• GHG emissions compliance and
improvement (e.g. CII and EEXI)
• Fuel usage and GHG emissions
reductions.
DNV as a trusted third party with exten-
sive maritime domain expertise will qual-
ity-assure and verify the data, resulting in
greater transparency. It is expected that
shipowners and charterers who work
nascent green shipping corridors in
Europe through the development of port
infrastructure along the Norwegian coast,”
he added. “To transform the entire indus-
try, we must provide and share zero-emis-
sion solutions, products and knowledge
both within the collaboration and out in
the wider market.”
Harald Solberg, CEO of the Norwegian
Shipowners’ Association commented:
“The Norwegian maritime industry has set
ambitious climate goals, and we are taking
a leading role in developing green solu-
tions for the future. Already, nine out of 10
Norwegian shipowners say that they will
equip their ships with new technology that
cuts emissions. The same number also
believe they will be climate neutral by
2050. Owners are considering a wide range
of solutions, such as green ammonia,
hydrogen, wind-assisted propulsion, bat-
teries and the use of artificial intelligence
to reduce ships’ fuel consumption.
However, to succeed with the green shift
we need strong partnerships between the
industry, governments and academia. We
welcome the Norwegian government’s
commitment in this regard.”
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV
Maritime added: “Climate change caused
by human activities is the greatest chal-
lenge of our time. The Norwegian mar-
itime industry is taking this extremely seri-
ously. We are very optimistic about this
partnership as Norway is very well posi-
tioned to be in the vanguard of change and
to create significant value in new solutions
to combat the climate crisis.”
Norwegian financial partners with mar-
itime patronage will utilise capital instru-
ments to support green measures and pro-
jects through the provision of risk capital
and financial advisory services in line with
regulatory requirements and expectations.
Norwegian government support for green
initiatives and infrastructure development
for fossil-free energy sources will also play
a key role.
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 10
closely together may be able to reduce
operational emissions by up to 15 per cent
by sharing data and insights compared
to cases where there is little practical
cooperation.
“China Merchants Energy Shipping is a
company that embraces digitalisation
transformation and honours its duty to a
decarbonised shipping community. We are
thrilled to be pioneering cross value chain
GHG management driven by digitalisation
with leading industry partners such as
BHP and DNV. To master the industry’s
challenges of tomorrow all parties across
the value chain must come together on a
trusted basis and establish a common
source of data truth,” said Huang Mao
Sheng, vice president of CMES.
“Vessel owners who are early adopters
of cross-value chain data sharing will like-
ly have an advantage among charterers
like BHP who have set targets for GHG
emissions reductions and have the tools,
A virtual MoU signing tool place, attended by CMES VP Huang Mao Sheng,
DNV regional manager for Greater China Norbert Kray, and Rashpal Bhatti,
VP of maritime and supply chain excellence, BHP
CCS spearheads new green shipping initiative
China Classification Society (CCS) has
joined forces with several major Chinese
marine industry companies to launch the
Sustainable Shipping Innovation and
Development Initiative (SSIDI).
The SSIDI will work together to pro-
mote clean energy safety and look at how
a sustainable shipping innovation and
development industry chain can be devel-
oped. SSIDI and its members will work
closely together to explore and research
alternative fuels, the economy, safety, tech-
nology maturity, policies and regulations,
fuel availability, and market mechanisms.
The initiative will also strengthen mem-
bers’ strategic cooperation on climate
change.
CCS launched SSIDI in Beijing with rep-
resentatives of China Petrochemical
Corporation, COSCO Shipping, China
Merchants Energy Shipping, and ICBC
Financial Leasing.
CCS vice president Fan Quang said:
“With accelerated policy making and
developments to reduce shipping emis-
sions led by the International Maritime
Organization (IMO), European Union
and other global organisations, the
industry-wide consensus is to promote
like the Veracity platform, to help them
assess, analyse, benchmark, and measure
GHG emissions reportable within Scope 3.
We look forward to the results of the first
joint pilot and call for more industry stake-
holders to join the journey and collaborate
to better manage value chain GHG emis-
sions,” said Rashpal Bhatti, vice president
of maritime and supply chain excellence,
BHP.
“Digitalisation is an enabler for decar-
bonisation, and collaboration is the true
fuel of the future. Therefore, we are
delighted to be part of this industry-first
project with major maritime players CMES
and BHP, which aims to jointly drive the
reduction of greenhouse gases in shipping
and in the ecosystem at large,” said Knut
Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO maritime at DNV.
The MoU signing took place in conjunc-
tion with the second World Maritime
Merchants Forum in Hongkong, organised
by CMES.
the application of alternative fuels in
shipping.
“This will lead to significant changes in
the entire international shipping industry,
and it will have a profound impact on all
upstream and downstream industries.
“However, it is important to recognise
that amid this drive to alternative fuels
there are still many uncertain factors that
must be addressed.
“These include fuel supply, ship financ-
ing, technology development, and stan-
dard formulation. These are far beyond the
scope of traditional shipping and require
joint exploration by all parties across the
entire industry chain.
“It is for this reason, CCS has launched
the SSIDI with interested parties in energy,
shipping, finance and other sections of the
marine sector.
“We are looking to build a strong co-
operative research platform that will con-
duct extensive and in-depth research into
sustainable shipping innovation and
development.
“We believe this partnership and
shared knowledge approach is vital and
that SSIDI will play a major role in the
shipping industry’s low carbon journey.”
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DECARBONISATION
New consortium awarded £1.2m to address clean maritime challenges
A consortium of nine organisations, led by
MSE International has been awarded
£1.2m as part of the Smart Maritime Land
Operations Call managed by MarRI-UK
and supported by the Department for
Transport (DfT).
The project, called SPINE, (Shipping
and Port Interfaces in the New Era) will
advance the automation of operations in
the land/water interface, supporting both
infrastructure and operations in the port
environment.
The project partners of four SMEs, two
large companies and three research tech-
nology organisations/university will be
investigating ship-shore integration from
an energy and autonomy perspective,
bringing together elements of infrastruc-
ture, with data, automation and support-
ing communications. By developing the
technologies to interface between ships,
remote control centres, port operating sys-
tems and national energy infrastructure,
the SPINE programme brings a systems
approach to vessel autonomy and related
port infrastructure. The project directly
addresses the key themes of Maritime
2050, the Technology and Innovation in
UK Maritime Roadmap, Clean Maritime
Plan and UK Ports of the Future.
The project is being led by maritime sec-
tor consortium specialist, MSE
International, which engages with a large
cluster of over 3000 marine businesses,
stakeholders, research institutions and
public sector bodies.
Jonathan Williams, project director and
Shipping decarbonisation action plan launched to upskill seafarers
A new action plan, launched at COP27 by
UN organisations, shipowners and unions,
sets out recommendations to upskill sea-
farers to meet shipping’s decarbonisation
goals.
The plan is in response to findings from
new research, the modelling of which
Cleo Bierneza, a seafarer (third officer)
from the Philippines
CEO of MSE International said: “Clean
autonomous shipping plays a vital role in
the future of maritime logistics, and the
land/water interface is key to ensuring its
successful operation. SPINE will help to
accelerate the transition to zero emission
and autonomous shipping in the UK”.
One of the most important challenges is
decarbonisation. This requires ports to
supply diverse energy resources to vessels
(including alternative fuels) and in turn to
procure those resources reliably from land-
based supply chains. Optimising their
investment strategy to meet the require-
ments of current and future vessels, whilst
also remaining competitive and avoiding
‘stranded assets’, is a major challenge for
ports and their associated supply chains.
Global engineering, environmental and
strategic consultancy, Ricardo, will lead
this work package, working with battery
and energy storage experts, Swanbarton
and MSE International.
Houlder, which is a marine and offshore
design and engineering consultancy, will
address the novel automated berthing and
connection systems that will be needed to
support onboard energy requirements.
Rapid advances are now underway
with de-crewing of vessels by increasing
human-assisted autonomy, at various lev-
els up to fully autonomous ships. Smart
and autonomous shipping is reliant on
robust datalinks between ship and shore.
Establishing these datalinks will support
the development of autonomous short sea
shipping. Enabling the improved flow of
cautions that as many as 800,000 seafarers
will require additional training by the
mid-2030s.
To meet global emissions reductions
goals, shipping needs to transition away
from conventional fuels towards alterna-
tive low- and zero-carbon fuels and
technologies.
The three emission reduction scenarios
assessed in the research highlight an
immediate need to start putting the train-
ing infrastructure in place, to ensure hun-
dreds of thousands of the world’s nearly
two million seafarers are upskilled and
empowered through the transition.
Findings also suggest that a lack of cer-
tainty on alternative fuel options is having
knock-on effects for seafarer training, as
the global maritime community works
towards a clearer decarbonisation pathway
in a post-fossil fuel era.
The research was conducted by mar-
itime consultancy DNV and commissioned
by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force
Secretariat. The Maritime Just Transition
Task Force was formed to ensure that ship-
ping’s response to the climate emergency
puts seafarers and communities at the
heart of the solution.
In response to the training challenge
that the modelling lays bare, the Action
Plan makes recommendations for indus-
try, governments, seafarer unions and
academia (including training providers).
These recommendations include:
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 12
Image credit: Portsmouth International Port
data from ship to shore provides opportu-
nities for additional integration of mar-
itime and land-side operations that are not
available via “traditional” shipping.
Marico Marine, an independent marine
consultancy specialising in services for
ports, harbours and energy sectors will
lead this work package, working with
Frequentis, safety-critical communication
and information experts, HydroSurv, inno-
vators in unmanned surface vehicles
(USVs) for marine geospatial data, the
NOC (National Oceanography Centre),
marine research and technology specialists
• Strengthening global training
standards
• Ensuring a health-and-safety-first
approach
• Establishing advisory national
maritime skills councils
Cleo Bierneza, a seafarer (third officer)
from the Philippines working aboard
cargo ships said: “As seafarers, we see cli-
mate change happening. Some voyages get
very hot nowadays for crew onboard, and
in some places of the world the weather
will change extremely, without warning. It
didn’t used to be like that. I would like
maritime to reduce our own carbon if we
can, so crew can have a more stable climate
to work with. I am excited for a Just
Transition, because we can make seafaring
an even better job and hopefully bring in
more women to become seafarers.”
“Climate action focused on people and
job creation must be at the core of a Just
Transition to Net Zero. This new paper
highlights that aligning with a 1.5 C trajec-
tory requires action now to support the
upskilling of the maritime workforce as the
shipping industry moves to rapidly cut its
greenhouse gas emissions. The action-plan
represents a global first — it marks the first
business sector uniting in a tripartite
framework — shipowners, seafarers’
unions and UN organisations — to discuss
how to secure a Just Transition together,”
said Sanda Ojiambo, assistant secretary-
general and CEO of the UN Global
and experts from the University of
Plymouth, specialising in AI in marine
autonomy.
These trends are presenting operational
challenges to ports but also opening up
opportunities: by reducing the crewing
costs of vessels, more efficient passage
plans can become attractive (e.g. slow
steaming). Pervasive onboard condition
monitoring will allow safe, reliable
autonomous passage of MASS vessels and
also enable ports to forecast vessel energy
demands and to maximise fuel/energy
supply resilience.
Compact.
Kitack Lim, secretary general of the
International Maritime Organization com-
mented: “Climate change is a global issue
that requires a global response. We must
use every tool available to decarbonise the
maritime sector. Alternative fuels and
green technologies can help meet emission
reduction targets. This cannot happen
without the people who will be at the heart
of implementing shipping’s decarbonisa-
tion journey. It is clear that seafarers must
have the appropriate training for a smooth
transition to a greener future. This is some-
thing that will be in sharp focus as IMO
works on its comprehensive review of the
STCW Training Convention.”
Karin Orsel, CEO, MF Shipping said:
“As shipowners and operators we must
recognise that we cannot achieve a green
transition without our seafarers. Shipping
has an opportunity to be a leader in the cre-
ation of a just green transition, in which we
invest in the training and upskilling of our
workforce, create decent job opportunities
for all, not just for the few, raise work stan-
dards, tackle safety concerns, and ensure
diversity issues are addressed from the
outset. This is good business sense, this is
ethically and morally the right thing to do,
and importantly, if we embed just transi-
tion practices into our operations from the
outset, we will as an industry have a
stronger chance of meeting our global car-
bon reduction targets.”
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Carisbrooke Shipping cuts 600 tonnes of CO2 emissions
Carisbrooke Shipping has reported a sav-
ing of over 600 tons of CO2 emissions since
the beginning of the year with the help of
Wärtsilä’s Fleet Optimisation Solution
(FOS).
FOS is a holistic platform comprising a
range of solutions that support users’ digi-
talisation goals and enable their decarbon-
isation trajectories, creating optimisations
today that can underpin future efficiency
decisions. It does this by enabling greater
transparency and accountability to coun-
terparties by providing standardised and
clear reporting that ensure data discus-
sions are consistent across the scope of a
ship’s operations, both at sea and on shore.
By doing this, the shipping industry’s con-
siderable wealth of data can be used effec-
tively, maximising efficiency, underpin-
ning safety, ensuring compliance and
enabling decarbonisation.
Since implementing FOS across 31 ves-
sels in 2019, Carisbrooke Shipping has
been using the platform to gather insights
that have supported the UK-based dry
bulk and general cargo ship operator in its
objectives around reducing carbon emis-
sions and ensuring fleet performance.
Carisbrooke’s Fleet Operations Centre is
responsible for monitoring vessel position,
Christiania Shipping adopts
StormGeo’s CII simulator
Danish shipowner and charterer
Christiania Shipping has signed up to
StormGeo’s Carbon Intensity Indicator
(CII) simulator to improve its environ-
mental performance and decarbonise its
operations.
The chemical ship-owning and charter-
ing company Christiania Shipping cur-
rently operates 20 vessels around Europe,
West Africa, and the Mediterranean. To
improve the environmental performance
of its fleet and stay compliant with indus- part in decarbonising the shipping indus-
try regulations before they start in 2023,
the company added StormGeo’s CII
Simulator to its fleet performance manage-
ment toolbox in June 2022.
The CII Simulator allows the user to
monitor the current CII performance of the
vessel and simulate different operational
scenarios. It is part of StormGeo’s
Environmental Performance Module
under its s-Insight fleet performance man-
agement solution.
The CII Simulator will enable
Danish shipowner and charterer Christiania Shipping has signed
up to StormGeo’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) simulator
passage plans and routes, advising on max-
imising cargo intake, and monitoring vessel
safety and performance. Around 25 vessels
are reviewed daily and an average of 20
voyages are optimised per month. Having
insight into the efficiency of a vessel at any
given time enables the company to take
action to optimise fuel consumption across
its vessels. Already, Carisbrooke Shipping
has reported fuel savings of 5-7 per cent
since the roll-out of FOS, meaning it can
continue to reduce its carbon footprint as
part of its wider decarbonisation goals.
“With Wärtsilä we are better positioned
to balance and prioritise measures with
vessel safety, voyage optimisation and fuel
use,” said Natalia Walker, fleet operation
centre analyst at Carisbrooke Shipping.
“Together with the high-frequency data
received from the onboard sensors and
expert advice from our marine and opera-
tions team, Wärtsilä’s fleet optimisation
platform provides the visibility we need to
reach our emission-reduction goals. It
brings into focus all the data we need to do
that in detail.”
“As ambitions to decarbonise interna-
tional shipping continue to grow, maritime
stakeholders are under increasing pressure
to prove they are taking significant steps to
Christiania Shipping to monitor the com-
pliance status for an entire year and fore-
cast next year’s CII ratings based on poten-
tial future deterioration. The simulations
reveal any deterioration that indicates the
need for vessel retrofits or major vessel
conversions, should operational measures
prove insufficient.
“With the new Carbon Intensity
Indicator (CII) rating scheme coming into
play soon, we are determined to do our
try,” said Rune Eriksen, chief operating
manager at Christiania Shipping.
“StormGeo’s CII Simulator not only gives
us deep insights into the CII status of our
individual vessels but also helps us make
well-informed decisions on how we best
can deploy our fleet. The system is very
user-friendly and is being used across the
organisation.”
“StormGeo is excited to have
Christiania Shipping onboard and provide
the tools they need to ensure regulatory
compliance and reach
their decarbonisation
targets,” said Espen
Martinsen, VP of sales
at StormGeo. “We
have long experience
helping shipping
companies improve
their environmental
performance and now
offer a user-friendly
solution that can
help drive the green
agenda in the ship-
ping industry even
further.”
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 14
Digital Ship
optimise their operations and cut emis- decisions about its fleet. We look forward
sions from ocean-going transport. Data- to collaborating with them more in the
driven decision making is critical here, future for greener, safer and more efficient
ensuring that organisations like operations.”
Carisbrooke Shipping can make fast, well- With FOS, Carisbrooke’s Fleet
informed decisions on how to improve Operations Centre staff have a deeper
efficiency and reduce emissions,” said understanding of how the company’s fleet
Jason Banfield, area sales manager, UK & is performing. The solution also allows
Benelux at Wärtsilä Voyage. them to compare performance metrics
“It is exactly for this reason that it is between sister vessels and monitor the
very positive to see that, with our FOS impact of new hull coatings and new clean
platform, Carisbrooke Shipping has been technologies, all of which effect fuel con-
able to make better informed data-driven sumption and CO2 emissions.
Carisbrooke Shipping achieved significant CO2 savings with Wärtsilä’s fleet optimisation
solution. Image credit: Carisbrooke Shipping
Northern Xplorer partners with DNV to
build first zero-emission cruise ship
DNV has been chosen by Northern insight as a leading classification society.
Xplorer to supervise and classify a new Their experience in developing new rules
vessel that is expected to be the world’s and standards for hybrid and fully electric
first zero emission cruise ship. vessels is unrivalled and makes them the
The vessel is scheduled for delivery by best partner to have as we continue on our
2026. mission to build a hydrogen-fuelled cruise
DNV will be engaged during construc- ship,” said Northern Xplorer CEO Rolf
tion and commissioning to verify that André Sandvik.
its design and structures are fully in com- “Safety and quality are our top priori-
pliance with flag and international ties. DNV’s participation will assure the
mandatory requirements, as the basis for integrity of our operations both for
obtaining and retaining all necessary cer- investors and future passengers,” he
tificates for safe operations. This engage- added.
ment also includes plan approval of all Paal Johansen, senior vice president &
the ship’s main drawings, as well as hull, global cruise ship director, DNV Maritime
machinery, vessel systems and equipment commented: “We are looking forward to
installations. working with the NX team and the ship-
Having evaluated quotations from builder. Their zero-emission cruise con-
shipbuilders both in Europe and Asia, NX cept represents a new paradigm for the
signed a letter of intent for the construction industry that we’re proud to be part of
of its first vessel with Portuguese ship- bringing out into the world. Future-orient-
builder West Sea during the SMM trade ed collaborative projects like this are
fair in Hamburg in September. extremely important to accelerate decar-
Designed by naval architects Multi bonisation not only for the cruise sector,
Maritime in Førde, Norway, the 250-pas- but for the maritime industry as a whole.”
senger ship features
ABB’s fully electric
propulsion system,
including the battery
and hydrogen fuel-cell
technology that will
enable to it to sail emis-
sions-free in the
Norwegian fjords and
further afield as the
green shift takes root.
“I am very pleased
DNV is joining us on
The new vessel is expected to be the world’s first zero emission
this project given their cruise ship. Image credit: Multi Maritime/Sverre Hjørnevik
competence and
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ance Support, Communication Lines Services, Onboard
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the crew to reach their objectives safely.

