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Fleet Xpress boosted IN THIS ISSUE by summer deals satcoms Cyber Security – a practical With full global commercial service introduction having only come online in the approach – 24 second quarter of 2016, Inmarsat’s new Fleet Xpress service has received Opportunities and challenges in a major boost through the announcement of two new contracts and, more maritime satcom – 26 significantly, major sales commitments from some of its main VSAT rivals The silver anniversary of maritime VSAT – 28 nmarsat has announced that it has signed up two new cus- Round Table IItomers for its Fleet Xpress (FX) Discussion – service during summer 2016, shortly after securing commitments from Ku- The future of band service providers Marlink and maritime IT – 32 SpeedCast to bring some 4,000 ships on to the Ka-band system over the next five years and prior to a further software deal with Navarino promising to add a further 1,200 ships on FX. BASS for 52 Anthony Inmarsat partner JSAT MOBILE Veder and Golar LNG Communications has signed an agree- vessels – 47 ment with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) to introduce Fleet Xpress across the The Aquamarine Ace, one of the MOL vessels soon to be fitted with Fleet Xpress Hyundai and Accenture launch majority of its car carrier fleet, while Alaskan Leader Fisheries has also ‘smart ship’ platform – 52 signed up for the service via Network between ship and shore that delivers Network Innovations (NI) and its Innovations, another reseller. Both an unprecedented scale of redundan- partner Fusion Marine Technology Big Data and maritime deals were announced between the cy and seamless service virtually reported that they had signed a con- safety – 54 start of June and end of July. everywhere on the planet,” said tract with Alaskan Leader Fisheries to MOL, already an existing Inmarsat Gerbrand Schalkwijk, chief sales offi- install Fleet Xpress for its fleet of customer, says it will use the connec- cer, Inmarsat Maritime. ships operating in the Bering Sea. electronics and tivity service to pursue ‘smarter and “Fleet Xpress is the first global Alaskan Leader Fisheries is an greener shipping’ operations, with maritime high-speed broadband Alaska-based commercial fishing navigation MOL ships to be linked with landside service from a single network opera- company, which will use the new sat- offices via VPN. tor. High-speed, ultra-reliable con- com system to provide shore based Robot crew begins work on The roll-out of Fleet Xpress on nectivity will transform the maritime sales teams with up to date informa- Costa Diadema – 58 board the MOL fleet will coincide industry by putting big data at the tion on catch qualities and weights, with planned vessel drydockings, heart of operating decisions and cost- while also sharing and recording geo- MTCAS – ship traffic with the owner’s car carriers selected controlled connectivity in the hands graphical catch areas for more target- for the first installations. of seafarers.” ed sustainable fishing methods. control – 71 “Owners have been eagerly await- The deal with MOL followed The service will also be used to ing fully integrated connectivity shortly after Global Xpress reseller support the company’s crew welfare Maritime IT at SMM – preview – 73 continued on page 2

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continued from page 1 initiatives via access to the internet for sea- only became globally commercially avail- strength to strength over the past few farers on long voyages. able in the second quarter of 2016, with years,” said Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of The install was led by Fusion Marine Marlink’s and SpeedCast’s own Ku-band SpeedCast. Technology and includes a Cobham VSAT products among the most significant “Both companies are committing to Vol 17 No 1 100GX 1-metre VSAT antenna, which is competitors for the Inmarsat package in each other with an objective to grow the deployed with a FleetBroadband antenna the maritime market. maritime VSAT market to the next level. It Digital Ship Limited and below deck unit to operate the Fleet “Although Fleet Xpress was only confirms SpeedCast’s status as a leading 1st Floor, 30 Warner Street Xpress service. launched in March, it has been enthusiasti- global player in the maritime sector, and London EC1R 5EX “Fleet Xpress is a game changer for cally welcomed by the maritime market. we are fully committed to continue invest- satellite communications at sea. The new This success serves to highlight the growth ing and executing on our growth strategy U.K. service opens up a new level of connectivi- potential of the Global Xpress network that in this exciting market.” www.thedigitalship.com ty for fisheries to take advantage of real- powers Fleet Xpress and reinforces our The agreement with Navarino is per- time communication back to shore, to position in maritime,” said Rupert Pearce, haps less of a shock, given that Inmarsat PUBLISHER enhance operational performance, max- CEO, Inmarsat. owns a significant portion of the company Stuart Fryer imise catch potential and start selling even With these new ‘strategic alliances’, and Navarino was already selling before they have completed their journey Inmarsat has managed to create greater XpressLink, Inmarsat’s Ku-band service EDITOR back to shore,” said Mr Schalkwijk. incentives for Marlink and SpeedCast that has been in place since its acquisition Rob O'Dwyer: Tel: +44 (0)20 8144 6737 “Through our partnership with NI, we (existing Fleet Xpress resellers prior to this of Ship Equip in 2011. Nevertheless, the email: [email protected] are excited that Alaskan Leader Fisheries announcement) to proactively sell the Ka- scale of the 1,200 ship commitment will no will be using Fleet Xpress in such hostile band service into the market, as opposed to doubt be welcomed by the FX operator. CONFERENCE PRODUCER waters and to continue to drive innovation the previous commission-based structure “Extending our strategic alliance with Cathy Hodge: Tel +44 (0) 20 7253 2700 in sustainable fishing with highly targeted which meant that Fleet Xpress was consid- Inmarsat to bring Fleet Xpress to our port- email: [email protected] fishing methods.” erably less profitable to sell than Ku-band folio represents a natural progression in a ADVERTISING services for both Marlink and SpeedCast. cooperation positioning Navarino at the Ria Kontogeorgou: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3401 5,000-plus new vessel “We’re delighted to add Fleet Xpress cutting edge of maritime satellite commu- email: [email protected] commitments into our broad service portfolio,” said Erik nications,” said Dimitris Tsikopoulos, CEO These Fleet Xpress contracts are not includ- Ceuppens, CEO, Marlink. of Navarino. EXHIBITION SALES ed in the new ‘strategic alliances’ “Fleet Xpress augments our ability to “Both companies are committed to Young Suk Park: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3409 announced by Marlink and SpeedCast in cater for the continuing growth of mar- growing maritime broadband for diverse email: [email protected] June 2016, under which both satcom serv- itime broadband with a unique strategy customer requirements, and to the invest- ice providers have committed to each that integrates communication services ments and support needed to nurture this PRODUCTION introducing approximately 2,000 vessels to and digital solutions for diverse customer exciting market.” Vivian Chee: Tel: +44 (0)20 8995 5540 email: [email protected] Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress service over a five- requirements.” In its half year 2016 financial results year period – a total of some 4,000 new Inmarsat’s deal with SpeedCast con- released at the beginning of August EVENTS MANAGER ships for the Ka-band VSAT service. tains an additional reference to the posi- Inmarsat reported an installed VSAT cus- Jo McGhee: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 3412 In August the scope of FX commitments tioning of FleetBroadband as the “back-up tomer base approaching 2,800 ships. With email: [email protected] was extended further when Navarino, itself of choice” for SpeedCast’s other maritime all of those migrated to FX, and if Marlink, partly owned by Inmarsat, entered into a VSAT services in Ku-band, as well as an SpeedCast and Navarino come through on MARKETING new agreement to integrate Fleet Xpress option for Inmarsat to utilise SpeedCast’s their stated commitments (something Diana Engelbrecht: Tel: +44 (0)20 8144 7432 into its existing service portfolio, with a Ku-band network to service its existing which will very much remain to be seen email: [email protected] commitment to bring more than 1,200 ves- XpressLink customers. and highly dependent on the confidential sels on to the service over a six-year period. “This new strategic partnership with terms of the contracts) that would total DIGITAL SHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS €180 per year for 10 issues These new deals should mean a signifi- Inmarsat is the logical expansion of our some 8,000 ships – a massive number in the DS contact [email protected], cant boost for the Ka-band product, which cooperation, which has been going from world of maritime VSAT. or phone Stephan Venter on: +44 (0)20 7017 3407 Oceaneering extends Harris CapRock deal Free Olympics 2016 DIGITAL SHIP DURING SMM coverage from SMSGlobal Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, www.harriscaprock.com The agreement also includes services to Hamburg be provided on board Oceaneering’s multi- www.smsglobal.net 8 September 2016 Oceaneering has extended its contract with service support vessel currently under con- Harris CapRock Communications for com- struction, to be named the Ocean Evolution. SMSGlobal reports that it has finished pro- CIO FORUM ROTTERDAM munications services onboard “Harris CapRock not only configured a viding daily coverage of the 2016 Rio Hilton Rotterdam, Rotterdam Oceaneering’s operated fleet of vessels, the network design which addresses our Olympics free of charge to customers of its 29 September 2016 companies report. bandwidth flexibility needs across our CrewCommCenter satellite communica- Harris CapRock will deploy voice and fleet, but also simplified pricing for us with tions software. CIO FORUM SINGAPORE data services over its new uncontended one global rate,” said Mark Stevens, direc- During the Games SMSGlobal offered Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Time Divisional Multiple Access (TDMA) tor of communications - global data solu- a news roundup with competition Singapore network under the updated deal. tions, Oceaneering. reports, tables and results through its 13 October 2016 CrewCommCenter Announcements feature. The company already ran a similar Printed by free service for the UEFA Euro 2016 foot- The Manson Group Ltd ball championships. Reynolds House, 8 Porters' Wood “We are proud to provide free coverage Valley Road Industrial Estate St Albans, Hertz AL3 6PZ, U.K. of these major sporting events as a part of the CrewCommCenter service," said No part of this publication may be repro- SMSGlobal's managing director, Jan duced or stored in any form by any Andre Heggem. mechanical, electronic, photocopying, “The CrewCommCenter has earned recording or other means without the widespread praise from operators who are prior written consent of the publisher. Whilst the information and articles in dedicated to enabling seafarers to commu- Digital Ship are published in good faith nicate on board in the same manner as they and every effort is made to check accura- do ashore, but within the framework and cy, readers should verify facts and state- allowances set forth by the ship owner. It's ments direct with official sources before addressing both the needs of the crew mem- acting on them as the publisher can bers and the management preferences for accept no responsibility in this respect. simplified administration and cost control.” Any opinions expressed in this maga- Approximately 316 fleets and 3,350 ves- zine should not be construed as those The newbuild Ocean Evolution will have Harris CapRock sels world-wide are equipped with the of the publisher. communications services deployed after delivery software, the company says.

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SpeedCast has completed the previ- Remote monitoring for China Navigation fleet ously announced acquisition of ST Teleport, in accordance with the terms www.radioholland.com include remote monitoring and diagnos- build the four vessels, with Radio Holland of the Share Purchase Agreement signed tics. This is a next step in the long relation- contracted to equip the vessels with on 12 November 2015. The acquisition, The China Navigation Company (CNCo) ship between CNCo and Radio Holland,” NavCom equipment. The first two vessels which was subject to Singapore regulatory has agreed a maintenance and remote said David Watts, Radio Holland commer- were scheduled for delivery in August approval, was completed on 1 July 2016 monitoring contract with Radio Holland cial director Asia. 2016 and December 2016, and the follow- for an initial consideration of SGD18.5 mil- covering 35 vessels. “We know the vessels very well and ing two in 2017. lion in cash. Radio Holland already provides this, in turn, means it is much easier to pre- In 2015, ALP also took over six tradi- KVH has CNCo’s newbuild, multipurpose vessels dict possible issues at an early stage. tional-style tugs (200-300 tonnes bollard made Brent and bulk carriers with navigation and Together we can build a cohesive, full life- pull) from Harms Offshore. The six tugs, as Bruun the compa- communication packages, with the latest time service history.” well as the four newbuild vessels, are all ny’s new chief agreement extending the relationship to “By getting the correct information via a covered by the Managed Service operating officer include maintenance of this equipment on remote connection, Radio Holland can pre- Agreement with Radio Holland. (COO). Mr Bruun board the vessels. pare better, analyse the situation accurately “Our ships sail all over the world. We moves from his need a good, reliable partner for our existing role as NavCom equipment to help us serve our executive vice customers in the oil & gas industry,” said president of ALP chief operating officer, Leo Leusink. mobile broad- Brent Bruun, KVH “We chose this contract because we are band into the active in tramping. Our ships go every- newly created where; we never know exactly which ports position, where he will assume direct they will call at. As a result, we need a high responsibility for KVH’s corporate devel- level of support and maintenance and opment, as well as operational responsi- global coverage. We believe Radio Holland bility for mobile communications prod- can provide that.” ucts and services for maritime and Norwegian marine geophysical compa- land markets. ny PGS meanwhile has also extended its Inmarsat has received type approval non-exclusive service agreement with from the Government of the Radio Holland for navigation and commu- People's Republic of China for its nication services onboard nine seismic ves- IsatPhone 2 technology, making it the only sels in its global fleet. international operator legally eligible to Radio Holland Norway has already sell handheld satellite phones in the coun- worked with two PGS vessels, Ramform MV Shansi will benefit from remote monitoring under the new deal try. Inmarsat will work with local channel Atlas and Ramform Titan, under a previ- partners MCN Beijing (MCN) and China ous service agreement for several years. Telecom Satellite (CTS) to service the This deal comes on the back of a suc- and this will lead to highest ‘first time right Under the new four-year deal Radio Chinese market. cessful remote monitoring pilot project, percentages’. We can offer technical advice Holland will service all nine vessels in the which will now see Radio Holland intro- and prevent potential unnecessary calls to fleet under a Preventive Maintenance duce similar technology throughout vessels. Remote monitoring enables us to Contract (PMA). CNCo’s fleet. make a proper diagnosis of the problem.” The PMA covers overhauls, mainte- “The maintenance agreement with In related news, Radio Holland also nance, detailed technical reporting and Radio Holland has been designed to dove- reports that it has been awarded a 10-ves- advice based on reports gathered from the tail with the end of the warranty period for sel Managed Service Agreement (MSA) onboard navigation and communication our newbuildings and is a continuation of from ALP Maritime Services BV, part of equipment. It also includes mandatory the excellent cooperation that we have the Teekay Offshore group, to support the GMDSS surveys for the safety equipment built up over the last few years,” said navigation and communications systems (Radio, EPIRB and AIS). Martin Cresswell, fleet director, CNCo. on board its ships, and another similar deal “We are pleased that PGS has trusted us “The agreement incorporates remote for offshore company PGS. with a dedicated service agreement, and monitoring, which we believe will signifi- Established in January 2010, ALP focus- we are proud to work closely with such a cantly reduce out of service periods, es on ocean towing, offshore positioning professional and safety-minded client,” increasing operational safety.” and mooring of floating platforms, heavy said Eirik Røyter, commercial manager of The IsatPhone 2 The 24/7 Remote Monitoring services transport and salvage operations. Radio Holland Norway. offered through the Managed Service Together with Ulstein Design, in “The vessels owned and operated by Agreement will aim to cut on board mainte- September 2011 the company started PGS are state-of-the-art and vessel avail- NSSLGlobal has announced the nance time and reduce the number of regu- designing the ‘ALP Future Class’ – anchor ability is of the essence. By improving the opening of a new office in Cape Town, latory and mandatory equipment surveys handling and tugboats with a bollard pull reliability of onboard equipment South Africa, in response to increased required by testing equipment remotely. of around 300 tonnes and Dynamic unplanned maintenance and unexpected business growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in “The vessels are placed under a Positioning capabilities. costs will be reduced. At Radio Holland recent years. Heading up the new office is Managed Service Agreement for an unlim- In February 2014, with the help of its we aim to offer PGS complete peace of head of sales and business development - ited period. These MSAs cover all service new owners Teekay, ALP awarded Niigata mind, knowing that we will take care of all Africa, Steve Tunks, who has been with aspects of the vessel’s equipment and Shipbuilding and Repair a contract to mandatory NavCom requirements.” the company for more than 10 years and worked developing business in the region for the last two years. iDirect adds Irish Innovation Centre Ken Champagne has been appointed as Intellian’s new senior director, www.idirect.net erty (IP) from locally-based Altobridge. their unique set of skills to help solve high- Americas sales, overseeing Intellian’s sales The IP acquired from Altobridge ly critical challenges. And as the demand activities in the Americas. Mr Champagne Satellite communications technology com- focused on 2G and 3G solutions for cellular for satellite continues to accelerate around has previously worked with companies pany VT iDirect has announced that it backhaul, which has today been integrated the globe, the continued expansion of engi- including Datacom, Stratos, is to establish a new Engineering and into existing iDirect systems that enable neering resources will be required in order CapRock, RigNet and Tampnet Innovation Centre in Killarney, in south- cellular backhaul for VSAT providers. to further its development,” said Mary before joining the antenna manufacturer. west Ireland. The new engineering roles that will be Cotton, CEO, iDirect. VT iDirect already has existing technolo- created at the Innovation Centre will focus “At iDirect, we are always looking for www.inmarsat.com gy development centres located in Canada, on software, firmware, hardware, radio exceptional engineering talent, and we are www.kvh.com Singapore, the UK and the US, and will be frequency and systems engineering tech- thrilled to be opening a new Engineering www.speedcast.com expanding its existing presence in Ireland nologies, the company said. and Innovation Centre right in the heart of www.intelliantech.com which was established following the com- “Satellite connectivity requires some of Ireland, a country that is rich in talented, www.nsslglobal.com pany’s 2014 acquisition of intellectual prop- the best engineers in the world lending highly skilled technical engineers.”

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Passenger vessel bandwidth boost KT launches 200km maritime GSM network and IoT safety gear www.marlink.com thousands of guests, wherever they are cruising.” www.kt.com tem uses horizontal distributed antennas Marlink reports that it has extended the These services for MSC will also incor- to extend the reach of the company’s LTE bandwidth and connectivity options avail- porate high-throughput capacity on the Korean telecoms company KT has Time Advance network from a base station able to both MSC Cruises and Stena Line, new Intelsat EpicNG satellites, with the announced the launch of an extended on land far beyond that possible using tra- covering a total of more than 35 existing MSC Divina the first to access the Epic net- GSM LTE network that can extend 200km ditional systems. ships among the two operators as well as work as of the end of May. from shore, in comparison with the 50km KT says it has already conducted tests further newbuilds. Marlink will use wide beam C- and Ku- coverage more common today, which it of the system which have included a suc- MSC Cruises’ fleet will now operate band satellite solutions from nine Intelsat intends to use to power a new range of cessful OTHAD LTE video call with a with multi-band VSAT services from satellites initially, as well as Ku-band high maritime safety equipment connected to Marine Research Centre on Korea’s Jeju Marlink, providing dynamic bandwidth throughput spot beams from Intelsat 29e, the Internet of Things (IoT). island, at a distance of 185km. allocation that can accommodate seasonal the first of the Epic fleet, and Intelsat 33e, The new OTHAD (Over The Horizon In conjunction with the introduction of fluctuations on board its 12 existing ships, once it enters service in the second half of Antenna Distribution) GSM antenna sys- this network KT will also be launching a as well as connecting its next-generation the year. range of IoT-connected vessels currently under construction, Marlink will also utilise the IntelsatOne life jackets, which will be including MSC Meraviglia and MSC terrestrial network, specifically teleports able to automatically Seaside. located in Georgia and California in the transmit data for use by The deal includes a dedicated ‘cloud of US, as well as Germany and South Korea. search and rescue teams bandwidth of several hundred megabits Stena Line meanwhile has more than when the jacket comes per second’ that will be exclusively avail- tripled the bandwidth available within its into contact with water. able to MSC Cruises, from which all of the own fleet-wide Closed User Group (CUG) KT is working with company’s ships will be allocated VSAT service, which is also integrated Korean clothing manufac- resources depending on current specific with shore-based GSM 3G/4G services turer Kolon Industries on requirements. and in-port Wi-Fi networks. the new life jackets, which “We are constantly seeking new ways to By combining VSAT, GSM and Wi-Fi, will automatically inflate innovate and enhance guest experience Marlink says that it will enable hundreds when changes are record- aboard what is already the most modern of separate high-speed Wi-Fi connections ed in the attached water fleet at sea,” said Gianni Onorato, MSC for users on board Stena Line’s pressure sensor, and Cruises’ CEO. 25-ship fleet. Oh Sung-Mok, vice president of KT’s network division, begin to send information “Working with Marlink, we are rolling Before this upgrade, the CUG was unveils KT’s ‘smart’ life jackets, which will be able about the wearer to emer- out state-of-the-art technology to allow based on a bandwidth allocation model, to transmit data using IoT technologies gency services. them to stay connected whether they under which all 25 vessels in the fleet are looking to share experiences and could access connectivity on a shared memorable moments, stay in touch with basis, but this has now been adapted to Infinity passes 4,000 mark friends and family, need to stay on top of give Stena Line direct access to more band- work e-mails, or simply catch up with width on diverse, integrated carriers. www.navarino.gr daily news.” The new dynamic service is designed The multi-band system combines capac- specifically for the fleet to make the best Navarino has announced that its Infinity ity on new Ku-band High Throughput use of its shared capacity pool – for exam- system has now shipped more than 4,000 Satellite (HTS) and traditional Ku-band ple, vessels within GSM coverage areas or units, with the system having launched widebeam satellites, with equipment to be accessing Wi-Fi while in port will require five years ago. upgraded to feature high throughput less from the VSAT CUG capacity, making The 4,000 units are all installed on mer- modems and a network configuration more satellite bandwidth available for chant marine vessels, with development designed to handle capacity from different other Stena Line vessels and passengers solely focused on that sector of the mar- satellite operators. at sea. itime market, the company said. “Connectivity is today one of the most “The passenger experience is a high pri- Infinity is available in three versions – important aspects of the cruise guest expe- ority for us when it comes to on board Standard, Infinity Plus and Infinity Cube. rience. In order to provide seamless global communication,” said Raimo Warkki, The Plus and the Cube offer all the access, with high availability for all users, commercials, ship communication and Standard functions, while the Plus adds together with MSC Cruises we are current- systems, Stena Line. remote access and virtualisation. The Cube ly deploying the most advanced cruise “This upgrade ensures that we better is in effect two nodes of the Plus system, to ship VSAT network seen to date,” said meet the fast-changing needs of ferry pas- create an active-active cluster environment Tore Morten Olsen, president maritime, sengers, who today expect a seamless, with redundancy between the twin nodes. Marlink. always available connection to the internet “The year 2016 is proving to be yet “MSC Cruises will be the first fleet-wide in addition to high quality, cost-effective another historic milestone for us, where VSAT network to dynamically integrate voice calling. Our new multi-band service we managed to set successful benchmarks ‘a cloud’ of satellite capacity, ensuring from Marlink allows us to deliver the expe- in all areas of our Infinity business,” said Infinity is focused specifically on the the availability of high bandwidth for rience our passengers want.” Konstantinos Katsoulis, Navarino com- merchant marine market mercial director. “We see to a greater and greater extent into a partnership with Navarino to create that shipping companies are choosing our a new platform for chart data delivery via Infinity virtualisation platforms, as they satellite, which would see Jeppesen lever- appreciate the value that virtualisation age the Infinity platform for chart delivery and full remote management of applica- and updating, in place of storage options tions onboard can bring.” like USB sticks and DVDs. “By focusing and by strategically devel- The new partners said that the deal is oping Infinity and its capabilities to suit the expected to be the first part of a long-term market needs which we encounter among collaboration between the companies. customers, we see that we are gaining sig- “Our partnership with Navarino will nificant sales momentum in the maritime help ship operators comply with the marketplace. Our development initiatives ECDIS mandate, which requires some drove our performance for the year and, 35,000 vessels to be equipped with up-to- moving forward, we fully intend to contin- date ENCs by 2018, and support them in ue to deliver on our strategy of delivering achieving the operating efficiency needed the most advanced, feature-rich applica- to create competitive edge,” said John Both MSC ships (left) and Stena Line vessels (right) will benefit from tions platform to the shipping industry.” Klippen, managing director of Jeppesen higher bandwidth availability following the new deals In related news, Jeppesen has entered Norway/Commercial Marine.

