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December 2016
/ January 2017
A
new report from analysts SpeedCast buys
Euroconsult has claimed Harris CapRock
that the value of the mar- for $425m 13
itime satellite communications mar-
ket has reached almost $1 billion in
annual revenue at the satellite opera-
tor level, and is closing in on $2 bil-
software
lion in annual revenue at the service
provider level. Port of LA to pilot container data
Specifically, the Prospects for sharing portal 16
Maritime Satellite Communications
report says that in 2015 the maritime Seafarer support site launched 18
market of approximately 338,000 ter-
minals created $953 million in satel-
lite operator revenues, and $1.7 bil-
E.R. Schiffahrt
lion for service providers. and the Floating
With a growth rate of 5 per cent in Lab 22
terminals and revenue predicted over Combined revenues for satellite operators and service providers should hit
the next ten years, that would mean $3 billion from maritime in 2018. Photo: Tony Webster, Creative Commons 2.0
that satellite operator revenues will electronics and
surpass $1 billion by the end of 2016,
and service providers will pass $2 bil-
main driver a few years ago.
Even though crew communica-
less than 2 Gbps in 2010, according to
the report. navigation
lion annually before the end of 2018. tions still represents the vast majority
Euroconsult notes that the collapse of a ships consumption, Euroconsult Future development GC Rieber to roll out
in oil prices and the global oversup- says, vessel operators are increasing- 2016 was an important milestone for
ply in the merchant sector have con- ly becoming interested in Big Data
NAVTOR services
maritime satellite communications. It
tinued to negatively impact the mar- applications that improve operational marked the entry into service of HTS across its fleet 24
itime market overall in 2016, and efficiency. As a result, the number of satellites with a major maritime focus,
have resulted in a number of vessels VSAT terminals in the market grew with the entry into commercial opera- Carnival Maritime extends Fleet
being decommissioned. by 9 per cent in 2015 to reach more tion of Inmarsat Global Xpress and Operations Centre 26
However, demand for satellite than 16,000 active commercial termi- Telenors Thor 7 satellite, in addition
communications continued to grow, nals at year-end. to the launch of the first two Epic New unmanned
bolstered by increasing operational A total of 8.5 Gbps of C-, Ku- and satellites, said Capucine Fargier,
communications needs, as opposed to Ka-band capacity was used for mar- consultant at Euroconsult and editor
ship partnerships
crew communications which was the itime VSAT business, compared to of the report. agreed 29
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SATCOMS
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A number of additional HTS satellites service of flat-panel antennas in 2017, will them more purchasing power and greater
will be launched in the coming years, with drive demand for more bandwidth-hungry economies of scale. This is expected to hap-
maritime satellite supply expected to reach applications such as Big Data analytics and pen among both maritime players (as
approximately 680 Gbps by 2020. video streaming applications. demonstrated by the recent acquisition of
The company also expects consolidation Harris CapRock by SpeedCast) and across
Vol 17 No 4 This will result in a significant decrease
in capacity prices which, along with innova- in the sector to continue, benefitting the mobility verticals (such as GEEs acquisi-
Digital Ship Limited tions at the antenna level with the entry into remaining service providers by giving tion of EMC). DS
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London EC1R 5EX
U.K. Thuraya adds dual mode satellite/GSM phone
www.thedigitalship.com
www.thuraya.com Its dual SIM, dual mode capability deliv-
PUBLISHER ers unprecedented flexibility, which
Stuart Fryer Thuraya has added to its satellite phone opens up new levels of value to end
range with the launch of a new dual mode, users. Once again, Thuraya has delivered
EDITOR dual SIM phone, the XT-PRO DUAL. a dramatic step forward in satellite com-
Rob O'Dwyer: Tel: +44 (0)20 8144 6737 The unit allows users to avail of both munications capability, driven by market
email: odwyer@thedigitalship.com satellite and terrestrial communications, demands.
depending on coverage availability, by Thuraya says that it has 389 GSM
CONFERENCE PRODUCER employing a dedicated SIM slot for satel- roaming agreements already in place to
Cathy Hodge: Tel +44 (0) 20 7253 2700 lite communications and a second one for support use of its handsets across the
email: cathy@thedigitalship.com
GSM communications. world outside its satellite coverage zone.
Users can opt for a Thuraya SIM card The XT-PRO DUAL also offers naviga-
ADVERTISING tion capabilities through GPS, BeiDou,
and their GSM card, or select any combi-
Ria Kontogeorgou:
nation of SIM cards that meets their Glonass and Galileo, allowing users to
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3401
requirements, the company says. share current coordinates, enter way-
email: ria@thedigitalship.com
The new handset has an Always On points to navigate to specific positions
capability that lets users alternate between using the electronic compass, and use
EXHIBITION SALES
calls, ensuring they are reachable on both position logging.
Young Suk Park: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3409
the satellite and the terrestrial networks so The handsets tracking capabilities
email: young@thedigitalship.com
callers can be contacted on their GSM offer three different options, based on
number while on an active satellite call, pre-set time intervals, distance travelled,
PRODUCTION
and vice versa. and detection of movement outside a pre-
Vivian Chee: Tel: +44 (0)20 8995 5540
The XT-PRO DUAL represents a major set geofence. The geofencing process uses
email: chee@thedigitalship.com
advance in convergence, said Bilal any three to seven coordinates of the
Hamoui, chief commercial officer at users choice, and all tracking functions
EVENTS MANAGER
Jo McGhee: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3412 Thuraya. are user-activated and cannot be initiated The Thuraya XT-PRO DUAL
email: jo@thedigitalship.com This is the worlds best satellite phone. or controlled by external entities.
MARKETING
Gabi Weck: Tel: +44 (0)20 7253 2700
email: gabi@thedigitalship.com Real Consulting have announced that head of marketing communications for its
they have agreed a Global Strategic Maritime business unit, reporting to
DIGITAL SHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS Alliance, combining Real Consultings Inmarsat chief marketing officer Chris
180 per year for 7 issues technology consulting service with McLaughlin. Mr Warner most recently
contact subs@thedigitalship.com, SetelHellas maritime communications spent seven years with ShipServ, where
or phone Stephan Venter on: technology products, particularly with he was director for marketing and business
+44 (0)20 7017 3407 regard to integrating SAP HANA and SAP development, and was previously head of
Lumira technologies with Setels SeeMBox- the digital maritime and professional divi-
DIGITAL SHIP V Open Digital Platform. sion at Lloyds List.
CYBER RESILIENCE FORUM Global Eagle Entertainment has Inmarsat has also appointed Jason
Rotterdam appointed Elcome International as Smith to the role of chief operations officer
31 January 2017 sales and service representative in the (COO). Mr Smith joins Inmarsat from
Middle East for its EMC service line of Rolls-Royce, where he was most recent-
DIGITAL SHIP maritime VSAT. Elcome will employ its ly president of the groups nuclear busi-
MARITIME CIO FORUM network of engineering and service facili- ness, and has previously worked with
Cyprus ties across the Middle East and South Asia AWE and British Nuclear Fuels.