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Remote maintenance and management are essential to keep equipment
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SATCOMS & CYBERSECURITY
Greener shipping for tomorrow’s world:
Technology will empower the industry
Sustainability means more than just working to emissions targets and carbon neutrality. It encompasses the three Ps:
planet, people, and profit, signifying a more holistic way of looking at sustainability across all industries,
writes Dana Jongens, global partnerships and strategic development manager at Intellian Technologies.
T
he International Maritime Orga-
nization’s (IMO) 40 per cent
emission reduction target by
2030 has put sustainability at the
forefront of the shipping industry’s agen-
da. Actionable change must be taken seri-
ously and given significant consideration.
There are a wide range of technologies
and innovations being deployed and
developed to reduce the environmental
impact of the maritime sector, all of which
are underpinned by connectivity and com-
munications. The ability to communicate
ship to shore and back again empowers
efficient operations and ensures impecca-
ble safety worldwide. All of this plays a
significant role in maintaining ESG
(Environmental, Social, and Governance)
targets and goals.
Modern comprehension of sustainabili-
ty means far more than just working to
emissions targets and carbon neutrality.
Sustainability has adapted to encompass
the three Ps: planet, people, and profit.
This shift signifies a more holistic way of
looking at sustainability across all indus-
tries. Sustainable innovation naturally has
a positive impact on more than one ele-
ment of an industry and tends to lead to
better practices in the long term, especially
in shipping.
How IoT is reducing
emissions
The maritime industry is under increased
pressure to hit its sustainability targets - not
only for itself, but for its partners too. This
enhanced scrutiny is due to organisations
now measuring sustainability across entire
supply chains. Shipping companies must
be held accountable and consistently hit
targets to stay ahead of their competitors.
Dana Jongens says that shipping companies must be held accountable to their
sustainability targets and consistently hit them to stay ahead of their competitors
The maritime industry is also looking to
adhere to the Poseidon principles that have
been set out by financial institutions to pro-
mote sustainability. This framework is in
line with the IMO’s targets and can impact
funding or insurance for shipping vessels.
As a result of the IMO’s target for 2050,
designs are being drawn up to extend the
working lifespan of ships past the 20-year
mark and cut emissions by 70 per cent in
companies’ current fleets. Further techno-
logical developments include powering
ships on alternative fuel, which is still yet
to be fully developed. To help reduce their
environmental impact, shipping compa-
nies are often turning to Internet of Things
(IoT) technologies.
IoT helps measure the operations of a
vessel using data analytics. This data is
transmitted back to the shore where it can
be analysed in-depth, shaping the deci-
sion-making process in future voyages.
This digital analysis is used to further opti-
mise shipping routes and, as a result, vast-
ly reduce emissions. These technologies
are reducing the economic footprint of
shipping and will continue to drive envi-
ronmental change in the future.
The role of Satcoms
in crew welfare
During the pandemic, 400,000 seafarers
were reported to be stuck at sea due to lock-
down restrictions. This created a major
human rights issue as crews are often
expected to work extremely long hours any-
way. This issue has shone a light on crew
welfare issues and put people at the fore-
front of the discussion around sustainability,
particularly crews spending months at sea.
Connectivity is a major driver of crew
welfare on vessels. To reduce the mental
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 16
strain on crews, staying in touch with
friends and family at home is vital. With
advancements in satellite technology, crew
members can now communicate with their
family from even the most remote loca-
tions. This boosts onboard morale and aids
in the reduction of mental health problems.
In a similar way, satellite televisions now
provide seafarers with a better choice of
entertainment, which helps to make their
days more balanced and enjoyable. In a
digitally connected world, the next genera-
tion of shipping crews will expect a high
level of connectivity no matter where they
are on the globe. As connectivity is
paramount in modern life, the maritime
industry must constantly adapt to continue
offering the best services available for
crew. This will help them to attract more
talent into the industry and improve the
conditions of the crews already at sea.
Health and safety on board can also be
supported through new developments in
satellite communications. This is essential
in flagging potential hazards and crisis sit-
uations before they happen. Satcoms can
monitor extreme weather conditions and
reroute ships away from danger. There are
even methods for remote assistance, such
as telemedicine. This can be used to out-
source expertise from individuals onshore
to crew needing support.
Sustainable practices
driving revenue
Although sustainability is often considered
in altruistic terms, profit margins are
essential in keeping businesses afloat. In
times of economic downturns, sustainabil-
ity must remain a priority. This is because
the market now sees sustainable practices
as important as cost, and a signal of poten-
Dana Jongens, global partnerships
and strategic development manager
at Intellian Technologies
tially safe future investments. From an
investor’s perspective, businesses who
have limited sustainability practices will
encounter significant costs in the future as
they race to remain compliant. To stay
ahead, shipping companies must imple-
ment a watertight sustainability policy
which utilises all technology available to
have the best outcome.
Profit is also intrinsically linked to peo-
ple. 90 per cent of the world’s traded goods
travels by sea, and to keep the shipping
industry profitable, skilled crews are nec-
essary to maintain routes. IoT technology
on board can give shipping companies a
clearer idea of how to spend effectively on
crew welfare based on how onboard tech-
nology is used.
Fuel optimisation, as well as reducing
emissions, can also lead to reduced cost for
shipping companies. Digital decarbonisation
lowers energy costs as the vessel is work-
ing more efficiently and reducing waste.
Satellites connect ships to the shore in
order to guarantee the best possible use of
a vessel, route, and fuel available. By mon-
itoring all aspects of a vessel’s activity and
analysing it onshore, companies can
achieve the best and most sustainable
financial and emissions results. Without
satellite technology, this level of communi-
cation would not be possible.
The greener future
of shipping
As the industry looks forward to a more
sustainable and greener future, it is evi-
dent that the role of new technologies is
empowering this shift.
Technology is having a significant effect
on minimising carbon footprints and mak-
ing way for better working conditions
aboard for crews. But sustainable practices
rely on more than just reduced carbon
emissions. The key takeaway is that better
connectivity and satellite communications
is at the heart of change and will continue
to be pivotal in the future. DS
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Vallianz deploys Harvest Technology’s video streaming on newbuild
Harvest Technology’s live video solution
has been chosen for installation on
Singapore-based Vallianz’s new-build DP2
vessel, Vallianz Prestige, to improve vessel
situational awareness.
The Perth start-up will use its propriety
Nodestream technology to live stream
video from onboard CCTV cameras to
Vallianz’s shore-based operations centre in
Singapore (V-Hub) using ultra-secure and
ultra-low bandwidth remote communica-
tions technology.
“The core differentiator of our tech is its
ability to use bandwidth as efficiently as
possible while maintaining livestream of
high-definition and ultra-secure video,
which reduces costs associated with pur-
chasing large data pipes,” said Harvest
Group chief executive officer Paul
Guilfoyle.
“Using our technology to transport effi-
ciently optimised video, we will connect
Vallianz’s onboard CCTV cameras via the
vessel’s existing satellite network to stream
back to their operations centre in
Singapore.”
As part of this initial engagement,
Harvest will also conduct onboard trials of
wearable cameras to enhance remote sup-
port capabilities.
“At any time, an engineer could be at sea
and dealing with an issue on a pump that
requires specialist expertise to resolve,”
continued Guilfoyle. “The engineer can
simply connect a wearable camera or
Android phone to the vessel Wi-Fi and
livestream video, with two-way voice, back
to a shore-based subject matter expert who
can provide real-time technical support.
“As part of our developing technology
roadmap with Vallianz, in 2023 we are
looking to explore new artificial intelli-
gence (AI) developments to further pro-
mote onboard safety, such as event-driven
alerts, for instance, security monitoring,
PPE monitoring, man overboard, or deck
exclusion zone safety where an AI alert
could trigger a notification back to the
operation centre for prioritisation for man-
agement.”
Listed on the Catalist Board of the
Singapore Exchange, Vallianz and its asso-
Harvest Technology’s live video solution has been chosen for installation on Singapore-based
Vallianz’s new-build DP2 vessel to improve vessel situational awareness
ciated companies operate a fleet of more
than 70 offshore support vessels.
“Our aim is to continually seek superior
solutions for our clients. Harvest’s solution
will increase the operational efficiency of
our vessels and improve the safety of our
people as well as enhance the capabilities
of our vessels,” said Elisa Woodward, head
of engineering, new building and technol-
ogy at Vallianz.
“Typically, our vessels will have 10 to 12
cameras placed around the forward-facing
aft, on the back deck, in the engine rooms
and other operational areas. Our newly
built DP2 vessel, Vallianz Prestige will be
predominantly traversing the waters of
Asia and the Middle East. With Harvest’s
technology, our V-Hub operations centre
Digital Ship
will be better equipped to monitor our ves-
sel and people on a real-time basis.”
Vallianz chose Harvest following a
referral from Inmarsat Maritime.
“Following thorough testing of our sys-
tems over Inmarsat’s satellite service,
Harvest was referred to Vallianz via the
Inmarsat Certified Application Partner
program,” said Guilfoyle.
“As part of the program, Inmarsat
Maritime promotes our technology to their
customers. Inmarsat Maritime has more
than 70,000 high satellite connections with
vessels around the world.”
Working closely with the Inmarsat
Maritime business unit, the Harvest solu-
tion will deliver Vallianz’s requirements
using the existing Inmarsat Global Express
satellite network on the vessel.
“Harvest is a Certified Application
Partner of Inmarsat, and this collaboration
is an example of how, through the digitali-
sation of Vallianz’s offshore vessels,
Harvest is helping us meet our customers’
needs through the digitalisation of their
offshore vessels,” said Dennis Teo, sales
director, Inmarsat Maritime APAC.
Harvest Technology and Digital Ship
recently held a webinar on monitoring and
supporting vessels using video and other
data. The webinar can be watched on
YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-
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Blockchain-enabled platform Cobham introduces VSAT antenna with