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GNS and Orange Hellenic Seaways fleet to install THOR7 Ka-band VSAT partner on combined VSAT and navigation www.telenorsat.com Hellenic Seaways, working with Telenor software packages Satellite partner Marel Electronics in Piraeus, Greece, has selected Telenor’s Ka- www.gnsworldwide.com band VSAT to provide connectivity services on board the entire Hellenic Seaways Global Navigation Solutions has announced ferry fleet. a tie-up with Orange Business Services to Hellenic Seaways, which operates offer combined packages which will include domestic ferry services throughout the VSAT services and GNS’ navigation soft- Greek islands on ships carrying up to 2,000 ware systems on a subscription basis. passengers, will now be able to offer Wi-Fi to Hellenic Seaways’ ships will use THOR7 to provide on board Wi-Fi This new service will feature tailored everyone on board using the VSAT system. packages that combine both VSAT and The shipping company was previously a European shipping lanes. Skytech is the latest antenna supplier to navigational information, with access to THOR 7 beta-test customer and has already “THOR 7 offers high-powered capacity receive approval for THOR 7 Ka-band unlimited data which the companies say been using the service on Nissos Mykonos. throughout the Mediterranean and is an services. The antenna – approximately will not be subject to fair use policies, Equipment is now being installed to ideal solution for ferries requiring reliable 75cm in diameter and weighing 35kg – is a meaning applications such as video mobilise the rest of the fleet, Telenor says. high speed regional connectivity,” said new product from Skytech, and has been streaming will be fully permitted across “We have successfully tested and moni- Julian Crudge, divisional director at optimised for maritime use with Telenor the network. tored THOR 7 Ka-band services on the Telenor Satellite. Satellite’s Ka-band spot beams. ferry Nissos Mykonos over the past six “We are delighted that Marel The BB75 Ka-band model can support up months,” said Kyriakos Alexopoulos, man- Electronics selected THOR 7 Ka-band serv- to 20Mbps of bandwidth, the company says. aging director of Marel Electronics. ices for their contract with Hellenic “Skytech is our latest antenna supplier “Its reliability and effectiveness is testa- Seaways and we look forward to continu- to offer a viable and high-performing ment to Hellenic Seaways now contracting ing to support our growing partnership antenna system, providing a good-quality to the commercial service and equipping with Marel.” service for maritime use,” said Mr Crudge. their entire fleet.” In related news, Telenor Satellite reports “The BB75 Ka-band antenna is a wel- THOR 7 is Telenor Satellite’s first that it has approved the BB75 Ka-band come addition to our ever-increasing list of Ka-band satellite, providing regional antenna, produced by Skytech, for maritime THOR 7-approved antennas, providing an coverage which includes the main users of the THOR 7 Ka-band payload. even wider choice for our customers.” Weather updates added as standard Nautilus launches Paul Stanley, CEO of GNS to KVH’s IP-MobileCast crew connectivity GNS’ Voyager on board navigation survey software will be optimised for use with the www.kvh.com ship data from our customers for perform- VSAT to streamline the transfer of data www.awt.com ance optimisation,” said Haydn Jones, www.nautilusint.org and improve the efficiency of digital navi- AWT’s CEO. gation. This will include processes such as KVH has announced that its content deliv- KVH’s IP-MobileCast multicast com- Maritime trade union Nautilus navigational data downloads, use of virtu- ery service IP-MobileCast will now include munications protocol, a technology International has launched a survey on al servers, remote diagnostics and on high-resolution updates from Applied launched by KVH in 2014, allows the com- crew connectivity, which it says will be board system security monitoring. Weather Technology (AWT) as a standard pany’s miniVSAT terminals to download used to help seafarers shape the way ship- The service will also make use of feature, meaning that subscribing vessels various types of operational data outside ping companies use technology on board Orange’s global Virtual Private Network will receive global weather data four times of the vessel’s own usage of the system, vessels. capabilities to allow shipping companies per day without incurring any data trans- delivering the data to the ship without In April this year, the union launched a to communicate securely between ship mission costs. charging for the satcom traffic. new campaign to encourage all ship own- and shore without touching the internet. This feature is now available to all KVH “We are thrilled to be working with ers to provide quality connectivity to crew Other security options are available within mini-VSAT Broadband customers who AWT to enable vessels to receive such on board ships, and this survey aims to the packages, including Unified Threat also are licensed users of AWT’s Bon high-quality weather information around provide information about the related Management to protect against cyber risk. Voyage System (BVS). To begin receiving the clock via our FORECASTlink channel,” issues that are most important to seafarers. “The switchover to digital navigation is the AWT weather updates, users need to said Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH’s “The first stage of our ‘Crew Comms’ now well under way and for much of the subscribe (at no monthly charge) to the CEO. campaign is to find out what seafarers maritime industry the need to access FORECASTlink channel of KVH’s IP- “Weather data gives vessel operators think about their current connection on affordable satellite communications is a MobileCast service. essential information for voyage planning board and in ports and what they want to priority,” said Paul Stanley, GNS CEO. “As a weather-based, ship routing and and route optimisation, critical to their bot- see in the future,” said Nautilus “We are delighted to work with vessel performance company, AWT is tom lines, especially during these challeng- International general secretary, Mark Orange, whose global infrastructure pro- excited by this opportunity. We can deliv- ing economic times. This is one more way Dickinson. vides both the worldwide coverage and er high-resolution weather data at every that our breakthrough IP-MobileCast serv- “Some of the questions have been asked the cyber-threat protection our customers six-hour forecast interval, while collecting ice is transforming the maritime industry.” before, but this will be the first time that need to support safe and secure digital they are all in the same place and the navigation. At the same time, we are results will allow Nautilus to monitor how pleased to support the drive for better con- the situation has changed in recent years.” nectivity for crews.” “It is vital that all members currently Packages for VSAT communications serving at sea take part in this survey, with navigation services will be available whether they believe they have excellent on an annual subscription, with leasing communications onboard or not, as good options for the hardware. practice and bad can all help to inform our “Communications combined with big campaign and provide stepping stones for data and cloud computing are true improvement to the lives of seafarers enablers to transform the shipping indus- onboard.” try, allowing companies to access much The survey will take about 10 minutes, richer data more quickly and make better and every person who completes it will be and more informed decisions” said Amr entered into a draw to win one of five Shaker, head of the satellite business unit tablet computers. and director international business devel- To complete the survey visit opment at Orange Business Services. FORECASTlink will update the weather information every six hours www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CrewComms

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SATCOMS SpeedCast VSAT for MMA Offshore and 150 Korean ships

www.speedcast.com is a great advantage to us as it can stream- augmented its network by agreeing new is now using to serve vessels operating off line our daily operations, improve safety service contracts with Telesat for addition- South America’s east coast and between SpeedCast reports that it has been awarded a and generate cost savings.” al Ku-band coverage over a number of South America and Africa. multi-year service agreement by MMA SpeedCast and Korean satellite service maritime routes. The contract additionally provides Offshore, one of the largest marine service provide KTsat meanwhile have reported The deal will leverage Telesat’s North SpeedCast with access to Telesat’s teleport providers in the Asia Pacific region, to pro- that they have been awarded a in Mount Jackson, Virginia, vide VSAT services to its global offshore ves- new contract to provide global which will allow SpeedCast sel fleet, while also agreeing a separate deal to Ku-band maritime communica- to have greater control over provide global Ku-band maritime communi- tions services to up to 150 vessels, its global capacity. cations services to up to 150 vessels in Korea. though the shipping companies “SpeedCast and Telesat MMA will have access to both Ku-band in question have not been named. have been working together and C-band connectivity on 35 different The service will be installed for more than 10 years to build satellite beams under its agreement, while on all of the contracted ships the global market for mobile it will also be provided with a range of over the course of the next 18 and fixed broadband and we additional value added services. months, the companies said. are excited to expand our ties Before agreeing this new deal, MMA “We are delighted to see the to Telesat once again with new says that it deployed a mixture of satellite growth of our partnership with capacity on the Telstar 12 communication services offered by various KTsat, servicing Korean shipping VANTAGE HTS satellite,” service providers. customers,” noted Piers said Moti Shulman, vice presi- “As our business and supporting tech- Cunningham, vice president, mar- MMA vessels will have access to both Ku-band and C-band VSAT. dent technology and network nology evolve there is an increasing need itime services, SpeedCast. Photo: MMA Offshore planning at SpeedCast. for high speed, stable and flexible commu- “Over the past six years, “Telesat’s innovative nication systems to facilitate business crit- SpeedCast has been providing South Atlantic spot beam and ical processes and applications, as well as KTsat customers with access to our global Atlantic Ocean Region coverage on Telstar Europe beam enable us to effectively man- satisfying our crew and customer require- satellite telecommunications service net- 14R and Telstar 11N, as well as HTS capac- age our capacity and provide better service ments,” said Jon Fowler, ICT general man- work, offering an uninterrupted satellite ity over the North Sea, the Mediterranean quality and coverage to our clients. We are ager, MMA. coverage along major maritime routes and and the Caribbean on Telesat’s new Telstar pleased to add multiple beams of Telstar “SpeedCast’s global presence can pro- offshore regions.” 12 VANTAGE satellite. 12 VANTAGE to our global coverage and vide us with best-in-class service and sup- While it won’t affect ships operating in Telstar 12 VANTAGE also has a South join hands with Telesat to grow in the port at all of our operating locations. This Korean waters, SpeedCast has recently Atlantic Ku-band beam which SpeedCast mobility market.” IMO and North P&I issue guidelines on cyber risk NSSLGlobal adds Norwegian partner www.imo.org shipowners are contained in a new loss er cyber security policy should now be a www.nepia.com prevention briefing entitled ‘Cyber Risks key feature of an owner’s risk manage- www.nsslglobal.com and Shipping’, which highlights the need ment programme.” www.fleetcom.no IMO and The North P&I Club in the UK for mitigation measures to be taken by North’s new briefing also includes have both issued their own sets of guide- shipowners against cyber-attacks. examples showing that GPS, ECDIS and NSSLGlobal and Norwegian satcom lines on Maritime Cyber Risk “When we talk of cyber risks we mean AIS are all vulnerable to hacking, meaning reseller FleetCom AS have formed a strate- Management, which are available free for any accident, incident, financial loss, busi- that ship and cargo operations can be dis- gic alliance that will see FleetCom selling download and contain a number of recom- ness disruption or reputational damage rupted without their owners, operators NSSLGlobal’s range of maritime VSAT mendations for shipping companies on which arises through the failure of elec- and even crew members being aware until solutions in Norway, alongside third party how to protect their technology assets tronic systems or through their manipula- it is too late. solutions such as Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress against digital disaster. tion. The risks of on-board electronic “Our new loss prevention briefing and Fleet One. “Risk management is fundamental to equipment failure are generally well therefore focuses on raising awareness of NSSLGlobal’s global VSAT network safe and secure shipping operations. Risk known in the shipping industry, but unau- the cyber threats of unauthorised access includes six teleports, 23 beams and 15 management has traditionally been thorised access or malicious attacks are rel- and malicious attack. It includes a summa- satellites, and the company aims to provide focused on operations in the physical atively new threats,” said North’s loss pre- ry of the shipping industry’s Guidelines on Norwegian maritime customers with spe- domain, but greater reliance on digi- Cyber Security onboard Ships, cialist applications such as satellite-based tisation, integration, automation and which was published by BIMCO vessel-monitoring systems (VMS), as well network-based systems has created in February this year,” said its Cruise Control (CC) LITE entry-level e- an increasing need for cyber risk deputy loss prevention director mail management solution, designed for management in the shipping indus- Colin Gillespie. small-regional and inter-regional vessels try,” IMO says, in the document. “This recommends a six-step with basic connectivity requirements. “Predicated on the goal of sup- cyber-security process: identify These will be in addition to its IP@SEA porting safe and secure shipping, threats, identify vulnerabilities, maritime VSAT service offering speeds of which is operationally resilient to assess risk exposure, develop up to 40 Mbps. cyber risks, these guidelines provide protection and detection meas- “This exciting partnership gifts recommendations that can be incor- ures, establish contingency plans Norwegian maritime customers the many porated into existing risk manage- and respond to cyber security benefits of FleetCom’s local market expertise, ment processes. In this regard, the incidents.” sales support and service, together with the guidelines are complementary to the “Though the risk of cata- global reach, technical support and off-the- safety and security management strophic incidents cannot be shelf or bespoke packages available through practices established by this ruled out, it is far more likely NSSLGlobal,” said Scott McBride, group dis- Organization.” that companies will be at risk tribution sales director, NSSLGlobal. The guidelines include an intro- from criminal activity such as “VSAT is widely appreciated as an effi- duction to the different elements of The need to protect against cyber risk is increasing, small-scale fraud, drug, ciency driver and source of cost savings cyber risk management, a list of says IMO and North P&I weapons, contraband and peo- for maritime companies. Through the part- potentially vulnerable systems, and ple trafficking, and cargo theft. nership with FleetCom we’re creating new information on where to look for best prac- vention director Tony Baker. As more and more potential cyber risks are opportunities for Norwegian customers to tice advice from other industry stakehold- “The rules generally require members identified, shipowners will be expected to control costs while expanding and con- ers. to show they have taken all reasonable operate sensible and properly managed tracting the amount of data used on board. To download the IMO document please measures to prevent losses and liabilities cyber risk procedures and systems in their This is an appealing proposition to ship- visit http://goo.gl/YrVfBE arising. Given the increasing use of tech- offices and on ships.” ping companies needing to extend their The North P&I Club’s advice on the nology on board and the potential impact The North P&I briefing can be down- corporate IT networks to their ships and growing range of cyber risks now facing of cyber risks on vessel operations, a prop- loaded from http://goo.gl/YkNAxn. better support crew welfare.”

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SATCOMS KeepUp@Sea to be rolled out on 110 CMA CGM vessels

www.marlink.com “Crew welfare is vital to the safe and www.palantir.no efficient operation of our vessels and we believe that the speed and reliability of Marlink reports that it has been contracted Sealink VSAT will help us to introduce a to implement the KeepUp@Sea IT opera- more effective service for internet access tional platform from fellow Norwegian and calling home,” said Capt Bernd company Palantir on 110 vessels for ship- Schlarmann, fleet manager ship manage- ping company CMA CGM. ment, Essberger. The contract is part of the recent renew- “With more bandwidth available global of CMA CGM’s Sealink connectivity ally, we will also be positioned to stream- services for the ships with Marlink, with line vessel and port operations, which will KeepUp@Sea to be used to standardise and directly benefit our customers, in terms of automate vessel IT management on the more efficient handling of their cargoes.” vessels. Marlink has recently expanded the KeepUp@Sea monitors hardware and capabilities of its Sealink VSAT service by software on board a ship and throughout a CMA CGM Bougainville, one of 110 vessels to be making global coverage available through fleet, allowing IT staff on shore to detect equipped with KeepUp@Sea. Photo: Plisson 60cm Ku-band antennas, as opposed to the and address issues remotely and in a 1m antennas previously required. proactive fashion, enabling network Global coverage on 60cm antennas can changes and maintenance, such as soft- can now support CMA CGM’s network Marlink, this time the Hamburg-headquar- be provided for guaranteed throughput of ware updates, to be performed from shore. security, efficiency and future growth tered John T. Essberger (JTE) Group, which up to 512 Kbps, the company says. The system is integrated with Marlink’s ambitions in an effective manner.” is to move its entire fleet to VSAT. “Marlink’s engineers have developed Sealink connectivity services on the ships, Tore Morten Olsen, president maritime The new technology which will act as an innovative approach together with our and displays an overview of all linked at Marlink, noted how the addition of the primary communication system on all satellite provider to offer the Sealink VSAT onboard operations via a dashboard at the KeepUp@Sea to the service renewal con- of the company’s 22 chemical tankers and service via 60 cm antennas, so we are able office for a complete fleet overview. tract with CMA CGM was a welcome nine dry cargo vessels. Installation is to deliver highly reliable connectivity on a “We have been working closely with endorsement of the success of the strategic expected to be completed by the end of this single global service,” said Mr Olsen. CMA CGM for over a year, and I am proud partnership his company has established year, with all ships to also be equipped “The world-wide coverage on compact, that all efforts made in tailoring our with Palantir. with Marlink’s XChange communications lighter antennas is a significant break- KeepUp@Sea framework to fit their “The partnership leverages the syner- management system. through in the market as it essentially requirements have been met,” said gies between maritime connectivity, IT Essberger will manage corporate and introduces a new user-base, including Palantir’s CEO, Arvid Dregelid. management and security for the benefit of crew usage of voice, VoIP, and data con- yachts and motorboats, fishing vessels, “The conclusion to deploy KeepUp@Sea users of our multi-band maritime commu- nectivity via XChange, and also utilise the smaller ships and workboats to the world on CMA CGM vessels is for us a major nication services, and the maritime indus- Universal Remote Access (URA) function of maritime VSAT and the operational achievement, and a confirmation of the try as a whole,” he said. for remote network access. All vessels will and financial benefits that fixed cost, high quality of the products and services deliv- The CMA CGM deal was followed be equipped with two voice lines and Wi- throughput communication services ered by Palantir. With KeepUp@Sea, we closely by another new contract for Fi access points for crew. enable.”

Inmarsat and iDirect form joint R&D team Second Intelsat Epic satellite readies for launch

www.inmarsat.com www.intelsat.com Mediterranean and Indian Ocean regions. www.idrect.net The new satellite will join Intelsat 29e, Intelsat reports that Intelsat 33e, the second which is already in service with coverage Inmarsat and VT iDirect, who have of its Intelsat EpicNG series of high over the Americas as well as shipping worked together over the past four years throughput satellites (HTS), has arrived routes in the North Atlantic between on the Global Xpress programme, have safely at the Guiana Space Center in Europe and the United States. announced the formation of a joint Kourou, French Guiana, where it will The extra capacity that will be added research & development (R&D) team undergo final preparations before its with Intelsat 33e has already been con- named ‘i2’ to support the development of scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket tracted by a number of maritime service next generation satellite communications on August 24, 2016 (at the time of going providers such as EMC, Harris CapRock technologies. to press). and Marlink. The R&D project team, which will be Manufactured by Boeing, Intelsat Following its launch the new satellite based at Inmarsat’s headquarters in 33e will extend Intelsat’s high throughput will be placed at the 60°E orbital location, London, will focus on the proof-of-concept capacity in both C- and Ku-band from where it will undergo in-orbit testing prior and prototype phases for new satcom tech- the Americas to include Europe, the to its expected in-service date at the end nologies. Inmarsat and iDirect will jointly Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, the of 2016. assess the commercial potential of each new technology before the decision is Michele Franci, CTO at Inmarsat taken to deploy it in the form of a new product or service. Among the first projects the team of satellite communications – particularly will address are the creation of new its growing integration with terrestrial systems to support the integration of networks. It makes complete sense to satcom and terrestrial networks, the combine our resources and capabilities in requirement for smaller, more powerful this way.“ satcom terminals, and the boosting of “This new R&D partnership with VT waveform performance. iDirect helps further to underpin “This is a highly practical relationship Inmarsat’s long-term technological with the objective to deliver a continual leadership. It is fully aligned with our flow of market-leading new technologies,” broader building block development said Michele Franci, Inmarsat’s chief tech- strategy, which includes the Inmarsat nology officer. Communications Evolution (ICE) initia- “Inmarsat and VT iDirect have been tive, a Public Private Partnership between close partners for many years. We share a Inmarsat and European Space Agency Intelsat 33e will significantly expand the company’s Epic coverage common vision of the future development (ESA).”

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SATCOMS

Three-antenna VSAT installation for Petronas FLNG vessel Cobham launches High Power VSAT antenna www.intelliantech.com www.cobham.com Intellian reports that it has completed a triple installation of 2.4m VSAT antennas Cobham SATCOM has developed a new for the next generation Petronas Floating version of its SAILOR 900 Ku-band VSAT Liquid Natural Gas (PFLNG) vessel Satu, antenna, which features an upgraded built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Block Up Converter (BUC) with the poten- Engineering in South Korea. tial to deliver higher uplink bandwidths Two v240 C-band VSAT systems man- than the company’s existing technology. aged by a Dual VSAT Mediator were pro- The 20W BUC in the new SAILOR 900 vided for enterprise data applications and VSAT High Power antenna has also been crew welfare, while live TV entertainment designed to operate in warm, humid cli- will also be available via a third 2.4m sys- mates without the need for air condition- tem providing simultaneous reception of ing systems in the antenna, despite the C- and Ku-band anywhere in the world. radiated power level increase from 8W to The dual band t240CK features 20W. Intellian’s WorldView LNB and Fiber Link Cobham says that all SAILOR Ku-Band optical IFL system, which delivers near VSAT antennas have been tested to work zero loss between above and below deck on HTS services, including Intelsat’s modules for cables up to 2km in length. EpicNG, and the new High Power version “It’s always especially exciting for us to has also been designed to allow conver- be associated with ground breaking proj- sion from Ku- to Ka-band operation on ects like this one,” said Eric Sung, The naming ceremony for the PFLNG Satu services like Inmarsat Fleet Xpress or Intellian’s president and CEO. THOR 7 from Telenor Satellite, should the “Every system on the PFLNG Satu is the “Market adoption of our 2.4 metre sys- while delivering greater performance and a end-user request it. most advanced technology of its kind. Our tems is steadily increasing for the same rea- truly outstanding user experience.” Specially developed SAILOR inclusion validates the continuing domi- sons why our 1-metre VSAT is now the most All of Intellian’s 2.4m systems pack in a Conversion Kits have been developed for nance of our 2.4m products in the high end widely deployed maritime VSAT in the single shipping container and arrive pre- existing SAILOR 900 users to upgrade maritime segments, such as Cruise and world. Customers value our focus on sim- configured for complete build, installation their system to the High Power version Offshore Energy.” plifying this somewhat complex technology and commissioning, the company says. with the new BUC, or from the High Power system to SAILOR 100 GX in Ka-band. Shell implements satellite tracking system

www.globalstar.com fencing is used to confirm that they are in satellite network. the right place. “Shell has very challenging asset man- Oil giant Shell has deployed a satellite-based To date, Shell has deployed 250 agement requirements as its equipment is asset management system from Globalstar SmartOne devices attached to a variety of used down wells and in environments in the Netherlands to manage its movable high value assets including pumps, tools, with high pressure and temperature,” said assets on land and at sea, providing a ‘track power supplies and generators, which Daan te Nuijl, managing director at and trace’ service to keep track of location may be on land, in containers, in transit or Improvement IT. and assist in managing certification. offshore. “We created a specialist solution for The Alltrack track and trace solution, Shell originally started by using 2D QR Shell and chose the Globalstar network and provided by Globalstar’s Dutch-based style codes to track down hole drilling technology for communications because of reseller Improvement-IT, incorporates QR tools for oil and gas platforms as they went their reliability, security, low cost and ease codes, Globalstar’s SmartOne satellite into and out of its warehouses. Then, in of doing business with the company.” asset manager and a cloud-based content 2015, Shell extended this facility to track- “The deployment has gone smoothly management system. ing assets being put into containers for and immediately started delivering bene- The increased power of the antenna should The system has been integrated with transport or storage, and tracking them by fits to Shell by cutting the time and cost allow for more bandwidth on the uplink, Shell’s internal mapping software to pre- GPS, communicating the containers’ status involved in finding assets and ensuring the from ship to shore cisely locate moving assets, while geo- back to headquarters using Globalstar’s correct certifications were in place.” MEOSAR knowledge portal launched Middle East service agreements for Elcome

www.mcmurdogroup.com potential benefits and its impact on www.elcome.com navigation and communication systems, existing SAR technologies, as well as its and also includes airtime provision for the McMurdo has launched a web-based role in SAR initiatives such as the Elcome International has announced the ships’ Inmarsat satellite terminals. MEOSAR Knowledge Centre, an informa- European Commission’s HELIOS project signing of fleet service agreements with two Elcome has recently opened new facili- tion portal for those wanting to learn more to develop next generation 406MHz major ship operators in the Middle East, ties in Egypt, Sri Lanka and Singapore, and about the MEOSAR (Medium Earth Orbit beacon solutions. covering navigation, communications and now has more than 200 factory-trained Search and Rescue) project, the next gener- When fully deployed in the next other on board electronic systems. service technicians and spares available at ation version of the Cospas-Sarsat interna- few years, MEOSAR will improve the Shore-based maintenance and service over 20 ports in the Middle East and South tional search and rescue (SAR) satellite existing SAR process by adding global will be provided for navigation, automa- Asia. The company currently performs system that has helped to save more than coverage, near-instantaneous distress tion and electrical systems for 45 crude more than 830 ship service calls per month. 40,000 lives since 1982. beacon detection and a Return Link and product tankers operated by a Dubai- “These two new fleet agreements are Distress beacon owners, government Service feature that acknowledges dis- based shipping company under a three- the latest in our rapidly growing ship serv- agencies, media groups and other SAR- tress signal receipt. year contract. The scope of work will ice and support business,” said Surjit related personnel globally will be able to MEOSAR’s new technologies, for exam- include periodic inspections, performance Singh, deputy general manager of cus- track the progress of MEOSAR’s deploy- ple, will be able to accurately detect and and health checks, routine overhauling tomer support at Elcome International. ment and better understand its functional- locate a distress beacon signal almost and repairs. “We are now firmly established as one of ity through the site’s informational and instantaneously instead of taking 45 min- In addition, Elcome has signed an annu- the largest marine service companies in the educational materials, the company says. utes or longer, as can be the case today. al maintenance agreement for navigation world. Our highly trained service engineers Visitors to the online portal can check The MEOSAR Knowledge Centre and communication systems for 20 ships consistently win high marks from cus- in on MEOSAR’s roll-out and deploy- can be accessed through the McMurdo operated by an Abu Dhabi-based shipping tomers for responsiveness, quality of work ment schedule status, the programme’s website. company. The contract covers the ships’ and industry-leading first-time fix rate.”