14 February 2017 Mark Woodhead, KVH to install, commission, provision and serv- Thuraya has announced a new service
ice EMCs Ku-band VSAT systems, as well partner agreement in Bulgaria with NBS
Mark Woodhead has been named to the as providing shipboard service and satel- Maritime. Headquartered in Varna, the
Printed by newly created position of KVH senior vice lite airtime plans. largest city and key port on the Bulgarian
The Manson Group Ltd president for training and content, effective Inmarsat has hired Mark Warner as Black Sea Coast, NBS Maritime will pro-
Reynolds House, 8 Porters' Wood on the first of January 2017. This will vide support for the Black Sea region.
Valley Road Industrial Estate
St Albans, Hertz AL3 6PZ, U.K. include succeeding Nigel Cleave as head of Jan-Arie Sepers has returned to Radio
KVH group company Videotel, following Holland, where his career began 26
No part of this publication may be repro- the planned decision by the Videotel CEO years ago, to take on the role of general
duced or stored in any form by any to retire at the end of the year. manager of Radio Holland Netherlands.
mechanical, electronic, photocopying,
Intellian has appointed Sam McKee as He returns to the company after an extend-
recording or other means without the
vice president of Americas sales. Mr McKee ed period working at Nokia.
prior written consent of the publisher.
Whilst the information and articles in had previously worked with Cobham
Digital Ship are published in good faith SATCOM. The company has also
appointed Edward Joannides as general www.intelliantech.com
and every effort is made to check accura-
manager of its Americas business unit. www.setel-group.com
cy, readers should verify facts and state-
ments direct with official sources before Mr Joannides has previously worked at www.kvh.com
acting on them as the publisher can CMA CGM, Northern Navigation, www.geemedia.com
accept no responsibility in this respect. Inmarsat and most recently as program www.elcome.com
Any opinions expressed in this maga- manager for satcom services at Northrup www.inmarsat.com
zine should not be construed as those Grumman. www.thuraya.com
of the publisher. Mark Warner, Inmarsat www.radioholland.com
Greek companies SetelHellas and
SATCOMS
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SATCOMS
Marlink adds 20 Mbps High Speed Zones North West Passage Ku-band service launched
www.marlink.com full VIP experience for guests. www.internationaloceannetworks.com The coverage area will allow Ku-band
In related news, Marlink has also www.huntercomm.net connections to be maintained with small
Marlink has launched two new High recently signed a new agreement for capac- stabilised antennas even up to a latitude of
Speed Zones aimed at the leisure market ity on Intelsats upcoming Horizons 3e UK-based ION - International Ocean 75, the company says.
and charter companies with high band- satellite, an Epic-series High Throughput Networks, in partnership with North The service has been live since the start
width demands, offering connectivity of Satellite (HTS) to be launched in the sec- American satellite company Hunter of August, with a superyacht owner cus-
up to 20 Mbps on existing standard equip- ond half of 2018 to cover Asia and the Communications, has launched a new tomer navigating the NWP the first to
ment in specially dedicated areas in the Pacific Ocean. iDirect Evolution Ku-band maritime satel- connect.
Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Horizons 3e, a joint venture satellite lite network with coverage over the West, The main advantage of having the
The service can be accessed without owned by Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT East and North coast of Canada, to pro- connectivity throughout the entire NWP
any changes to the technical setup Corporation, will be stationed at 169 East vide VSAT connectivity for vessels transit- journey was that the latest ice maps could
onboard, and can be enabled within to deliver connectivity in the Asia-Pacific ing the Northwest Passage (NWP). be received instantaneously by the
hours of request for temporary periods region. Captain enabling him
as required. When combined with the already con- to navigate a safe
In addition, Marlink says it can also tracted high-throughput broadband serv- journey through the
deliver over 100 Mbps throughput to ves- ices provided by Intelsat 29e, Intelsat 33e NWP avoiding any
sels using customised configurations with- and Intelsat 35e, Marlink will be able to ice, explained Gavin
in its Mediterranean and Caribbean High offer Intelsat EpicNG performance to its Rose, ION sales direc-
Speed Zones. maritime customers traversing across all of tor.
Bandwidth is delivered by several satel- the worlds busiest shipping routes. Both crew and pas-
lites in each region, to provide greater lev- Our customers in the Pacific Ocean are senger welfare were
els of availability and redundancy. increasingly demanding more connectivi- greatly enhanced
The superyacht sector is unique, with ty, and by adding additional Intelsat enabling high data
very special requirements for internet con- EpicNG coverage to our network we can throughput of e-mails,
nectivity and Marlink, in conjunction with meet the ship owner connectivity social networks and
our satellite network operators and service demands, said Mr Olsen. video downloads.
The coverage area for the new NWP Ku-band service
provider partners, can now meet these Our customers in the Atlantic depend
service levels on standard configurations, on Marlink to enable the ongoing digitisa-
said Tore Morten Olsen, president mar- tion of ship operations, and we need to
itime, Marlink. ensure connectivity always works to UASC rolls out at-sea TV to 44 vessels
Our new High Speed Zones will offer achieve ROI on ICT investments. Intelsat
a new online experience available at sea EpicNG can help us to guarantee the same www.marlink.com high-end crew welfare facilities possible
and we expect significant uptake, driven high level of connectivity to our entire cus- via our Sealink VSAT service, said Tore
by owners spending time on board and tomer base, regardless of where their oper- United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) Morten Olsen, president maritime,
charter companies looking to deliver the ations take them. has installed XChange Media, Marlinks Marlink.
at-sea television system, on 44 of its ves- We are extremely pleased XChange
sels to provide on-demand multi-lingual Media has been selected by UASC to
content for crew via their personal deliver content to their crew. By delivering
devices. high quality, multi-lingual news, sport
UASCs fleet is already equipped with and also TV, UASC can provide a more
Marlink Sealink VSAT, which meant that relaxing environment for their hardwork-
XChange Media could be deployed across ing crew members, in turn increasing job
the fleet remotely, with the process com- satisfaction and employee retention.
pleted in less than a week.
Daily updated content is provided to
the ships, which can be shared among all
crew members at no extra cost to them.
The seafarers can use their own smart-
phones, tablets, and laptops via Wi-Fi
either in their cabins or in communal areas
to access the service.
Marlink says that UASC will not face
extra airtime costs for the delivery of the
content as it is separated from Sealink VSAT
bandwidth, meaning that it will also have
no impact on contracted traffic speeds. XChange Media can be accessed on a
Marlinks High Speed Zones
variety of devices
XChange Media boosts the already
SATCOMS
KVH expands content service with North P&I Club launches maritime
NEWSlink Live cyber awareness campaign
ingly sophisticated and the cyber threat at
www.kvh.com more with NEWSlink TV. www.becyberawareatsea.com sea poses significant security, safety and
KVH has recently expanded its financial risks to shipping and offshore
KVH reports that it is introducing NEWSlink portfolio with the launch of The North P&I Club in the UK is under- operations.