TradeLens to shut down
A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM have Hershko, head of business platforms at
announced the decision to withdraw their A.P. Moller - Maersk.
blockchain-enabled global trade platform Maersk will continue its efforts to digi-
known as TradeLens. tise the supply chain and increase industry
The TradeLens team is taking immedi- innovation through other solutions to
ate action to withdraw the offerings and reduce trade friction and promote more
discontinue the platform, and the intent is global trade.
that the platform will go offline by end of “We are deeply grateful for the relent-
quarter one, 2023. During this process, all less efforts of our committed industry
parties involved will ensure that cus- members and many tech talents, who
tomers are attended to without disrup- together have worked diligently to
tions to their businesses. advance the digitalisation of the industry
"TradeLens was founded on the vision through the TradeLens platform. We will
to make a leap in global supply chain digi- leverage the work of TradeLens as a step-
tisation as an open and neutral industry ping stone to further push our digitisation
platform. Unfortunately, while we suc- agenda and look forward to harnessing the
cessfully developed a viable platform, the energy and ability of our technology talent
need for full global industry collaboration in new ways,” added Hershko.
has not been achieved. As a result, Bertrand Chan, CEO of GSBN said: "At
TradeLens has not reached the level of GSBN, we are focused in our mission driv-
commercial viability necessary to continue ing the digital transformation of global
work and meet the financial expectations trade and are fully committed to support-
as an independent business," said Rotem ing stakeholders across the industry
throughout this journey.
We continue to closely
follow the industry's lat-
est developments."
The TradeLens plat-
form was announced
in 2018 and jointly
developed by IBM and
GTD Solution, a divi-
sion of Maersk, as
a blockchain-enabled
shipping solution
At the end of November 2022, A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM
designed to promote
announced the decision to withdraw the blockchain-enabled
more efficient and
global trade platform known as TradeLens
secure global trade.
electronic Ku-Ka band switching
Cobham Satcom has introduced Sea Tel
1500, a 1.5-meter dual-band, multi-orbit
VSAT antenna solution.
Available in single Ku- or Ka-band, or as
two antennas in one dual Ku-Ka-band con-
figuration, the Sea Tel 1500 antenna system
enables vessels to switch from Ku- to Ka-
band in one click, ensuring that they bene-
fit from the best available satellite offering
to optimise their operational expenses and
ensure always-on connectivity.
As a multi-orbit satcom solution, Sea
Tel 1500 allows vessels to use their anten-
nas within multiple satellite operator net-
works thanks to its ability to switch to dif-
ferent frequencies and networks on forth-
coming non-geosynchronous satellite con-
stellations, such as LEO, MEO and HEO.
In order to optimise vessel and business
operations using the large pool of digital The SeaTel 1500 multi-orbit VSAT antenna
services and opportunities available today,
Sea Tel 1500 VSAT unlocks gains in net- "With the introduction of unique push-
work, service flexibility and reliability button electronic switching between Ka-
offering customers high performing anten- and Ku-band, the new Sea Tel 1500 VSAT is
na and network. It is an easy-to-manage effectively a two-in-one antenna designed
end-to-end satcom antenna solution that to ensure full business continuity as a vessel
optimises total cost of ownership and transits between different regions and sat-
enhances performance for vessels com services. We are delighted to bring this
demanding high bandwidth for business- flexibility to our customers looking to com-
critical applications. bine Ku-band coverage with high power
Sea Tel 1500 is the first 1.5-meter mar- regional Ka-band services, while optimis-
itime VSAT antenna to provide electronic ing lifetime costs and simplifying opera-
Ku-Ka band switching without manual tions. All in a compact footprint,” said Peter
intervention. As Sea Tel 1500 provides Ku- Kiær, senior vice president of maritime at
band operation on current GEO services in Cobham Satcom.
locations where Ka-band services are not The first delivery of Sea Tel 1500 Ku-Ka
available, it ensures full operational continu- dual band VSAT antennas is expected dur-
ity regardless of a vessel’s navigation route. ing Q4 2022.

