Future of Shipping

Tallink, TalTech partner to develop smart ship solutions

Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp and the TalTech Estonian Maritime Academy started a scientific collaboration with the aim of developing smart ship solutions, for the next two years, according to Tallink’s press release. Both parties agreed on the 100.000 euros cooperation and started to work on a variety of solutions concerning Tallink’s vessels.

The collaboration mainly focuses on developing the ‘Smart Car Deck‘ solutions, which would be aligned with the Smart Port solutions already in...

https://safety4sea.com/tallink-taltech-partner-to-develop-smart-ship-solutions/

Zeaborn, BlocBox collaborate on blockchain project for maritime safety

Zeaborn Ship Management, Singapore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BlocBox, the developer of a blockchain protocol to collaborate on a blockchain based project to ensure the safety of ships at sea. The company has planned to build an immutable distributed ledger with blockchain technology to solve the challenges of retrieval of black box data, transparency, predictions and ownership in the maritime and aviation industry.

The MoU was signed between Mr. Saurish Nandi, Co-Founder &...

https://safety4sea.com/zeaborn-blocbox-collaborate-on-blockchain-project-for-maritime-safety/

Port of Hamburg is prepared for Brexit

The port of Hamburg is prepared for a United Kingdom exit from the European Union, even should Brexit occur without any deal with the EU. For the time being, the rejection of an exit deal by the British House of Commons, on January 17, has no further repercussions on preparations in Hamburg for Brexit.

Specifically, according to the port’s statement as port of Hamburg has a long economic relation with the UK, it is of a big importance for the former to arrange its product transmit with Great...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-hamburg-is-prepared-for-brexit/

Drop the pilot: shipping gets smarter on data-enabled vessel operations

Shipowners want practical applications to implement the smart opportunities of today that build foundational capabilities for autonomy in future, writes Derek Novak, Vice President, Technology, ABS.

There is little doubt that we are in the age of smart shipping: the technology and data infrastructure that can enable real-time health monitoring and performance optimization are already here.

Source: ABS Guidance Notes on SMART Function Implementation

Real-time monitoring techniques, data analytics...

https://safety4sea.com/drop-the-pilot-shipping-gets-smarter-on-data-enabled-vessel-operations/

Propulsion Analytics: Unlocking the benefits of ‘Digital Twin’ concept for shipping

While the voting procedure for the 2019 SMART4SEA Awards is open, Mr. Andreas Simeonidis, Marketing & Business Development Manager at Propulsion Analytics talks about their initiatives for which the company has been shortlisted in the ‘Energy Efficiency’ category alongside other distinguished nominees. One remarkable initiative is the development of the “Digital Twin” concept for shipping which requires the combination of core marine engineering, naval architecture principles, human expertise &...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-propulsion-analytics-unlocking-the-benefits-of-digital-twin-concept-for-shipping/

Smart Green Shipping Alliance: Unlocking the benefits of renewable propulsion

While the voting procedure for the 2019 SMART4SEA Awards is open, Mrs. Diane Gilpin, Found & CEO of Smart Green Shipping Alliance, explains how renewable energy can break into shipping’s mainstream and improve energy efficiency. The organization, which advocates for a switch to 100% renewable propulsion as quickly as possible, has been nominated in the ‘Energy Efficiency’ Category among other distinguished nominees for its pioneering work toward that end. As explained, Smart Green Shipping...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-smart-green-shipping-alliance-unlocking-the-benefits-of-renewable-propulsion/

Shipping industry ready to move away from tradition?

– Well over the half of the participants (64%) in SAFETY4SEA poll concerning shipping industry’s transition from the traditional operational model to a modernized one reply that industry is ready for to move away from tradition

 – Only 36% believe that the industry should not switch to a different operating model

SAFETY4SEA poll’s purpose was formed under the hypothesis that there is need to accelerate not only the transition to news technologies, but also the transition to a different mindset...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-industry-ready-to-move-away-from-tradition-safety4sea-poll-finds/

Gender equality taskforce to redress the balance 

Although seafaring is a fantastic career opportunity for both males and females, little effort has been made to provide practical steps and help increase the number of women seafarers. In response to the emerging need for women diversity in the industry, Maritime UK established a Women in Maritime Taskforce to address fairness, equality and inclusion within maritime earlier this year.

Women in Maritime Taskforce: An Overview

January 2018: 

The Women in Maritime Taskforce established. The...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-gender-equality-taskforce-to-redress-the-balance/

Safety I vs Safety II: An overview

The traditional thinking about safety has reached some notable landmarks, but the constantly renewed list of unexpected incidents at sea comes to underline a need for a change in safety perception, unveiling there could be more than the traditional ways of ‘doing safety’.

A 2013 white paper by Professors Erik Hollnagel, Robert L Wears and Jeffrey Braithwaite came to redefine the way we see safety with the introduction of a new definition at the scope: The ‘Safety II’ concept argues that we...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-safety-i-vs-safety-ii-an-overview/

Entering an era of change and opportunity

While speaking at the last SAFETY4SEA Conference in Athens, Mrs. Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder/Executive Director of NAMEPA, emphasized sustainability as an opportunity of success and change for the shipping industry. Never before the recorded history has so much change and disruption occurring at such an accelerated pace, she argued, providing several examples of how many changes the industry has seen over the recent years, and how the industry can benefit.

We are experiencing an age of...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-entering-an-era-of-change-and-opportunity/

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