NEWSlink Live, a new digital content two new daily local language editions in taking a Be Cyber Aware At Sea cam- The Be Cyber Aware At Sea campaign
service for crews to allow them to receive Japanese and Korean, with the range now paign to highlight the cyber threats facing was launched by cyber security trainer
a wider range of news, sports and enter- totalling approximately 110 NEWSlink shipowners, aiming to raise awareness of JWL International and is supported
tainment content on their personal editions in 23 languages delivered to sea- the increasing danger to international by industry organisations including
devices. farers on more than 9,000 vessels around shipping, ports and offshore operations. CSO Alliance and North. Through
NEWSlink Live delivers existing daily the world. According to Norths deputy loss pre- the campaigns website, at
NEWSlink print editions in a digital for- The Japanese and Korean editions are vention director Colin Gillespie, More www.becyberawareatsea.com, it encour-
mat, with free access to a 24/7 world news standard four-page newspapers delivered than 90 per cent of world trade, including ages the sharing of research data, best-
feed, a play-by-play live sports feed, and seven days a week, following the style of the global transportation of energy, is by practice cyber guidelines and educational
additional supplementary feeds and most of the companys other titles. Each sea. Our reliance on technology continues articles to help stakeholders understand
media services. edition covers the daily political, financial, and we are now very much immersed in the challenges and threats the digital
The service is enabled by a customised sporting and entertainment news stories the digital era. Ships are becoming increas- era brings to shipping and offshore
mini-media player, supplied free of charge from those countries in the local language. operations.
with every subscription. Having a Japanese language daily edi- Shipowners and crews are
NEWSlink Live creates an improved tion of NEWSlink is a significant step for- faced with many operational
experience for seafarers and provides a ward, said Hiroki Matsubara, CEO of demands and dealing effectively
logical next-step service to enhance Nautical Training Systems, KVH Media with cyber risks is yet another
NEWSlinks existing daily and weekly Groups agent in Japan. challenge, adds Mr Gillespie.
newspaper service, said Mark Selling the full range of content, con- Raising awareness of the
Woodhead, KVH senior vice president for nectivity, and training services that KVH risks is the first step in reducing
training and content. has to offer is made a lot easier when you the threat to shipping compa-
NEWSlink Live extends KVHs com- can show a prospective client a newspaper nies commercial networks.
mitment to provide the best content servic- in their local language. Shipowners should now treat
es at sea. We can now deliver news in All the titles are produced in NEWSlink cyber security as a board-level
whatever format best suits the vessel and newsrooms located in Liverpool, Delhi, priority to minimise this emerg-
its capabilities NEWSlink print editions, and Manila, where a round-the-clock Various resources will be available ing threat to the business of
the richer content of NEWSlink Live, or news monitoring service is employed to at the campaign website shipping.
KVHs unique IP-MobileCast content add the most current information to every
delivery service, which provides even edition.
SAIT changes name to SpeedCast
www.speedcast.com vessels following a slew of acquisitions.
As we continue to expand our pres-
SAIT Communications has now officially ence in the maritime sector, SpeedCast is
changed its name to SpeedCast, formalis- well positioned to accelerate growth into
AUGUST/SEP
Maritime CIO Forum Tokyo - 5 September Maritime CIO Forum Rotterdam - 26 September
Globalstar launches IoT module
OCTOBER www.globalstar.com of VAR and OEM mobile asset tracking
Kormarine 2017 - October 24-27 Maritime CIO Forum Singapore - 4 October
systems to monitor items and cargo.
Maritime CIO Forum @Kormarine - 23 October Digital Ship Cyber Challenge Hamburg - 19 October
Globalstar is launching a new STINGR sys- The STX3 chip also transmits each mes-
NOVEMBER tem, integrating the companys STX3 sim- sage on an interval basis, which Globalstar
Europort 2017 - 7-10 November, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Digital Ship Athens - 1 & 2 November Maritime plex satellite transmitter with a GPS says will increase the likelihood of reach-
CIO Forum Bergen - 23 November receiver and a dual band antenna, to create ing multiple satellites, thereby improving
a unit for use in Internet of Things (IoT)- reliability.
DECEMBER/JAN 2018 based solutions for remote sensing, track- STINGR allows us to offer a complete
International Workboat Show, New Orleans, LA Marintec China - 5-8 Dec 2017
ing and monitoring of assets like ships and tracking solution in a single module dra-
Dates/Locations are subject to change by Organiser. containers. matically reducing the design effort
Globalstar says that it aims to involved in building compact and efficient
Sales Manager Magazine Advertising Editor Digital Ship magazine
Ria Kontogeorgou Rob ODwyer make the technology available to Value satellite communications devices, said
+44 (0)207 017 3442 +44 (0)208 144 6737 Added Resellers (VARs) and Original Corry Brennan, simplex regional sales
+44 (0)7815 481 036 odwyer@thedigitalship.com Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) manager at Globalstar.
ria@thedigitalship.com
to develop their own products for the We look forward to working with our
market. highly creative VAR and OEM partners
The Globalstar simplex satellite net- across EMEA to develop satellite solu-
work will be used to transmit IoT data tions based on STINGR that help organi-
Search for The Digital Ship @TheDigitalShip Search for The Digital Ship
from small devices, with the STINGR sations of all kinds leverage the power
itself measuring 45 x 47 x 6.3mm allowing of IoT, especially those in the multi-
For the latest updates on all of our events visit www.thedigitalship.com the module to be integrated into a range modal space.
SATCOMS
ITC Global improves Crew LIVE Intellian adds WorldView TVRO antenna
www.itcglobal.com Leveraging Panasonics robust global www.intelliantech.com users to tune into different satellite TV
network ensures service remains seamless services at the push of a button as vessels
ITC Global has released an enhanced ver- and enables us to deliver the high speeds Intellian has launched a new dual-band, 3- move between global regions.
sion of ITC Crew LIVE, a crew welfare that are critical for both corporate and axis satellite TV system, the s100HD Aptus, Intellians App for Android or
service aimed at the offshore industry that crew network demands. In addition, users WorldView, including the companys lat- Apple devices, allows the antenna to be
offers communications and entertainment gain access to the best-in-class global live est generation LNB (Low Noise Block- operated from a smart device or PC. The
options, including internet connectivity TV service through Panasonics renowned Down Converter) technology and required satellite television provider is
and live TV. platform. designed to resemble its existing GX100 selected from a drop down menu, prompt-
Crew LIVE was first introduced to the Crew LIVE aims to allow companies to and v100 VSAT communications termi- ing the LNB to switch frequency automati-
market in November 2015 and now has decouple their operational and crew net- nals. cally and lock on to the new target satellite.
more than 11,500 registered users, who works on board, removing the security The 1 metre antenna system can simul- The s100HD Worldview delivers
will benefit from service enhancements risks associated with allowing remote taneously receive Ka-band and Ku-band strong performance and matches all
including increased upload and download workers to stay connected across the same signals, with the WorldView allowing Intellian 1 metre satellite communications
speeds, and dashboard management and link that handles corporate traffic, in par- solutions, said Sam McKee, Intellians
reporting features. ticular with the prevalence of the bring VP of sales for the Americas.