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SATCOMS & CYBERSECURITY
Odfjell cements deal with Marlink to support cloud-based digital strategy
Odfjell Management has signed a deal
with Marlink to provide hybrid connectiv-
ity across 52 vessels and support Odfjell’s
cloud-based digital strategy.
The contract includes 43 vessels man-
aged by Odfjell Management Norway and
a further nine operated by Thome
Management Singapore. Marlink will
deploy its hybrid connectivity solution to
the fleet, including high throughput VSAT,
L-band and 4G services using software-
defined routing (SD-WAN) for seamless,
intelligent data flow via Marlink’s onboard
XChange router.
The fleet uses standard IT tools includ-
ing Microsoft Office 365 in its daily opera-
tions with MS-Teams used for meetings
and document sharing. Odfjell will also
take advantage of the growing availability
of 4G coverage from shore and will utilise
Marlink’s global 4G service for business
connectivity when in range, benefiting
from low latency and high throughput
speeds.
Odfjell’s decision to select Marlink was
Maritime challenges met most
effectively through connectivity
A new report compiled by maritime inno-
vation consultancy Thetius and published
by Inmarsat indicates that shipping com-
panies seeking to meet current and emerg-
ing challenges facing the maritime indus-
try will benefit from a strategic approach
to connectivity.
‘The Network Effect: Strategising
Connectivity at Sea for Maximum Impact’[1]
also provides guidance on effective con-
nectivity framework strategies.
The Network Effect details the business
benefits and specific capabilities that ship-
ping companies can access by applying an
effective connectivity strategy across their
business IT, crew, and operational net-
works. These include voyage and port-call
optimisation, emissions reduction, condi-
tion monitoring and condition-based
maintenance, trade facilitation, seafarer
welfare and training, remote surveys and
pilotage and telemedicine services.
“Against a backdrop of evolving regu-
latory requirements and increasing
emphasis on seafarer welfare, connectivity
and data are indispensable to shipping
company competitiveness. However, sim-
ply purchasing data is no longer enough. If
shipowners are to reap the full rewards of
operational optimisation, decarbonisation
and a loyal and talented crew the right
connectivity strategy is essential,” said
Matthew Kenney, director of research and
consulting, Thetius.
According to the report, once a ship-
ping company has established its objec-
tives and identified the capabilities needed
to achieve them, it will benefit most from
finding the right combination of communi-
cation services to best support those capa-
bilities. By joining the dots between busi-
ness goals and connectivity options, oper-
ators gain access to a host of benefits
including opportunities to optimise and
drive efficiency, while reducing running
costs and improving profit margins; the
ability to attract and retain talented crew;
driven by the company’s digitalisation
strategy, which involved moving IT ser-
vices to the cloud, with the philosophy that
all ships should have similar tools and ser-
vices to its shore-based offices.
This hybrid approach is enabled by
Marlink’s SD-WAN solution, which
assigns key applications to different con-
nectivity links, enabling software to be
configured and delivered ‘as a service’
rather than as installed programs subject to
performance and connectivity issues.
Odfjell Ship Management provides an
integrated solution that promotes safe,
reliable and efficient operations, including
crewing, Quality, Health, Safety, Security,
Environment (QHSSE) management, tech-
nology support and digital innovation,
newbuilding, energy efficiency solutions
and overall fleet management. Its vessels
must comply not just with international
regulations but with the industry’s envi-
ronmental management systems such as
Tanker Management Self-Assessment.
“Odfjell is continuously seeking new
‘The Network Effect’ report from Inmarsat
and Thetius emphasises need for strategic
thinking on connectivity in modern
shipping operations
and the capacity to future-proof operations
and build in competitive advantages.
Ben Palmer, president, Inmarsat
Maritime said: “Ultimately, a good connec-
tivity strategy relies on a clear understand-
ing of the company’s business goals, the
technologies needed to attain those goals,
and any additional influencing factors
such as resource availability and invest-
ment requirements. In that sense shipping
is no different to any other industry: col-
lecting, collating, analysis and harnessing
the value of data relies on resilient, reli-
able, secure, globally available connectivi-
ty services. It is also critical to recognise
that implementing a connectivity strategy
is a continuous and iterative process that
requires constant monitoring, frequent
reassessment, and regular feedback from
internal and external stakeholders. As this
report makes clear, this is both necessary
and highly valuable to modern shipping
operations both in terms of driving com-
petitive advantage and addressing decar-
bonisation goals.”
Network Effect: Strategising
Connectivity at Sea for Maximum Impact
concludes with step-by-step instructions
and best-practice guidelines on how to
develop and implement a successful con-
nectivity strategy.
[1] bit.ly/3V4OGmK
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 18
ways of using technology to develop digi-
tal solutions that fuel growth and value
creation, while reducing cost and increas-
ing operational efficiency and safety,” said
Gunnar Eide, manager digital applications
at Odfjell. “The Marlink smart hybrid con-
nectivity approach gives us better access to
and response from the fleet’s ERP systems.
This will greatly improve the communica-
tion between ship and shore, it will pro-
vide extra efficiency during port rotations,
and increase the crew’s opportunities to
keep in touch with their family and friends
at home.”
“Shipowners, operators and managers
are changing the conversation around what
a technology partner like Marlink can bring
to them that supports their business and
meets long term customer needs,” stated
Tore Morten Olsen, president, maritime,
Marlink. “By combining the best in connec-
tivity choices with new software tools, we
can help them achieve their goals for voy-
age efficiency, remain compliant and retain
the best people to support their mission.”
SpaceX confirms successful launch
of Eutelsat 10B
The all-electric Eutelsat 10B satellite has
been successfully launched intohave already been secured with several in-
Geostationary Transfer Orbit by SpaceX
using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that
lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at
21.57 Eastern time on November 22.
The separation occurred after a 37-
minute flight and the spacecraft systems
checkout was then successfully completed
over a period of approximately 3 hours.
Built by Thales Alenia Space, Eutelsat
10B is based on the Spacebus NEO plat-
form. The satellite embarks a 5th genera-
tion digital transparent processor, offering
capacity allocation flexibility and an opti-
mal spectrum use.
Responding to strong growth in
demand for mobile connectivity, Eutelsat
10B is carrying two multi-beam HTS Ku-
band payloads: a high-capacity payload,
covering the North Atlantic corridor,
Europe, the Mediterranean basin and the
Middle East, offering significant through-
put in the busiest air and sea traffic zones, meeting increasing in-flight and maritime
and a second payload to extend coverage
across the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the
Indian Ocean. The satellite’s HTS payloads
will be able to process more than 50 GHz
of bandwidth, offering a throughput of
approximately 35 Gbps.
Falcon 9 expendable rocket lift-off. Image credit: SpaceX
Odfjell’s decision to select Marlink was
driven by the company’s digitalisation
strategy, which involved moving IT
services to the cloud
Firm multi-year capacity commitments
flight connectivity service providers, rep-
resenting more than one third of the incre-
mental HTS capacity. These partners will
rely on Eutelsat 10B to provide airlines
with in-flight connectivity services.
The 10° East location that Eutelsat 10B
will occupy has been operated by Eutelsat
since 1987 and provides coverage in the
heart of the European, Middle Eastern and
African regions. The Eutelsat 10B satellite
specifically carries two wide beam pay-
loads in C-band and in Ku-band to ensure
continuity of the missions of the Eutelsat
10A satellite, whose operational life is
scheduled to end in 2023.
“Congratulations to all the teams, from
Thales Alenia Space to SpaceX, and the
dedicated Eutelsat launch campaign team,
involved in this successful launch. Eutelsat
10B satellite boosts our global connectivity
services with High Throughput capacity,
demand,” said Eva Berneke, Eutelsat chief
executive officer.
Pascal Homsy, Eutelsat chief technical
officer stated: “This is the fourth launch for
Eutelsat in just under three consecutive
months, quite a remarkable and
unequalled techni-
cal achievement;
congratulations to
all! Eutelsat 10B’s
Ku-band payload
complements the
Ka-band of the
Eutelsat Konnect
VHTS satellite,
launched in
September 2022,
reflecting our abili-
ty to serve our cus-
tomers in both Ka-
and Ku-bands with
the best-in-class
space assets.”
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Inmarsat launches new Fleet Xpress portfolio
Inmarsat is launching its new Fleet Xpress
product portfolio to help shipping compa-
nies ensure they do not pay for more band-
width than they need. In addition, the port-
folio will increase transparency around the
data that they consume and give business
leaders more control over their data usage,
helping future-proof their businesses
through high-quality connectivity.
According to data usage analysis con-
ducted by Inmarsat in July 2022, shipping
companies are more data-hungry than ever
before, with the maritime industry using 45
per cent more data than it was in 2021 – with
year-on-year demand for data more than
doubling in some sectors[1]. As this need for
connectivity accelerates, so too does the
need for high-quality broadband to keep
vessels connected wherever and whenever
necessary. For maritime businesses, digitali-
sation, decarbonisation, and crew welfare
will always be priorities, and all three rely
on high quality, constant connectivity.
Ben Palmer OBE, president, maritime at
Inmarsat said: “Launching our all-new Fleet
Xpress portfolio to the market has been a
long time coming. We have been working
Satellite VDES Consortium launches in Japan
A new Satellite VDES Consortium has
been launched to support efforts to meet
the growing demand for a more reliable
and accessible infrastructure for digital
communication at sea. The consortium
includes IHI Corporation, MOL Techno-
Trade, Furuno Electric, ArkEdge Space,
TST Corporation, Japan Radio, Mitsui &
Co, and the Ocean Policy Research
Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace
Foundation (SPF).
Conceptual image of Satellite VDES use-cases. Image credit: Furuno
Intellian to design and supply user terminals for Viasat Maritime
Viasat and Intellian have announced a con-
tract award for Intellian to design and sup-
ply a bespoke range of Ka-band user ter-
minals exclusively for Viasat’s Maritime
connectivity solution.
In addition to the new terminals,
Intellian will also develop a 100cm
upgrade kit for Intellian’s NX Series. The
conversion kit will enable thousands of
vessels the opportunity to connect to the
NX Series VSAT maritime antenna.
The new 60cm and 100cm bespoke user
terminals leverage Intellian’s satellite termi-
nal technology and geostationary satellite
orbit (GEO) modem integration expertise.
With the new range of Viasat products,
customers will benefit from reliable access
to Viasat’s satellite network, including the
hard to create a portfolio that offers what
every single maritime business could need.
We can help new customers meet their indi-
vidual vessel’s unique connectivity needs,
ensuring that their data is as flexible as their
business. For our valued existing customers,
the high-quality, global coverage that they
already enjoy won’t change – and neither
will the 99.9 per cent up-time that they’ve
been accustomed to – but they will also
benefit from additional insights into their
data and more control over their spend
and usage. After all, we don’t want any
customer paying for data they don’t use.
“For our network of partners, the new
Fleet Xpress portfolio offers more accessi-
ble entry points for a wider range of new
customers, a more linear and iterative
upgrade path, and more flexibility to tailor
data usage to individual customers’ needs
– so they can be the ultimate business part-
ner to their customers. We’re excited to roll
out the new additions to Fleet Xpress and
to continue delivering the best-in-class
connectivity every shipping company
needs to navigate their digitalisation jour-
neys in the years ahead.”
The VHF Data Exchange System (VDES)
is a maritime digital communication system
to construct a network connecting vessels at
sea and ports. VDES can provide two-way
communication and up to 32 times higher
data rates than Automatic Identification
System (AIS), the current system used to
identify vessels for logistics and shipping
management. Furthermore, VDES commu-
nication via satellite is expected to improve
maritime safety and security on a global
upcoming ViaSat-3 constellation. The
launch of the first of the trio of ViaSat-3
satellites is scheduled for the first quarter
of 2023, and is expected to be in service for
the maritime market in 2023.
From streaming to video conferencing,
Intellian and Viasat will empower a true
at-home and in-office experience for
superyacht, energy, and commercial cus-
tomers. Viasat offers customers access to
on-demand, 24/7 personalised support to
keep up and running, fixed pricing, and
flexibility to meet seasonal demands.
Eric Sung, CEO of Intellian said: “This is a
great opportunity for Intellian to collaborate
with one of the leading global communica-
tions companies, combining our individual
excellence to form a long-lasting and fruitful
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As technological innovation in the mar-
itime industry continues to grow, demand
for real-time insights, the increasing cost of
operations as well as supply chain and
geopolitical uncertainty all create chal-
lenges for sector leaders.
To address these challenges, the
redesigned Fleet Xpress portfolio will offer a
modular approach on top of a base connec-
tivity package. This means that businesses of
all sizes, across all segments, can flex their
data requirements to suit their strategy –
without spending more than necessary.
For some businesses this might mean the
ability to use massive amounts of data with
superfast speeds so that crew members can
stream and video call 24/7 – putting their
welfare front and centre. For others this
might be an entry package enabling email
server connectivity with the ability to intro-
duce new features as the business evolves.
In both cases, shipping companies will pay
only for what they use, with service plans
tailored to specific needs.
The new Fleet Xpress portfolio will also
introduce a fair access policy and reliable
data monitoring via a self-service portal.
scale and support real-time navigation and
communication.
The Satellite VDES Consortium aims to
create a platform to facilitate the commer-
cialisation and promotion of Satellite
VDES through partnerships between
industry, academia, and government. The
consortium’s work is expected to enhance
Japan’s presence in the international mar-
itime community and to accelerate digital
transformation (DX) in the ocean sector.
Activities will include discussions on the
use-case and business model, on-site
experiments of terrestrial VDES, and
development of application services utilis-
ing these satellites.
The inaugural meeting of the consortium
was held on October 13, 2022, following the
approval of the official rules and the
appointment of chair and co-chairs. Mr.
Akira SHISA (IHI Corporation) was
assigned as chair of the consortium, Mr.
Yoshihiro SANO (MOL Techno-Trade) and
Mr. Ichiya OGINO (Furuno Electric Co.) as
co-chairs, and OPRI as secretariat. The
advice from several experts in related fields
to this consortium was also confirmed.
relationship. The contract win is yet another
tangible example of our placement as a mar-
ket leader, utilising our unparalleled engi-
neering and supply chain capabilities to
deliver exceptional value to the market.”
Shameem Hashmi, VP and GM, maritime
at Viasat said: “With the upcoming launch
of ViaSat-3, our relationship with Intellian
has come at a critical time, enabling us to
deliver the connectivity that our leisure
and commercial customers require. We’re
excited about broader access to the
Intellian customer base on a global scale,
and for the continued collaboration and
development of terminal technology that
supports our network. We believe Intellian
aligns with our innovative and forward-
thinking approach to satellite connectivity.”
Digital Ship
Ben Palmer OBE, president,
Inmarsat Maritime
This gives customers the confidence that
they will get the throughput they pay for,
are proactively notified when upgrades are
needed based on vessels’ increasing digital
demands, and that they are getting the best
value for money and best quality connec-
tivity to meet the objectives of their indi-
vidual business.
[1] bit.ly/3Bjdy27
Thales and ESChat
launch Push-to-Talk
over satellite
Thales in partnership with ESChat is now
offering Push-to-Talk (PTT) over satellite
for customers worldwide.
Users that have purchased ThalesLINK
solutions, such as Thales MissionLINK or
Thales VesseLINK 200 and 700 systems,
can now access a reliable low-latency PTT
solution. The launch comes after months
of rigorous beta testing and vetting by
Thales’ certified official resellers, who will
offer the service to customers in a variety
of markets across the globe such as public
safety, search and rescue, defense, utili-
ties, mining, shipping and many more.
ThalesLINK solutions operate on the
Iridium Certus network of 66 low earth
orbit satellites that cover 100 per cent of
the globe, providing coverage anywhere
in the world regardless of weather or ter-
rain. Combining this technology with the
ESChat application, Thales now provides
an always-on robust Push-to-Talk service
for users anytime, anywhere.
“Our partnership with ESChat was
strategic to deliver a truly reliable Push-to-
Talk solution. We heard market feedback
about having access to a low-latency PTT
service over Iridium Certus and we are
excited to deliver exactly that,” said Brian
Aziz, vice president of satcom solutions,
Thales Defense & Security.
Thales is now offering Push-to-Talk (PTT)
over satellite for customers worldwide
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SATCOMS & CYBERSECURITY