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SATCOMS GasLog to add telemedicine on 24 LNG carriers

www.setel-group.com according to all related standards, SetelHellas says. Liqueﬁed natural gas (LNG) carrier “We are delighted to have selected owner GasLog Ltd has decided to SetelHellas’ Maritime Telemedicine solu- equip its entire fleet of 24 vessels with tion which encompasses a set of high qual- the SetelHellas Maritime Telemedicine ity functions that are easy to use with min- Solution (MTS). imal or no training,” said Capt Bourekas MTS allows the crew on board a ship to Michael, manager at GasLog Ltd. have access to medical assistance at any “We view our crew’s health and safety time of day or night from specialist doc- as a top priority. Therefore by deploying tors on shore, allowing many services cur- SetelHellas’ MTS we provide them with rently available at a clinic or hospital to be onshore professional medical resources delivered on the vessel through use of with the appropriate diagnosis and treat- remote access to telemedicine equipment ment skills. This will result in the finest on board. patient treatment, in higher moral satisfac- All of the MedTech devices used as part tion and in making the crew feel safer on of the service are certified for medical use board the vessel.” The GasLog vessels will have direct access to shore based doctors using the system SES-9 enters commercial service Humboldt Ship Management opts www.ses.om In related news, SES has also recently for HubbaX for Chilean ships reached an agreement with the Singapore The new SES-9 satellite has successfully Economic Development Board (EDB), www.buzzmarine.co.uk said Steve Smith, managing director of completed testing and has now entered under which it will work with EDB’s Buzz Marine. commercial service, offering Ku-band Office for Space Technology and Industry Buzz Marine reports that it has delivered “With our powerful and robust marine capacity across Asia-Pacific from its orbital (OSTIn) to explore development in satellite approximately 40 of its HubbaX 4 Duo specific antennas we are able to provide position at around 108.2 degrees East. technologies. mobile broadband systems to Humboldt effective connection when the vessel is SES-9, built by Boeing Satellite Systems The two organisations will work with Ship Management in Santiago, Chile, for operating even up to 20 miles offshore International, is the largest SES satellite to Singapore research institutes and industry use on the UltraNav and UltraTug fleets of which encompasses a range of vessels from serve the Asia-Pacific region, with 57 high- partners in the design, prototyping and inshore vessels, tugs and pilot boats. ferries and tugs to coastal merchant ships.” power Ku-band transponders. production of technologies for mobility “Passing around the South The spacecraft was launched by a applications in various sectors, including American coast between mobile SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape maritime. providers is handled seamlessly by Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 4 Other potential areas of collaboration our duel SIM facility and for those March 2016. Since then, the satellite has include the development of software to vessels which operate beyond our used both its chemical and electric propul- manage next generation satellite networks, effective mobile access, the system sion systems to reach its assigned geosta- as well as components for Internet of can automatically flip to the ships’ tionary orbit. Things (IoT) applications. VSAT with our VSAT auto-switch “Equipped with dedicated mobility “Singapore has been home to SES in facility. We are looking forward to beams, (the new satellite is) well posi- Asia for the past 15 years and is an impor- working with Humboldt Ship tioned to serve the fast-growing maritime tant centre for our business,” said Deepak Management again in the near future and aeronautical sectors,” said Martin Mathur, senior vice president commer- with other vessels in their substantial Halliwell, chief technology officer, SES. cial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East The HubbaX 4 antenna and management fleet located in other “The improved performance of the at SES. below decks equipment parts of South America.” Falcon 9 launcher shortened the orbit rais- “The country has rapidly risen into a The HubbaX 4 Duo offers multi ing phase and, in combination with the use world-class R&D and innovation hub, and The HubbaX 4 Duo provides communi- frequency options to allow use in various of the highly efficient SES-9 electric in partnering with EDB and collaborating cations via GSM for vessels operating up to global regions, using a 9-40V DC power propulsion system, resulted in remaining with local industry and research partners, 20 miles offshore. supply or 110 – 240v AC with EU/US or fuel on board to support services well we are excited to play a role in further “Our HubbaX 4 Duo is now estab- UK style plug options. The MIMO high beyond its 15 years design life. I congratu- developing the emerging local space and lished as an effective alternative to VSAT gain antenna is multi directional to connect late the Boeing, SpaceX and SES teams, satellite sector and realising Singapore’s when operating within mobile access,” to the strongest signal available. who together have done an excellent job.” space aspirations.” PressReader becomes Inmarsat CAP

www.inmarsat.com bringing the app alongside our flat rate airtime packages will encourage our partners Inmarsat has announced a partnership to offer a digital news stand solution to with PressReader to bring its newspaper their customers. Wherever personnel are and magazine service to vessels at sea over based, from an oil rig in the sea to a mining the Inmarsat-4 network, the satellite infra- camp in a desert, customers can deploy an structure which powers the employee welfare solution in 60 languages FleetBroadband service. by choosing Inmarsat and PressReader.” The deal is part of Inmarsat’s CAP “Organisations can also distribute their (Certified Application Partner) operational documents to remote sites Programme, which aims to form partner- using PressReader, keeping their employ- ships with third-party companies to devel- ees up-to-date and in-line with regula- op applications and solutions that are com- tions. We’re excited to have partnered patible with Inmarsat’s satellite communi- with PressReader and we’re looking for- cations networks. ward to working together.” “One of the key objectives of Inmarsat’s PressReader’s range of over 5,000 publi- Certified Application Partner Programme cations in more than 60 languages already is to create value for every stakeholder,” has a global reach of more than 300 million said Nadeem Khan, head of applications readers, and is used by hotels, airlines, enablement, Inmarsat Enterprise. cruise liners and other organisations The satellite was launched by SpaceX in the US in March 2016 “Partnering with PressReader and across the world.

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SATCOMS GulfMark agrees seven-ship VSAT deal with EMC www.emcconnected.com sion-enhancing communications for the marine VSAT supplier,” said Mr Gillesen. and more. ships’ business and an unparalleled Quality “New features include our exclusive EMC says that the service will be EMC reports that it has taken orders to of Experience (QoE) for their crews. In addi- SpeedNet high-speed web browsing service, offered regionally and expanded over supply VSAT equipment and services for tion, our global service organisation pro- live TV programming delivered through the time, with additional live channels and seven platform supply vessels in the North vides rapid-response support 24/7 wherev- Ku-band network, video and entertainment other on-demand entertainment options Sea as part of a four-year fleet agreement er the ships are operating.” on demand and a powerful new account planned for later this year. with GulfMark in Norway. “We have been providing VSAT for management portal – all wrapped up in a A new back-end billing and account The scope of supply for each vessel GulfMark Norway for a number of years on competitively priced package.” management platform is additionally includes a 60-inch Ku-band stabilised anten- a ship-by-ship basis. This new fleet contract The SpeedNet technology aims to tackle being introduced, to allow crew and net- na and below-deck terminal interfaced with extends and expands that business relation- latency in web access at sea by using a pro- work admins to manage both voice and the ship’s network and third-party GSM ship. This important win is a testimony to prietary protocol to predictively fetch, data plans from a single portal and change voice system. EMC will also provide the our uncompromising commitment to deliv- compress and push multiple layers of web- the settings for different data allowances, satellite airtime for crew welfare and mis- ering value and providing unmatched cus- sites at once to local servers. It works in the credit limits and content filters as required. sion-critical voice and data communications. tomer support and service.” background on mobile and desktop Individual crewmembers can directly The installations will take place over the Headquartered in Houston, GulfMark browsers, to accelerate page load times, manage and top up their plans with pre- next 12 months as the vessels become Offshore, Inc. provides marine transporta- and will be built into all EMC ship installa- paid options, and can transfer funds to the available. tion services to the energy industry through tions as a standard feature. mobile accounts of friends and family at “GulfMark’s vessels operate in an a fleet of 72 offshore support vessels. EMC will also begin broadcasting live home on more than 400 carriers in more extremely demanding market segment with News of the deal comes just as EMC has TV programming from summer 2016, than 100 countries. rigorous requirements for uptime, connec- launched a new Ku-band VSAT package of using the same Ku-band network that “We believe our patented innovations tivity, bandwidth, data throughput and connectivity and content for ships at sea, delivers its voice and data services over a like SpeedNet, our new services like Ku- content,” said Gilles Gillesen, president of optimised for the high-throughput satellite single satellite antenna on board. band live TV and our global network infra- EMC’s commercial marine business unit. (HTS) networks that are currently being The first two live TV channels to be structure will put us in a good position to “Our global fully-meshed network of deployed by various satellite operators. offered are BBC News and Sport 24. The take full advantage of the HTS payloads as overlapping Ku-band satellite footprints “Designed with crew welfare as a top Sport 24 channel features live coverage of the new satellites come into service this with automatic beam switching ensures priority, the new EMC VSAT platform Barclays Premier League, UEFA, Formula year, allowing us to bring land-like com- continuous uninterrupted connectivity. Our offers a combination of services and capa- 1 racing, PGA, NBA, NHL, Euroleague munication, internet and entertainment to unique patented technologies provide mis- bilities never before available from a single Basketball, Wimbledon, U.S. Open Tennis ships at sea,” said Mr Gillesen. Marlink releases second generation XChange Crew news system launched by Marpoint

www.marlink.com logue telephony, where required. www.marpoint.gr ny news or training articles for the crew. In related news, Marlink has also All stories can be viewed offline on the Marlink reports that the second generation launched a new location-based tracking Marpoint has added a new crew welfare vessel’s internal network by the crew using of its XChange communications manage- device called Smalltrack, which operates system with the launch of Evo News, a their own devices (laptop, smartphone, ment hardware is now available. on the Iridium satellite network and can be customised RSS package that delivers crew PC etc.). The new hardware has been developed used without connecting to external power compressed news articles to vessels at sea. Marpoint says that Evo News can trans- based on the experiences of operating and or antenna sources. Evo News allows a shipping company mit more than 150 complete articles (with managing XChange since its initial launch Smalltrack can operate on a single to create a customised newsfeed based on pictures) or more than 1000 articles (text five years ago, the company said, and will charge for a minimum of one week using its crew requirements which can be made only) to a vessel with a single megabyte. support a range of new features as the embedded battery and antennas, with the available worldwide. XChange services and firmware are updat- ability to use external power and antennas Compressed news and ed over time. if required. It includes manual rescue but- articles can be sent on a Two new hardware options will be tons, automatic alarms based on embedded daily basis, from different made available. The ‘XChange Base’ will shock sensors and geo-fencing functions. countries in different lan- replace the existing XChange Rough box, The unit is linked to a web-based moni- guages (based on crew while the ‘XChange Power’ will replace toring and management platform designed nationality). The user can the former XChange Rack Mount. to assist in configuration of the units for the select exactly which RSS Available from August 2016, the tracking of different classes of assets. newsfeeds they want to XChange Base is a desk or rack-mountable “Smalltrack enhances Marlink’s portfolio distribute, from any coun- unit with enhanced speed and capacity of proprietary tracking and safety solutions, try or category and with compared with its predecessor, and a which also includes Iritrack, our established or without pictures, and reduced number of components for tracking system with embedded voice and can also use the system to increased reliability. SMS in a single device. It allows us to distribute custom compa- Evo News promises up to 1000 news stories per megabyte The XChange Power is already avail- address new market segments with a lighter able, with a much larger hard disk (up to and smaller device where voice and SMS are 1TB) than the former XChange rack mount, not absolute requirements,” said Danny which Marlink says is more suitable for use Côté, president enterprise, Marlink. ESA launches satellite IoT tender with Big Data applications. The unit offers The device is rated IP 67 for dust and improved capacity, speed and perform- water protection and features two manual www.esa.int Raspberry PI and Arduino), Software ance, and can also optionally support ana- configurable SOS buttons. Defined Radio (like HackRF, GNU Radio, The European Space Agency (ESA) is mak- URSP, and LimeSDR), as well as open ing an Invitation to Tender for its ARTES source FPGA programming boards. Advanced Technology project, which aims A number of such products or concepts to drive prototyping of low data rate satel- are already used within various ARTES lite communications concepts that would projects and some have even been placed be suitable for M2M and IoT applications. into orbit, the Agency notes. ESA says the funding will target sectors “This is a very innovative community, that do not normally work on satellite com- but one not yet active in the satcoms mar- munications, namely the manufacturer ket,” said ESA's Frank Zeppenfeldt. communities throughout Europe which “We would like to engage with it and focus on, among other things, consumer-ori- help it develop innovative satcoms solu- ented terrestrial communications projects. tions. Through this tender, we'd like to see In particular the Agency has referenced a kind of makerspace for the satcoms com- groups of the sort that have developed munity emerge.” hardware products and concepts based on The Invitation to Tender closes on Two new XChange hardware units will replace their predecessors small embedded systems (such as 5 September 2016.

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www.martek-marine.com the other end of the telemedicine system is www.classnk.or.jp The Industry Standard (The SCF second-to-none, and they can be reached at Industry Standard (IS) and SCF Martek Marine has launched a new any time of day, anywhere in the world, ClassNK has established a new digital Supplementary Guidance (SG)) was devel- telemedicine system called iVital, which for a comprehensive preliminary diagnosis archive centre for the maritime industry oped by a cross-industry group including will be made available to ships with no captains can trust.” called ClassNK Archive Center (NKAC), the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan capital outlay on a monthly subscription “The significant number of unnecessary to house Ship Construction Files in accor- (SAJ) and other organisations such as basis. diversions that can now be avoided every dance with IMO’s Goal-based ship con- CANSI, CESA, KOSHIPA, SCA, ICS, Ships can use the service to call on advice year will save the shipping industry an struction standards (GBS) and the Industry INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, BIMCO, and get preliminary diagnoses from on- estimated $168 million. We hope that by Standard, which came into effect from OCIMF and IACS. shore registered UK clinicians, using Skype offering the iVital telemedicine system on from 1 July 2016. It provides industry guidance relevant to allow the doctor to monitor the patient’s a pay-monthly, no capital outlay package, The GBS are broad safety and environ- to new shipbuildings, substantial repairs, vital signs and deliver a diagnosis. we can encourage ship operators to mental standards that ships are required to conversions and major modifications to The iVital system requires a satellite or improve their crew welfare and slash meet during their operational lifetime. The the structure of bulk carriers and oil on-board Wi-Fi connection in order for the diversion costs and help the global ship- new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-10 has now tankers, and was noted at the 96th session Skype call and health monitoring to work, ping industry to improve its approach to made GBS applicable to bulk carriers and of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee and a minimum term contract is required healthcare.” oil tankers of 150m in length and above for (MSC 96) held in May 2016. for installation. The telemedicine system includes heart which the building contract was placed on ClassNK has worked with tech giant “We're so excited to deliver this system and glucose monitors, blood pressure or after the July deadline. IBM in the development of NKAC, which to the marine industry. Previous telehealth equipment, a thermometer and pulse The new regulation requires that a Ship it says is the industry’s first onshore digital systems have been incredibly costly, elimi- oximeter, all linked to an iVital tablet Construction File (SCF) be provided upon archive centre to fully comply with IMO nating them as an option for many ship designed with Level 1 NHS document delivery of a new ship and kept on board GBS and the Industry Standard. operators. With iVital, the pay-monthly set encoding alongside an N3 encrypted data the ship and/or ashore. The SCF provides NKAC will function as the third-party up allows any vessel to have the system storage network for patient confidentiality. ship information related to design and keeper of the ‘SCF Supplement Ashore’ in on-board and ready to use without a huge If a patient is found to require hospital- construction that is needed to ensure the digital format, while also keeping a full capital outlay,” said Paul Luen, CEO of isation, the service will help vessels to safety of the ship throughout its opera- digital copy of the ‘SCF Onboard’ for back- Martek Marine. coordinate a medevac or arrange further tional life. up purposes. It can also be used as an “The quality of clinicians available at healthcare at any port. Certain documents within the SCF are information storage and management plat- recognised as being highly sensitive intel- form for other ship drawings. lectual property and are permitted to be The Cloud-based system includes an kept onshore. ClassNK’s archive centre can intrusion prevention system as well as be used to securely store these documents. remote data protection, ClassNK says. Fleet One goes Global

www.inmarsat.cm suited for a subscription package. The Fleet One Global service includes Inmarsat has launched Fleet One Global, pre- and post- paid options and monthly an extension of its existing Fleet One serv- reviews for upgrade/downgrade. ice designed to offer basic voice and data Commitment periods are negotiable, connectivity to low-end users in the mar- Inmarsat says, while the service can even itime market. be deactivated at no extra cost. The service offers 100kbps voice and Voice calls, IP connectivity and stan- data at one global rate, running on dard 160 character SMS e-mail messaging Inmarsat’s L-band satellite network. for crew are available over the various “Fleet One Global offers voice, data antenna and below-deck units built by services and uninterrupted access to the Inmarsat’s manufacturing partners, each internet, all based on user need and at per- of which weighs no more than 2.8kg. formance levels that are consistent across “All segments of commercial shipping The system includes a range of health monitoring devices linked to a tablet all regions,” said Shane Rossbacher, vice deserve the consistency that Inmarsat has president of product management, been delivering through maritime-specific Inmarsat Maritime. services for over three decades,” said Mr “It brings a unified offer and cost trans- Rossbacher. parency to sections of the shipping market, “We continue to invest in the future of including deep sea fishing, river-sea ships, connectivity at sea, and Fleet One Global OCTOBER 2016 offshore support vessels, coasters and fer- brings the Inmarsat standard of reliability, Issue: Fleet management software in high bandwidth environments | ries that have been at the mercy of hidden safety and security to a vital maritime con- Satcom market share analysis | eCommerce and vessel logistics roaming and usage costs.” stituency.” Extra Distribution: Maritime CIO Forum Singapore 13 October The service is being aimed at users that The Fleet One Global service will be Copy Deadline: 19th September may only require satellite communications offered alongside the Fleet One Coastal access seasonally or for occasional voy- service, which will continue to be offered NOVEMBER 2016 ages, or only when they sail out of VHF or and is aimed at the regional and low-end Issue: Iridium Certus launch | Bandwidth optimisation systems GSM coverage, and as such are not best fishing market. | Onboard media and TV at sea Extra Distribution: DS Athens 9-10 November Maritime CIO Forum Bergen 23 November Copy Deadline: 17th October DECEMBER 2016 Issue: GMDSS review at IMO | Extending mobile networks to sea | Radar technology and situational awareness Copy Deadline: 21st November

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mid the rash of acquisitions the leading worldwide servicing company Based in the UK, the Leonardo- “For us it means growing organically AAreported during the summer of which will be the partner of choice to Finmeccanica Marine Electronics business and via acquisitions. We will build strate- 2016 that are likely to impact the enable the digital transformation of all our unit has its origins in the founding of gic partnerships, innovate with start-up maritime IT community, the most cash rich maritime clients.” the Marconi International Maritime companies and continuously recruit deal to close was the purchase of O3b Net- Communication company, set up by new people to strengthen our digital works by satellite operator SES, a supplier SpeedCast and WINS Guglielmo Marconi in 1900. More recently, expertise. Digitalisation offers significant to a number of major VSAT providers to Another new maritime satcom marriage in 2002 the unit was incorporated into growth potential for our customers and the shipping market. came to light shortly after the announce- Selex Communications (now another for Wärtsilä.” SES’ offer to acquire all the shares of ment of the Marlink and Telemar deal, Leonardo-Finmeccanica company). O3b was completed on 1 August 2016, with SpeedCast confirming its acquisition The former Leonardo-Finmeccanica DMS and Jeppesen after the company reached agreement with of WINS Limited (WINS), a Europe-based marine business has 14 offices in major June 2016 also saw the completion of the shareholders and gained the necessary reg- provider of satellite communications and British ports and a network of over 60 sup- Digital Marine Solutions (DMS) deal to ulatory approvals. IT systems for the maritime sector and part port technicians. Its client base includes acquire the marine division of Jeppesen, The satellite operator agreed to pay of the Eutelsat Group. more than 2,000 companies generating a a Boeing company, first announced US$730 million to directly increase its own- SpeedCast will acquire Eutelsat’s 70 per turnover of about £12 million, a significant in March. ership of O3b from 49.1 per cent to 100 per cent stake in WINS for a consideration portion of which is derived from non-UK Digital Marine Solutions is owned by cent, using proceeds from the company’s based on a total enterprise value of approx- customers. the Altor 2003 Fund. Under the terms of recent equity raising to finance the deal. imately €60 million. The newly combined company follow- the agreement the Jeppesen Marine and O3b’s expected annualised revenues per WINS provides services to some 100 ing the acquisition expects to generate a C-MAP portfolio will continue to operate satellite range between US$32 million and passenger carrying vessels, such as cruise turnover of approximately €30 million, as a separate entity under the C-MAP US$36 million. SES says it expects to gen- liners and ferries, as well as approximately SIRM says, through the supply of brand name with its own dedicated erate an additional €53 million of annual 2,000 merchant ships, from its portfolio of equipment for navigation, security and resources and management team led by synergies in 2017, increasing to €106 mil- VSAT, L-band, international maritime broadband satellite services to the mar- CEO Egil Aarstad. lion annually by 2021. GSM and accounting authority services. itime market. “The completion of this deal is good SES also aims to consolidate US$1.2 bil- “We are very pleased to welcome WINS “We are particularly pleased to have news for C-MAP, our customers, our staff lion of O3b debt and aims to restructure it to our family,” said SpeedCast CEO, finalised the acquisition of the business and the marine industry,” said Mr Aarstad. to reduce annual costs. Pierre-Jean Beylier. unit from Leonardo,” said Luca De Cesare, “Our wide variety of customers will see “Moving to 100 per cent of O3b will be “This acquisition is further affirmation CEO of SIRM. continuity in supply and improvements in highly accretive for SES, both from a strate- of SpeedCast’s growth strategies, and is a “The integration of these activities with- the standards of excellence delivered by C- gic and economic standpoint. In addition to significant milestone for us. WINS brings a in SIRM will allow us to quickly enter into a MAP, and enjoy continued access to an exceeding SES’s investment hurdle rates, strong local presence in Germany, a major strategic market such as the UK market and enhanced range of high-quality electronic full consolidation accelerates the delivery maritime market, as well as expertise in the to plan the subsequent expansion into other navigational charts, information solutions of important transformational and combi- cruise industry in Europe, a fast growing European and non-European markets.” and added value support.” national synergies that are only possible user of satellite communications.” “This operation is fully embedded in the with 100 per cent ownership,” said Karim “Together, we are well poised to guidelines of our business plan, with the ChartCo and Kelvin Michel Sabbagh, president and CEO of SES. expand our network to support the grow- growth option for acquisition of its consoli- Hughes ing demand of VSAT services in the mar- dated companies in specific markets and The final deal involves an investment pack- Marlink and Telemar itime sector.” supply capability integrated into that of age which will see ChartCo leave the Staying in the satellite space, Marlink has In announcing the deal SpeedCast also SIRM, making it even more distinctive.” Kelvin Hughes Group, following an injec- also announced a deal to take over the busi- confirmed the signing of a contract to pro- tion of what it describes as “significant” ness of maritime satcom provider Telemar vide Ku-band VSAT to 50 vessels in part- Wärtsilä and Eniram new funding from Equistone Partners Group, with Marlink owner Apax Partners nership with WIN subsidiary DH-INTER- Our next deal is an all-Finnish affair, with Europe to drive the continued growth of its signing a definitive agreement to acquire COM, based in Germany. Wärtsilä at the end of June announcing a ship-board data platform PassageManager. the company from its current shareholders. DH-INTERCOM will leverage €43 million deal to acquire Eniram, a tech- ChartCo currently provides data to The newly combined group will gener- SpeedCast’s satellite infrastructure to pro- nology company providing energy man- approximately 12,000 commercial vessels ate US$450 million in revenues with more vide connectivity to the unnamed cus- agement and analytics systems for the globally for navigation, voyage planning than 800 employees worldwide, with tomer, which will be used to offer crew marine industry. and other operations. The PassageManager Marlink claiming that it will now serve at access to internet services, as well as pro- Wärtsilä says that the acquisition of software system is used on 7,000 of least one third of all vessels operating viding remote monitoring and operations Eniram will enable the company to grow these ships. globally. applications. its digital offering and in-house capabili- “ChartCo has achieved significant Earlier this year, Apax Partners complet- “Our customer is looking for network ties, specifically in data analytics, model- growth in recent years as the market leader ed the acquisition of Marlink, with whom connections with higher speed to run more ling and performance optimisation. in commercial marine navigation and com- Telemar already had an existing reseller applications and provide better data servic- Eniram’s products range from single pliance solutions. We are immensely proud relationship for maritime satcom products. es to their crew on 50 vessels. SpeedCast’s onboard applications for trim, speed and of what we have achieved and are tremen- “After more than two decades of close outstanding global network will deliver the engine optimisation to wider scale fleet dously excited about having Equistone’s cooperation and successful partnership, performance and reliability we need to analysis. The company’s systems are support to further develop the business to it’s a natural next step that Telemar and support our customer,” said David installed on approximately 270 vessels, realise its full potential,” said Martin Marlink are coming together,” said Erik Bunting, director of operations at WINS. and it recorded €10 million in turnover Taylor, managing director of ChartCo. Ceuppens, CEO of Marlink. in 2015. “Commercial shipping is currently “Leveraging our two well-established SIRM and Leonardo- Eniram is headquartered in Helsinki, going through considerable change and we brands, Marlink and Telemar will create the Finmeccanica Finland and has subsidiaries in the UK, the are working with our customers to increase world’s leading maritime communications, Società Italiana Radio Marittima (SIRM), a USA, Germany and Singapore, with 89 their efficiency at a time when they are digital solutions and servicing company.” provider of navigation and communica- employees worldwide. Ownership of the being mandated to use digital navigation.” The final closing of the transaction is tions systems to the maritime market, has company will be transferred to Wärtsilä “The technical and commercial barriers subject to customary regulatory approvals completed a partial acquisition of its own, with immediate effect. to satellite communication are significant- and is expected to take place within the having agreed to purchase the marine elec- “Through this acquisition Wärtsilä ly reducing and this allows ChartCo to next few months. tronics business unit from Italian industri- takes a solid lead in marine digitalisation. provide innovative services which reduce “The satellite communications industry al multinational Leonardo-Finmeccanica. Going digital plays a strong role in our costs, increase efficiency and simplify is undergoing profound changes,“ said The deal is part of a three year invest- strategy and supports our aim to make compliance with ever growing maritime Bertrand Pivin, partner at Apax Partners. ment plan to develop SIRM’s international both Wärtsilä and our customers more regulations. This investment from “Together with our satellite network market base through the integration of competitive,” said Jaakko Eskola, presi- Equistone will really allow us to push the operator partners, we are en route to create new high-tech products and services. dent and CEO, Wärtsilä Corporation. barriers of change.” DS