Per crew member, were seeing a your own device approach. This gives customers a whole new set
monthly average of 930MB of data Were addressing personal connectivi- of options in how they outfit their vessels
utilised, and a daily average of 100 ty needs for remote crews at the highest entertainment and communications pack-
kbps download speed with about 20 calibre, said Mr Spytek. age, eliminating the need to be locked
individual users online simultaneously, In the past year, fleet operators saw into any single service provider through
based on a typical 120-member crew, significant cost reductions as a direct result an expensive, closed network hardware
said Joe Spytek, chief executive officer, of crew-funded service, while crew mem- investment.
ITC Global. bers took full advantage of the quality Intellians systems are basically like
Performance data of onboard service entertainment amenities available. unlocked smartphones. They work with
from our 11,500 registered Crew LIVE Live streaming global TV services any provider, and now we have the TV
accounts demonstrates the importance are delivered via parent company system to match.
of continual updates to the solution in Panasonic Avionics satcom network, The s100HD WorldView TVRO anten-
order to scale with growing customer mirroring the services provided to the Intellians new s100HD na is available from January 2017.
requirements. aviation industry.
Digital Ship
SATCOMS
could see that we had done it many times most of the others are something that we within one country or sub-region or tial other M&A opportunities. There are
before, said Mr Beylier. have been working on at least a year in region, but when it comes to global cus- some out there that we believe are valuable
We grew organically, and energy is a advance, sometimes more. tomers I think it will continue to consoli- and can be executed upon, and M&A
sector where I think theres a lot to do, They are companies that we liked, that date. It has already consolidated quite a growth will continue to be part of our
theres big potential. Of course, theres a are complementary to what we do, and we bit, when I look at tenders today for global strategy. If I take a three-year view then
cyclicality that you need to play with, but try to establish a dialogue far in advance, fleets, you dont have that many compa- yes, I think theres a good chance you will
the satellite services industry is a fantastic even if they are not for sale or the owners nies going for them. see us making some acquisitions.
sector to service that because satellite serv- are not interested yet. Its about convincing When you look at our communications In the meantime, while the ink is drying
ices is very critical to them. Thats where them that we can achieve things together to the market, given that were a public on the $425 million Harris CapRock con-
quality and reliability make even more of a that we both cant achieve on our own, that company, we have as part of our vision to tract and integration projects begin,
difference and SpeedCast has built a name we can do something bigger. be one of the top three players in maritime, SpeedCast will look to find ways to max-
for that. Being part of something bigger is a and the top three in energy as well imise the value that can be generated by its
So its a sector where we wanted to be useful benefit when it comes to operating among the top three globally. With the newly expanded workforce.
in it in a big way. Harris CapRock came as in the maritime satcom market, when it acquisition of Harris CapRock were Its obviously a very exciting acquisi-
a logical evolution of that. comes to the ability to bid for global con- achieving all of these objectives. tion for us, I think the complementarity
tracts as already mentioned, or in leverag- That ambition to remain as one of the between the two companies is amazing.
Getting bigger ing buying power when purchasing capac- biggest players in the maritime satcom sec- There have been consolidation events in
The method of choosing which companies ity from satellite operators. tor, and to other sectors globally, means our industry between large service
to acquire during this extended supermar- Consolidation in the satcom provider that SpeedCast will not retire the cheque- providers over the last few years, but we
ket sweep has, for the most part, been based sector has continued for a number of years, book just yet, and may pursue further have never found an opportunity where
on long term examination of specific capa- with SpeedCast responsible for no small acquisitions over the next few years to con- both the strategic logic was very strong
bilities rather than pouncing on opportuni- part of that, and Mr Beylier believes the solidate its position and extend its reach and the financial logic was very strong.
ties that have arisen due to specific market likelihood is that the market in the near even further. Here we found both, and more, said
circumstances, according to Mr Beylier. future will be for the most part controlled We have a growth strategy that com- Mr Beylier.
They were not all identified four and a by a small handful of large global players. bines organic growth and acquisitive I think the combination of the two
half years ago when we started, but four Consolidation in the maritime sector, growth, and that will continue to be the companies not only has capabilities, a
and a half years ago we had a pipeline with yes I think it will continue to consolidate. case for quite some years to come. There global footprint and a scale that is second
several of them and that pipeline was built When it comes to global fleets, global cus- are other things we are interested in, there to none in our industry, but on top of that
upon. Most of the companies we have tomers, it will and it already largely has are great companies out there that Id love I think there are some amazing people in
acquired, they have been on our radar come to that point it will indeed end up to see contributing to SpeedCasts capabil- both organisations.
screen for some time, sometimes one year, being a competition between four or five ities, said Mr Beylier. Were in a service business that comes
sometimes two, sometimes three as part of global players which will have the credibil- But short term we will focus on the down to people, so Im very excited about
a pipeline we maintain of companies that ity, capabilities and global footprint to sup- integration of Harris CapRock. There may the close to 1,200 people that are part of
we follow and are interested in, and port fleets on a global basis, he told us. be small acquisitions happening if there that group, because I think were going to
believe that can contribute to filling gaps in I think you will still see some fragmen- are opportunities that arise, but right now do great things together. Were very well
our approach to the market, he explained. tation with local players in certain markets well be focused on the integration. positioned to serve customers across the
NewSat went into administration so and certain regions that will cater for Once thats done and we start seeing different industries we are servicing
that was a very opportunistic move, but smaller fleets or smaller customers, locally the benefits of that we will explore poten- starting with maritime. DS
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Dubai signs maritime innovation agreement LR buys maintenance data software company
with DNV GL www.lr.org dards in relation to safety, but enables
improved economic performance by elimi-
www.dmca.ae Innovation, research and technology Lloyds Register (LR) has acquired RTAMO nating unnecessary waste.
www.dnvgl.com are certainly essential factors for DMCA to Ltd, a software consultancy based in RTAMO technology is cloud-based,
provide an internationally recognised Aberdeen in the UK, which provides data- and used to support all phases of asset life
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) maritime cluster and enhance the sectors driven maintenance optimisation systems design, operation, tail end life and
has signed an agreement with DNV GL to efficiency and global competitiveness. In designed to reduce costs for asset owners. decommissioning. The evidence-based
collaborate on a range of maritime innova- navigating through this path, it is impor- Recent maintenance optimisation proj- system is also sensitive to commercial fac-
tion initiatives to bolster the Dubai maritime tant that DMCA establishes the right tools ects conducted using RTAMO on more tors such as commodity price, mean time
sectors technological capacity, in areas such and methods in order to manage the than 20 offshore facilities have delivered to failure and cost of planned versus cor-
as smart shipping, digitalisation, Big Data impact as well as the opportunities that savings in maintenance costs of up to 30 rective maintenance.