Anthony Veder upgrades Fleet Xpress contract Viasat and Cobham announce collaboration
Rotterdam-based gas-shipping company Anthony Veder will share the benefits Communications company
Anthony Veder has renewed its connectiv- of the new high-bandwidth package with Viasat and satellite com-
ity agreement with Inmarsat to increase its its seafarers, providing them with free and munications solutions
Fleet Xpress bandwidth allowance. The reliable access to communication services, provider Cobham Satcom
contract applies to every vessel in Anthony with data allowances managed by its in- have announced a collabo-
Veder’s tanker fleet. house IT department. ration on a new, advanced
The agreement was reached following a Ab Argam, senior sales manager, satellite connectivity solu-
successful trial in which Anthony Veder Inmarsat Maritime said: “We have a strong tion for the maritime and
used the upgraded-bandwidth Fleet relationship with Anthony Veder dating energy industries. This is in
Xpress plan to run a data-intensive video- back many years and encompassing sever- preparation for the launch
conferencing platform in a busy shipping al generations of our VSAT services. By of Viasat’s next generation
lane. As well as supporting Anthony renewing its Fleet Xpress agreement, satellite constellation,
Veder’s increasing use of enterprise appli- Anthony Veder has demonstrated its satis- ViaSat-3. Viasat and Cobham recently announced a collaboration
cations for more efficient business process- faction with the solution and its trust that The connectivity sys- on a new, advanced satellite connectivity solution
es and seamless collaboration, the high- Inmarsat will continue to deliver the fast, tem, which will include a
bandwidth package will allow the compa- reliable connectivity its evolving opera- portfolio of antenna systems from Cobham Viasat. “The terminal solution will be
ny to adopt and deploy advanced digital tions require.” Satcom, is being designed to deliver important as the ViaSat-3 constellation,
solutions as its requirements evolve. Also included in Anthony Veder’s advanced, high-speed connectivity that once complete, is expected to, incredibly,
Benne Engelen, chief information offi- renewed Fleet Xpress contract is Inmarsat’s will leverage the satellite capacity expect- increase Viasat’s total satellite fleet capaci-
cer, Anthony Veder said: "With a roadmap Fleet Care service package, ensuring glob- ed from the ViaSat-3 constellation. Each of ty by 600 per cent plus,” Hashmi contin-
for innovation that looks ahead five to 10 al, round-the-clock maintenance, repair the three ViaSat-3 satellites is anticipated ued, “layered upon this immense capacity
years and beyond, safe and reliable con- and support for all onboard antennas and to deliver at least 1 Terabit of data per sec- will be the ability to flexibly move the
nectivity is imperative for Anthony Veder. communication equipment, which were ond (1Tbps) — equal to 1,000 Gigabits per capacity, directing it to high demand
We are looking continuously for ways to upgraded as part of the agreement. second, which will provide flexibility to areas, such as the Caribbean, the
conquer the physical dis- offer even faster Internet speeds and man- Mediterranean, or Straits of Singapore and
tance between our ships age increasingly data-hungry applications. Malacca where demand for maritime con-
and shore-based opera- In addition, the collaboration will include nectivity is often concentrated.”
tions, and to optimise col- the introduction of the industry first “We are excited to continue our strong
laboration by deploying upgrade kit, which will allow conversion partnership with Viasat not only bringing
the same tools on land and of existing Ku and other Ka band services the industry’s most reliable high through-
at sea. I am happy we can to Viasat services. put connectivity to the maritime commu-
continue to rely on the cov- Viasat and Cobham Satcom will work nity but continuing to deliver the ultimate
erage and stability of with Cobham Satcom’s broad global distri- customer experience. Each ViaSat-3 satel-
Inmarsat’s leading global bution network to provide customers pro- lite will bring unparalleled high through-
network, its continuous fessional fit for purpose pre-sales and put to the market, and with Cobham
technology improvement after-sales support. Satcom’s portfolio of next generation user
and its global support offer “Building off our long-standing rela- terminals and strong sales partner and
to achieve our develop- tionship, we have been able to closely col- after-sales service network, we will collab-
ment aims." Anthony Veder’s Coral Energy laborate during Cobham Satcom’s devel- orate closely to deliver a comprehensive
opment of next-generation terminals to end-to-end experience for yachting, com-
optimise the broadband connectivity expe- mercial shipping, cruise, and oil & gas cus-
Port-IT unveils latest version rience on our future satellites,” said tomers,” said Peter Kiær, senior vice presi-
Shameem Hashmi, VP and GM, maritime, dent for maritime at Cobham Satcom.
of endpoint security suite
Port-IT has launched a new version of its
Vanir Endpoint Security suite.
preventing malicious attacks in programs
that have known issues. We first scouted
Inmarsat and SeaFocus team up
According to Port-IT’s CEO Youri Hart,
the latest version is the biggest release
the market for already existing patch man-
agement applications, but those were cost-
to study GMDSS data
done by the company. ly and would raise the license price for Inmarsat and supply chain and maritime Safety report. The data is categorised by
Port-IT Vanir is an all-in-one security customers significantly. By developing our business platform SeaFocus have teamed vessel types, shipyards, class society, flag
suite tailored to the maritime market. own patch management feature, we can up to examine data from Global Maritime states and year of build and reveals pat-
Vanir integrates several Port-IT services integrate it as a service in our full product Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) calls terns at a local and global level.
and products into a single solution capable line-up, making it available via a single made to Inmarsat, with the aim of provid- The Intelligence Hunt project aims to
of tackling all cybersecurity threats the dashboard. And equally important we ing insights into safety trends and patternsenhance the safety report by using in-
shipping industry faces today. Vanir is a avoid passing on the higher costs to our at a local and global level. depth research methodology and provid-
service designed for VSAT or GX capable customers.” A better understanding of these pat- ing vital insights into the safety data pat-
vessels. Alerting is one feature within the Vanir terns can help the maritime industry take terns. Anonymised data holds the poten-
“It enables customers to receive feed- Endpoint Security Suite. This feature proactive steps to prevent such incidents tial to demonstrate trends that can be
back on all cybersecurity services used via allows customers to receive notifications, and help guide a safer future. benchmarked to track progress.
a single unique onboard interface, show- for example on malicious activity or newly The project will run under the SeaFocus “We are looking forward to working
ing a true synergy between the products. installed software. As mobile devices are Intelligence Hunt programme, which aims with young talent and an experienced
This is not seen in the industry so far and used more and more frequently and the to support data Inmarsat has already gath- team of experts to bring The Future of
really is a major step in protecting ships,” ships’ security teams need to stay ahead of ered on safety trends from GMDSS distress Safety report to the next level and gain a
explained CEO Youri Hart. serious detections, Port-IT has extended its data as part of its Future of Maritime deeper understanding of how to improve
“Besides the whole new user interface support to Apple IOS devices as well. safety at sea,” said
and service integration, the biggest news is Customers can receive push messages on Peter Broadhurst,
that we have introduced a new service and their mobile phone or Apple Watch, noti- SVP safety & regula-
a long-standing client wish: Patch fying them of a high-risk alert on one of tory, Inmarsat
Management. With this feature we can their vessels. Maritime. “We have
remotely update our Endpoint Security The Vanir Endpoint Security Suite the data, but we need
Suite to newer versions without the need focusses on bringing high level security a benchmark to get
for customer interaction. And at the same onboard of vessels, and at the same time the companies to
time, it gives our customers the capability enables shipowners to be compliant with understand the value
to update their own applications, IMO regulations. and importance of
e.g.Winzip. Port-IT also provides 24/7 active securi- using this data to
“Although Patch Management is not ty monitoring via its security operations Inmarsat and SeaFocus will examine data develop and support
directly a security feature, it does help in centre. from GMDSS calls to improve safety their business”.