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ow does a fine of 4 per cent of rev- sidering the safety consequences of a ves- HHenue (yes, revenue) sound, for not sel’s or shipping company’s IT systems adhering to new EU data regula- falling under the control of criminals. It tions? What about losing literally millions could even be viewed that the threat of of dollars in a single targeted cyber-heist? cyber-crime is slowing adoption of con- Or having your whole network locked temporary technologies that could make down with no hope of access to data or shipping safer and more effective as a communications until you pay a ransom, whole. For instance, the slow uptake of meaning you won’t even be able to com- over-the-air ECDIS updates may be linked plete standard tasks such as NOAD (Notifi- to a reluctance to connect such sensitive cation Of Arrival / Departure) forms? systems to the internet. These are all very real scenarios that With governments and international have firmly established cyber security, now communities now focused on cyber-crime, viewed as a serious branch of international this leads us to the conclusion that cyber organised crime, as a front page topic. security is no longer the sole concern of the Early in February, a criminal gang car- IT department of a large organisation. The ried out the electronic theft of $81 million cat is out of the bag, and cyber security is from Bangladesh’s official account at the firmly on the agenda for C-level executives Federal Reserve Bank of New York. on land, and in the world of shipping. Reports suggest that the hackers actually Most if not all of the maritime industry attempted to steal $951 million, but the is touched by the threat of cyber-crime. transfer was noticed and action was taken P&I clubs, class societies, equipment and to prevent further loss. The event has service providers, national and interna- caused serious fall-out. Atiur Rahman, the tional industry organisations and owners’ governor of Bangladesh’s central bank clubs are working hard to establish solu- Cyber security is a growing threat across all industries resigned in March. tions and ensure awareness. Stealing money, at least directly is not BIMCO says the shipping industry is in port infrastructures. includes what appears to be a link to the the only aim of the cyber-criminal. Data inherently resilient, with almost 100,000 Every cyber-attack is composed of multi- organisation’s website but is actually a can be just as rewarding for them, which is independent ships incorporating different ple phases, the first one being the intrusion replica. Any details entered, such as part of the background behind the April systems and configurations that trade into the network. Generally, the most com- account numbers, PINs or passwords, can 2016 approval of the EU General Data between thousands of independent ports mon methods to get any malware (e.g. ran- be stolen and used by the hackers who cre- Protection Regulation (GDPR). in the world. The impact from cyber- somware) into the system are as follows: ated the bogus site. The regulation puts more data protec- attacks on individual ships and shipping E-mail threats: Many of the most prolif- Worms: PCs might become infected by a tion responsibility and liability on organi- companies may compromise the safety of ic viruses distribute themselves automati- worm creating exact copies of itself and sations and mandates that companies must those ships involved, the marine environ- cally by e-mail. Any attachment that you using communications between computers appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). If ment, and to some extent, the business con- receive by e-mail could carry a virus; and to spread within a network. A worm may an organisation has a breach, these man- tinuity of their owners. However, BIMCO launching such an attachment can infect use affected computers to deluge websites agers are mandated to notify the individu- also says the global flow of cargo will not your computer. Even an attachment that with requests for data, causing them to als whose records have been stolen. It’s a be affected. appears to be a safe type of file, e.g. a file crash. Worms can encrypt files and make very aggressive notification period, usual- with a .txt extension, can pose a threat. them unusable. Many worms open a ‘back ly within 72 hours, whereas before it was Shipping’s exposure Malware Apps on Personal devices: door’ on the computer, allowing hackers to up to 14 days. Combatting cybercrime on a vessel and at With more and more personal devices of take control of it. Although there will be a two-year tran- the shore office requires a multi-layered seafarers being used on a vessel’s network, Rootkit: A piece of software that hides sitionary period to the new regulation, its approach. There is no magic bullet or apps containing hidden malware can pro- programs or processes running on a com- introduction is forcing organisations to golden arrow to foil cyber criminals in a vide a way on board for cyber criminals. puter. It is often used to conceal misuse of take cyber security and response to data single shot. There are currently at least 7000 free apps the computer or data theft. Once a rootkit breaches to the next level, because failing Securing vessels and a company IT net- proven to contain aggressive adware that is running on the computer, you cannot to do so can result in severe penalties – up work is not rocket science, but optimal can lead to an infected IT network. 80 per reliably identify all the processes running to 4 per cent of revenue. security practices do need the support of cent of them are still available on app on that computer. Cybercrime was high on the agenda at experts – particularly in protecting the stores. Over 10 per cent of these have been Once the cyber attackers are inside a The World Economic Forum in Davos this satellite communications element of the downloaded a million times. That’s a huge network, they may then carry out their January, where international figures dis- company’s digital network. Many shipping amount of potential for mischief already main mission. The attacks we face are myr- cussed its impact on governments and companies have some expertise in house, on personal devices, let alone how many iad, which is why any cyber security strat- industry, and approaches to fighting but even a large IT team needs the added more millions of downloads there will be egy has to be multi-layered. Though many the threat – which today is only too real, support of satcom experts, as despite a real and how many thousands of new apps will of the threat types may end up with the and visible. threat from i.e. infected USB sticks, the appear with new malware. same result i.e. being locked out of your Loretta Lynch, the US Attorney internet is the biggest single attack vector Pharming and phishing (Social own system or data being stolen, they can General, US Department of Justice, for viruses, malware and ransomware. Engineering): The above two methods can be broken up into distinct groups. opened a press conference in Davos on At Digital Ship Copenhagen earlier this be supported by Social Engineering-based Trojan Horses: Programs that pretend to cyber-crime saying: “It’s absolutely critical year, there was in-depth discussion on the attacks using impersonation techniques be legitimate software, but actually carry that we reach beyond our shores to devel- topic, with ransomware being a particular (e.g. a bogus Social Network profile or an out hidden, harmful functions. A Trojan op a global approach to this threat which focus. So, do we have a target on our backs impersonator on the phone) which are program claims to have one function (and knows no borders.” for purveyors of ransomware? With ships very effective in tricking targets into may even appear to carry it out), but actu- Criminal threat is no longer contained as connected as they are today, what is our installing an application, opening an ally does something different, usually with- between lines on a map, and with today’s exposure to cyber-crime? e-mail attachment or supplying confiden- out your knowledge. Two common subcat- interconnected shipping business, we are BIMCO defines three key areas where tial or personal information. egories are spyware and adware. as at much risk as organisations operating shipping is vulnerable to cyber-attack; Typically, an e-mail that appears to Spyware is software that enables adver- in other industries on dry land. on board ships, in the commercial opera- come from a reputable organisation is tisers or hackers to gather information Some may say we are at more risk, con- tions of ship owners and operators, and received, such as a bank. The e-mail without your permission. It tracks your

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activity or copies your data and reports it integrating basic and enhanced firewall levels, using specific profiles and addition- very attractive proposition in terms of effi- to others, and consumes memory and pro- protections and being able to filter known al layers according to need. For instance, ciency and coherence within IT systems cessing capacity that may slow or crash URLs of sites that contain executables. This do you need a policy that is applicable for across an organisation as a whole. your computer. Adware displays adver- is done in several phases and locations a vessel, a VLAN, or a specific number or However, because essentially you are run- tisements on your computer, slowing it including at the satcom teleports in order sub-set of users? ning the same network at sea as you are on down. It is designed to be difficult to unin- to protect the core network from downlink Separate LANs on board can be config- land, being penetrated by malware or a stall and can also unnecessarily use data on attacks before these can reach vessels. ured with different levels of filtering cov- virus on one side means you can easily satellite connectivity. Onboard Firewall: The advice is that ering everything from undesirable content infect the other. Ransomware: A type of malicious soft- each vessel has its own firewall with its (i.e. drugs, racism or hacking) to non-pro- While adding an encryption protocol ware which blocks the system or encrypts own policies for controlling data leaving ductive activity (i.e. games) to security would create another layer of security, the data, forcing its victims to pay a ransom to the vessel (uplink). This can be provided threats (i.e. P2P sharing and sites with encryption method should be chosen in the cyber attackers in order to regain access by the built-in firewall of the communica- known malware). If an attempt is made to relation to the satcom being used, as some to their system. Commonly used tions management system on board or a access a restricted website from a comput- types of encryption can potentially use Ransomware programs include Bit Locker separate box from the satcom service er on board a vessel where content filtering more bandwidth than others. (not to be confused with the Microsoft provider, or provided by the shipping is enabled, the user will be blocked or redi- Additionally, encryption for user authenti- product) and Locky. company’s ICT department. rected to a website where information cation can also improve resilience. Zero-Day Exploits: Exploitation of Computer Anti-Virus: Anti-Virus (AV) about the policy violation is given. Implementing the latest encryption stan- undisclosed vulnerabilities in computer combats a wide range of threats such as User Access & Policy: It’s important to dards and technologies for user authenti- software for which no patch exists and viruses, Trojan horses and other malicious establish best practice user access protocols cation tokens is important. which are yet not detected by conventional software, but without the items in this on a vessel’s network. This can be done from Staff Training and Awareness: Cyber anti-viruses. This very sophisticated check-list, it will not provide optimised shore, but there is a strong case for doing it criminals know that untrained people or method is often part of targeted attacks and protection. on the vessel to reduce bandwidth usage. those with little computing experience are can only be detected through behavioral For ships, a number of considerations The first and most obvious parameter is an easy target. If malware of any sort does analysis and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). come into play. AV will protect your user authentication; is the user (a human or get through to a vessel’s PC network, there remote computer assets from potentially a device) approved to be on the network? is a final step before an attack is successful. Lines of defence harmful viruses but only if enabled with Once this is established, user access can be The file has to be executed – and nine times Just as a home is secured through locks, fully automatic updates, notification and set based on i.e. specific time slots accord- out of ten it is a human that has to do this. shutters, alarms and diligence, securing a version verification. However, using a ing to shift patterns. Having user access So, just as important as all of the techni- vessel’s network against the cyber threat standard household name AV suite over a protocols pre-configured also means that cal cyber security solutions is a strong PC requires a combination of proven tools and satellite link can be problematic in terms of it’s possible to detect any unauthorised and communication systems usage policy, processes – a cyber-crime defence check- bandwidth usage. access attempts, or keep track of usage pat- backed up by training with regular refresh- list, if you like. E-mail Security: It was reported this terns. For instance, if a specific device has ers. If your people on board are cyber secu- A single firewall is not enough, but a April by security company Retarus that started consuming more bandwidth then rity aware, they can be your final line of strategic deployment of hardware, soft- one in six of all incoming e-mails in the normal, then it could have been compro- defence; your last guard against exposure ware and training as described below, will world are blocked because of positives mised by criminals. to attack. help to ensure that you are never in a posi- from AV software. That’s 17 per cent of all Secured Remote Access: Remote access tion of having to pay hackers a ransom, or e-mails having some kind of nefarious to a vessel’s network can save time and Multi-layer security indeed, the EU a fine. designs on the networks of the world. money in terms of maintenance and trou- With cyber security now an organisation- Private and Split Networks: Critical IT It’s well understood that e-mail is one of bleshooting. However, a public IP address wide concern, everybody from on board infrastructure should be on a private net- the key transport mechanism for intruders is sometimes used, which opens the door deck-hands and engineers through to IT work, which is not accessible from the to get access to an IT network. The basic to would-be attackers as it will be reach- technicians, ship managers and C-level internet. On a vessel, it’s important to split aspects of e-mail security at sea include able from anywhere on the internet. executives have a stake in keeping the the corporate or vessel operational network only sending attachments when they are Remote Access must be secured by IP- organisation safe. from the crew network so critical infra- requested by the e-mail recipient. Of white-listing or by not using a public IP; From a technical perspective, the tools structure cannot be effected by attacks from course, this is good practice to save on instead, a VPN with username/password are available to mitigate or at least signifi- ‘public’ internet access points. With the satellite airtime, but is also important to from HQ or a shore-based VPN client cantly reduce the risk of an attack being advent of BYOD, it’s even more important reduce the number of unknown executable should be employed. successful. The human element is, natural- to separate networks, as shipping compa- files coming on board a ship. Software Maintenance and Updates: ly, less secure. People will always find a nies cannot control the security of crew Criminals have come up with a very There are rarely IT technicians on board a way to open a file they shouldn’t, so it’s members’ own laptops and smart devices. simple way of beating basic scans though. ship, so more complex software based important to make sure those files never Separating a vessel’s business/ opera- Understanding that many AV systems just issues may require a technician to visit, get through. tional network is good practice from a scan up to the first ‘dot’ in a file name, they which is costly and operationally difficult A multi-layered approach to security is bandwidth perspective but also a security simply hide the real file extension after a to manage. It’s possible, and becoming the best way to achieve this. Secure your perspective. If configured correctly, attacks second ‘dot’. It is important to use AV that more common for IT management of on lines of defence – all of them. Once they that get through on the crew network will can scan the whole name and will find files board PC networks to be done remotely. are in place, don’t walk away and forget have no impact on the vessel’s network. that attempt to use this trick. All PCs can be kept up-to-date or about them. Shore Firewall: The most well-known URL & Content Filtering: Content filter- accessed from shore to fix specific issues. According to BIMCO: “Cyber security line of defence is the ‘humble’ firewall; ing can be carried out at various different For instance, should a PC require a clean threats are dynamic in nature and protec- install of Windows, the process can simply tion against threats is a continuous ‘catch- be managed remotely, without the need for ing-up’ task.” Cyber criminals are fast any on board intervention. moving, with new variations on attacks System Back-Up: If a shipping compa- and new malware introduced regularly. ny’s IT network is strengthened using the Most sophisticated attacks exploit yet items in our check-list, then it’s possible unknown vulnerabilities (Zero-day) and that a back-up system is never needed. are designed to be difficult to detect, Even so, it is good IT practice to have an remaining in the network for a long time. automatic back up process to a secondary Consequently, the shipping industry system in place, in case of hardware failure. has to stay one step ahead if we are Considering the remote nature of ships’ to secure our data, and ultimately our networks, keeping a back-up system on safety and profits, from a borderless board is an obvious solution so any issues threat that will only grow as ships become can be addressed straight away, rather more connected. DS than waiting for the back-up data to be hand delivered and installed in port, or maxing out data allowances by download- About the author ing it all from shore. Tore Morten Olsen is HQ Interconnection: The benefits of president of maritime at using an MPLS based VPN are numerous. satellite communications Essentially, this enables shore office net- provider Marlink Training staff to be aware of cyber issues is a critical part of staying safe works to be extended to vessels, which is a

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SATCOMS Opportunities and challenges in maritime satcom

With available capacity increasing and a significant portion of the addressable market not yet broadband-connected, the maritime satcom sector is set to expand by billions of dollars in the next ten years, writes Brad Grady, Northern Sky Research

ore than ever before, the mar- dle of the road’ market. There is still some prices only help to strengthen the position capacity and infrastructure investments. MMitime satcom market is turning pie-growth out there in capturing ‘under of VSAT connectivity, as end-users can Add HTS spot-beam capacity into a service into an ‘All-or-Nothing’ play connected or unconnected’ vessels, but expect more bits for their bucks. provider’s network, and the equation for service providers (SPs). Singularly flexible connectivity packages, modular That said, MSS (L-band) still has an becomes even more complex. focused companies on a specific vertical or ‘application offerings’, and ‘room to grow’ important role to play for both broadband Combine how to get a good deal with sub-niche are facing challenges, with are key ingredients. and narrowband connectivity. Enabling how to get a good return and there is only RigNet’s announcement of vertical diversi- The passenger segment is on a ‘growth safety communications, connecting con- one solution: maximise network utilisation fication only the latest example that path’, where an ultra-high end play goes a tainers, and other machine-to-machine while buying large chunks of capacity for a breadth, not depth has become a ‘winning long way in winning business. Smaller applications are all essential applications long period of time. strategy’. SPs must navigate through chop- yacht owners want the same offerings a in the day-to-day lives of maritime com- Beyond the connectivity economics py waters to find the growth opportunities super yacht owner can get, cruise ships munications networks. drive, an airplane and a ship have a lot in in the maritime satcom market. want more connectivity and river cruises is However, even Inmarsat has invested in common, sometimes including being in the Part of charting a path towards captur- an under-developed market. VSAT connectivity alongside expanding same place. The western coast of North ing more of the $4.5 billion opportunity by Offshore Oil & Gas meanwhile is in a their L-band connectivity – a sure sign that America, North America to Europe, and 2025 is the realisation by SPs that success is ‘fresh look’ at how connectivity is VSAT is a safe-bet. Eastern parts of Asia are all regions with built on a three-fold approach to their deployed and utilised, with fewer sites in Overall, on a dollar-spent per month both strong aeronautical and maritime product offerings: 1) an ultra-high end operation but each site requiring more per vessel basis, merchant maritime still traffic. If a service provider is already buy- solution (or customer) to promote as throughput than ever before. Yet, fewer remains hugely cash-constrained while the ing capacity to connect an oceanic flight, ‘bleeding edge’; 2) a ‘low-end’ solution to active sites mean a smaller market, so there passenger segment is on a ‘growth path.’ then they already have capacity to connect help the pie (or sales pipeline) grow, and 3) are going to be some ‘losers’. Merchant maritime will grow their month- a ship. a flexible ‘middle of the road’ solution of ly spend slowly over the next ten years, but While the tip of Africa and Indian tailored offerings built from off-the-shelf Merchant Maritime rapidly increase the amount of capacity Ocean is largely a unique maritime area, building blocks. With Merchant Maritime contributing $60 they consume as more applications make the northern Atlantic Ocean area between The market is developing in such a way out of every $100 dollars in retail maritime their way into more operational aspects of North America and Europe is largely an that the most successful companies are satcom revenues by 2025, service providers the vessel. aeronautical traffic-heavy area. However, doing a little of all three in order to win need to have a merchant strategy as part of Offshore has always been a ‘good cus- across the globe where one finds ships, one business and grow revenues. a balanced approach to maximise growth tomer’ for maritime satcom SPs, and even will generally find planes flying close NSR estimated in its recently released in an era where diversity matters more with declining fleet sizes that does not enough in satellite capacity footprint terms Maritime Satcom Markets, 4th Edition that than specialisation. change on a vessel basis. Fishing has yet to to leverage the same satellite. That proxim- 340,000 vessels fall into an end-user profile Merchant vessel decommissioning rates see a significant value proposition to drive ity allows SPs to capture the first rule of that is well-suited for a satellite-based continue to be amongst the highest in significant revenue growth, instead buying capacity – buy a lot at a time, for a focused on the bare long time. minimum as required Looking deeper at the planes and ships by law. themselves, we see more similarities. Passenger vessels are Airplanes have diverse communications where the per-vessel infrastructure, and even stricter regulatory revenue growth oppor- requirements for their operations and tunities exist, but the usage. market is relatively hard They have a cabin network for passen- to penetrate with strong gers (similar to a crew welfare or cruise incumbents offering stateroom connectivity play), and cockpit highly competitive communications involves providing appli- value propositions. cations like weather data for real-time Offshore and ocean- routing, engine monitoring services, ‘safe- going cruise are driving ty communications’, and ‘business uses’ the capacity demand like filling out time cards or for crew and dollars spent per checking their next assignment. month per vessel – and Ask airlines, ‘what is the most used Maritime addressable markets to 2025. Source: NSR these ‘ultra-high end’ website while aloft for aircraft operations’, customers are charting a and most will answer ‘crew-related path for where mer- intranet.’ Ask a cruise ship operator who communications solution in 2015, and it decades for key merchant segments, yet a chant and (maybe) fishing are heading. uses the most data, and most will answer, will grow to 430,000 vessels by 2025. These larger Panama Canal will create new-build The only question is, how long before they ‘the crew’. vessels either operate far from shore, face opportunities over the long run. catch up? Both segments are facing an increasing regulatory requirements for data report- Meanwhile, the tanker market remained amount of data that is being generated by ing, have generally high connectivity oddly strong in 2015 during a period of Why Aero SPs buy both the people and the machine. Both are requirements or strong sensitivities to depressed crude prices and lower crude oil Maritime SPs facing the question: ‘What do I really need, being ‘unconnected.’ demand – thanks in part to offshore stor- Ask any satellite operator how to get a ‘real- and when do I need it?’ Although provid- Amongst those 340,000 addressable ves- age demands helping to find uses for older ly good deal’ on capacity and the answer is ing service to a ship does not mean you can sels, nearly 60 per cent are fishing vessels vessels. simple – buy a lot, and for a long time. Ask easily serve a plane, and vice-versa, there facing largely regulatory requirements and All said, one trend is clear – connectivi- any service provider how to get a good is a large area of overlap between the two fall into the ‘low-end’ bucket of product ty is starting to matter, a lot. return on capacity and their answer is easi- segments in terms of need and location. offerings. ‘Always-on’ is becoming an ‘always er – sell (and resell again) all that you buy. Maximising network utilisation – buy- At 30 per cent of the addressable mar- must-have’, and VSAT is a key piece of Both will agree that building mobile- ing a lot of capacity, buying it for a long ket, merchant vessels are largely the ‘mid- that equation. Falling satellite capacity centric satellite networks requires lots of time, and selling all that you buy – is a core

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connecting more vessels is a key driver in the merchant sector for revenue growth, and service provider success. Connectivity is becoming a ‘must-have’ across the merchant sector. Not just for VSAT, although lower price points for VSAT capacity is making broadband connectivity more achievable than ever before. In the near term, more throughput for more applications and ‘non-connectivity’ revenue streams will be a core driver for SPs. By 2025, SPs will need access to all types of capacity, from MSS/L-band to terrestrial wireless, as merchant vessels double their bandwidth demand but not nec- essarily their monthly spend. Maritime broadband market growth through 2025. Source: NSR The Merchant Maritime sector is being driven by more capacity, at cheaper prices than ever before, with greater focus of ship driver for aeronautical companies pur- of the merchant vessel satcom addressable itime by 2025 is an opportunity expected to owners and operators at improving their chasing maritime SPs. It only makes sense market will have a broadband connection. be worth more than $2.7 billion for nar- operations via ‘data-driven’ analysis. to find the most markets to sell capacity Churning the other 50 per cent of the rowband, broadband, VSAT and MSS, up Although the market continues to face into, and as GEE has said, sometimes you ‘non-broadband’ merchant market will from slightly more than $1 billion in retail vessel oversupply risks, and sluggish or can save a bunch of money too by consoli- remain a challenge for SPs over the coming revenues in 2015. uncertain economic activity, SPs are con- dating capacity purchases. years. Although more vessels continue to Focusing just on the broadband VSAT tinuing to invest in next-generation mobil- adopt broadband connectivity, some mer- market, merchant VSAT broadband retail ity networks. These networks can leverage Long term view chant vessels will never need or want a revenues in 2025 will grow to be as large as the better economics of cross-vertical con- We see merchant shipping leading the mar- broadband satcom solution. Even if they the entire merchant maritime market was solidation, and offer building blocks to itime sector in overall number of broadband could use one. in 2015. With spending on a per-vessel develop tailored solutions to merchant connected vessels by 2025. At more than That is not to say they will be ‘uncon- basis largely flat over the next ten years, end-users – at prices they can afford. DS 60,000 connected vessels using both MSS nected’, but it is safe to assume they will and VSAT connectivity, the sector will con- be under-connected during some stage of About the author tribute more than 85 per cent of in-service their operational lifecycle. These vessels, Brad Grady satcom units through 2015 - 2025. alongside M2M or IoT applications else- is senior analyst at orthern Sky Research (SR), a satellite Maritime Compared to passenger connectivity where, and safety services across both industry research and consulting firm, and author of SR’s Satcom Markets, 4th Edition which will be slightly more than 10,000 groups still leaves plenty of life for MSS report. For more information please visit vessels in 2025 (or 20 per cent of the (L-band). http://goo.gl/ejuOL4 addressable vessels), more than 50 per cent Looking at revenues, merchant mar-

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SATCOMS The silver anniversary of maritime VSAT