and real time information management. new technologies present to us. per cent, the company says. Projects to The RTAMO acquisition is the latest
The agreement also looks to promote We are very positive that DMCAs col- date have included Maersk, BG Group and investment by LR to drive data and digital
maritime innovation programmes in Dubai, laboration with DNV GL is the right next Shell. innovation solutions for clients. In June
the UAE and in other parts of the Middle step to push Dubais drive in promoting the At this critical economic time of low oil 2016, LR announced its collaboration with
East, while encouraging the involvement of Emirates position in the global maritime prices, asset owners are seeking better Silicon Valley-based greenfence, a platform
local universities, higher education insti- map and soon play a leading role in pro- ways to maximise value. RTAMO - Real technology for Testing, Inspection and
tutes, research organisations and other gov- viding a sustainable platform for the global Time Adaptive Maintenance Optimisation Certification (TIC).
ernment bodies in the region. maritime sector. With DNV GLs compe- - enables this to be done safely and sus- This is an important step in building
DMCAs collaboration with DNV GL is tence and extensive experience, we believe tainably by enabling asset owners and global software solutions that create value
part of our long-term vision for Dubai to Dubai is on track in establishing a sustain- operators to tailor their maintenance strat- for our customers. Were bringing together
become a world-class maritime gateway, able maritime environment following high- egy and preventive maintenance plans to all of LRs existing commercial software
said Amer Ali, executive director of DMCA. ly-regarded international standards. suit their specific commercial needs, said activities to provide a suite of integrated
Murray Douglas, Lloyds Registers strate- solutions, said Nial McCollam, LRs chief
gic project director. technology officer.
Using this software-enabled service to Our global technology and innovation
manage our customers maintenance bur- team is also developing a range of innova-
den will significantly reduce costs while tive data and digital solutions, such as
demonstrating safe and responsible opera- remote presence inspections, cyber-securi-
tions. Company directors are very aware ty, additive manufacturing and asset life-
of the need to operate their assets safely cycle management, harnessing and devel-
and sustainably. oping the capabilities within our Global
Now, the RTAMO approach not only Technology Centres in Singapore and
Amer Ali, executive director of DMCA, and Knut rbeck-Nilssen, CEO, DNV GL Maritime,
sign the agreement demonstrates the highest possible stan- Southampton.
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Seagull Maritime adds social media Hegh LNG to use BASS for HSSEQ
awareness course www.bassnet.no tion that we can rely on for the future, and
we have found the right fit, said ivin
www.seagull.no and establishing how it might be Hegh LNG has chosen to implement the Iversen, deputy head of fleet management
improved have become integral aspects of BASSnet Fleet Management System to at Hegh LNG.
Seagull Maritime has collaborated with risk management. manage the HSSEQ operations for its float- The comprehensive and superior func-
maritime incident response company MTI The aim of the new e-learning module ing storage and regasification units tionality, the technology of BASSnet and the
Network to produce onboard and online is to raise awareness of correct social (FSRU), including safety and risk manage- strong customer community of reputable
training content on social media awareness. media practice among both shore based ment processes, audit and inspection man- shipping companies made us select BASS.
MTI Network offers a variety of social personnel and seafaring staff, with advice agement, document management, certifi- As part of the system, Hegh LNG will
media services such as training, guidelines on how social media should be used dur- cates, work & rest hours, as well as port also use the BASSnet Port Management
and strategy, and has worked with Seagull ing a crisis and the potential reputational management and related reporting. module. Consisting of Ports Guide and
in producing a new e-learning and video and commercial risks innocent posts can We placed a lot of importance on Port Forms sub-modules, it provides data
module that explores the impact a seem- pose to a company. ensuring that we get a partner and solu- for more than 12,000 ports and terminals,
ingly innocent social media post can have Through social media crews can inad- 8,000 tanker berths and over 26,000 port
when it involves a safety or security inci- vertently become on-scene-reporters when service providers.
dent on board. a safety or security incident is taking place We are very proud to get Hegh LNG
Social media has infiltrated every on board, said Martin Baxendale, manag- as a customer. Focusing on FSRU, they are
aspect of both our personal and profes- ing director, MTI Network. operating a very sophisticated fleet in one
sional lives, said Roger Ringstad, manag- Crew are often unaware of the reach of of the most challenging maritime environ-
ing director, Seagull Maritime. their pictures and status updates, and ments, said Haakon Dalan, BASS vice
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DIABOS launches electronic cash system ZEABORN and Carl Bttner implement Hanseaticsoft
www.diabos.biz payroll/contractor payments using www.hanseaticsoft.com only a company-wide database and com-
Mastercard cards assigned to the crew, munication platform but can also (inte-
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portfolio of services, which aims to and crew bonus payments via the crew cards. tomers, with ZEABORN Shipping and CEO of ZEABORN Shipping.
replace traditional cash remittances to Several years ago, DIABOS envisioned Carl Bttner, both based in Bremen, sign- Additionally, all users of the CFM in
vessel captains. the need for a dramatic payment and ing up to use the Hanseaticsoft Cloud Fleet our company are convinced by the simple
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and ICS Payments, the service will offer an the pain points experienced by vessel own- ZEABORN Shipping has already com- ance. Finally, a software solution for ship-
electronic option to make payments to ers when managing the cash to master pleted its implementation of the system, ping companies that gives pleasure to
Masters using Mastercard. process, said Imran Vohra, chief execu- covering the whole range of CFM modules work with.
Typical current cash to Master remit- tive officer and president, DIABOS. including Crewing, Inspection, Carl Bttner meanwhile has also com-
tances via port agents can suffer from Over the years, we have done exten- Disturbance and Circulars. The company- pleted its roll-out of Hanseaticsofts
issues such as restrictions on currency or sive research, made strategic technology wide introduction of the new Purchase Charting module from the CFM package.
the amounts that can be sent, as well as investments, as well as collaborated with module is planned to be completed by the The software deal forms part of the
additional cash delivery costs which can leading service providers in order to end of this year. shipping companys ongoing digitalisation
reach 5 to 10 per cent. evolve our services and offer the DIABOS The Cloud Fleet Manager can score strategy, in accordance with what it calls
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I
f you want something done right, tiated to facilitate a wider focus, because of digitalisation. along with another connectivity related
do it yourself a quote you are no sometimes you focus on something from One of the areas the company has been project which aims to offer remote support
doubt familiar with, and one the top of the company and thats not nec- exploring in improving the connectivity for vessel maintenance.
attributed to either of two Frenchmen born essarily always the best thing to focus on, between the ship and office has been in the This last one is probably the most
in the eighteenth century, Napolon Bona- so its a good idea to include the knowl- use of videoconferencing and live video sophisticated one and is still in the trial
parte or playwright Charles-Guillaume edge and brain power of your staff. transmission, a technology that Mr Aden mode. We thought that whenever we have
tienne, depending on who you ask. This is what weve done, and one of notes is hardly revolutionary but as yet is a larger problem on board you probably
German shipping company E.R. the outcomes is that weve found out that still an unusual option to have on a ship. need the assistance from shore and need
Schiffahrt is taking the longstanding we need some kind of lab, a place or a We have started to have videoconfer- the superintendent to get involved, said
advice of their close European neighbours room where we can try out those ideas and ences, which is not only a nicer way to Mr Aden.