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Eastaway signs newbuild container ships to AuraNow VSAT
Singapore based shipowner and charterer,
Eastaway Ship Management, a member of
the X-Press Feeders Group, has signed an
agreement to install Satcom Global’s
AuraNow VSAT on its upcoming new-
build container vessels.
Already live on several Eastaway ves-
sels, AuraNow VSAT will provide band-
width flexibility onboard the X-Press
Antares and X-Press Altair, which are due
for completion in 2022. The VSAT solution
will allow Eastaway to benefit from instant
upgrades to its vessel bandwidth and access
higher speeds for as little as 24 hours.
Fleet managers will also be able to
schedule a suspension or downgrade their
Eastaway’s X-Press Antares will feature Satcom Global’s AuraNow VSAT
Hurtigruten completes fleetwide implementation of Starlink
Speedcast has partnered with Hurtigruten
Expeditions to complete fleetwide imple-
mentation of SpaceX’s Starlink low earth
orbit (LEO) broadband connectivity.
Hurtigruten and Speedcast began initial
testing and integration of Starlink’s LEO
service onboard the fleet in March. Roll-
out of the high-speed, low-latency connec-
tivity will be finished by end of October,
making the cruise line one of the first
in the industry to complete a fleetwide
installation.
Starlink’s broadband connectivity is
For Hurtigruten, Speedcast’s implementation of Starlink brings faster,
more reliable internet to its guests and crew. Image credit: Hurtigruten
VSAT package without penalty if there is a
reduced demand for data, offering cost
saving opportunities.
Captain RS Minhas from Eastaway Ship
Management said: “Eastaway Ship
Management is delighted to work with
Satcom Global and view the AuraNow
platform as sophisticated, yet user friend-
ly. AuraNow VSAT has helped our busi-
ness tremendously and also allows our
crew onboard to remain well connected
with their family members at home.”
With 24/7/365 control over vessel con-
nectivity through the AuraNow customer
portal, Eastaway fleet managers can
change their VSAT bandwidth package as
being integrated via Speedcast’s advanced
network management technologies, blend-
ing the LEO coverage with multiple trans-
mission paths delivered to the fleet as part
of a complete managed service. This
includes traditional geostationary (GEO)
orbit coverage, and 4G/5G for
Hurtigruten’s high-demand applications.
“With vessels operating in some of the
most remote and spectacular areas of the
world, Hurtigruten Expeditions is an ideal
partner for introducing ground-breaking
technology in the cruise industry,” said Joe
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 21
needs and requirements for data evolve.
The communications management portal
also gives visibility of connectivity status
and performance, as well as weather and
sea conditions, satellite beam overlay and
vessel tracking. Bandwidth on demand
and no long-term commitment means that
AuraNow users only pay for the band-
width they need in 24-hour increments
without any hidden charges or penalties,
or a Fair Use Policy restricting data use.
Tom Phillips, VP of sales, Asia at
Satcom Global said: “We are proud to have
Eastaway, an industry leading and for-
ward-thinking ship management compa-
ny, choose Satcom Global’s AuraNow
VSAT service as they continue to meet the
growing demands of the world’s global
container fleet. It has been a pleasure
working with Eastaway to identify and
implement a VSAT solution truly capable
of meeting their onboard operational com-
munications needs whilst optimising their
budget. By signing up with us, Eastaway
are taking full advantage of AuraNow’s
revolutionary contractual and bandwidth
flexibility, designed for ocean going ves-
sels with evolving demands.”
Eastaway vessels will rely on the
Intellian v100NX maritime VSAT antennas
to deliver the high-speed Ku-band service,
with Iridium Certus L-Band back-up
through the Intellian C700. The fleet man-
agers will benefit from improved satellite
communications network visibility and
management capabilities through the mul-
tifunctional IPSignature 4 ‘smart box’ in
the Satcom Global below deck rack.
Spytek, chief executive officer at
Speedcast. “Speedcast’s expertise lies in
our ability to combine all available connec-
tivity paths and manage a complete service
that offers the highest levels of uptime,
availability, and performance.
Hurtigruten’s vessels sailing from more
traditional GEO coverage areas into lower
look-angle locations, such as Antarctica,
Alaska, Greenland, and the Chilean fjords,
will be bolstered with this new LEO cover-
age, where available.”
“As the world leader in exploration
travel, it’s only fitting that we bring the
world’s most innovative technologies
onboard our ships to further enhance the
experience and day-to-day lives for our
guests, crew, partners and the communi-
ties we visit,” said Hurtigruten
Expeditions CEO, Asta Lassesen.
Speedcast and Hurtigruten’s multi-
months trials, integrating the new technol-
ogy into the managed connectivity service
onboard a Hurtigruten vessel, showcased
how Speedcast’s network design enabled
seamless failover from Starlink’s LEO con-
nectivity to Speedcast’s global maritime
network.
Three of Hurtigruten’s vessels will
operate in Antarctica this season, introduc-
ing Starlink to Antarctic waters. The new
LEO service is slated to add Antarctic mar-
itime coverage in Q4 2022.
Hurtigruten offers free internet connec-
tivity not only for guests, but also for all
crew members.
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OneWeb launches
36 LEO satellites
OneWeb has confirmed the successful
deployment of 36 further satellites, mark-
ing its 14th launch and bringing the con-
stellation to 462 satellites. This represents
70 per cent completion of its planned 648
low earth orbit (LEO) satellite fleet.
The recent satellites were launched by
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), from the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-
SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.
The lift-off took place on Sunday, 23rd
October 2022 at 00.07hrs local time.
OneWeb’s satellites separated successfully
from the rocket and were dispensed in
nine phases over a period of 1 hour and 15
minutes, with signal acquisition on all 36
satellites confirmed.
OneWeb aims to provide connectivity
across the length and breadth of India by
2023.
Shri. Somanath S, secretary, depart-
ment of space and chairman, ISRO, said:
“Today’s event is very historic to the
country and the Indian Space
Programme. This is the first ever com-
mercial launch of LVM3 with the heaviest
payload to LEO. The LVM3 was con-
ceived primarily for launching geo-sta-
tionary satellites with a payload capacity
of 4T, which can be used for launching 6T
payloads for LEO.
“The mission is very critical to meet the
customer’s expectations to launch 36 satel-
lites in 9 phases with precision. The mis-
sion was designed in such a way, that C25
stage was to handle this operation using
in-house built inertial navigation systems.
The injection of the satellites was so pre-
cise to the expectation of the customer.
NSIL, the commercial arm of ISRO,
entered into this contract and executed the
same in a record time.”
Sunil Bharti Mittal, executive chairman
of OneWeb said: “Today’s launch is a sig-
nificant milestone for OneWeb. This new
phase of our launch programme from
India brings us a step closer to not only
enhancing our global coverage but also
delivering connectivity in India and South
Asia, particularly to the communities who
need it most.”
As of October 2022, OneWeb had
launched 70 per cent of its planned
648 low earth orbit (LEO) satellite fleet.
Image credit: ISRO-NSIL
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SOFTWARE
Case study: Olympic boosts seafarer safety
with wireless IoT solution
During a press tour around the west coast of Norway, Digital Ship visited technology start-up ScanReach
and one of its clients, Olympic Shipping, to find out how an IoT solution is improving
the safety of seafarers and driving fuel efficiency across the Olympic fleet.
B
ack in 1978, Stig Remøy, own-
er, chairman and CEO of
Olympic Shipping made his
first investment into the ship-
ping industry in the form of a fishing ves-
sel. Soon after he became master mariner
onboard factory trawlers and in 1996, he set
up Olympic Shipping together with Bjørn
Kvalsund, who was COO until November
2021. With an initial focus on offshore sup-
ply vessels, the company restructured in
2017 to become Olympic Subsea, which
now owns and operates a fleet of 10 vessels
(with two further under construction) with-
in the subsea and renewables market.
Today, the Olympic Group includes
Olympic Subsea, Olympic Offshore Wind,
Olympic Seafood, and Rimfrost.
During a trip to the company’s office in
Fosnavåg, Norway, Marius Bergseth, who
has more than 12 years’ experience as ship
engineer in the Olympic Group and is now
COO of Olympic Subsea, told journalists
how the company is heavily focussed on
finding better ways to use digital technolo-
gy to enhance the safety of its operations
and ensure long-term sustainability.
One of the company’s partners is
Norwegian technology start-up
ScanReach. ScanReach has 26 employees
located around the globe including
Singapore, Germany, the UK, and
Denmark. The two joined forces after an
experience that, according to Bergseth,
made Olympic Subsea realise it needed to
do more to ensure the safety of its crew.
“Just before the pandemic, we had a ves-
sel going to Trinidad with between 50 to
200 personnel moving around. One ques-
tion we had was how can we keep track of
all these people at all times and ensure their
safety? What if we had a fire onboard or
another kind of emergency? If you have 200
people and there are three missing, how do
you know where to find them? You can’t
start sending other members of your crew
to look for them as that would be putting
them in danger,” Bergseth explained.
It was then that Bergseth got in touch
with Arild Sæle, CEO of Scanreach, a
Several new vessels will join the Olympic fleet in 2024. The company will continue
to invest in digital technology to ensure smarter, safer, and greener operations.
Image credit: Olympic Subsea
Norwegian company that has developed a
wireless node mesh network IoT (Internet
of Things) solution that facilitates the trans-
mission of data through steel infrastruc-
tures. The solution comprises smart wrist-
bands, a wearable technology given to all
those onboard a ship, and a network of
mesh nodes that are placed around the ves-
sel. The system works by wirelessly con-
necting the wristbands with the mesh
nodes to determine the location of each
individual onboard a ship. This data is then
wirelessly transmitted to the bridge where
in the event of an emergency, the bridge
officers can locate missing personnel. The
smart wristbands also feature an emergen-
cy distress button, enabling any seafarer or
passenger wearing the wristband to call for
and receive immediate help.
ScanReach’s ConnectFuel system
Releasing this solution could signifi-
cantly benefit Olympic, the company
teamed up with ScanReach to configure had any issues with this as seafarers realise used to assess the impact of behaviour on
and adapt the technology to meet their the technology is for their own safety,” ship performance. The AST Group previ-
specific needs. Sæle confirmed. ously found that fuel expenses can be
Olympic uses the technology to deter- Important to note is that the IoT system reduced by as much as 25 per cent by
mine the whereabouts of its crew when does not identify the individual seafarer implementing small behavioural changes[1].
they are moving between wind turbines on during their general day-to-day move- Bergseth confirmed that Olympic is
service operation vessels (SOV) and across ment. Seafarers are represented by simple working closely with its chief engineers,
gangways, a notoriously dangerous job. dots on a screen. An individual’s identity vessel masters, shipyards, and relevant
According to Bergseth, Olympic Subsea is only revealed if they require emergency stakeholders to enhance education on new
has now completed 225,000 transfers using assistance. technologies and equipment to achieve
gangways, without any incidents. maximum efficiency.
One attractive feature of working with Fuel savings Trond Liabø, VP sales at Scanreach who
ScanReach was that they gave Olympic the In addition to the safety benefits gave a presentation during Digital Ship’s
opportunity to test the solution with their ScanReach’s IoT system delivers, its event in Bergen in November 2022[2],
seafarers and configure it to meet their spe- ConnectFuel solution also helps to monitor explained that ConnectFuel has been
cific needs. Bergseth said this was hugely fuel consumption. As well as connecting to designed for self-installation. The entire
important to Olympic. “If you're going to the wristbands, the mesh nodes can wire- package has been built as a software-as-a-
have any success of developing something lessly access flowmetres attached to main solution (SaaS) with a subscription model
onboard a vessel, you have to involve the and/or auxiliary engines, transferring data and a long lifetime of custody.
seafarers,” he noted. at a rate of 0.01 seconds from the flowme- The system is also highly redundant so
In addition, close collaboration with the tres to the bridge and shoreside teams for in the event of a single node failure, the
seafarers during the roll out process pro- analysis. According to Sæle, ConnectFuel others step in and cover the area, elimi-
vided transparency around the use of the can make it easier for owners and opera- nating the risk of total signal loss. In the
technology. Any tracking device is likely to tors to meet upcoming regulatory require- case of a ship-wide blackout, the nodes
raise some concerns around privacy, but ments by eliminating the need for labour can continue to function for a minimum of
Sæle and Bergseth assured journalists that intensive manual data collection processes 36 hours. DS
by working closely with the crew they and transmitting high quality performance
were able to see exactly how and why the data from ship to shore in real-time. [1] bit.ly/3VKT5eo
technology would be used. “We haven’t High quality real-time data can also be [2] bit.ly/3UtS0GP
Trond Liabø, VP sales at Scanreach gave a presentation during
Digital Ship’s event in Bergen in November 2022
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Shaping shipping’s digital culture
A strong onboard digital culture is critical in ensuring digital tools and technologies are adopted and used
effectively. During Digital Ship’s recent event in Rotterdam, Elena Matzaridou, digital strategy coordinator
at Dalex Shipping explained how the company is shaping its digital culture and bridging the gap
between onshore and offshore to enable a successful digital transformation.
I
n 1968, George Dalacouras founded
Dalex Shipping, which owns and
manages 14 bulk carriers worldwide.
Now run by his two sons Vassilis
and Michalis, the team is focussed on its
digital transformation to deliver safe and
environmentally conscious ship manage-
ment services.
Leadership, organisation,
design
When the Dalex Shipping decided to push
ahead with its digital transformation 15
years ago, it first started by examining its
current operating model and particularly
how its IT solutions were used and regard-
ed by people.
“The first thing we did was to look at
the old processes we had and how we were
going to move to the new business pro-
cesses we wanted, and how the infrastruc-
ture would need to change,” explained
Elena Matzaridou, digital strategy coordi-
nator at Dalex Shipping during Digital
Ship’s conference held in Rotterdam last
September[1].
Matzaridou said that over the years the
company has standardised its business
infrastructure to make it easier for its
users, but the team wanted to make it even
easier for people to engage with the tools
and technologies they were using and
reduce the communication problems they
were facing.
The first place to start was by looking
inwards at the leadership, organisation,
and design of the company. “We asked
ourselves questions like what kind of lead-
ership do we have? What kind of organisa-
tion and design do we have? What are the
values that we have as a company? What
are the business processes, and of course,
the human capital, which for us is one of
the most important factors in our digital
transformation.”
For Matzaridou, improving the relation-
ship between people in the company and
the technology they were being expected
to use, was a critical factor. One thing that
made this process easier was that the Dalex
leadership team was already interested
and engaged in the digital transformation.
Matzaridou said this supported the com-
pany in integrating digital tools into its
business. Quoting her general manager,
Matzaridou said, “By putting our process-
es into digital platforms, we were able to
see the gaps and streamline the processes.”
She added, “Shipping companies need
to realise this is an important aspect of
implementing digital tools. It's not only
that they reduce the workload for us, but
they make us streamline the processes.
“For us, in terms of leadership, we have
a really good momentum and leadership
from the right culture, which is extremely
important,” she said.
Elena Matzaridou, digital strategy coordinator at Dalex Shipping speaking during Digital Ship’s conference in Rotterdam in September 2022
Collaboration: a key
company value
Matzaridou explained that Dalex has a
company culture that has always seen dif-
ferent departments coming together and
working collaboratively. But with the digi-
tal transformation, the importance of these
relationships has been heightened.
“We now have all these digital tools that
we use with many platforms, but we need
to figure them out, synchronise with a ves-
sel, replicate the processes, and so on.
Every day in our daily routine we have to
communicate with colleagues from other
departments because one platform is not
just for one department.”
According to Matzaridou, one of the
key values for Dalex is collaboration. “This
is so critical because when you have col-
laboration and you exchange ideas, experi-
ence and data, you get innovation.”
Shifting business
processes
The shift from traditional business pro-
cesses to digital processes also requires
people to change the way they work. To
help the team at Dalex, the company has
formed specific project teams that are
responsible for engaging people in the use
of new platforms.
“What this means is that we have the
person who is responsible for the imple-
mentation of a new platform, the project
manager, and we have the function leads.
These are the people that already have a
digital culture inside them and want to
engage with the tools. They know the pro-
cesses, and they act as ambassadors to the
other colleagues to input the processes
into the new platforms,” Matzaridou
explained when talking about the compa-
ny’s strategy.
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 23
One hurdle lies in finding the right
leads that have the skills to engage the
market. For this reason, these function
leads often already have a full time job at
Dalex and complete this additional
engagement work on a voluntary basis.
Human capital
“One of the most important things that
makes shipping so exciting and so unique,
is that in every other industry when we
talk about digital transformation, and
when we talk about function in the office,
it's always the same. What happens in the
office happens in the office of every com-
pany. But what makes shipping very spe-
cific is the activity. We have a vessel in the
ocean, and this vessel is isolated. And
these the people who operate the vessel
have a very different culture than the peo-
ple in the office,” Matzaridou explained.
“In Dalex we believe we must unify two
different worlds - the world in the head-
quarters and the world on the ship.
Previously, when the captain of the vessel
was also the shipowner and the merchant,
all the decision making was taking place
on the vessel. Now, the decision making is
in the office, but the ones who apply these
decisions are on the vessel in the middle of
the ocean.”
At Dalex, the goal is to bridge these
two worlds to ensure a successful digital
transformation.
Matzaridou believes that the first step is
to make sure that everyone involved
understands the maritime world and how
it operates.
“We all go on board, my colleagues,
myself, my boss, everybody, the internal
manager, the shipowner, we all go on
board so we can try to understand the rou-
tine,” she said.
Digital Ship
The purpose, she explained, is to raise
awareness around digitalisation and its
importance, and to better understand how
to encourage and support people to ensure
that the adoption of digital tools and tech-
nologies is something that is embraced.
Important to note, according to
Matzaridou, is that often when they get on
the ship, they start understanding the real-
ity of what it is like onboard and instead of
teaching those on the vessel, they end up
being taught by them.
“When we step onboard, we learn about
the people. Who they are, who are the ones
bridging the two worlds, who is taking a
tool to a new platform and giving me the
results when I call them up. This relation-
ship and this transfer of knowledge means
that we have to merge the cultures from
ship and shore and often the culture is dif-
ferent onboard to what we think,” she
explained.
“This is what we deal with every day
but we must work to understand the mar-
itime culture in order to apply the needs of
the company.
“In our company, establishing a digital
culture on board goes beyond carrying out
digital work every day. It is about the sea-
farers appreciating and enjoying the digital
tools that facilitate their work, and so our
aim is to approach them and make sure
they are happy with the tools that we are
asking them to use.”
Elena Matzaridou, digital strategy coor-
dinator at Dalex Shipping gave a presenta-
tion during Digital Ship’s event in
Rotterdam in September 2022. Her presen-
tation can be viewed here[2]. DS
[1] bit.ly/3Ey2Bub
[2] bit.ly/3Ey2Bub
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ZeroNorth unveils new AI-enabled fuel model
Technology company ZeroNorth has
unveiled its new advanced fuel model,
which uses a combination of artificial intel-
ligence (AI) and best practice naval archi-
tecture knowledge to predict the expected
operational fuel consumption of any type
of vessel in the global fleet.
The new service combines the ability to
accurately predict fuel consumption in real
operational conditions for vessels that users
have little or no data on with the ability to
quickly learn and adjust to a very high level
of accuracy as the vessel reports data or
makes high frequency data available.
In one of ZeroNorth’s largest R&D
investments to-date, the company has
assembled a team of more than 25 data sci-
entists, data engineers, software engineers
and naval architects to develop and contin-
uously improve the model.
The fuel model will use machine learn-
ing technology to learn from the vast
amount of data held within the ZeroNorth
platform, across all vessels and vessel types.
The fuel model combines and learns
over time from more than 1.2 billion data
points, spanning vessel reports, high fre-
quency sensor data, weather data, AIS sig-
MariApps to help Unigas with
data-driven decision making
MariApps has been selected as a develop-
ing partner for the building of tailormade
data collection, visualisation, and analytic
elements for new in-house platform the
Unigas Compass.
Based on MariApps' existing smartPAL
solution, the new program will build
upon and introduce new elements and
innovations aimed to improve real-time
reporting and unlock optimisation oppor-
tunities across the Unigas fleet, support-
ing vessel and shore-based staff with tools
for making data-driven decisions.
“Through our sustainability project
‘Wake’ (named after the vessel's imprint
left behind) we are working hard to put
our deep technical experience to good use.
The development of the ‘Unigas Compass’
is an exciting step for us all on this jour-
ney, as digital evolution is critical to our
commitment to offering more sustainable
MariApps has been selected as a developing partner for the building of
tailormade data collection, visualisation, and analytic elements
for a new in-house platform the Unigas Compass
nals, port stays, dry-dock and cleaning
events, paint characteristics, vessel charac-
teristics and more. It uses this information
to predict expected fuel consumption for a
vessel, no matter its itinerary, route, condi-
tion or current operating pattern.
Traditional fuel models that only rely
on naval architecture principles are gener-
ally highly tailored to a specific vessel type
and its design. This ‘static’ view of a ves-
sel’s fuel consumption has been useful