Twenty-five years ago, in 1991, the first mobile maritime VSAT installation was completed aboard a vessel operating in the North Sea. Digital Ship visited Eik teleport in Western Norway, the station which carried the signal for that first installation and is still carrying terabytes of traffic to and from ships today, to learn about the history of VSAT at sea

hile 2016 might in the future be tem at the time simply not a feasible tenance of the antenna, strip it down, ship and coin boxes where passengers could WWseen as a seminal moment in proposition for the space available. it with a truck to the closest destination make calls. It was about 10 NOK (US$1.25) the development of maritime “At that time we had the Norsat-A sys- where it could be shipped out to the per minute, so it wasn’t that bad to use the VSAT, with the introduction of new high tem which required big antennas, and you drilling unit, and install it on the drilling telephone, and this is before GSM had real- throughput systems in both Ku- and Ka- had antenna reflectors out at the oil pro- unit,” said Mr Dybvad. ly come.” band changing the landscape for commu- duction units that were six metres or more “When the operation was over the By 1993 mobile maritime VSAT systems nication at sea, this year also marks the in diameter. At the same time, we had the whole system would be uninstalled, taken had started a slow spread into the wider 25th anniversary of what is believed to be first satellite with good Ku-band capabili- back again to Eik for full service mainte- market, with others in the offshore and the very first maritime VSAT installation. ty, a TV distribution satellite with Intelsat nance, and then it would be prepared for passenger sectors taking advantage of the After many years of fixed antenna 512 at 1 degree West. That had a service the next operation. That was in 1992.” technology. VSAT installations on oil and offshore plat- already made for land-based VSAT called The following year the Norwegian tele- “By that time MTN had started their forms, in 1991 Saga Petroleum began a Norsat-B,” said Mr Dybvad. com company would extend its reach with business in Miami, I think Norwegian project to trial an installation of a VSAT “That had the capability to do switched 2 maritime VSAT beyond the oil industry, Cruise Line were first out there with C- system on a moving commercial vessel for Mbps DAMA (demand assigned multiple and into the passenger segment, perform- band services and there might have been what is thought to be the first time ever, access) services, where you paid by minute, ing its first installation with Larvik Line some in the UK with Data Marine Services with the implementation of the technology and you had antenna sizes of 1.8m and in 1993. (now owned by Schlumberger) who pro- on the FPSO Petrojarl I. 3.3m. The intention was to make this sta- “They had a ship going back and forth duced some decent antennas out of Twenty-five years ago the connectivity bilised antenna part of the Norsat-B system, between Norway and Denmark, and when Aberdeen. Not more than a dozen, I would options were somewhat limited compared under the name ‘Norsat-B for mobile units’, I started in the satellite division we started say,” Mr Dybvad told us. with today, with Inmarsat-A terminals which was the very first product launch. discussing with this company whether we “It was a slow growth, there was the big popular on North Sea drilling units and That was renamed to ‘Norsat Sealink’, should start a trial on board a ferry,” Mr breakthrough with that first ship, but that VSAT installations more prevalent on which is still Sealink today at Marlink.” Dybvad told us. drilling unit still had to turn off the commu- fixed oil platforms. The goal of the “They got 64kbps on the Norsat-B sys- “It took three months to get a trial con- nications when they took up the anchor, Petrojarl I project was to create a system tem. Inmarsat-A at that time could run 9.6 tract in place, but it was an interesting con- because they were only allowed to use the that could offer the improved bandwidth kbps over the satellite modem if I remem- cept as it would triple the bandwidth and satellite system when they were anchored.” speeds of VSAT but on a mobile basis. ber right, you had to use a telephone chan- give them direct access to their booking sys- “It had to be approved by Inmarsat, Of course, this presented a pretty signif- nel with a dial-up modem.” tem, and their maintenance system. On top because at that time Inmarsat was owned icant hurdle in that the VSAT antennas That trial with Petrojarl I in 1991 was of that the antenna was capable of receiving by all the telecom companies. There had to already in use were unsuitable for opera- proof of concept enough for the team at what TV as well from the same position, so there be approval to use a fixed VSAT service on tion on a moving ship, so Saga and its is now Marlink to offer this stabilised VSAT were several advantages for them.” a mobile unit, and they got an allowance to satellite communications provider system to other operators in the North Sea “We got an agreement with Larvik Line use that on a permanent back and forth Televerket, the Norwegian Postal, that required specialised communications. in June or July 1993 for installation in the voyage between Norway and Denmark. So Telegraph and Telephone (PTT) service, “That Petrojarl project was a success, Autumn. We installed the antenna in it was a breakthrough to get authorisation began the search for suitable technology to even when we had a full storm in the November, as we had to order it from Sea to use that kind of service.” make the system work. North Sea and the rack fell down, the sys- Tel again, and we ordered the first multi- The satellite division of PTT has since tem was still able to keep track of the satel- plexers. We weren’t using routers at that New markets been spun off into what we know as lite and didn’t lose it. So that was a big time, it was SCPC channels with synchro- The new millennium was another turning Marlink today, and as Tommy Konkol milestone as a proof of concept, to work in nous data streams using multiplexers to point in the development of maritime Dybvad, director of customised VSAT at a storm in the winter season while mov- divide the bandwidth into voice channels VSAT, as the technology’s appeal contin- the company, recalls the project team ing,” Mr Dybvad explained. and different data channels. Everything ued to expand into new markets, bolstered turned to American company Sea Tel (now “That trial went on until 1992, and then was built to order.” by improvements in both the equipment itself part of Cobham SATCOM) for help. we arranged to purchase three more anten- The service supplied to Larvik Line ran required and the affordability of the servic- “What they needed was a stabilised nas from Sea Tel, based on a rental set-up. at 64 kbps, which was used to support six es, while the changing economics meant antenna, and one was ordered at the begin- At that time we were targeting semi-sub- telephone lines and two data lines. that it could move from being a specialised ning of 1991, from Sea Tel in California. mersible drilling units out in the North “That was partly for passengers, what system for once-off installations to a com- This was one of the first they made, they Sea. If they had a drilling operation for we did at that time to get the price at a munications option for an entire shipping had some military antennas on Ku-band three months they could rent the antenna, level that the ferry company could take company. but this was the first time we ordered a sta- with bandwidth, for three months.” was that we divided the 64 kbps so parts of “I think it took up until 1999 before we bilised Ku-band antenna together with an “That was extremely expensive, what it were used to sell telephone units on got the first commercial tanker up and run- oil company,” he told us. you got typically was 64 kbps or 128 kbps board,” said Mr Dybvad. ning, that was a shuttle tanker. Up to 2000 “Sea Tel was making TV antennas at the but you had to pay for it.” “There were credit card phone boxes it was mainly users in the cruise and ferry very start, and they got an order from the American Navy for a tracking device to Eik track missiles, so it was a system to track Traffic from these early VSAT installations moving objects. The combination of that was relayed via PTT’s Eik teleport in tracking functionality and the stabilisation Norway, still operated today by Marlink of the TV technology meant that they had and this year celebrating the 40th anniver- something that had the capability to send sary of its opening in 1976. signals, receive signals, and track a mobile In that time Eik has been involved in var- unit. That’s really the start of where it ious aspects of maritime communications, comes from.” including being established as the first “The oil company came to us and told European station for Inmarsat after the satel- us this technology was available, and we lite operator was created in 1979. The tele- had a few people in the organisation that port quickly became an important hub for were very up to date on what was going on the development of maritime VSAT services so they ordered it.” in Northern Europe, with initial growth The decision to choose Ku-band over C- coming via installation on drilling units. band for the VSAT service was mostly “The normal way to do it was to take Petrojarl I, the first vessel installed with VSAT, down to antenna size, with a C-band sys- the antenna to Eik, do a full service main- is still in operation today for Teekay. Photo: Teekay

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or oil and offshore that used VSAT servic- passes through the satellite infrastructure – es,” said Mr Dybvad. traffic volumes which have shown a 50 per “I think we were close to 50 or 60 VSATs cent increase in the last 12 months alone. on our side in the oil and offshore business Another interesting point to note is how in 2000, but the big breakthrough came the operation of massive dishes at the tele- after that with people like Stena Line com- port, which vary in size between five and ing onboard with the whole fleet in about 10 metres in diameter, has changed in the 2002, before 2000 it was Larvik Line and last quarter century. Color Line and Stena Line and Viking Line In 1991 there were four teleport anten- coming with one vessel. The fleets started nas, three for MSS traffic on Inmarsat serv- to come after the millennium, they had ices and one for VSAT. Today that 75 per been trialling the systems really at the very cent / 25 per cent split has been reversed, start before that.” with seven antennas used for VSAT, two “We got the prices down on the anten- for MSS, and another spare which can be nas because it was being more mass pro- used for either service. As FleetBroadband duced, the first antennas we used were traffic is handled exclusively by Inmarsat’s extremely expensive. As we started to own teleports, within a few years it is order more and more antennas we got the expected that practically all traffic through price down through negotiation, as well as Eik will be for VSAT services. there being more streamlined production With all that being said, this explosion at Sea Tel, as it was at that time. That was in VSAT communications still represents one thing, and we also got better modems less than 15 per cent of the total address- and modem encoding, to allow the fre- In the last 25 years traffic at Eik has transitioned from mostly L-band, to mostly VSAT able merchant fleet, so growth is expected quency to be reused multiple times, com- to keep accelerating in this sector. As pared what was done in the beginning. which had somewhat restricted Ku-band Advances like these have created the capacity builds, costs come down and The number of satellites in position got to being a regional service with C-band the growth market for global maritime VSAT antenna technology continues to advance, stronger too, that was another thing, so we frequency of choice for those travelling services which has been accelerating since the draw towards high-speed satcom will got better bandwidth from more powerful among different regions, cruise vessels in the turn of the decade. This was partly evi- become ever more attractive. satellites. There were many advantages particular. denced to Digital Ship by some of the sta- In 25 years we have moved from a first from these things.” As automatic beam switching technolo- tistics presented during our visit to the Eik vessel on 64 kbps, to Marlink claiming to be One of the final major breakthroughs to gy began to gain acceptance in the market teleport, which outline the scale of the readying a 64 Mbps service for a high-end really revolutionise the maritime VSAT from around 2006 onwards, a new busi- changes that have occurred in the 25 years cruise customer before the year is out. market was the advent of automatic beam ness opportunity opened up for high- since that first Petrojarl I installation. While some may criticise the maritime switching technologies, which allowed Ku- speed Ku-band systems that could lever- One of these was the fact that maritime industry for its pace of change, that’s one band users to roam from one beam to age the growing coverage available on dif- VSAT traffic through the Eik facility alone thousand times faster bandwidth speeds another without having to make changes ferent satellites and create a single multi- is now exceeding 250 terabytes per month, that the ships of today can already enjoy to their hardware as had been the case for regional product that could cover a signifi- an average of more than 80 GB per ship for compared with their predecessors. Imagine the first 15 years of maritime VSAT – a fact cant portion of the shipping market. the more than 2,000 vessels whose traffic what will be achieved tomorrow. DS

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SATCOMS Commercial remote controlled ships by 2020, says AAWA The drive towards the development of autonomous vehicles in every sector, from cars to trucks to trains, is continuing apace – and researchers in the maritime industry are doing their best to make sure that shipping is part of the conversation

he Advanced Autonomous Water- including Rolls-Royce, Brighthouse, the oil and gas, research and defence sec- TTborne Applications Initiative NAPA, Deltamarin, DNV GL and tors, among others. (AAWA), led by Rolls-Royce, has Inmarsat, while the project has also AutoNaut vessels require no fuel, mak- published a whitepaper outlining the pro- received additional support from ing them capable of long endurance ocean ject’s vision of how remote and autonomous shipowners and operators. missions, and can operate at up to 4 knots. shipping will become a reality, which it The tests of sensor arrays are being car- Sensors can be fitted, including gyro-sta- claims will be “by the end of the decade.” ried out aboard Finferries 65 metre double bilised HD cameras, hydrophone, oceano- The paper was released to coincide with ended ferry, the Stella, which operates graphic sensors, and radar detection equip- AAWA’s presentations at the Autonomous between Korpo and Houtskär. ESL ment. The craft may then act as a communi- Ship Technology Symposium 2016 Shipping Ltd is helping to explore the cations bridge to transmit data to shore. in Amsterdam. implications of remote and autonomous “Seiche’s investment gives us a great “This is happening. It’s not if, it’s when. ships for the short sea cargo sector. opportunity to take our AutoNaut busi- The technologies needed to make remote The whitepaper can be downloaded ness to the next level of growth and to tack- and autonomous ships a reality exist,” said from http://goo.gl/GFmQSR le the expanding global market for specific Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce’s vice presi- applications of marine autonomous sys- dent of innovation – marine. Autonaut tems,” said David Maclean of AutoNaut. “The AAWA project is testing sensor Another company working towards the “In four years we have taken a revolu- arrays in a range of operating and climatic goal of autonomous operations at sea is tionary wave propulsion technology, conditions in Finland and has created a sim- AutoNaut, a UK-based research firm that proved it is seaworthy, and turned it into a ulated autonomous ship control system in August managed to secure further widely capable marine data collection hub which allows the behaviour of the complete investment from the Seiche Group to to gather and transmit data from below, communication system to be explored. We advance its R&D on autonomous vessel above, and at the surface of the world’s A 5m AutoNaut vessel with Passive will see a remote controlled ship in com- technology and develop business across oceans. Now, with Seiche’s investment, Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) array mercial use by the end of the decade.” international markets. AutoNaut can realise its full potential.” The whitepaper explores the research Seiche made a previous investment in Successful trials monitoring noise in the els (AL) ranging from 'AL 1' through to 'AL carried out to date on the business case for AutoNaut in September 2015, so this new English Channel have recently been com- 6' denoting a fully autonomous ship with autonomous applications, the safety and deal will see the company take a majority pleted with a PAM (Passive Acoustic no access required during a mission. security implications of designing and stake in AutoNaut (which previously trad- Monitoring ) AutoNaut, in partnership with LR says that the 'AL' system of levels operating remotely operated ships, the ed as MOST Autonomous Vessels after its Plymouth University. This PAM applica- should provide clarity to designers, ship- legal and regulatory dimensions and the founding in 2012). tion will be developed further in the coming builders, equipment manufacturers, ship existence and readiness of a supplier net- Directors David Maclean and Mike months with a baseline sound survey for owners and operators, enabling accurate work to deliver commercially applicable Poole will continue to run the company the oil and gas industry in UK waters. specification of the desired level of autono- products in the short to medium term. from their Chichester base in the UK, with my in design and operations to facilitate AAWA has drawn on a wide range of the investment from Seiche providing Autonomy levels understanding of the investment opportu- expertise from academic researchers from additional resources for R&D and manu- Lloyd’s Register (LR) has added its voice nity/risk equation. some of Finland’s leading universities in facturing as well as administrative sup- to the autonomous ship debate with the The procedure takes the user from iden- coming to its conclusions, including: port. Seiche will also help to expand all introduction of its own new ShipRight tifying the initial 'business need' to a 'sys- Tampere University of Technology; VTT sales and marketing activity. procedure guidance which it says will tems classed' status of a design and a ship, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd; AutoNaut designs and manufactures set out its vision for the ‘how’ of marine ultimately, in operation. Åbo Akademi University; Aalto wave-propelled boats, equipped to operate autonomous operations as we move “Maybe a few years ago this was seen University; and the University of Turku. as autonomous marine data collection towards the future introduction of as unlikely. Today, the market wants Further industry input has been provid- hubs. A fleet of craft is now in production unmanned ships. autonomous ships that can be operated ed by members of the maritime cluster, in a range of sizes for applications across The guidance describes autonomy lev- with varying levels of control,” said Luis Benito, head of innovation strategy and research, LR. “So, we have now described and delivered the levels required to make decisions enabling the design, construction and operation of autonomous ships to take place. The levels provide a procedure to address the safety and practical issues required to meet classification, regulatory and market drivers.” “In the future everything will be cheaper, but with better performance. That’s what the market is looking for. But most importantly, from LR’s perspective, as well as being more cost effective, shipping can also be safer. Safety will reduce costs. We are only at the start of the cyber ship and a cyber-enabled shipping industry but we are making amazing progress. We are trying to help the industry adopt the data, digital and connectivity technologies could deliver benefits to shipping – and to help keep ships safe.” Remotely operated ships could be just a few years away, according to the AAWA The new guidance can be downloaded from www.lr.org/cyber DS

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SATCOMS The future of maritime technology

Digital Ship recently organised a round table discussion session in Hong Kong, bringing together a panel including a major ship management company, two classification societies, a maritime communications provider and an independent consultant – participants with over a century of maritime experience between them. Amongst a wide range of subjects the conversation covered the growth of maritime VSAT and Big Data, telemedicine and autonomous ships, as well as onboard robots and the technology business case

he Digital Ship 2016 round table dis- based, the new technology has not devel- back free data to the crew, maybe 400 MB Fleet Xpress which is the name for the mar- cussion, titled ‘The future of mar- oped so fast and matched up to the right to 750MB is the total usage by the crew that itime service, but we’re not involved with TTitime technology’ and hosted by cost level as far as the shipowners are con- we provide for free. If they want more they them on Xpress Link. The reason why is Marlink at the Ozo Hotel in Hong Kong, cerned, and we are very much a cost driv- can buy it if they want to, because right that we have our own Ku-band VSAT solu- brought together a panel of five experts, en industry. now the provider is not able to give us tion which we operate and manage our- each with decades of experience in the field As we can all see, the market is in terri- unlimited data, there’s a restriction on the selves and with which we are able to dif- of vessel operations and the application of ble condition so nobody wants to spend amount of data that we use. ferentiate ourselves in the market. technology in the shipping environment. the extra money. But VSAT is the latest We also have XpressLink on some The goal of the discussion was to exam- piece of equipment and it’s exciting us, it’s ships, from Inmarsat. Inmarsat has been Current technology usage ine some of the current, emerging and giving us reasonable service at a slightly our major partner as an operator, we have DS – Let’s come to Gerry next. In terms of planned future developments in technolo- higher cost, maybe 20 per cent or 30 per about 350 ships and most are on adoption of technology systems among gy for the maritime market, and to gather cent more than the FleetBroadband. FleetBroadband. Inmarsat has been push- your members, have you seen any trends opinions on how in this sector might ing XpressLink to some of them, and we’ve that you’d be able to speak about? Are change the operational environment in DS – So the mix that you have, with VSAT been working closely with Marlink too. people moving from older systems to the shipping. and mini-VSAT ships as well, does that latest equipment? Digital Ship posed a number of ques- come from legacy systems already DS – Let’s come to you Eric Jan, we’ve Gerry Buchanan (GB) – The Liberian tions to the panel (identified in the table installed on the vessels? Or was a deci- heard from Capt Nagarajan about Fleet Registry is not involved in the level of com- below), starting with a review of the cur- sion made to treat those ships differently? Management’s experience, would you say munications shore to ship and ship to rent satcom usage at Fleet Management MN – The VSATs were actually all that this type of usage pattern is typical in shore that are being used by our clients. and how that is affecting the company’s retrofitted, we had someone from Telemar the Asia-Pac region among your customer We are engaged in developing in-house overall experience of maritime technology. come to us with their product and that has base? initiatives which are for the good of our worked well. The KVH systems are legacy, Eric Jan Bakker (EJB) – Nowadays I clients such as e-Certificates etc, and the Digital Ship (DS) – Capt Nagarajan, from shipowners that had already got it, think it’s a very typical set-up, if you look latest system to be rolled out is the e-ORB maybe we can start with you, and to give either from the shipyard or directly at where the industry is coming from, (electronic oil record book) which is the us some context for the start of our dis- installed on the ships. FleetBroadband and Iridium Open Port are first of a new project aimed at developing cussion perhaps you could tell us about the two standards that mostly are around a suite of e-Log Books. the types of communications systems you DS – Do you take a very different on every vessel, with some other legacy The aim of this is to make the manage- are using at Fleet Management – and why approach to the use of data on those systems or regional systems still around. ment of the ORB more straightforward for you chose those systems? VSAT ships in comparison to the But the adoption of VSAT is starting, it’s the vessel and the ship owner by eliminat- Capt. M. S. Nagarajan (MN) – We are FleetBroadband vessels? Does it change moving but it’s not at the level we’d like it ing the possibility of errors, either acciden- using FleetBroadband, both the 250 and the way that those ships are operated? to be yet of course, which is where tally or otherwise. The industry is moving 500. We have 25 ships with VSAT and MN – So far we have been pleasantly FleetBroadband is at this moment. The typ- forward with the introduction of e- about 10 ships with KVH mini-VSAT. The surprised with it, we had a 10GB package ical scenario that we see at this moment is Navigation and one of the requirements of reason for using FleetBroadband is cost and it doesn’t get consumed, so we give that there may be a legacy of a number of this will be e-Logbooks. This is certainly systems, which mostly involves the way the industry is headed. FleetBroadband, but they’re moving in the When it comes to IT systems I am a Who’s who: The Panel direction of implementing higher data sys- dinosaur, my introduction to what IT The panel consisted of (abbreviations in brackets): tems like VSAT. could do outside of e-mail systems came when I was with Wallem. The IT guru was (MN) Capt. M. S. Nagarajan, Executive Director, General Manager and the Head of DS – Does Asia differ much from the rest a guy called Patrick Slesinger, who I’m the Manning and Dry Cargo Operation, Fleet Management; executive director and of the world in that respect? sure many people have heard of, he had a board member with Fleet Management, with the company for 20 years and now look- EJB – Asia is obviously different in foresight that was not to be found within ing after most of the marine functions many ways, in terms of the communica- the industry at that time. He tried to drag tions set-up on board it’s not all that differ- and push Wallem – me – to go to places we (GB) Gerry Buchanan, Managing Director, Liberian Registry; now 18 months with ent in terms of what is being done with it had never visualised. the Liberian Registry (LISCR) in Hong Kong, previously president of Genco Shipping or what the reasons are why it has been The ‘value proposition’, I have heard in New York for 10 years, and managing director of Wallem Ship Management in brought on board, but I think the pace of this lots today but back then I heard it first Hong Kong for 10 years adoption of technology is maybe slightly from Patrick. He introduced many IT pro- slower than in Europe. grams that replaced paper versions and he (MC) Martin Chen, South Asia Business Development, China Classification We see many of the systems are actual- took Wallem light years ahead of the com- Society; with China Classification Society (CCS) for close to two years, previously ly coming from European based compa- petition. There was not limitless cash with GL (now part of DNV GL) for close to nine years, and also with Transma Ltd nies, like Inmarsat or our own company around and so support was weak. If it with Marlink originating in Europe. happened today would the new board of (EJB) Eric Jan Bakker, Head of Sales Asia Pacific, Marlink; five years in Asia-Pacific, Because of this there’s a lot of interaction directors have more support? I think yes, heading the region for Marlink based in Singapore, and in the satellite communica- with European shipping companies, which even though the money is tight because IT tions industry for 16 years automatically drives earlier adoption by systems are now an accepted industry them. standard. (RdS) Dr Ruanthi da Silva, Director, SCM Plus; started in Sri Lanka with Ceylon MN – Is Marlink involved with Since those days I haven’t been directly Shipping Corporation before moving to Neptune Orient Lines in Singapore. Also XpressLink, or is that just Inmarsat? involved in major IT projects, at Genco we worked with Hapag Lloyd and as a senior consultant to Inchcape Asia Pacific, EJB – That’s good to clarify, XpressLink used managers and our vessels were using Samudera Indonesia, Sea Consortium Singapore and Thompson Clarke Shipping is actually the Ku-band VSAT service from the systems adopted by the managers. IT Australia. With Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) for over 11 years before Inmarsat which they introduced preceding and ship to shore communications systems setting up a consulting company based in Hong Kong and with offices in Singapore the new system, Global Xpress, which were subject to cost and budget approval. and Sri Lanka they’ve launched recently. Everything we do on board a vessel is sub- We are involved with Inmarsat on ject to budget approval and budget con- (DS) Rob O’Dwyer, Editor, Digital Ship FleetBroadband and on Global Xpress, or trol. Deviations had to be explained.