quite seriously when it comes to maritime see what makes sense and what to focus communicate but it connects people closer But how? You can do it by satellite
technology, and is taking on a wide and on. So weve defined one of our ships as with each other, he said. phone maybe or fly over on a long distance
varied range of IT development projects our Floating Lab, which is a container feed- The performance of our company is flight to some remote place, but talking
which will be tested on board the compa- er vessel trading continent and the Baltic very much relying on the performance of about connectivity it makes much more
nys own Floating Lab a container ship Sea. Such a lab is something I can recom- our ships, and the performance of our sense to just get online with the seafarer on
specifically repurposed as a test bed for mend, to try it, not just talk but actually do ships is very much relying on the perform- board. He puts on his camera and the
technological innovation. it. You must accept that there might be fail- ance of our people on board. So we need superintendent in the office can see what
The purpose of the Lab on board the ures and some things might not work out the people on board our ships to really he sees, and they are immediately connect-
vessel E.R. Tallinn is simple enough: take as you planned, but you give it a try. identify with us in the headquarters to ed working on the same thing at the same
the most interesting ideas from among the make the whole thing run. To have video- moment. We can also send over things
staff across the company, and put them to Focus areas conferences seems to be just a small thing, from shore so the crew member on board
the test on board an operating ship to see if As Mr Aden describes it, the Floating Lab but its one aspect that helps to bring peo- can see things that we want to show him,
they can be successful. In other words, has so far mainly focused on examining ple together and develop the corporate like a manual or part of a drawing, stuff
dont wait around for the market to bring systems and solutions in three core areas. identity. like that.
the technology, create it yourself. One is connectivity itself. Ships, still Another thing is that weve installed a This is a kind of camera and screen set-
The conduit for ideas to flow from those today, are far less connected (than shore bridge live view. This is not just to have a up, with glasses where you can communi-
company employees on to the Floating Lab businesses). Lots of the information flow look at how the weather is, its a pragmat- cate visually both ways. This is also a very
is the E.R. Schiffahrt Innovation Forum, we are used to in our daily lives is not a ic thing to have for example for the opera- interesting topic to further develop,
where all staff, whether they work on ships reality on ships yet, so theres a lot of room tions department, not to have to interrupt because its really very much more effi-
or shore, are encouraged to share any wild to improve, he said. and call the master to say how are you cient in terms of getting things repaired,
ideas they have, in a scenario likened to the Another thing we focused on was doing on cargo operations? You can just its very much more efficient in terms of
Silicon Valley garage start-up scene by reefer monitoring, thats simply due to the look on the internet or intranet and see if travel costs, and it actually accelerates the
company CEO, Nils Aden. fact that reefers usually contain the most theyve put the gantries away or if theyre process of getting things done on board.
Its amazing to see how many ideas are valuable cargo, the most sensitive cargo, so still moving cargo. In all different kinds of Outside of these efforts to connect peo-
produced by people from different ranks thats something our liner customers are situations this is a small, but very prag- ple on board the ship with their colleagues
and different positions - how many bril- very much concerned about. matic helpful thing to do. on shore, E.R. Schiffahrt is also in the early
liant ideas there are, he explained. The third one is that weve tried to These are just two of the programmes to stages of testing automated remote moni-
Its a kind of crowdsourcing weve ini- optimise our internal processes by means be adopted from the Innovation Forum, toring systems on its Floating Lab, as
Mr Aden explains.
When we come to reefer monitoring, I
wont go into much detail here but we are
testing a system that allows a more digi-
tised monitoring of those temperatures in
the container, he said.
What happens today is that people
usually go from container to container to
container to check the temperature twice a
day, and that is not always pleasant in
heavy weather. So to have this as reliable
digital information seems not to be a big
step, but in parts of the shipping industry
it still is a fairly big step. Our tests have
also proven to work well on the Floating
Lab vessel.
In addition to the connected projects
already mentioned involving real time
information sharing, another system cur-
rently being tested is an app created by
E.R Schiffahrt in 2015, which aims to
streamline the reporting process for
superintendents.
We thought about why superintend-
ents needed to go on board and have to use
paper on all parts of the vessel to take
notes and take pictures, going to the next
one and doing another inspection, then
travelling home before going to the office
to write everything down. It takes a lot of
E.R. Tallinn, the Floating Lab time to get to the actual report of that
Digital Ship
fleet management system. or FuelSafe Light. KPIs so that they can monitor their ships
So before the superintendent has actu- Both of these deliver slightly different under E.R. Schiffahrt management at any
ally left the vessel the report is already in amounts of data, for different cost struc- given time.
the office, and if required we can immedi- tures. Thats why we have two. But they all As we have very different kinds of
ately start to work on it. This is much more go to our database, and in the full version owners these dashboards can look quite
efficient than the old paper-style. we monitor up to 350 different items, hun- different, said Mr Aden.
dreds of times a day. Theyre being moni- There are owners who look more on
Big Data tored by the second but we collect them financial performance and the commercial
On a wider level, one of the drivers for the every five minutes as this is sufficient to side, or other owners who are more techni-
Innovation Forum and Floating Lab proj- spot fields of improvement in time, Mr cally oriented and want more KPIs from
ects is an appreciation at E.R. Schiffahrt Aden explained. the technical performance side. We also
that the onset of the Big Data era is likely to That goes into our database and per- have liner companies that have placed
happen sooner rather than later some- formance monitoring centre. You might their ship management with us and they
thing the company is looking to prepare see this kind of monitoring regularly with also have a different focus and set of
itself for through these programmes, and liner companies monitoring their bunker KPIs.
also through a change in mind-set away consumption closely, but we also want to With these and other future projects
from traditional processes. do the same as a manager because we across the Innovation Forum and Floating
Theres really Big Data, even Huge believe that we have to take care of our Lab, E.R. Schiffahrt isnt waiting for ship-
Data. To deal with that, theres only one customers valuable goods, such as ping technology to get to where it wants to
We have an excellent team ship and bunkers, proactively. be and is instead going out and making
way, and thats to really focus on those
shore and its a good idea to include the
aspects that you deem to be important and We use the system to support our things happen itself.
knowledge, experience and creativity of
significant,said Mr Aden. crews on board to deliver a perfect per- In terms of digitisation in general ship-
your staff to develop the company further
Nils Aden, E.R. Schiffahrt In Mr Adens mind there are two ways formance to our customers. This is a sys- ping is mostly lagging behind other indus-
to approach this. One is to analyse all the tem also linked to the superintendents so tries, said Mr Aden.
inspection, so we thought that this could data available and try to learn something they can also see how they are performing, I believe that shipping has been too
be done more efficiently, said Mr Aden. new that you didnt know before, while the maybe if someone is having too many aux- conservative with regard to new ideas and
They all have smartphones in their other is to define a particular set of ques- iliaries running, for example. All different new developments, particularly compared
hands anyway, so we created an app tions or requirements and see what the kinds of items can be monitored, and to other industries. I believe theres a big
where the inspection is being done with data can tell you about those issues. whenever there is something outside of an gap just take the airline industry or the
the smartphone, so they can open a new While the Floating Lab focuses on spe- acceptable range, we can pick up the automotive industry.