mostly for owned fleets and for predictions
requiring a certain level of accuracy.
However, the industry’s demand for ongo-
ing optimised vessel operations requires a
dynamic solution that can handle and
understand complex situations for any
vessel, whether owned or chartered, and
whether it has sensor data available or not.
ZeroNorth’s new fuel model reportedly
generates 34 per cent more accurate predic-
tions when compared to existing solutions
and the current industry standard, and low-
ers the bias of results by 42 per cent.
“Our new fuel model supports
improved transparency across the value
chain. Fuel consumption information is a
critical pillar of accurate charter party
shipping solutions to our customers,” said
Alex Graham, CEO at Unigas.
“Visualising our impact is a critical
building block to unlocking improve-
ments and affecting real change, by work-
ing closely with our customers and indus-
try peers we can make shipping a more
sustainable and circular model,” he
added.
“MariApps is glad to collaborate with
Unigas on this ambitious project, where
we will create a custom platform to meet
the fleet's needs for vessel performance.
The customised web-based platform will
significantly improve energy efficiency
across Unigas' fleet and result in signifi-
cant cost savings once it is fully imple-
mented. MariApps has expanded its posi-
tion in the Dutch maritime sector as a
result of this partnership,” stated Sankar
Ragavan CEO of MariApps.
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 24
Pelle Sommansson, chief product & AI officer, ZeroNorth
agreements, and our new model will help to
fill gaps for charterers and operators alike
on vessels being taken on shorter-term time
charter,” said Pelle Sommansson, chief
product & AI officer, ZeroNorth.
Søren Meyer, CEO, ZeroNorth, added:
“We are extremely proud to unveil our new
fuel model, which we believe is a key next
step forward for a truly digitalised shipping
industry. By combining the best and widest
European Space Agency collaborates with
Sinay to create digital maritime platform
French maritime tech company Sinay has
announced the signature of a EUR 1.6 mil-
lion contract with the European Space
Agency (ESA) to create a digital maritime
platform.
The Digital Port Platform project con-
sists of a hub of maritime modules to
enhance port competitiveness through
improved efficiency and increased sus-
tainability. The Digital Port Platform will
show how the integration of space assets is
a key enabler for maritime sustainability
and port system evolution, transforming
space and maritime data into key indica-
tors, and enabling data-driven manage-
ment to solve major environmental and
performance issues.
The Digital Port Platform hosts differ-
ent modules tackling various industry
pain points: predicted time of arrival to
reduce port congestion and vessel delays,
real-time monitoring, port collaboration,
and port business intelligence to help the
Smart Port ecosystem collaborate in their
Eric Brel on behalf of Philippe Baptiste, chairman and CEO of CNES;
Elodie Viau, director of telecommunications and integrated applications at ESA;
and Yanis Souami, CEO & founder of Sinay
range of available data at our disposal, we
have created a model that can generate accu-
rate and quick fuel consumption predictions
for any vessel trading in the global fleet.
“This new model will generate more
powerful optimisations from our platform
but, more importantly, will also enable
ZeroNorth to make an even greater contri-
bution to the industry’s decarbonisation
efforts.”
daily activities.
“Gathering powerful information from
ESA will allow Sinay to help maritime cor-
porates to conciliate business efficiency with
ocean sustainability,” said Alessio Maglio,
project & business manager at Sinay.
Rita Rinaldo, head of projects and stud-
ies implementation division at ESA said:
“The Digital Port Platform will play a cru-
cial role in helping to better understand,
monitor and forecast the port ecosystem.
The developments targeted in the project
are ambitious but necessary given the
scale of the issues to be addressed.”
Elodie Viau, ESA’s director of telecom-
munications and integrated applications,
said: “This is another exciting milestone
achieved in the maritime vertical that will
help advance port operations and sustain-
ability. We’re delighted to be able to scale-
up Sinay to promote collaboration, multi-
disciplinary innovation and the creation of
smart technology that’s having important
environmental and economic impacts.”
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Veson subscribers given access to RightShip ratings data
RightShip and Veson Nautical have
announced a new collaboration to give
subscribers of Veson’s freight management
platform access to RightShip data.
The Veson IMOS Platform is a commer-
cial freight management platform that lets
charterers make informed decisions about
the type of vessel they would like to use for
their cargo, while allowing shipowners to
share the capability of their fleets.
From 22 November 2022, subscribers to
the integration will be able to access the
following RightShip data as part of
Veson’s chartering solution, VIP
The Veson IMOS Platform (VIP) is an integrated maritime operations system that delivers a suite of connected solutions
PortXchange and BigMile team up to increase transparency of ship emissions in port
Maritime tech start-up PortXchange
Products has announced a long-term glob-
al partnership with BigMile, supplier of
software for calculating and analysing
transport-related CO2 emissions.
Through their combined efforts, the two
companies will provide digital solutions to
increase transparency of shipping emis-
sions in port areas.
By working together, PortXchange and
BigMile will equip ports worldwide with a
digital service that will allow them to mon-
itor emissions from vessels, road, and rail
transport, and help them quantify the
impact of their sustainability programmes.
“We are excited to partner up with
BigMile – the leader in CO2 footprint stan-
dardisation – and to contribute our vast
experience in the maritime industry to this
collaboration,” said Sjoerd de Jager, man-
aging director of PortXchange.
“With our flagship product called
PortXchange Synchronizer, we offer a
solution that allows vessels to optimise
their sailing speed for just-in-time (JiT)
arrival at the port. This reduces fuel con-
sumption during the voyage and avoids
unnecessary waiting time at anchorage,
which leads to lower emissions in the port
area,” continued de Jager.
“Port authorities can play a significant
role in facilitating JiT arrival by supporting
Chartering, as well as its pre-trade market
analysis solution, VIP Trade Hub:
• Safety Score
• GHG Rating
• Inspection status of a vessel
Within VIP Chartering, Veson clients sub-
scribed to the integration can utilise the
integration to create warnings and alerts
for vessel ratings that do not fit the organ-
isation’s specific requirements. Charterers
either receive a warning or are unable to
fix voyages that are outside of rating
parameters, helping to protect them from
wasted time or errors and standardising
data-sharing initiatives and offering incen-
tive schemes such as JiT-induced port fee
discounts. There are several examples of
such schemes currently being trialled,
including at the ports in Rotterdam, Los
Angeles Long Beach, Singapore, and
Esbjerg. Thanks to the insights provided
by the combined digital service from
BigMile and PortXchange, the effective-
ness of these measures becomes transpar-
ent. These insights are critical to underpin
the investment strategies for these mea-
sures,” he added.
“In this collaboration, our aim together
with PortXchange is to encourage and
facilitate ports worldwide to map their cur-
rent footprint so that they can then make
targeted decisions to reduce emissions in
and around the port. These measures can
be either operational, such as optimising
the sailing speed as Sjoerd already men-
tioned, or strategic in nature, because the
multi-modal split of emissions creates a
more comprehensive picture of where
transport emissions come from. This
allows ports to take a holistic approach to
port call decarbonisation,” stated Jan
Pronk, managing director of BigMile.
Strategic measures could include elec-
trification and the construction of shore
power systems. “Shore power systems can
potentially be an important part of the
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 25
the pre-fixture process.
Within VIP Trade Hub, Veson clients
can set minimum GHG Rating and Safety
Score parameters to search for a specific
subset of vessels in a particular geographic
location. With the ability to search and sort
vessels by rating information, users can fil-
ter out vessels that don’t fit their require-
ments and make better-informed, more
environmentally conscious pre-fixture
decisions.
This collaboration is the latest in a series
of data-led product partnerships and
acquisitions, allowing RightShip to
Jan Pronk, managing director of BigMile (left) and
Sjoerd de Jager, managing director of PortXchange
energy transition. If ships turn off their
generators and use shore power when they
are at the quay, they are a lot less polluting.
The BigMile and PortXchange platform
can provide insight into how much air pol-
lution a shore power connection can pre-
vent. Right now, ports are facing strategic
Digital Ship
strengthen its position as a facilitator of
environmental, social and governance
solutions for maritime and commodities.
The digital maritime platform provides an
expert focus on safety, sustainability, and
crew welfare, to advance its goal of zero
harm for people and the planet.
Tarun Mehrotra, RightShip’s chief strat-
egy officer said: “This broadening and
sharing of our data ecosystem marks yet
another fantastic step forward for
RightShip and the maritime industry as we
expand our partnership network. We want
to enable safer and smarter freight deci-
sions using technology to provide trans-
parency in workflows when and where it’s
needed.
“The collaboration with Veson means
our customers are able to access insights in
a timely manner, as we enable the industry
to chart a course towards a zero-harm
future. We’ll be more transparent with
data than ever before, continuously
improving the quality, as the need for
accurate ESG transparency becomes ever
more prevalent.”
“We are very pleased to welcome
RightShip as a Platform Partner,” said Eric
Christofferson, chief product officer at
Veson. “RightShip provides a significant
value add to our client community,
enabling them to add vessel rating infor-
mation produced by RightShip directly
into their chartering decision-making pro-
cess within the Veson IMOS Platform. This
further delivers on our desire to allow
users to reference data where and when
they need it in their workflow. This collab-
oration is another way we are helping the
industry to decarbonise efficiently and
effectively.”
choices about whether – and if so, where –
to install shore power systems.”
BigMile and PortXchange are currently
working on their first implementation of
this digital service in the Port of Rotterdam.
The service will also become available to
other ports by the end of this year.
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BSM, Mitsui, and Maersk among world’s most innovative shipping companies
A new report by maritime innovation
agency Thetius has named Bernhard
Schulte, Maersk, and Mitsui OSK Lines as
some of the world’s most innovative ship-
ping companies.
The Thetius 150 aims to showcase the
most innovative organisations across the
maritime industry. From over 2,700 can-
didate organisations that are developing
new technologies for the industry,
Thetius has produced a definitive list of
the 150 that are having the biggest
impact.
The Thetius Maritime 150 list is split
into four sections:
• The top 50 most innovative start-ups
and scaleups
• The top 50 most innovative small and
medium sized businesses
• The top 30 most innovative corporates
• The top 20 most innovative govern-
ment and not for profit bodies
“Our aim is to showcase the work of the
organisations around the world that are
ABS launches new maritime software firm
ABS has launched ABS Wavesight, a new
maritime software-as-a-service (SaaS)
company designed to help shipowners
and operators streamline compliance
while maintaining competitive, more effi-
cient, and sustainable operations.
ABS Wavesight’s products include My
Digital Fleet, an artificially intelligent (AI)- • Seamless integration of industry-trust-
driven analytics and performance visuali-
sation platform, and Nautical Systems, the
fleet management system that provides
tools to improve reliability and perfor-
mance. ABS Wavesight builds on these
capabilities by integrating both products
to offer visibility into fleet assets and real- Capital Ship Management and Diana
time insights that drive sustainable opera-
tions and reduce operational risks.
Key benefits of ABS Wavesight and its
product features:
• A clear vision for maritime digital
software with a broad, integrated
product suite
• Company reliability and stability
backed by 160 years of ABS experience
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COMING
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pushing the industry forward, whether
they are suppliers or customers, big or
small, venture-funded or bootstrapped,
commercial or not for profit,” said Nick
Chubb, managing director of Thetius. “To
make the list we produced a data-driven
ranking system based on thousands of
product announcements, start-up invest-
ments, partnerships, acquisitions, grant
funding and contract awards captured by
the Thetius Intelligence platform.”
Other key insights from the Thetius 150
list include:
• Alternative fuels, autonomous sys-
tems, and vessel performance systems
are breakout technology trends for
Maritime innovation agency Thetius has named the 150
2022
most innovative companies in maritime in 2022
• Classification societies are becoming a
key driver in the adoption of new
technologies across the industry and market established not-for-profit body coZEV
dominate the corporate list • Cargo owners including Ikea, Amazon The full report and rankings can be down-
• Elon Musk's satellite provider Starlink and Unilever are taking a proactive loaded here[1].
has proven itself to be a serious role in the development of zero-
disruptor in the maritime connectivity emission vessels through the newly [1] bit.ly/3uxxElB
OTG secures eLearning deal
• Risk-based business intelligence with with Technomar Shipping
the ability to support predictive deci- Greek ship management company decided to roll-out Ocean Learning
sion-making using AI Technomar Shipping has signed an agree- Platform and its suite of eLearning titles to
• CII impact calculation and prediction ment with the Ocean Technologies Group its entire fleet.
to avoid risk and improve the score (OTG) to provide its seafarers with access “We’re really happy with how the roll-
• Deep insight into fuel spend while to over 70 eLearning titles. The agreement out is progressing as our crew and office
improving the efficacy of vessel routes covers the entire Technomar fleet of 84 teams have access to the latest learning
container and bulker ships. modules which they can access 24/7 any-
ed, third-party data into one single The agreement includes a comprehen- where in the world. The titles cover impor-
platform sive portfolio of eLearning resources includ- tant mandatory STCW training courses
ABS Wavesight promotes strategic collab- ing personal safety, firefighting, cargo han- which all crew members need to have
oration among industry partnerships, such dling, ship handling & navigation, marine studied before going aboard. There are
as Kongsberg Digital and Sofar Ocean, engineering, maintenance & repair, cyber- also titles aimed at specific roles so that
with operators and owners, such as security, mental health, maritime legisla- seafarers can ensure they are aware of the
tion and environmental protection. most up to date practices which will
Shipping Services S.A., which are imple- The initial project began in 2020 with improve their key competencies and
menting the My Digital Fleet platform to Technomar’s office team utilising OTG’s reduce incidents and accidents,” said Capt.
support organisational sustainability pre-employment assessment tests for the Panagiotis Fasilis, health safety quality and
goals. evaluation of new joiners. This was fol- environmental manager for Technomar.
“Our vision for ABS Wavesight is to lowed by an eLearning pilot conducted in “Winning this contract off the back of
provide our clients with unmatched value 2021 onboard five vessels inducting and such successful trials is very satisfying. We
through a suite of products that offer inte- consulting with crew members in how to have learned a lot from the two pilot pro-
grated solutions vs. fragmented vendor use and get the most out of the Ocean jects and are grateful for all the feedback
offerings, open APIs vs. closed systems Learning Platform and its resource library. we have received from the staff at
that don’t share These pilot projects helped Technomar to Technomar. Such positive collaboration set
data, and a flexi- identify the key training requirements for us up nicely for the piloting of future inno-
ble architecture its crews so it could make that content vative developments such as our Adaptive
for easy system available to them through OTG’s learning Learning concept, that Technomar are
integration and platform onboard and online. keen to explore,” said Ioannis
maintenance vs. Due to the success of both the office and Athanasopoulos, managing director for
costly upgrades onboard pilot projects, Technomar has Ocean Technologies Group in Greece.
every few years,”
said Paul Sells,
ABS Wavesight
CEO and presi-
dent. “Our prima-
ry focus is devel-
oping software
that helps clients
gain more visibili-
ty into their exist-
ing operations to
mitigate risk and
deliver opera-
tional excellence
as shipping push-
From left to right: Capt. Panagiotis Fasilis, HSQE manager for Technomar shaking hands
es toward a new
with Ioannis Athanasopoulos, managing director for Ocean Technologies Group
horizon.”
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 26
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ZeroNorth acquires bunker platform Prosmar
ZeroNorth has acquired Prosmar
Bunkering, the online platform supporting
the bunker fuel market. The acquisition
aims to accelerate digitalisation and trans-
parency in the bunker industry and further
support the decarbonisation transition
within the marine value chain.
The deal sees ZeroNorth acquire
Prosmar’s Bunker Dashboard solution and
Bunker Pricer module, which will operate
under the name Prosmar Bunkering.
Prosmar’s two other services, Prosmar
Risk and Prosmar Price Matrix, which offer
freight risk management services, are not
included as part of the deal with
ZeroNorth.
Investment and commercial support
from ZeroNorth will enable Prosmar
Bunkering to accelerate its growth jour-
ney by increasing the company’s com-
mercial presence in relevant markets,
spurring continued development of its
product portfolio, as well as enhancing
C Transport Maritime digitises technical
operations with Kaiko software
C Transport Maritime (CTM) will roll out
Berlin-based Kaiko Systems’ software
across 30 of its managed dry bulk carriers.
The software will help CTM to stream-
line crews’ manual technical operations on
board and make routine operations such as
inspection and maintenance more data-
driven and proactive.
CTM chose to implement Kaiko
Systems’ software following an intensive
trial phase that demonstrated how the
safety regime is being conducted and how
time spent on inspections for crew could
be reduced. In addition, the system struc-
tures the data into visualised insights,
allowing shore teams to immediately iden-
tify potential issues and take action.
"Speed and accuracy are key to techni-
cal management," said Francesco Canepa,
technical director at CTM. “Kaiko Systems
is able to verify and structure data into
dynamic analysis automatically. This gives
us visibility on how thorough our safety
regime is carried out and allows us to iden-
tify off-hire risks and take action for our
clients earlier. On top of which, the Kaiko
Systems team is fast and eager to absorb
C Transport Maritime will roll out Kaiko Systems’ software
across 30 of its managed dry bulk carriers
customer experience.
Prosmar Bunkering will operate as an
independent, standalone business, with
the same management team currently run-
ning the company. The company will con-
tinue to offer a cross-functional dashboard
to simplify and streamline the bunker pro-
cess, as well as support suppliers, buyers,
and brokers with their bunker fuel needs.
The move to acquire Prosmar
Bunkering directly supports ZeroNorth’s
ambitious growth strategy within the
bunker space, allowing the company to
offer more accurate bunker prices.
This is the first acquisition by
ZeroNorth since its capital equity raise of
$50M earlier this year. In December 2021,
ZeroNorth acquired ClearLynx - now
ZeroNorth Bunker - another online bunker
platform.
Søren Meyer, CEO, ZeroNorth said:
“The bunker industry and its full value
chain are integral to the process of decar-
new ideas to continuously improve their
offering. We expect that working with
Kaiko Systems will bring further improve-
ments to our fleet performance and opera-
tional efficiency.
“With Kaiko Systems, it’s now possible
for our clients to have up-to-the-minute
assessment of their vessels at both a macro
and a granular level. This can be overall
condition rating, pictures, trends, and even
the effort crews spend on maintaining the
vessel's health condition.”
Fabian Fussek, co-founder and CEO of
Kaiko Systems commented: "CTM is
known for its competent people who con-
sistently deliver the highest quality for
their customers. Being able to win their
trust is a testament to the value proposi-
tion of our product and the effectiveness of
our rollout operations. Kaiko Systems pro-
vides much-needed solutions for ship
managers and owners of all sizes.
Companies working with us can expect
convincing results immediately, rather
than long research and development phas-
es. This sets us apart from many other
companies and solutions in the market."
Digital Ship December 2022 / January 2023 page 27
bonising shipping. The ‘business as
usual’ way of operating must now be
fundamentally challenged if we are to
propel the industry forward rapidly
enough to save the planet and meet tight-
ening regulations.
“We have a clear ambition to help the
industry with its transition to clean fuels.
By acquiring Prosmar Bunkering, we
believe that we can further accelerate and
pursue our goal to decarbonise shipping,
together with the industry.”
Ali Jourabchi, CEO, Prosmar said:
Søren Meyer, CEO, ZeroNorth (left) and Ali Jourabchi, CEO, Prosmar
MOL moves to cloud-based
SaaS applications
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and MOL
Drybulk have replaced their current core
systems for ship operations, fuel procure-
ment, finance, and accounting with a vari-
ety of cloud-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) business applications from Veson
Nautical, ZeroNorth, and SAP Japan.
Veson Nautical's Veson IMOS Platform
will be used for ship operations including
charter contract management, ship opera-
tion management, fuel management,
income/expense management, and more.
ZeroNorth’s bunker procurement solution
will be used for fuel procurement and ana-
lytics, and SAP Japan's SAP S/4HANA
Cloud will cover financial and accounting
MOL and MOL Drybulk are moving to cloud-based applications
from Veson Nautical, ZeroNorth, and SAP Japan
Digital Ship
“Prosmar Bunkering will continue to pro-
vide its customers with practical software
to simplify the bunker process. This part-
nership with ZeroNorth will now enable
us to further develop our products, rapid-
ly bring new solutions to market and pro-
pel change in the bunker space, while
operating as an independent company. We
will also place increased focus on growing
Prosmar Bunkering’s presence in new mar-
kets, bringing us closer to customers and
supporting their needs through this
dynamic and changing landscape.”
operations.
MOL and MOL Drybulk chose the sys-
tems using the Fit-to-Standard approach (a
technique for adapting operations to the
systems) after evaluating and standardis-
ing the processes for the operations cov-
ered by the systems.
MOL and MOL Drybulk will accelerate
efforts to use digital technology to address
various social and general management
issues, such as addressing greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions by sharing accumulated
vessel and operational data, while leverag-
ing the renewal of the core systems as a
cornerstone to further promote their digi-
tal initiatives.
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Software suite