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I’m not sure if Capt Nagarajan feels the – how do you control that? I talked to one people is absolutely crucial to that. there is no way a technician can go out into same with the ships he manages, but I’m manager in Hong Kong a while back about Technology can help, and that’s how we the middle of the ocean, so we have creat- pretty sure that if any of your owners were it, and he said that they’d given instruc- position the solutions that we provide, ed in Fleet in India a training institute that like Genco it would come down to cost tions to the master that, if anything hap- both at the company on shore and also on has people who are trained on the ECDIS approval and control at the end of the day. pens, the first thing he has to do is shut the ship side. You don’t want the captain to and they are able to log in and clear the Data transfer increases efficiency and any down the internet, pull the plug! But if a have his first thought in an incident to be bug while sitting ashore. system that is being introduced and that master’s engaged in an incident that’s not that he needs to shut down the system, so This is the kind of solution that can only speeds up the transmission of data and the first thing he’s going to be thinking of. there are ways to control things remotely happen if you have a data stream that is reduces the cost of the transmission has got and the IT department can control things. easy to access on a platform like VSAT and to be a winner. DS – Any other views on this issue of You can implement certain technology a data stream that is quick enough. Like an Commercial operators depend on accu- crew internet? rules on board as well that prevent certain IT guy sitting in the office can log into your rate and timely information coming ashore MN – We cannot say no to the crew behaviours. To me this is only one part of computer and clear whatever virus attacks to enable them to make decisions, same anymore, but we have to manage the risk the control you need though, the other part you, similarly they can clear the bug on the goes for the technical operators. They will that we create. The only way to do that is is that you also need to control the amount ship on whatever the ECDIS equipment is. want to know the accurate fuel consump- to manage the data coming out from the of time that people spend on the internet tion, the condition of cargo holds to know ship, through a server where you have on board, because their first priority DS – Do you do that on FleetBroadband what the cargo holds are like before a ves- people monitoring what they are putting should be running the ship. They have ships as well, or is it limited to VSAT sel is nominated for a specific cargo etc. We on the web, and where you can block shifts, they come on and off, if they spend vessels? want to know long before the ship gets access if you want at the server in all of their time off on the internet instead MN – On FleetBroadband it’s a little there and we want to know how much fuel the office. of sleeping that basically endangers the more difficult but we do try to do it. It’s not is being consumed. This is the nature of It’s like any other organisation, we have ship and the operations. that often. But the equipment manufactur- business today. ers are also getting better and the procedures that we put in place for the ECDIS DS – In terms of things like the electronic are also getting better, in the sense of what logbooks that you are developing, is that we need to avoid to stop the ship going being done with the assumption that into a lockdown position. ships are going to become better connect- It’s just a computer, and if you have the ed in the near future? AIS feed with all the anchored ships as you GB – As we go forwards ships are going enter port it’ll just clog up. So we guide to be connected to shore way more than them, to help them understand that they they are today. There’s a study going need to manage the data that goes into the through IMO at the moment on e-naviga- ECDIS. But they can make a mistake and tion, I mentioned this earlier; e-navigation occasionally something will happen where is a whole new ball game. The ship and they don’t know what to do or you can shore will be connected like never before, have a bug with a new update from the information will be streaming in both manufacturer or something else. These are The panel (clockwise from left): Dr Ruanthi da Silva, SCM Plus; Eric Jan Bakker, Marlink; directions and monitoring from shore will things that can be resolved by someone sit- Rob O'Dwyer, Digital Ship; Martin Chen, China Classification Society; Gerry Buchanan, be like it never has in the past. ting ashore if you have proper connectivi- Liberian Registry; Capt. M. S. Nagarajan, Fleet Management It also creates a lot of dangers – cyber ty on board. It gives you that option, when security will be extremely important. I sending a technician would cost $5,000. recently gave a paper to the Nautical the same risk with people sitting in the MN – We have a solution to that, the EJB – Can you put a value on being able Institute on e-navigation and I can say it office, they have the ability to put anything crew gets a password which lasts for only to do that? opens a whole new discussion on where about the company on any site they want – one hour, you can’t be on longer than that MN – Every time this guy logs in we the industry is going. how do you control that? You’ll need to do and the captain is the one with the author- save $5,000! The last major navigation component it the same way with the ship, treating ity to release the passwords. When they’re Dr Ruanthi da Silva (RdS) – What I’ve added to the bridge was ECDIS, what e- computers like you treat them in the office just off watch they’ll get a password, and seen in my experience, both as an employ- navigation will do is to pull all the infor- – if you have 300 ships with 300 comput- the captain can see in the log from what ee of the various companies I worked for mation being generated on the ship to a ers, with multiple data feeds, you’ll need to time until what time they were surfing the and through some consulting work I do, is central console on the bridge, including the control that through a server that you have net. It automatically cuts off, so we don’t that there’s a growing focus on e-learning data from the machinery. The navigation access to. That’s the kind of security that have the problem of guys staying on the which is mostly a necessity – amongst officers who monitor this data will have to we think will work. internet. But what we have seen with the other needs, for ships’ crew and their understand what it is telling them, the VSAT is that people don’t spend an on-board training, knowledge updating management staff ashore monitoring the DS – So you see it as a policy issue, rather extraordinary amount of time on the inter- and education. data will also have to understand it. than a technology issue? People in the net, which is good. To cater to these e-learning needs, com- Training will be a major undertaking. office can be on Twitter on their mobile munication with owners, managers, char- The major danger is hacking and so phone immediately, so that’s a potential- DS – Most satellite service providers tell terers and authorities, as well as for e-nav- cyber security is essential. Let’s face it, car ly greater threat than seafarers connecting us that, when there’s a VSAT system on igation charts, companies do rely quite a systems can be hacked and control of the by satellite. In the end you need to trust board, typically 80 to 90 per cent of the bit on VSAT. car taken away from the driver, why can’t the people at the company. data traffic comes from the crew. However, in terms of VSAT, what I a hacker do the same to a ship? So the secu- MN – You need to have training, you EJB – The big driver up to today for observe is that the service does not have rity systems, the firewalls must be in posi- need to have trust, and you need to have VSAT on board has been crew demand, global coverage. Even though it’s getting tion to stop that. clear guidelines on what happens if you there’s no doubt about that. The question better, ships that are mostly plying their An issue that Cap Nagarajan spoke have an incident. We do have an internet then is what else you are going to do with trade in the Indian Ocean and in the about was crew usage. Will crew usage policy in Fleet, and we do have a commu- it, and we’re slowly seeing a movement Southern Atlantic, the VSAT coverage is overtake operational usage? Quite possibly nications policy which defines what they towards decision makers basing more of seen to be insufficient. yes, crew demand access to the internet cannot do. their business case on other reasons for Another issue facing the industry is the today. When I was president of Genco we It’s up to the company to educate the adopting broadband on board than just lack of expert knowledge and full under- did not allow it, and we did not allow it crew and develop the trust that they can crew. You see multiple reasons for it, standing by the relevant end users and because we didn’t want anything happen- buy into the mission statement of the com- which ultimately improves the business decision makers so as to ascertain the vari- ing on our ships and CNN to get hold of pany and buy into the fact that they are case, and I think that’s something that’s ous options available, their technicalities, the information before our media people part of the company – it’s not ‘us and required as it’s an expensive system that and the pros and cons of each system. In could control it. That was a big thing for them’, it’s a big team where everyone on you’re putting on board if it’s just for the offices of a ship owner or manager, the us, for anyone, especially a public listed shore and on the ship is working together the crew. knowledge enhancement on the subject of company, we had to control what was to have things running properly. MN – One of the advantages of having maritime communications is somewhat coming off the ship. the VSAT, we have ECDIS systems, with neglected as I’ve seen it. This applies right Our managers kept telling us that they DS – Eric Jan, at Marlink you provide about 160 ships which are paperless. The across all teams and across the industry. were finding it difficult to get crew to join crew internet systems, what’s your take crew is continuously being trained, every- Therefore I see a huge gap in the manu- the ship, one of the first questions asked is on this? one is learning about the ECDIS, and it’s a facturers’ success in educating the industry if there’s access to the internet. If you say EJB – I would say that having a policy is challenge. If a problem comes up and they and thus penetrating their capabilities to no, they don’t want to join. It’s a big issue the first thing, and getting the buy-in of do not know how to attack the problem, its full potential. That is something that

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I feel is needed, so people can see how else always supported and maintained a policy The different cultures among the crew gy is there at the moment, and will be the ships can use this technology on board of having to use only original spares for our also make a difference, for example CCS improved on in years to come, to have a and understand and explore the value ships’ critical equipment maintenance. This sees that part of the culture of Chinese remotely operated ship. But, I have great creation aspects rather than focus only on was to ensure that we achieved our core crew is that they don’t spend a lot of time difficulty in visualising any ship, especial- the cost aspect that naturally was always objectives of asset preservation, seafarer on the internet even if they’re given access ly a VLCC or cruise ship or anything like a concern. safety, and meeting underwriter require- to it. Prior to boarding the ships they’ll that, running around the oceans As a ship owner or manager, the costs of ments, as well as regulatory compliance. have downloaded everything and have it unmanned. switching from one service provider or with them, and they’d rather make phone MN – The way technology is advancing from one system to another is an issue calls to their families rather than have you cannot discount the possibilities, but I unless clear benefits are achievable. Even if internet access. agree with you, I came ashore when we the running costs are the same the initial During my days in GL and in CCS, I’ve were still communicating with Morse so I investment in switching is something that also seen that owners and managers, more know how big the leap is from there to cannot be ignored. so on the owners’ side, they want to con- where we would need to reach for Within these current market conditions, trol the amount of data or communication unmanned ships. It’s an interesting con- it’s not economically viable for owners to between the ship and shore as much as cept, but right now I don’t see it happening make such changes unless a clear return on possible. When I was selling different in the next thirty of forty years. such investment is showcased. Once the types of products to them it was clear that previously mentioned ‘knowledge gap’ is the owners and managers try hard to keep DS – If we say that 75 to 90 per cent of filled perhaps ship owners and managers their data transfers down to just one or two shipping accidents are human-factor could better appreciate and work out in times per day, because of the cost. If there’s related, depending on ship types and cir- real terms the return on capital for embrac- any way they can bundle or compress the cumstances – does it make ships safer not ing new technology. data that will help, and improve the com- to have humans involved? Talking about internet usage, what I munication flow and make it much easier. GB – It’s not just a matter of making the have seen is that on the majority of ships, At CCS, since March 1 this year we have ship operations safer, there are so many where owners are ultra-cost-conscious, launched a new Intelligent Ships notation, variables going on across the planet, polit- they do manage with budgets of around a platform to move forward towards ical unrest just about everywhere, naviga- 'Technology will reduce the number 250 MB of data. unmanned ships. It’s a long way to go and tional chokepoints getting more dangerous of crew' - Capt. M. S. Nagarajan, As for the retrofitted VSAT ships Capt may not be possible for a long time, and we every day, and so on. I just don’t see how Fleet Management Nagarajan spoke about for that matter, I still think crew will still be needed on looking at it today, that it can be done safe- would say that those ships are privileged. board the vessel because if something hap- ly. I’m not saying it won’t be done, I’m just However, for the crew to have personal However, the industry to my knowl- pens to the systems, if there is no crew at saying that I don’t see how it can be done internet, once again it needs to be bal- edge has lacked a full analysis of data that all on the ship then nothing can be done. at the moment in a safe way. anced. I have seen problems of crew want- proved the hypotheses that dictate policy. The ships could run aground and a lot of MN – I certainly see that technology ing to join those ships instead of others. Has anyone analysed the data or carried different incidents could happen. will reduce the number of crew, with more On one hand we say to our seafarers out a study to correlate maintenance This notation is looking to improve- automation. Take the engine room, we that the ship is their home, but then we events to the use of, or lack of using, origi- ments in the future of ships, with new have fitted Coriolis flow meters, torque restrict them on the comforts of home in nal spares vs OEMs? I believe that all products and new gadgets, which we hope meters, data generated from these equip- restricting the personal usage levels of stakeholders can benefit if such analysis is will help the vessel to run into less and less ment is being directly sent ashore, and communication. This is surely an impor- carried out by the industry, where new incidents. That’s why we’ve brought out people are trying to analyse it – but the tant balance one needs to maintain on policy can be drawn maintaining the high- these new notations, they’re ready and we data is still not consistent. board and it is a challenge. est of standards. Sharing of data confident- hope that during newbuildings as these We don’t even have the technology to ly is a new direction the industry could new technology products are ordered then get accurate fuel consumption on board, Driving adoption move towards. they can be certified and be part of the it’s still very hit and miss, the flowmeter is DS – Looking ahead to the predicted I feel that fair competition is needed ship notation. not accurate enough to give you an exact growth in VSAT in shipping that is here where monopolies are not positioned The most important thing for class in account. When the price of oil was high expected to occur in the next five years, to make undue pricing. Especially when maintaining the safety and environmental and fuel reached $700 everybody was con- according to most analysts – what will be the industry is burning, such focus could performance of the ships, so we need to centrating on that one litre extra oil that the big driver in getting increased data perhaps initiate dialogue. The data needed make sure that all aspects are covered, was consumed. Today it has been forgot- connectivity on ships, that one applica- of course is there – perhaps untapped. from machinery, hull and cargo on to the ten, but it will come back again. tion that will convince people that they However, this needs to be a consolidated new technologies that can communicate GB – You’re absolutely right, ships run- need to install VSAT now? effort where all stakeholders are involved. between shore and ship. This is only really ning around with sleeve bunkers, on some RdS – What I see are these hyped words starting. vessels I was involved with having 60 MT such as ‘Big Data’ and the Internet of DS – Mark, let me bring you in here, CCS of sleeve bunkers was not uncommon, or Things. These are just phrases unless used has been doing guidelines on intelligent DS – So you don’t see autonomous ships more. If you take, say, $800 per MT that is appropriately. Unfortunately, many of us ships, have you any comments in this arriving anytime soon, but want to be a considerable amount of money and total- in the industry have been deaf and blind to area? prepared and offering guidance as tech- ly unacceptable for charterers and owners the ‘voice’ or the ‘messages’ that come out Martin Chen (MC) – Basically all of the nology evolves in that direction? alike. As for the chief engineer – why does of this data. From the stress factors on your opinions we’ve heard here so far are true MC – Right, and if the ships can have he have such a surplus? Could be he wants hull, to machinery and equipment data, I and correct, each party has different per- these types of notations then hopefully to sell it as sludge or he cannot calculate wonder how many of our organisations spectives of what they want to achieve and they can move forward more easily than the fuel ROB (remaining on board). analyse this data to make meaningful that has a big impact on what will happen. they could as just a bare shell without Technology on board for measuring fuel sense? The crew wants more data, more access them. is antiquated. Taking soundings with a I see our human resources being struc- to the internet, which is fair since today It’s not just CCS, we have quite detailed sounding tape as the vessel is underway is tured similar to having specialist doctors everybody is relying on smartphones and ones now, and someone like Lloyd’s very inaccurate, and combining this with in a hospital – we have heart specialists, the internet and access to data in their Register has something similar as part of having no record of temperature of the fuel kidney specialists, lung specialists, but we daily lives. On the other hand the owner’s the overall notations, and I think all of the in the bunker tanks makes the results even lack that specialist ‘physician’ who can use point of view, or the manager’s point of class societies are moving into this area. more inaccurate. Mechanical flow meters all the information to make the body work view, is that they want to control costs and ClassNK as well, they’re moving into Big are extremely inaccurate, electronic meters to its best capacity. I often feel that we the amount of time people are spending on Data, so we’re all moving in that direction, are available but are expensive to purchase work with similar specialist groups within the internet so that it’s not going beyond following the trends of the new technolo- and install. Management of bunkers on our ship management offices. We do have their normal capacity for work. gies and the ships will be moving along board is difficult. silos of experts that really know their job, What I think is most important, as Capt with that. EJB – I think it’s clear that there’s a huge but as to whether we are using that Big Nagarajan said, is the policy issue, for each We might not be as innovative as some leap that needs to be made in the maritime Data and carrying out the proper analytics vessel and for the company. Without any other industries but we’re moving along, industry when it comes to adopting tech- that can derive full benefit, I believe is policy, and without any real training of the and can hopefully be guided by the flag nology. That’s what’s driving the view that questionable. crew, the behaviour is going to be very dif- states and governments and class societies it can’t be done in the next 30 or 40 years to A further area of analytics could be in the ferent. If the crew has been trained proper- to have safer vessels in the future. come, it all has to do with the current state monitoring of equipment performance. For ly then they won’t be spending too much GB – Anything that makes a ships safer of adoption of technology on board vessels. example, as global director of supply chain time more than the ordinary browsing is admirable, and if we’re heading in that On the current vessels, of course it’s management for a reputed company, I the internet. direction I’m all for it. I think the technolo- not possible. But if you set out to design a

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vessel that is completely aimed at running positive that it could make a difference. As as a drone, technology-wise it can be done we know, most companies spend between and then we have to look at what policies $1,000 to $1,800 to $2,500 per month per are needed and if everyone is comfortable ship on communication. Would a further with a vessel sailing around the world with $500 make a sizable difference in a ship a huge amount of cargo and no people on owner’s pocket, for bringing about this board. Those are different questions. facility and comfort to the crew and their I don’t know how many people would families? As a mother, I would influence be comfortable getting into a plane without my son or daughter or husband to only a pilot. I wouldn’t. Even though a plane serve on a ship where such telemedicine can take off, cruise and land on its own, the facilities are available. Can anything pilot just has to sit there. But this is the way replace a child? And every seafarer is the shipping industry is going, crew num- somebody’s child. bers will be less but there will still be some- GB – I agree with you 100 per cent. But one required on board to engage with the – there’s always a ‘but’ – I was involved system if something goes wrong. with a company called Future Care who GB – I think in the future technology did all of the medical management for will allow the manning on a ship to come crew on board our ships, irrespective of down well below what it is at the moment. who the ship managers were. We gave 'Speed and accuracy of information are the most important thing' - Gerry Buchanan, That’s something that class and Flag State Future Care a contract where the captains Liberian Registry (left); with Capt. M. S. Nagarajan, Fleet Management (right) are going to have to get very much would call in to them if there was a prob- involved in as well, but I’m sure that lem, they had set up a hub in the will happen. Philippines of trained registered nurses customers a concessionary rate, or even RdS – Data sharing and exposure, with- MN – The engines and the technology and a doctor who handled all these calls. free data for accident and incident han- in norms, should be more of a given rather we have today, it’s pretty archaic, not They came up with an idea of putting dling? It certainly is not a common occur- than a choice. For that I think we need to much has changed from when Gerry and I diagnostic equipment on board the ships, rence, unless of course there’s something eradicate the blame culture that everyone sailed. The internal combustion engine is where, with the guidance of a doctor very wrong with the shipping company. gets caught up in, from owners to man- still there, they talk about intelligent ashore, a captain could diagnose using this Wouldn’t that be a good marketing strate- agers, from mangers to superintendents, engines but that’s just a start. equipment and transfer the information gy for the communications companies, so from superintendents down to the lowest GB – Having said all that and compar- back to shore for the doctor to see it. Then their customers would know that this clerk. We have this blame culture, and long ing to when I went to sea in 1969, the relia- the doctor could make a more educated would be available without having to pay as that culture prevails, we as human bility of machinery and monitoring sys- call on whether to recommend a ship to a big bill? beings I think may not learn to share our tems is a hell of a lot better today than it deviate – which costs big money – or if the Ships of a client, and even multiple experiences. was back then. I actually trust the equip- ship could stay on its normal course and clients could perhaps group together to ment on board ships now, back then the crew member could be treated on share data packages. I do not see why not, Application of technology you didn’t! board. All great stuff – but regrettably it when major liner shipping companies even DS – Let’s move on. With regard to appli- EJB – When you talk about drone ships comes down to money as ships trade in a share slots within their competitors’ ships. cations we might see as technology use and so on, that’s such a leap forward that commercial world. This way, the cost per ship could be in maritime increases in the future, really it’s beyond imagination. EJB – Of course that’s true, but one of brought down I guess. we’ve spoken about things like telemed- GB – I recall a ship that I was on in the the biggest challenges that I see is finding EJB – Obviously that’s something that icine already, but what are the critical early 1970’s had an Inmarsat system the justification for technology, the justifi- could appeal to people and might be an applications for a shipping company in installed. I was with the chief officer and cation may be there but putting it on paper interesting approach. Even with today’s the modern industry? What are the most chief engineer in the captain’s office. The and making it real can be difficult. We technology though, the extra cost of just important applications for a shipping satphone rang and that captain stared at it touched on the fact that deviating a vessel having a telemedicine kit on board lies company to run effectively today, and horrified – the look on his face said “who is off course costs huge money – so how only in the kit itself. It’s not the additional how might that be affected by greater it, what is it and what do I do”! Someone much money do these deviations cost on communication cost if you have VSAT, access to data? shouted “answer it”, he did, and it was the an annual basis, and does that justify the you have a flat fee and can do this kind of GB – I would say speed and accuracy of office to find out where we were as he had cost of having a medical system on board thing anyway. information are the most important things, not sent in his three day message reporting to maybe reduce the number of unneces- But I like the thinking. It’s part of where to narrow it down to a small category. position. Looking back that was hilarious. sary deviations? we need to go, both ourselves as the com- MN - For us as a pure technical opera- RdS – I would like to see more adoption MN – The data will not support it, seri- munications industry and together with tor, I’d say the PMS, QMS, rest hours mon- of telemedicine technology. My personal ously. Right now I have 8,000 people on the shipping companies, we both need to itoring, online training, equipment moni- experiences tell me that telemedicine is not the ships. How many deviations do you look beyond the initial drivers of commu- toring, and weather routing – these are a luxury but should be mandatory for all think I’ve done in one year? Maybe one or nications into new areas. We have to look really the core applications. The minimum ships. A virtual ‘doctor’ on board can save two, even with so many crew. at the holistic cost picture related to com- data we need for these is maybe 250 MB to not just limbs and eyes, but also lives. If you have an operator who takes pride munications, the telemedicine is maybe 500 MB, to run them as pure web based Losing one life is too many lives lost - espe- in putting a crew that is healthy on board one element of that business case, IT man- applications. Then of course you have the cially when it could perhaps be avoided. I the ship, and you do checks and tell the agement could be another one, and crew crew on top of that. But these are definite- have personally seen so many reports of crew that you want them healthy as there another, things like fuel monitoring as ly critical to running the ship operations. accidents and incidents on board, and are no hospital facilities on the ships, and well. In many shipping companies people there have been deaths. It’s not every day treat them well with food and so on while still look at budgets in silos instead of tak- DS – Would it make a big difference if or every week but we all know that it hap- they’re on the ships so they are even ing a holistic approach of looking at the you could double the amount of data you pens. Perhaps some of them could have healthier when they come back than when total cost of operations. were using, ship to shore and vice versa, been prevented if there was immediate they started – then it won’t happen often. MN – Any argument on this will have with these applications? access to medical guidance. Of course, there are benefits to having to be based on data, we are a fragmented MN – I think so. The more information The current advancement of technology those systems, a few years ago we had an industry and we don’t share data. you have, the more informed decision can support this. I am positive that even in incident where we had to airlift the cap- Managers don’t share data with other making you can do. If you have the data these hard times, ship owners will be will- tain, and thankfully he survived. He was at managers, because people want to look you can have a decision making process ing to embrace such initiatives. Once again I an age where you can have heart attacks better than maybe what they actually are. which is different from just saying ‘the feel that it is the lack of investment on and other issues which can’t be detected in It’s a human tendency. chief engineer told us this so we have to go analysis and effort on the part of the spe- any medical check, in those cases it would If we have a platform for the exchange with that’. When I was sailing the office cialist functional groups that deprives these be a great help. The answer is that it will be of this data then you might be able to build never called me, and if they asked later worthy project plans from being tabled and very difficult to justify the equipment some justification. But what I know of the who decided something it was me, as cap- brought to realisation. The ‘Big Data’, if being put on board unless it becomes way we are, we all continue to work in tain, that decided it. used appropriately, will surely prove even mandatory. If tomorrow they said ‘all silos and try to do what we want to do as a EJB – In the modern world, if it was to the quantitative benefits besides the qualita- ships coming into the US must have this company, not as part of a global industry. work like that as a shipping company that tive and moral advantages. equipment’ then it would be a different That is the challenge. If we can surmount has several hundred vessels, it would I feel that if Flag Sates or class, or even story. That’s the driver. that challenge, all of us together to push mean that you basically have several hun- SOLAS, could look beyond the norm and if RdS – As a marketing strategy, commu- things forward, then maybe we can really dred CEOs (i.e. captains) on those ships these ‘facilities’ are made mandatory, I am nication companies could perhaps offer do something. taking decisions based on their informa-