report, take pictures immediately and put cific technologies or projects that have phone to the chief or master and assist to I think Big Data is already a big part of
them in the report, they can take all kinds been raised by the Innovation Forum, the change things. This helps a lot to really our life, we just need to make proper use of
of notes and have an already defined company is also more broadly using a improve the overall performance. it and focus on what we want to do with it.
action plan. It also gets signed on that vessel performance monitoring system to Something else developed recently by We need to find ways to practically use it
smartphone, like when you receive a pack- collect large amounts of data from its the company to aid in data management and actually gain a practical advantage out
age from the postman and sign for it. After ships with the aim of spotting trends and and interpretation is the Owners Deck, of it so we can add value to our customers.
signing the report cant be changed any- developing KPIs for operational efficient- a dashboard configurable for each indi- Thats what we are doing, and will contin-
more, its uploaded and it ends up in our ly. This comes in two versions FuelSafe vidual owner which provides real time ue to do for the future. DS
GC Rieber to roll out NAVTOR services across its fleet Thome Ship Management
agrees IT maintenance
www.navtor.com The agreement covers the delivery of all NAVTORs NavBox units, which connect
digital and paper charts and publications, with ECDIS equipment and automatically
deal for vessel fleet
Shipping company GC Rieber has signed a provided on a Pay As You Sail (PAYS) download navigational data without navi-
fleet-wide agreement with NAVTOR for basis, alongside other products and servic- gators having to check for updates. www.radioholland.com
the supply of navigation services, data and es including weather and route optimisa- GC Rieber operates a fleet of nine ves-
publications, spanning both paper and tion, and the NavTracker navigational sels, and the installation of all products Thome Ship Management and Radio
digital deliveries, across its seismic and management system. and services is expected to be completed Holland Singapore have concluded a
offshore ships. Also part of the roll-out will be by the end of 2016. Service Rate Agreement (SRA) covering
As a shipowner and operator we the service and maintenance of the navi-
are focused on maximising both efficien- gation and communication systems on
cy and the quality of our operations board Thomes entire fleet of more than
something that all our customers and 200 vessels.
stakeholders benefit from. The NAVTOR Headquartered in Singapore, Thome
solution fits perfectly within that frame- Ship Management already has an existing
work, uniting all vessels with a single relationship with Radio Holland which
solution that pays real dividends, said has now been expanded to include the
Geir Rasmussen, marine superintendent, SRA.
GC Rieber. Under the deal a Single Point of
NAVTOR is established, stable and Contact (SPoC) is established to manage
high quality in its deliverables, so we feel everything from annual radio surveys to
confident consolidating all our naviga- servicing bridge equipment, to the deliv-
tion needs with them. Whats more the ery of spare parts and on-the-spot trou-
team is innovative constantly striving bleshooting.
for new solutions and the means to deliv- Radio Holland has a large global net-
er added value. work and enjoys a good reputation. We
This continual process of improvement need a reliable partner we can call on to
is important to us and we look forward to support our worldwide activities of our
benefiting from, and contributing to, their entire fleet, said Ryan Dalgado, procure-
The GC Rieber offshore construction vessel Polar Queen further e-navigation developments. ment and supply chain manager at Thome
Ship Management.
LR to partner with new Singapore Hatteland Display It is also convenient for us to have a
local contact in Singapore, where we know
technology centre acquires GuardREC the people and they help us wherever our
vessels are in the world.
www.hatteland-display.com
www.lr.org of simulating complex and extreme
sea states at water depths of up to Maritime display and computer company
Lloyds Register (LR) and the new 3,000 metres. Hatteland Display, a subsidiary of the
Technology Centre for Offshore and The facility will also be investing in Norautron Group, has entered into an
Marine Singapore (TCOMS) have high performance computing, artificial agreement to buy 100 per cent of
agreed to work together in the joint intelligence, machine learning, big data GuardREC, a software company that
development of technology and infra- analytics and Cloud computing technolo- develops recorder systems for Air Traffic
structure for future marine and offshore gies to support research into marine and Control and financial institutions.
systems, as well as in areas like digital offshore operations. GuardREC software is used to manage
and data innovation, and research on By partnering with TCOMS, its compliance recording systems, combining
robotic autonomous systems in the clients and industry partners, LR aims to recording of mobile, fixed and VoIP
marine environment. create new applications for digital and telephones.
TCOMS is being set up to offer a data technologies and create a communi- GuardREC AS will be a very valuable
platform for industry and technology ty of new skills to enhance our develop- contribution to Hatteland Display's
partners from Singapore and around ment capabilities, said Simon Reeve, VP growth and development going forward,
the world to connect and collaborate technology and innovation at Lloyds said Trond Johannessen, CEO of
through physical and digital Register. Hatteland Display.
modelling of marine and offshore The partnership between TCOMS The combination of GuardREC's posi-
assets. The Centre will house one of and LR will focus on the development of tion in attractive market segments and
the largest ocean basin test facilities future systems that are safe, reliable and first class software competence constitute (l-r) Irene Yoong, Radio Holland, and Ryan
Dalgado, Thome Ship Management
in the world, which will be capable sustainable. an excellent match with our strategy.
Digital Ship
ECDIS Ltd reports that it has extended New simulator
its course portfolio to include a new one
day type specific training course for the opened in Liverpool
JRC 9201 ECDIS system. www.merseymaritime.co.uk
Alphatron Marine has announced
the opening of a new office and ware- UK Shipping Minister John Hayes was
house space, located in Zwijndrecht in among the guests at the official opening of a
Belgium. Customers in Belgium and new Maritime Bridge and Engine Simulator
France will be served from this new loca- training facility in Liverpool, as part of a
tion, with the previous office in Meerdonk maritime graduate talent programme that
now closed. Alphatron has also opened an has been developed in partnership with
office in Le Havre in order to serve the UK industry body Mersey Maritime.
south Europe region. The Maritime Bridge and Engine
Kongsberg has formally opened Simulator is located on the Byrom Street
its first office and warehouse facility Campus at Liverpool John Moores
in the Republic of South Africa. Located University (LJMU), which is also home to
in Cape Towns airport zone, Kongsberg the Manufacturing Technology Centre
Maritime South Africa has been (MTC), part of the UKs High Value
established to better serve customers Manufacturing Catapult, and the Building
located in, or visiting ports across the Research Establishment (BRE).