AlphaMINDS
Based on Lynx
Multifunctional Information & Navigation Display System

• Path prediction based on speed, accelaration and turning speed

• Based on in-house developed automation and connecting platform Lynx
• Easily allows the user to quickly switch between predefined modes
• Available in bundle (hardware / software)

In our view the future brings autonomous navigation, or realistically; “manned automation”. By this, we mean smart decision support to promote
the maximum automation of navigation equipment. We have to keep in mind that people will still operate the ships and pursue the convenience of
a user-friendly interface and redundancy. In the coming years, JRC | Alphatron Marine is inspired by a concept of smart ship navigation under the
slogan “The Human Touch in Technology”.

With the futuristic autonomous sailing vision in our
minds, we already prepare our product portfolio with
innovations that are leading up to the maximum
automating of systems onboard: To unburden
workload of captains and crew, we introduced a new
sophisticed application ‘AlphaMINDS Docking’, that
makes easy docking possible with a sharp overview
support by various sensors like propulsion
information, bow thruster information, and position
overview. This application plots a scale model of the
vessel itself at the exact position into a ENC chart
during a docking procedure at an
AlphaMINDS workstation.
Pre-defined modes are a crucial part of smart Depending on the used mode or settings, a
decision support wich reduces time consuming calculated prediction of the path of the vessel
manual settings. Within AlphaMINDS Docking, including the distance from vessels’ hull to the
the user can quickly switch between quay (or other objects in the chart) as reference
pre-defined modes: into the current map will be presented. Vessel
lines are indicating a prediction from four
predifined points on the vessel. The
• Docking mode
predictor shows the predicted position ahead
• Harbor mode
based on the current speed, acceleration and
• Voyage mode
turning speed of the vessel and can plot ghost
• Lock approach mode
ships and curved lines into the chart.
• Auto mode
Thanks to this feature you can determine at a
glance if safe manouvering is possible.

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 FURUNO ENVISION
A revolutionary solution
Designed for the future of navigation

AR Navigation System

www.furuno.com
Driving the Digitalization of Navigation
The FURUNO ENVISION series is our all-new advanced “AR Navigation System” (Augmented Reality Navigation System)
that provides an advanced navigation support tool, using the power of AR to go beyond reality.

Thanks to a camera pointed forward of the vessel, an image of the front view projects on a display and all the necessary
navigation information is superimposed over this live video imagery by our AR technology. Even in adverse weather or
visibility conditions, you can clearly view other vessels' routes and critical information, as well as own ship data, allow-
ing you stress-free maneuvering and navigation. This very intuitive way to display and share the information between
the captain and the bridge team provides enhanced situational awareness, crew confidence, watchman support, and
allows for better coordination of crew members.

The FURUNO ENVISION series aims to contribute to the safety and security of the voyage by offering visual support to
maneuvering and navigation during any operation, a further technological step towards autonomous navigation.

MENU Date and time User chart information:

Label TVI（Top View Indicator）:
Azimuth scale Tide Azimuth (Heading)
Display TT/AIS Information in 360° (own ship as center)

Waypoint
(Distance, TTG, Course)

User chart information:

Selection marker: Target shape: Current
No-go area
Click to display TT Digital representation (Data on nearest location)
or AIS information on AIS target
Navigation route (Planned route): Target Information box
Route synchronized with ECIDS
Grid:
Own coordinates or World coordinates Additional target information

www.furuno.com
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Satcom for
Autonomous
Vessels
3 Lightweight, powerful
equipment
3 Real-time data collection
and remote management
3 Weather-resilient
connectivity from
pole-to-pole

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VesseLINK™ 700

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Sailor® 4300

Learn more here.

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