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tion and their judgement of the environ- really changed, so we’re not really devel- broke free. In actual fact he robbed himself, there in the operation of the ships. That will ment at that moment. oping anything new. We’re talking about the money left the vessel in South Africa bring the total cost of operation down, and In any other industry companies take drone ships, a ship designed to operate by and was posted back to his home in a that makes it worthwhile to spend a few decisions based on lots of data generated itself, that would need equipment that is shoe box! hundred dollars more. and brought together where specialists can far superior to what we have today. So yes, it would be great to have no Any owner, in the end, if you can show look at it. This is an area where the mar- RdS – Even though technology has cash on board, but I think it’s never going them that twenty vessels here have seen itime industry could benefit greatly from developed over the past decades in many to happen. their cost of operation go down because we getting more data. areas, it is disturbing to note that its impact DS – Perhaps that’s an argument for the have certain technologies on board, and on the day in the life of a shipping company unmanned ship – the robots don’t accept tell them they can do the same, they will go in some of the key processes is not signifi- cash! for it. cant. I feel that many companies have MN – You have to have the analysis to moved towards automation and not so Data communications make use of the data. When Gerry was much innovation or transformation. That is, DS – Let’s come back to the communica- president of Genco, like he was saying, if they would get a computer to do the same tions and data element again, and the you don’t give him a convincing argument thing that was done manually 25 years ago, new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) then he’ll stick with what he has. That’s 35 years ago or even 50 years ago. systems that are coming online. Data is always going to be the case. I joined the industry as an intern 38 going to become cheaper, even purely RdS – I also wonder whether having an years ago and I was at the lowest rank as a down to the fact of there being much IT-savvy junior level person in the crew, student trainee, my bosses were a multi- more capacity available – will that drive would that be a good idea for the future? tude of very experienced clerks who shipping companies to increase the The young of today are quick to grasp and taught me much. I was given all the don- amount of data they are using for the embrace technology and I feel the return key work. I remember handling crew same price, or push them towards main- on investment on having one such person wages and crew allotments. Now, 38 years taining their data usage and looking for a on board will be productive. Not only in down the line, the only difference I see is cheaper contract? the enhancement of the productivity of that what we used to write on sheets MN – Price still remains the biggest fac- data exchanges but also in giving the cap- and in books using pen on paper, we are tor. The price of bandwidth will come tain and the senior officers space to focus now doing on Excel sheets or typing on down with the newer technology which on real ship management. to computers. will mean we are in a good position to pick MN – A dedicated IT person on the Yes, this has indeed brought about a and choose, and select the right data pack- ship? It would be nice but it’s additional 'In any other industry companies take transactional change. But is that enough? I age and speed for each vessel. manpower, so it’s additional cost. decisions based on lots of data' am positive that most companies do not go EJB – But why would you want that on - Eric Jan Bakker, Marlink beyond the processes they are familiar DS – Let’s say, for example, that you have the ship? If you send the data to shore you with to have a transformational change. a satcom package that costs $1500 per have experts there. I’m not talking about taking away Have we thought about innovative month. If the new capacity means that GB – Yes, it is going that way now. The responsibility from the ships, but bringing change? Not many of us have, I feel. you will be offered double the data you days of the old ship’s electrician are num- data together so experts can look at the I can assure you for example, that a are currently using for that same $1500, or bered. ETOs are the way forward. data in a central place, where they can company with around a 15,000 crew pool the same amount of data you are current- As ships become more and more sophis- compare data from sister ships or whatev- and operating in global waters, the spend ly using for a reduced price of $1000 – ticated, with more and more electronic sys- er, that they can feed back as information on getting cash on board would very well which would you go for? tems all interconnected, there is a need for a to the captain to make a more informed be over US$ 1.5 million annually – simply MN – At this moment in time I think technician on board who can manage these decision. As a business that gives you more on logistics on getting the cash on board, we’d take the double data for the same systems. Many companies today employ control over your operations, and therefore exchange differences etc. And this would price that we’re paying. We’d like to have ETOs but even they will require retraining your bottom line. mostly be used to pay wages, which can more data to see what we could do with it. to deal with the specific electronic systems MN – I agree, it improves your operation. very well be handled better, using If we didn’t use it then maybe we’d drop associated with e-navigation. new technology. back to the cheaper package. We’d have to EJB – I think that is definitely a direc- DS – If that is the case then why doesn’t So one can see that even today, with all see the traffic and analyse it and make an tion we’re going in, but many of the things every ship have data collection systems, the new technology, what we did 38 years informed decision. that need to be done can actually be done using VSAT and 50 GB of data per month ago happens with very little change to the GB – Commercial requirements will remotely. When I look at the IT in our com- to improve operations? It’s clearly a more way we do business. The efficiency would change that. When the commercial require- pany, we’re spread around the world with complicated issue and not as easy as it have improved, but not the effectiveness. ments come in for more data, more data – offices in 15 countries, we have one IT sounds. MN – You are right. The average cost of it will come – then things will change. department that is based in the MN – We are driven by cost, it’s a con- remitting cash around the world varies But Capt Nagarajan is absolutely right, Netherlands, and we have a completely cept you have to sell and the owner who is between 1 per cent and 4 per cent of the at this moment it’s completely driven by standardised IT environment. eventually spending the money has to buy amount of money you send. Each ship can cost. As a former owner if such a request These guys are remotely accessing our into that concept. The marketplace is so ask for between $35,00 and $50,000 in cash had been put in front of me, I’d ask the laptops continuously to do updates or fix bad that he’s losing $3,000 to $5,000 per per month. So if you have $50,000 for 12 managers if we were happy with what we day, so he’s not interested in the new months, which is $600,000, and have an were getting at the moment. If the answer applications people are trying to sell him. average cost of 2 per cent, that’s $12,000 for was yes, then we’d stay with that. I love that ship. I’m not sure how technology can change, but the change has got to be at the DS – So the main issue here is that the help, but the money transfer issue is a right price. benefits can’t be seen until after the fact, big one. EJB – I would hope you’d be happy so to speak. RdS – If any company out there with the way you’re doing your business EJB – Unless you can reduce those loss- needs to change, there are many options at this moment, but I also hope that you es to $2,000 or $1,000, which is not easy available. would have a vision of how you can fur- of course. MN – We have talked to HSBC and ther improve. If that means you need more MN – Also the challenge is there that Standard Chartered and the Indian banks, data to improve your operations and the maritime industry is such a small mar- many of them, but somehow the crew reduce cost, and for that you need to spend ketplace, compared to the global market hasn’t been comfortable with not getting slightly more on communications, then for that someone like Google is aiming it. The the money in cash. me it comes down to the business case. maritime industry as a cluster is so small, GB – We have to find ways to eliminate Today I don’t think the availability of none of the really big players want to cash on board or at least have minimum data is really the issue, customers of ours invest in it, there’s no game for them. amounts. It’s too big a temptation. who really want higher data can get it at So we have the entrenched players and I’ve had a ship where US$70,000 disap- reasonable costs. Of course the cost needs to we get hand-me-downs from the military, peared. The money was reported missing be at a reasonable and acceptable level, but all the stuff we get for the ships for naviga- from the ship while at anchor in the Gulf of they can get that data – they just need to tion and things like that has come from the Benin. Investigation showed that the cap- know what to do with it. The driver should US military. As an industry ourselves, the tain who claimed pirates came on board not be that the crew wants to spend more 'The young of today are quick to grasp anchor that Lord Nelson used I am still and tied him up then robbed him had actu- time online either, the argument should be and embrace technology' using as well! ally faked the whole thing. He wrapped that you’re going to use this application or - Dr Ruanthi da Silva, SCM Plus Over my career even the engine has not duct take on his legs and arms and then that application to save cost there, there and

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issues. You can do so much remotely these dinosaurs like me who may not be so at the forefront of people’s thinking you who may be creating vulnerabilities days by having the experts centralised and enthusiastic about the change, we’d be when it comes to maritime IT, mainly without even realising it. using technology to your benefit. forced to make the change. due to the fact that data transfers were MN – Many companies don’t allow MN – There’s your answer for having not really adequate to allow high levels ports for putting in a USB stick anymore. proper communication with the ship, a DS – To look at this issue from a slightly of access. VSAT or something like that, you don’t wider perspective – Big Data and Internet GB – We’ve always considered security, DS – And that’s one good example of need the person on the ship, you have of Things technologies are some of the though maybe not cyber security, but secu- cyber security, which is actually just a them on shore attending to all of the prob- topics that various terrestrial industries rity has always been very important. I matter of physically denying access. lems on the ships. are getting excited about currently as a remember when I was at Genco we were EJB – That’s one step, but viruses can still way of making business more efficient. Is one of the first companies to board guards get on board. Controlling the human ele- DS – So the one expert you need on the this something that you think will have and then armed guards to protect the crew ment is very difficult and there are always ships is the guy who can keep the remote an impact in shipping in the near future? and the ship. It’s the same philosophy flaws there that will make you vulnerable. access system working. RdS – In terms of Big Data, I think that when it comes to protecting from the Everyone in this industry just needs to EJB – That’s a matter of evolving skills sooner rather than later markets will drive hacker, the e-Pirate. become more aware of the threats and the of crew members on board, as you get the industry towards the need to taking risks that are there. I see that people are younger people on board you almost auto- advantage of better analytics – especially DS – So you see it as an extension of phys- talking about it a lot more now than ever matically get certain IT skills. Young peo- in the area of equipment and components. ical security rather than a separate issue? before, whenever we speak to customers ple are born with a phone in their hand Whilst having a Planned Maintenance GB – Absolutely. As we protect against they ask us what we do in terms of cyber these days. System on board is critical, perhaps proper pirates climbing on board while at anchor security and how we protect our network. MN – I was talking to some navigators and reliable analytics, if shared with the or transiting the Somali basin, we must Even though our network is a private net- a few days ago in Manila, talking about if appropriate authorities and personnel, and protect against any type of cyber-attack work we still need to protect it, and we do the young guys don’t like you, on the if the ‘voice’ of such Big Data is listened to, from e-Pirates. that on both the ship side by helping our ECDIS they’ll unclick everything and all could place reliance on conditioned based customers put in firewalls and virus pro- the dangers will disappear, you can dese- maintenance. Thus, relieving owners of tection and so on, which needs continuous lect 10 functions and you don’t see any- financial as well as ‘reliability’ based stress. I monitoring and updating. thing except the chart. So they need to be am not an expert, but these are my thoughts. On the other side we try to prevent any careful, it can happen. MN – Big Data and the internet are dangers from getting as far as the ship by going to become a reality in shipping. Even optimising our security levels on the infra- DS – That kind of danger could also be the normal things, like the chief engineer structure side. Can it be 100 per cent safe? eliminated, to an extent, by improved taking samples, they’ll be monitored Probably not, but both the maritime indus- remote monitoring and integration with directly and accessible at any time you try and us in the communications industry, the shore. That data that’s not showing on want, with sensors placed everywhere and we have an obligation to ensure that we the screen will still be part of the system, data being transferred all the time. That have minimum decent standards of cyber so the system will be able to warn if the will come eventually, and it will help. security. That’s key. vessel is not reacting to potential hazards. EJB – In the end Big Data only becomes GB – You’ve still got people on board MC – It still all comes back to the costs, valuable when you do something with it, ships fitting magic pipes and bypassing as was said before. Regardless of whether when you analyse it. For that maybe we separators and pumping oil over the side. you have an IT person on the vessel or you need to change the mind-set of a lot of peo- So the possibilities of what can happen have an extra IT team in the head office ple. If you put your data to use you can with all this data are endless. And if looking after everything from shore, no create value and then costs become much they’re all looking at this big e-navigation matter how good they are they still need less of an issue. In the end I think that’s screen, who’s looking out the window? software products to work with. If there’s what it’s about. EJB – True, but at the same time you no supply and demand, if there’s nobody need to make sure that you manage or limit from these different companies that are Cyber security the impact that certain incidents can have. willing to buy products to pay for the sup- DS – I’d like to talk about cyber security 'Hacking of ship systems is a ply, then the experts won’t be able to use now, we touched on the topic a little earli- serious threat' - Martin Chen, DS – Martin, has CCS brought anything anything. er in relation to some of the other points we China Classification Society into the Intelligent Ships notation with These suppliers of products to do analy- discussed, but to go a bit deeper – Gerry, regard to cyber security? sis of data for the ships, there are only so you mentioned the issue before, maybe MN – A lot of people are raising this MC – We haven’t put cyber security as many of these service providers at the you’d like to give us a bit more on your issue, I think the US Coast Guard has a separate aspect of this, it’s more that we moment, and unless there’s more demand impression of cyber security in maritime? already raised the issue recently of have focused on the areas of the crew’s we won’t see more suppliers coming out. GB – LISCR are working with BIMCO managing cyber security. We will require behaviour and training of the crew. That’s Once that starts moving we might see and a cyber security company on this issue the means to control the data on the ship more important, if the crew knows how to more suppliers coming in, and there’ll be at the moment, they are working with a and going to shore, and we’ll require behave they will know what they should more competition, and that will drive the group of project ships with cyber security some kind of vulnerability testing period- do when they are using a computer and costs lower. in mind – what do we have, what do we ically to declare that you’re not being you will have fewer problems. But it’s difficult, if we compare with the need to do, what do we need to protect compromised from either internal or Also part of it is looking at locking down airline industry, with the passenger or the against and how do we do it. external sources. external access, like was said before, of cargo the profit margin is much higher As we get closer to the introduction of e- These are ideas that will have to be using external drives to connect to a com- than sea trade. The sea trade profits are not navigation, the guidelines for which are developed as we move into an environ- puter. That’s a limitation of freedom for the good right now, so the technology is not expected in in 2019 with implementation ment with more data, closer to the Big Data crew but it’s one way to stop hacking of the able to move as fast as something like the coming sometime after that, we need to that is being spoken about. We think that’s systems. Hacking of ship systems is a seri- aviation industry, and it will continue to be know more about cyber security. How do the way to go. We’ve already spoken about ous threat to the safety of the vessel and the much more high-tech than what we have we protect all this information that’s going crew usage and content management, all environment, so that’s all incorporated into in shipping. to be generated on a ship? How do we proof these steps we are already taking, and the ideas of our notation, though not If we look at Jeppesen as an example, tect a ship from being taken over by some vulnerability testing is something we’re described exactly in the wording. they were previously owned by Boeing cyber bandits and driven ashore or up a thinking about. and provide a lot of technologies in ship- fjord where they can pump off the oil? GB – What happens if the crew inad- Looking ahead ping in areas like weather routing and so It’s happening today in real life, it’s just vertently, or maliciously, introduce a virus DS – With all that we’ve spoken about on. They were telling me that these tech- a different way of going about the age old into the ship systems? already today, I’d like to look a bit further nologies were incorporated in aviation crime of hijacking – cyber pirates. The need ahead now and ask a speculative question maybe 30 or 40 years ago. Nobody was for cyber security is there now but the sys- DS – One of the biggest issues in cyber – in 10 years’ time what might be the willing to invest in it for the marine tems providing it are not. As ships become security is still the human element, the biggest difference in the way technology industry because of the cost when the more technologically advanced they problem of humans that do have access to is used in maritime in comparison with profits are low. It all depends on the become more susceptible to hacking and so systems opening up the wrong e-mail or today? Would you envision a major shift, dollars in the end, without them nothing we need to protect against that. using a USB stick in a corporate network or a slow evolution that’s not that much will happen. that is infected with something they don’t different to the current environment? GB – One way to drive the new technol- DS – The cyber security issue is going to know about. These are very difficult MN – I’d expect some drone ships, ogy is to phase out the old technology take a big change in mind-set too, it has things to control because it’s about the completely operated from shore in 10 faster as the new becomes available. As for not really been something that has been behaviour of the people that work with years’ time.

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DS – Interesting. What type of ships do the shore, the more data you have, the like you mentioned, FleetBroadband but EJB – That can be true, though I’ve also you think they might be? more informed decisions you can make. also Iridium. heard the complete opposite from other MN – I think they will start with coastal EJB – I agree, that’s probably the immi- There’s support for different require- shipping companies, who said that the ships, in Europe maybe and also in China nent direction that the industry is taking. As ments, and in today’s environment inte- crew is actually getting together again perhaps because of the way they’re was said before, I don’t think that the real gration of different technologies is becom- because the Wi-Fi is just in the mess, so expanding. In coastal trade they can start limitation is the availability of bandwidth, ing more important, which means that the they all sit together there. using these small vessels, start with the there’s an abundance of bandwidth coming underlying network becomes less impor- MN – It depends on how you do this, if technology and see if it works, and then it to the market in the years to come, it’s even tant – it’s more about how we can enable you have routers on every floor then can be scaled up later. It’s a concept that being introduced already. The highway is you to take advantage of what’s available they’ll be in their rooms. That will happen they can introduce in that way. there, it’s now really time for the maritime and get a service that suits your require- more and more, you won’t be able to industry to start deciding what to do with it ments. Those requirements might even dif- restrict people to just connecting in the DS – We’ve spoken quite a bit today and how fast to drive on that highway. It’s fer between two vessels in the same fleet, crew mess. The important thing will still be about the slow development of technolo- going to be very interesting in the next few like the bulkers you mentioned going in to manage the web content and what the gy, but that would be a pretty big leap years, to see what technology can achieve in the deep south all the time compared with crew is putting out on the internet. forward. the maritime industry. others in different areas. EJB – (To Capt Nagarajan) In your own RdS – The after sales service and sup- MN – The VSAT has been most success- DS – At least when the unmanned ship operations, your daily operations, you’re port network that technology companies ful on ships trading between Europe and arrives this won’t be a problem any definitely moving towards at least improv- can provide will be very important in the North America. There we don’t need any- longer! ing the data capabilities on board – do you development of this market. thing else but the VSAT, it works every- RdS – In the future I’m also absolutely see that there will be much more automa- MN – What we’ve spoken about where there. interested to see how new technologies tion, much more use of technology on already with VSAT, so far we’ve had might change the fabric of shipping. I think board your vessels? decent reliability but it’s not so easy to DS – The antennas and the pricing are not of companies like Uber as impressive users MN – I definitely think there will be come on board, so it’s an issue to think so much a stumbling block any longer of technology that has truly made a big much more use of technology, and there about. when it comes to VSAT then? change in the everyday life of people. Just will be a drive to reduce the number of EJB – We can do a lot of things remotely MN – That hasn’t really stopped us, it’s as you can see your taxi approach you in people on board the ship by having that already, because once the VSAT is onboard not a big cost now that the cost of VSAT that Uber App, who knows, shipping has come down quite a bit, you can get it in could someday evolve in to such platforms the $2,000 range which is okay. It’s not a for chartering. big spike in the costs. MN – I agree, Uber and Ola, a similar thing in India for cabs, that’s technology DS – So you feel that today you have a creating big changes. greater range of realistic options than you did a few years ago? DS – What is it about those technologies MN – Yes, I think so. It’s also scalable, in particular that impresses you? the 10 GB that I mentioned on VSAT, if MN – It’s something you can use easily tomorrow we wanted 50 GB then it’s pos- without needing to own anything new. sible to do that. Maybe we could have a platform for vessels EJB – That’s important now when you that worked in a similar way, to book car- think ahead for the next five years, because goes or book ships, or something like that. as we’ve been discussing we don’t really know what applications will be needed in DS – That’s another function of enhanced five years. So you don’t need to decide data connectivity, integrating you as the now what you’ll need in five years because customer with the network of cars to put you can scale it, you can start now at a both sides together. lower level and if in one year’s time you MN – Shipping is too small a market for need to be on double that or whatever then this stuff though. Yesterday I was talking 'Sharing of data will be very important' - Martin Chen, China Classification Society that’s very possible, and we don’t even to somebody about shipping, a broker, (right); with Rob O'Dwyer, Digital Ship (middle); and Eric Jan Bakker, Marlink (left) need to visit the vessel for that. I think who said that 80 per cent of all data is that’s really important. available online, but the 20 per cent that MN – We have an ERP (enterprise makes you money is kept private. You better technology on board. That is the it also enables us to remotely do updates resources planning software system) and have to know somebody. So it’s a different direction the big ships will go towards, and so on, we don’t have to physically go on do data exchanges twice a day for all of the world. and we can have more drone development board the vessel and make changes there. FleetBroadband ships, but for the VSAT But we’re excited about new technolo- for the smaller coastal trades, as a begin- ships they can be online, syncing in real gy, the jury is out on it to an extent so we ning to see how we go. DS – So Capt Nagarajan, do you think time. That’s the kind of advantage we see need to wait and see. As we get more data RdS – I also see maritime colleges shift- these kinds of things will have a big in it, continuous updating is a benefit. in the future we’ll be able to have a more ing their teaching programmes more influence on your future technology informed analysis, but so far I think it has towards electronics than the mechanical choices? DS – It’s hard to put a dollar value on that, helped us a lot. When fast-speed internet focus that they have now, because much of MN – Historically we’ve been heavily I suppose? and Big Data is really available to maritime the equipment is becoming more electron- linked with Inmarsat, and they keep telling MN – It’s hard, we haven’t really mone- then who knows what will be possible? ics-based, and I would see much of the us that they’re coming out with something tised it like that, we haven’t monetised the MC – Big Data is going to be very ships’ maintenance work coming ashore. that’s going to be fantastic. So we’re work- people element and so on. We could prob- important, but even more important will I see the elimination of double adminis- ing with both Inmarsat and Telemar and ably work out some of it, but I think the be people sharing data. How much to tration work happening both on the ship we’ll see what they can offer to us. At the biggest advantage of this kind of technolo- share will be an aspect that the whole and ashore the moment data exchanges moment we still have most of the ships gy comes from crew satisfaction on board industry will need to consider, but sharing become more affordable and communica- with Inmarsat, and a few with VSAT, but the ship. of data will be very important in pushing tion companies consolidate to offer more we will continue to evaluate it and make They are very hungry for data with technology to advance. We need different effective packages to clients. That would our decisions. Facebook and so on, sending small mes- products and equipment to support each be a move toward the ship being truly a Reliability will be a big driver, because sages mostly but it makes them feel con- other to make this industry more advanced floating office, and where no resources are even with the VSAT we need a backup on nected. That’s a big benefit that it’s hard to and to catch up with the technology used wasted on duplicated effort. FleetBroadband, there are certain areas put a figure on. Though it has an impact on on shore. where we need to use it like in the South the crew as a community too, the advent of RdS – However, I would caution DS – So that would really be just a more Atlantic where there’s no coverage, and computers on board, they’re more likely against the over use or the misuse of the advanced version of what is already hap- that’s a normal trade route for ships that go now to bring their own computer and sit in terminology such as ‘Big Data’ or ‘Internet pening today, with better integration to load grain or coal or sugar, that’s a bulk their own room watching movies or what- of Things’, as a flood of data can be over- with shore and more decision support, carrier route. So in that area you need ever it is. whelming for any end user unless such and so on. something else other than VSAT. data is intelligently managed, analysed MN – I think that’s correct. Though I’m EJB – There are different networks to DS – Though that is now the same as and appropriately used. Hence I would maybe a bit more optimistic, I think there’ll work with, there’s Ku-band VSAT and every family home in the world with rather call it ‘Intelligent Data’ – which be better integration between the ships and then there’s Fleet Xpress on Ka-band, and, people on their own devices. would surely add and create value. DS

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www.enginei.co.uk bility removes the risk of human error and avoids the consequent risk of misinterpre- Royston reports that it has developed a tation of engine and voyage data. new auto-mode detection capability for its Development of the auto-mode system enginei fuel management system, to assist has included trials undertaken in partner- in more accurate reporting of fuel con- ship with offshore fleet services company sumption and vessel emissions. GulfMark, on board its Highland Prince The enginei system uses volumetric or OSV which has a diesel electric propulsion mass flow measurement for fuel data system with four main Caterpillar engines analysis, and offers reporting options and two auxiliary engines. incorporating performance data and fuel “The tests we have undertaken on the optimisation rates. new enginei auto-mode detection capabili- Operational modes are defined by dif- ty have been very successful. The auto- ferent activities being undertaken by the mode identification was very accurate, vessel at different times and stages in a enabling close correlation between the dif- journey, with fuel consumption and emis- ferent types of vessel operational activities sions levels being influenced by the specif- with specific fuel consumption rates,” said ic type of activity, speed and weather con- Jim Bradford, general manager of opera- The new mode detection feature will remove the need for manual input ditions. In a conventional enginei installations for GulfMark. tion, the operational mode of the vessel is “The automatic logging of vessel activity indicated by manual notification into the type will mean that the crew and onshore planning with optimum speeds and fuel rate CO2 and other emissions levels to be system by a crew member. staff can identify not only the mode of oper- consumptions achieved during transit. By calculated and operational adjustments to Working with marine engineering spe- ation but the time spent in each mode.” arriving on time at eco speeds this will ulti- be made.” cialists from Newcastle University, Royston In the tests, the Highland Prince voyage mately contribute to reducing not only the “Importantly, having more accurate per- says it has now developed an upgraded ver- data showed that 52 per cent of vessel time transit consumption but also the stand-by formance data will also enable us to look at sion that utilises data processing and statis- was spent in transit, 5 per cent in port, 23 time at the installation and consequently the actual working hours of individual tical analysis to automatically identify the per cent in Dynamic Positioning mode and the fuel burnt when in standby mode,” engines, enabling us to more effectively bal- vessel’s operational mode. 20 per cent spent in standby mode waiting said Mr Bradford. ance their use at optimal levels of power By identifying individual operational to access the offshore installation. “In addition, the conversion of the fuel output and to prioritise service and condi- modes automatically, the auto-mode capa- “Auto-mode will allow better voyage consumption data will also enable accu- tion-based maintenance requirements.” Denmark moves to Cloud Fleet Manager for digital ship certificates German shipping companies

www.dma.dk and money in the maritime sector,” said www.hanseaticsoft.com As the name suggests, the software runs Minister for Business and Growth, Troels in the Cloud, to facilitate ease of access to Denmark has moved to digital certification Lund Poulsen. Hanseaticsoft reports that it has signed up both the application and company data as of ships, transitioning from the traditional Ships’ existing paper certificates will be three new German shipping companies for required. paper based system to using electronic cer- replaced one at a time as they expire. its Cloud Fleet Manager, with Norddeutsche “We are delighted to support three tificates as of 24 June 2016. Shipowners will also get online access to H. Schuldt, Hammonia and North Frisian more shipping companies’ efficiency Certification had previously been car- their new certificates as the digital versions Offshore now all using the software system. enhancement with our Cloud Fleet ried out by printing, stamping and signing are issued, which the Administration says The Cloud Fleet Manager (CFM) can be Manager,” said Alexander Buchmann, paper certificates and subsequently send- should further reduce the amount of used to manage various aspects of fleet CEO of Hanseaticsoft. ing them around the world to be kept on administrative work required. management operations, such as process- “With our software we enable all par- board ships. “The Danish Maritime Authority has ing of incidents, planning and execution of ties to recognise the demand for action Digital certification will put an end to been working hard in the IMO to gain audit processes, fleet planning, crewing, promptly and to work on the base of uni- these procedures, reducing workloads and acceptance of electronic certificates,” said and various other functions. form and reliable information.” paving the way for further maritime Anne Steffensen, director general of the digitalisation, according to the Danish Danish Shipowners’ Association. Maritime Authority. “It is a major step in the right direction UK-based Marine Software reports Paul Ashton has joined iMarine “It is important for our businesses to that will help reduce administrative bur- that its Marine Planned Maintenance Software as a director, responsible embrace the digital era. Therefore it makes dens and costs imposed on Danish for Windows (MPMWin) has had its for software me proud that Denmark is one of the very shipowners and ships. Denmark is in the DNV GL Type Approval approved up development of first countries in the world to use electron- lead here and we hope that other Flag to June 2021. the company's ic certification, which will reduce the States and classification societies will fol- AkzoNobel reports that the require- range of applica- administrative workload and save time low Denmark’s initiative.” ments for ISO 19030 have been incorporat- tions and mar- ed into its Intertrac Vision recommenda- itime e-procure- tions for hull performance monitoring, ment systems. which means predictions from the Big Mr Ashton was Data consultancy tool can be verified and one of the validated against actual performance founders of using an ISO 19030 compliant monitoring Paul Ashton, SpecTec, leav- process. iMarine Software ing the company Castor Marine has appointed John in 2013. Hoeven as its director, maritime services. Eniram reports that it is expanding its Mr Hoeven was previously at Imtech European operations with the opening a Marine, now known as Radio new office in London, UK. Holland, where he was responsible for connectivity services. www.marinesoftware.co.uk essDOCS reports that it has estab- www.international-marine.com lished a new office in Japan. The Tokyo www.castormarine.com office will be led by the company’s newly- www.essdocs.com appointed VP Japan, Akira Sato, who will www.imarinesoftware.com be supported by senior consultant, Naoko It is hoped that the use of digital certificates will reduce the administrative burden on board www.eniram.fi Takahashi.