country and throughout the Sub-Saharan The simulator will form a key part of the
region. Paul stergaard, DMS executive chairman graduate training scheme that will offer
DYNAMARINes Emission sponsorship placement opportunities to ten
Monitoring system, for use in compliance ments, has been certified by emissions with Petey Rozands taking up manage- local companies operating in the maritime
with EU Monitoring Reporting and verification company Verifavia against ment of sales and new business activity sector. The programme is an extension of the
Verification (MRV) regulation require- the requirements of the EU MRV for North America and the surrounding three-year Memorandum of Understanding
Regulation (2015/757) in terms of process region. The New Orleans hub has been (MoU) signed in 2015 between Mersey
and functionality. operational since 2012 when it was Maritime and LJMU to provide direct access
www.ecdis.org Datema has been appointed as a dis- acquired by the company. between the university and maritime sec-
www.jrc.com tributor by BigOceanData. The inte- Digital Marine Solutions AS tor employers, and to identify skills gaps.
www.alphatronmarine.com grated Datema BOD MyFleet system will (DMS), the parent company of C-Map, It is by bringing together academics
www.kongsberg.com have the ability to combine multiple data has appointed former ShipServ CEO and industry through this programme,
www.dynamarine.com sources into one platform, using an opti- Paul stergaard as its new executive and using cutting edge simulation tech-
www.datema.nl mised mix of satellite and terrestrial AIS chairman. In his new position, Mr nology, that well be able to successfully
www.bigoceandata.nl and integrated C-Map maritime charts stergaard will work alongside the DMS train up the next generation of mariners,
www.nautisk.com with Google Maps. board of directors and the C-Map leader- and ensure the UKs maritime industry
www.c-map.com Nautisk has appointed a new region- ship team to develop and implement the remains world-leading for many years to
al sales manager for its New Orleans hub, companys strategic plan. come, said Mr Hayes, at the launch.
Ilshin Shipping Company is adding an LNG fuelled bulk carrier to its existing fleet
Concept to Delivery
Unmistakeable appeal and coherent operation
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Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research agreed a separate deal to supply its first
Centre of Finland are among them, having automatic crossing system to Norwegian
announced a strategic partnership focusing ferry company Fjord1, an early step
on the design, testing and validation of first towards the companys goal of creating
generation remote and autonomous ships, fully autonomous vessels.
with the eventual aim of making such ves- The system, the first of its kind, will
sels a commercial reality. control two new double-ended battery
Rolls-Royce is already heavily involved ferries as they cross between Anda and
in the development of autonomous ships Lote on the 1,330 km long E39 which A Fjord1 ferry will be equipped with an automatic crossing system
and believes a remote controlled ship will connects communities along the west coast
be in commercial use by the end of the of Norway. take place at the Tersan Shipyard in in real-world representative sea trials. This
decade. VTT works in ship simulation and The Captain will supervise the automat- Turkey, with the vessels due for delivery will include demonstration of autonomous
will offer expertise in the development and ic system and intervene using traditional in 2017 before commencing operations on control of a USV for Mine Counter
management of safety-critical and complex manoeuvring systems if needed. 1 January 2018. Measure (MCM) operations and the devel-
systems in demanding environments, such For the first delivery, the Captain will opment of broader USV applications along
as nuclear safety. manoeuvre the ferry manually the last few MAXCMAS with navigational support for larger con-
VTTs work combines physical tests metres to the dock. The next iteration of this Like its UK neighbours Rolls-Royce, ventional vessels.
such as model and tank testing, with digi- product will extend the system to allow Lloyds Register (LR) is also getting An interesting feature of the trial will
tal technologies, such as data analytics and automatic berthing, which Rolls-Royce says involved in unmanned ship system devel- be the use of networked bridge simulators
computer visualisation, as well as the use it is looking to test in the near future. opment, having joined the MAXCMAS as a test environment. These simulators,
of field research to incorporate human fac- If the Captain is not, for some reason, project, a GBP1.27 million collaborative ordinarily applied to mariner training,
tors into safe ship design. able to take manual control, the system research initiative that aims to investigate, will be used to iterate development based
In addition, VTT has experience of stops the vessel at a safe distance from the develop and implement real-time collision on human reactions by the crew and
working with 5G mobile phone technology quayside and keeps it safely positioned avoidance algorithms for autonomous real-world difficulties such as degraded
and Wi-Fi mesh networks as a result of automatically until further action can maritime vessels. sensors.
working with the Finnish telecommunica- be taken. The MAXCMAS (Machine executable Lloyds Registers main contribution is
tions sector, giving it access to the first 5G The Automatic Crossing System has collision regulations for Marine a number of safety assurance activities,
test network in Finland. been developed with the companys Ship Autonomous systems) project, which will including providing software assurance
Rolls-Royce says that the partnership Intelligence programme and will help the be completed in 2017, also includes Rolls advice. The activities are aimed at identify-
will allow it to assess the performance of customer meet their contractual need to Royce as project lead, as well as Atlas ing the challenges and solutions to assuring
remote and autonomous designs through ensure predictable energy consumption Elektronik UK, Queens University Belfast the safe implementation of the COLREGs
the use of both traditional model tank tests optimised for varying environmental con- and Southampton Solent Universitys principles and reducing the risk of operat-
and digital simulation, allowing the com- ditions, said Jann Peter Strand, Rolls- Warsash Maritime Academy. ing autonomous vessels, said Jesus
pany to develop functional, safe and reli- Royce, product manager, automatic & MAXCMAS aims to develop COLREGs Mediavilla Varas, strategic research lab lead
able prototypes. control marine. (International Regulations for Preventing specialist and LRs lead on the project.
Remotely operated ships are a key It is a step on the road to realising Collisions at Sea 1972) compliant collision The maritime industry is moving
development project for Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royces goal of remote and avoidance navigation for autonomous towards smarter and more autonomous
Marine, and VTT is a reliable and innova- autonomous vessels. ships and other Unmanned Surface Vessels vessels, and involvement in research proj-
tive partner for the development of a smart The Automatic Crossing System can be (USVs), which will be a fundamental com- ects like MAXCMAS allows us to better
ship concept, said Karno Tenovuo, vice installed as an add-on to any standard ponent of any move to introduce wide- understand the technological risks and
president ship intelligence, Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce azimuthing thruster, mean- scale use of unmanned vehicles at sea. control measures associated with greater
This collaboration is a natural continu- ing it can be retrofitted to existing fleets The project also hopes to carry out com- autonomy and to be equipped to provide
ation of the earlier User Experience for of ferries. prehensive machine execution of the assurance to our clients when the technol-
Complex systems (UXUS) project, where Construction of the Anda and Lote will COLREGs and demonstrate these in part ogy is ready.
LR is also contributing to the distribu-
tion of the project results and the investi-
gation of the business case for commercial
autonomous ships.
Hrnn development
Another UK company involved in this bur-
geoning sector is Automated Ships Ltd (an
M Subs Ltd subsidiary), which has signed
a Memorandum of Understanding with
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime to build the
world's first unmanned and fully-automat-
ed vessel for offshore operations.
In January 2017, Automated Ships Ltd
will contract for the construction of the
Hrnn, which will be designed and built
in Norway in cooperation with
Kongsberg. Sea trials will take place in
Rolls-Royce expects to see remote commercial ships in operation by the end of the decade Norways newly designated automated
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