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Digital Ship Call for ‘commodity’ status for containers Berge Bulk completes Sertica implementation www.xeneta.com These decisions could be based on real www.sertica.com Oslo-based Xeneta, a provider of bench- time data on rates, as marking and market intelligence systems well as indexed data on Singapore based dry bulk owner, Berge for containerised ocean freight, is calling millions of contracted Bulk, has completed the implementation for the introduction of ‘commodity’ status rates, with carriers and of the Sertica software system from for shipping containers, to help the market shippers using a regu- Logimatic on 34 vessels, the culmination adjust to rock-bottom rates. lated exchange as a plat- of a project that began in January 2015. According to Xeneta, which tracks data form to trade. Starting out with 12 vessels in 2007, across 60,000 global trade routes, short- “For example, imag- Berge Bulk has since more than tripled the term market average rates for the Shanghai ine how healthy a carrier size of its original fleet, now operating and to Rotterdam trade for transporting a 40- would be if they’d sold managing more than 40 ships. Before imple- foot container have fallen by 51 per cent forward three, five or menting the new application the company since 1 July 2014, while some Qingdao – seven years when China- had used a range of different software, Rotterdam boxes have been obtained for as Europe rates were in the including homemade systems in Excel. little as $100 during the last year. Xeneta says a ‘container commodity exchange’ $1,500-2,000 range,” said Today, the full range of Sertica software could allow risk to be spread These types of figures are typical rather Mr Berglund. systems is in use on 34 of the 40 vessels, than being outliers, according to the “On the other hand, including maintenance, fleet management, company, and have reached an unsustain- “This will hit not only shippers hard, imagine a shipper who bought freight con- HSQE, procurement and invoice manage- able level. but also consumers, as all those Asian- tracts now for two, three or five years ment modules. An interface to the compa- “These rates are obviously positive for sourced retail and wholesale items on ahead, protecting themselves against ny’s financial system is also in the process hard-nosed negotiators wanting to ship which the western world, Africa, and Latin future rate hikes when carriers go bank- of being introduced. freight, but not for the industry, and not America relies will become significantly rupt, or when the Chinese economy recov- “We chose Sertica because we trusted for anyone in the long-term,” said Xeneta more expensive. So, regaining a sense of ers even by just 1 or 2 per cent.” Logimatic to make a timely implementa- CEO Patrik Berglund. stability wouldn’t just be a good thing for While shippers who locked in the $1,500 tion. The system was selected from “Only a handful of carriers managed the containership vessel operators, but – 2,000 rates two years ago would be “hurt- amongst the best on the market and its to make a profit last year and some of for all stakeholders, right through the ing now”, Mr Berglund believes that this flexibility and simplicity were key consid- the biggest players, like HMM and entire chain.” risk balancing element of the market “is erations in our decision-making,” said Hanjin, are close to bankruptcy, while Xeneta believes the commoditisation of the price to pay for both parties to gain Amy Wahab, IT manager at Berge Bulk. UASC lost a reported $500 million in 2015. containerised freight could be a solution, predictability and transparency.” “We are satisfied with the implementa- The low rates that are causing this will, as it would allow containers to be traded “There are many things to consider, but tion and already experience how Sertica naturally enough, skyrocket if the indus- on regulated exchanges with transparent with the transparent data that is now avail- has eliminated much paperwork and man- try loses a few significant players, or sees pricing, while also opening the option for able it’s easier to make truly informed ual work for us. We trust the system to widespread consolidation of power into hedging and buying or selling forward to decisions. It has the power to transform synchronise automatically and our people fewer hands.” manage exposure to risk. this industry,” he said. are able to follow up and track changes.”

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SOFTWARE Wärtsilä and Eckerö extend maintenance agreement www.wartsila.com tion. Maintenance operations are then planned based on expert analysis of the Wärtsilä and Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö engine’s condition and the real-time data have extended their long-term mainte- provided by the engines. nance agreement for Eckerö's entire fleet of “We are happy to take our cooperation five vessels, which will see Wärtsilä extend with Eckerö to a new level. We value their the use of its digital maintenance concepts. trust highly. With these services, we are One of the vessels under the five-year able to gain useful data and can help agreement has been fitted with the Eckerö maintain and safeguard engine Wärtsilä Condition based monitoring sys- availability,” said Peter Guldbrand, gener- tem, which provides data to enable al manager sales, service unit Baltic and dynamic maintenance planning. Black Sea, Wärtsilä. “We have very positive experiences of “Customised solutions or service pack- working with Wärtsilä and wanted to ages, such as this one, are Wärtsilä's way of extend our cooperation further,” said ensuring that our customers get exactly Daniel Olsén, technical manager, what they need in order to operate effi- The ferry MS Finlandia in operation. Photo: Eckerö Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö. ciently and reliably.” “Wärtsilä was able to offer a customised Wärtsilä has recently broadened what it tomers can get the most out of their assets, a chance to cause significant damage. service package that met all our mainte- calls its ‘Genius’ services portfolio with while operating in a safe and environmen- The Wärtsilä Engine efficiency monitor- nance needs. Furthermore, these services the addition of a new ‘Offline vibration tally friendly way,” said Mikko Tepponen, ing service helps to optimise fuel con- increase cost predictability and reduce risks. analysis’ option, as well as an updated director digitalisation, Wärtsilä. sumption by offering advice on overhaul We consider Wärtsilä a trusted partner.” CBM service and an expanded ‘Engine The Offline vibration analysis service is and operational patterns based on real- In addition to service and maintenance efficiency monitoring’ service to cover a new offering for propulsion and other time data, to allow for adjustments to be work, Wärtsilä provides spare parts, shaft dual-fuel engines. rotating equipment, which analyses meas- made to operations. seals, services for the catalytic converters, “The main concerns for all our cus- urement data from the equipment to deter- The new condition based maintenance dynamic maintenance planning (DMP) tomers are uptime and cost-efficiency, both mine its condition and possible mainte- service meanwhile now offers a daily fol- and condition based maintenance (CBM). of which have a direct impact on prof- nance needs. low-up of key operational data in addition The aim of the dynamic maintenance itability. We are developing Wärtsilä This should allow component defects, to the previously available monthly report- planning solution is to extend maintenance Genius services with these concerns in alignment issues and balance problems to ing schedule, with the aim of improving intervals and reduce spare parts consump- mind - we want to ensure that our cus- be detected and remedied before they have the performance of shipboard equipment. Krill completes Seacor installation Container weight www.krillsystems.com ment data collection and transmission in with two-second resolution, including real time, for bunker measurement, man- storage capacity of at least one year and an verification system Krill Systems has announced that it has agement and reporting. Coriolis flow- unlimited roll-over capacity. completed the installation and sea-trial of meters were exclusively used in the Seacor Any communication system support- launched its Vessel Fuel Measurement and installation, which Krill says will maximise ing standard SMTP e-mail protocols can Monitoring System (VFMMS) on the DP-2 the accuracy of measurement of fuel con- be used to transmit the customisable www.kewill.com PSV supply vessel M/V Seacor ‘Olmeca’, sumption for the ship’s main engines, gen- reports measuring fuel efficiency, fuel www.inttra.com the latest in an ongoing line of installations erators and bunkers. accountability, fuel quality, fuel logistics on the Seacor OSV fleet. Krill Systems uses Microsoft SQL server and sensor data, to any number of Kewill, a supply chain software provider, The system allows for fuel measure- database technology to record sensor data operators. has teamed with shipping electronic marketplace INTTRA to deliver a freight forwarding software package to assist in Elektrans Shipping begins SDSD software roll-out compliance with the new SOLAS Container Weight Verification require- www.sdsd.com to share real time data on Elektrans’ ship- ment, which took effect on July 1. ping operations with relevant external Under the new rules it is required that Elektrans Shipping has begun implemen- third parties and stakeholders, the compa- a packed container has its weight verified tation of the web based Marine Asset ny says. before being loaded onto a ship for Management System (MAMS) software The Elektrans roll-out comes at the export. The shipper is responsible for the package from SDSD Group, across the same time as SDSD is adding a new web verification. It is now a violation of entire Elektrans fleet and all of its global based VSnP (Vessel Sale and Purchase) SOLAS to load a packed container onto a offices. module to its portfolio, to assist brokers in vessel if the vessel operator and marine The MAMS integrated fleet manage- buying and selling vessels by providing terminal operator do not have a verified ment system covers all aspects of ship them with information on their smart- container weight. operations, including Planned phone or tablet. To assist in this process, Kewill is com- Maintenance, Safety, Procurement, VSnP includes search and data retrieval bining its Global Forwarding software Crewing and Voyage Management, as well functionality, matching of commercial with INTTRA’s eVGM Solution, which as offering business intelligence and com- advices and purchase inquiries, vessel will allow users to validate the verified pliance tools. matching with the IHS database or users’ gross mass (VGM) of their containers “This is yet another important mile- proprietary data, vessel value and market and transmit that data electronically to stone in our strategic drive and ultimate statistics, as well as sales and valuation their carriers. goal – to be among the best performing modules. “The requirements for full-service integrated shipping service providers, and “Having focussed for 30 years on desk- freight forwarding software in the ocean establish ourselves as a reputable top software for brokers, the VSnP’s Cloud shipping industry are expanding to shipowner trading to the highest stan- based architecture enables us to offer new The SDSD system is currently being include submitting VGMs, and Kewill is dards,” said Elektrans Group CEO, applications cheaply and easily to our users expanded with a new sale and purchase leading the way,” said Inna Kuznetsova, Michael Elwert. who rely on smartphones and tablets to module that is accessible on smartphones INTTRA’s president and chief operating “MAMS is a state-of-the-art ship man- complete daily tasks and trade while on the and tablets officer. agement system that addresses the needs move,” said Tony Odegbaro, CEO of SDSD. “Our integrated INTTRA eVGM solu- of any ship management operation regard- “There are no upfront hardware costs, the UK, and will be aimed at SnP brokers tion will provide Kewill customers with less of staff and vessel capacity, complexi- making VSnP a great tool for brokers look- worldwide, the company says. SDSD is the industry’s most flexible, efficient and ty and locations.” ing for a powerful yet cost effective tool.” also currently working on a Chartering comprehensive VGM compliance service, As well as being applied to vessel The new software is currently being version which it plans to roll out to clients which will create minimum disruption to management, the system will also be used used by early adopter clients in Greece and later in the year. existing business processes.”

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Enabling Seamless Roaming Anywhere at Sea

Today, people want to have the same level of connectivity at sea as they get on shore, even when they are beyond the reach of terrestrial networks. Whether it is a small crew plying the busiest shipping routes on merchant vessels or a passenger lounging on the world’s largest cruise ship, people demand connectivity to keep them informed, engaged, and entertained anytime, anywhere.

How has maritime communications on board vessels changed over recent years? // What is important for us at SES is to In its infancy, ship owners used only basic voice and simple provide our customers the most appropriate data applications—mainly to keep contact with those on shore. solutions they need to support ship owners Today, we see them utilising fully-integrated IP applications for cargo surveillance and vessel monitoring to boost the ship’s when the opportunities arise, and to do that performance; crew welfare and passenger experience are also in a capital-efficient and scalable manner. enhanced thanks to the availability of high-speed Internet. Ship owners are now realising how better, faster connectivity helps What is Maritime+? them optimise their business and drive profi t margins. Maritime+ is a part of SES’s new satellite data network called SES Plus, which off ers customised products and solutions How is SES keeping ahead of this change to continue to tackle the evolving needs of diverse data markets. serving the maritime industry? This revolution is generating greater demand for more Designed to meet increased demands and changing needs bandwidth, and this in turn is changing the way ship owners of all segments in maritime, Maritime+ is our next-generation use satellite communications. Thankfully, High Throughput data network tailored for the industry, leveraging the unique Satellite (HTS) innovation allows for greater effi ciency of data and powerful combination of GEO wide beams, upcoming HTS payloads, and MEO low-latency capabilities. And for Gez Draycott, Vice President, communications over satellite—by approximately tenfold. The advent of HTS means that the maritime industry will be able providers looking for a more managed service, we off er a Portfolio Management, Global to get the connectivity they need at competitive price points. European Ka-band service and a global Ku-band to deliver a truly seamless broadband experience to commercial vessels, Mobility Solutions at SES, As one of the world’s largest global satellite operators, SES cruise ships, and superyachts across the seven seas. shares how SES is keeping provides comprehensive coverage over the world’s major ahead of customers’ needs shipping routes via our dedicated mobility beams, enabling This hybrid approach is enhanced even further with its digital service providers to off er always-on broadband services to ship processing ability. In an increasingly complex world where and serving the evolving owners. Our HTS systems form the cornerstone of our next- customers need cost-eff ective two-way data connectivity maritime industry. generation data strategy, providing the necessary infrastructure to easily and rapidly adjust to end-user needs, the digital to develop next-generation networks and spur next-generation processing ability provided by our hybrid satellites allows us services. Together with O3b Networks and its medium-earth to optimise the allocation of capacity to key growth areas. So orbit (MEO) constellation, we are able to deliver on our promise instead of static pre-allocation spectrum capacity to various of global coverage and off er a broad portfolio of service off erings services, the satellite’s on-board computer now digitises those that can be tailored to serve diverse markets and fundamentally signals and processes them. diff erent applications. Right now, we are working closely with our customers to SES has a multi-layer approach and is band agnostic; we utilise create solutions that are scalable and more adaptable; for C-, Ku-, and Ka-bands to fi t the specifi c needs of our customers. example, allowing crew on board to adjust the broadband We also off er new platforms and services that can be built on required according to their location or seasonal needs. With customers’ existing hardware to provide access to high-speed the combined strength of the SES fl eet and O3b system, we connectivity without worries of CAPEX—enabling them to bring a new level of agility and scalability that our customers enhance operational effi ciency, crew and passenger welfare, have never seen before. and ultimately profi t margins.

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Gez Draycott As the world-leading satellite operator, SES delivers reliable and Its business is built on four key market verticals: Video, Enterprise, secure satellite communications solutions that connect, enable, Mobility, and Government. Vice President, Portfolio Management, and enrich businesses and communities worldwide. Global Mobility Solutions, SES Through its wholly-owned subsidiary O3b Networks and its MEO [email protected] SES operates a global ﬂ eet of over 50 geostationary satellites satellites, SES off ers the combined strength of GEO and MEO complemented by a network of teleports and offi ces across connectivity, creating an essential advantage for customers to www.ses.com/maritime the globe to reach 99 percent of the world’s population. drive next-generation data networks. p42-57:p1-14.qxd 18/08/2016 12:13 Page 5

SOFTWARE ABB to complete Cosco Heavy Transport fleet installation

www.abb.com rently being outfitted with ABB’s motion voyages and the comfort level of our client vision of remote support around the clock. monitoring and forecasting system to com- significantly,” said Marc Beerendonk, Typically, at the end of the working ABB is to supply its onboard motion mon- plete the fleet of seven. director of engineering at Cosco Heavy day, the Singapore Centre will handover to itoring and forecasting system to the Xiang “Now we have connected all our vessels Transport. colleagues in Norway and Finland and this Rui Kou heavy lift vessel, which will com- to this software we are able to fully utilise In related news, ABB is also opening a process will continue across the globe plete delivery of the software to the entire ABB’s Fleet Portal, so all the motion relat- new Integrated Operations Centre in when a new Integrated Operations Centre Cosco Heavy Transport fleet. ed data collected from the whole fleet can Singapore, the third facility of its type, is opened in the US later this year. The system that will be installed is a be tracked and benchmarked. By doing so, which will allow the company’s engineers to Sensors and software onboard an ABB- mixed software and motion measurement we are able to increase the safety of the ‘follow the sun’ and move towards the pro- equipped ship send equipment and per- set-up that provides advice on how to formance data via satellite link to the operate the vessel and her cargo through Integrated Operations Centres, to allow ship heavy weather, as well as offering warn- owners, in collaboration with ABB staff, to ings on the bridge when certain motion monitor the performance of their fleets. thresholds are exceeded. At the Centres, ABB can analyse data The motion and forecasting system and work with the ship’s onboard and combines wave measurements, weather shore-side teams to plan maintenance and forecasts, and navigation with ship charac- troubleshoot any incidents that arise. teristics, loading conditions, and motion “The opening of the new Integrated sensor measurements. Operations Centre in Singapore will “Ship operators are increasingly look- ensure the very best service for our ing at ways to exploit the increased con- clients,” said Mahesh Krishnappa, VP local nectivity of ships and ABB has compelling business unit manager for ABB’s marine marine software solutions to increase safe- and ports business in Singapore. ty and efficiency,” said Juha Koskela, man- “Our service engineers are available aging director of ABB’s Marine and Ports 24/7 but there are clear benefits for cus- business unit. tomers when they can speak to an engineer ABB’s decision support system has who is working during regular working already been used on board six Cosco hours with a ship’s data in front of them.” Heavy Transport semi-submersible vessels ABB says that it can currently connect to for several years, with the company’s semi- around 600 ships from its Integrated The heavy lift vessel Xiang Rui Kou submersible newbuild, Xiang He Kou, cur- Operations Centres.

OOCL extends e-Learning contract DMCA introduces

www.videotel.com skills and develop their careers. additional six 21,000 TEU new builds to be Smart Weather portal “We take the safety of our people very delivered in the second half of 2017, will be Videotel reports that it has renewed its seriously indeed and with the VOD service supplied with Videotel’s VOD G2 units, www.dmca.ae contract with Orient Overseas Container each seafarer’s training programmes can which utilise cloud-based technology and Line (OOCL) for its Videotel On Demand be monitored to ensure we have competent provide access to a training library of more Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) (VOD) training package and related soft- crew onboard, minimising the risk of inci- than 950 titles. has launched Smart Weather, a new online ware services. dents,” said Den Fok, fleet personnel man- “We are delighted OOCL has agreed to portal that provides weather information VOD training materials are available as ager of OOCL. renew its contract with Videotel for a further for the shipping sector. an onboard and online e-Learning library, “We view training as a crucial invest- four-year period. This shows the value of Smart Weather displays onshore and with accompanying recording and report- ment to help with crew retention and the VOD service to companies like OOCL, offshore maritime weather forecasts for a ing software, allowing crew members to encourage career advancement.” which takes its training responsibilities seri- period up to nine days in advance, with select specific training courses to learn new The entire OOCL fleet, including an ously,” says Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel. updates provided throughout the day. The portal provides details on wave height and direction, wind speed and Columbia Shipmanagement leans on Seagull for rollout direction, air temperature, and visibility, in both Arabic and English. It also offers www.seagull.no sonnel is considered as the key success “To this effect the implementation of navigational warnings as needed. parameter for our company and as such the TCPMS, which sets out specific work- The new portal comes in both Tsakos Columbia Shipmanagement we are making a lot of efforts, and we allo- related competencies required for each Professional and Public versions. The (TCM) is to roll out its in-house Tanker cate significant resources to ensure that Officer to advance to the next rank, is Professional model provides more Competence and Promotion Management we attract, train and retain competent per- expected to provide an additional value to advanced maritime-specific weather infor- System (TCPMS) to its fleet of fifty-five sonnel,” said TCM management execu- our human resource management system mation and forecasts, with detailed daily tanker vessels by using Seagull Maritime’s tives Capt. Panagiotis Drosos and Sokratis in line with our standing objective for con- weather reports distributed under the Competence Manager platform. Dimakopoulos. tinual improvement.” supervision of DMCA’s Safety and Available both on board and online, the Environment Department. Competence Manager forms part of the “One of the major objectives of Dubai’s Seagull Training Administrator, used by ambitious Maritime Sector Strategy is to shipping companies to monitor the career ensure the highest levels of maritime safe- development of their seafarers. ty,” said Mahmoud Ewidah, director of The system operates in conjunction the information technology department with Seagull’s reports and statistics on the at DMCA. existing e-learning material onboard. “Our new online portal provides major TCM has been a user of Seagull’s e- maritime stakeholders and the general learning modules and crew evaluation public alike with powerful tools that keep tests since 2004, with fleet-wide imple- them accurately informed of weather con- mentations since 2008. Seagull products ditions that affect their maritime activities are also used in its various manning 24/7. Technology-driven initiatives such offices worldwide, as well as in the as this are vital to Dubai’s emergence as Maria Tsakos TCM Academy established (l-r) Capt. Panagiotis Drosos, TCM; Ioannis Athanasopoulos, Seagull Greece; one of the world’s most advanced and in 2013. Sokratis Dimakopoulos and Capt. George Vlachos, TCM competitive maritime hubs in the few “The competence of our seagoing per- – all pictured at the Maria Tsakos TCM Academy coming years.”

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Digital Ship ‘Green’ cooperation Anthony Veder and Golar LNG to implement BASS on 52 vessels agreement in www.bassnet.no Shanghai Netherlands-based shipping company Anthony Veder is to implement the www.marorka.com BASSnet software package across its 29 vessels and offices, with Golar LNG to add Marorka and the Shanghai Marine Diesel the software on 23 LNG carriers, under Engine Research Institute (SMDERI) have two separate deals agreed by the signed a cooperation agreement that will Norwegian software company. see the companies establish a product “The selection of the BASSnet software 52 Anthony Veder and Golar LNG vessels will be equipped with BASS software training and demonstration centre in is an important strategic element for Shanghai and work together to promote Anthony Veder, being an integrated ship- energy management and operational per- ping company with a wide range of high- “The fact that BASSnet is fully devel- resolve to develop and implement the soft- formance systems in the Chinese market. quality gas carriers,” said Alcuin de Weert, oped and matured on up-to-date technolo- ware as per industry requirements and Marorka says that, while the introduc- fleet director at Anthony Veder. gy – Microsoft.NET – was important to customers’ needs,” said Øistein Dahl, COO tion of new international shipbuilding “Safe, reliable and flexible services are Anthony Veder,” said Benne Engelen, ICT of Golar Management. standards along with new regulations will the core focus areas for Anthony Veder in manager at Anthony Veder. “Our endorsement of the BASSnet sys- push vessel operators to adapt to energy developing long-term relationships with “As BASSnet was one of the first mar- tem stems from its impressive functionali- saving requirements, adopting new tech- clients. Quality will always prevail over itime software (applications) on this tech- ty, modern technology and organisational nologies can also help to save 3 –15 per quantity, yet we aim to achieve responsible nology platform, it has been well tested capability to deliver. This played a major cent on fuel per year without altering growth and further improve our market and proven over many years with high role in us choosing BASSnet.” existing onboard hardware. position.” volumes of live transactions by large cus- The system will be applied to Golar’s The new agreement was signed by “For this, we need a comprehensive tomers. This provides us with the basis to asset management and maintenance pro- Juergen Kudritzki, CEO of Marorka software suite which is robust and focus on our business processes rather grammes, and its purchasing processes. Iceland, and Dong Jianfu, president of flexible for our company to continuously than IT.” “The success of this agreement with SMDERI, in Shanghai. adapt to changing internal and external Golar LNG meanwhile has agreed a Golar shows that BASS has proven its “This is an exciting cooperating agree- circumstances.” deal to use BASSnet software for the man- capabilities and software value, and that ment that will lead to significant environ- Anthony Veder will use the full agement of its fleet of 23 LNG carriers, as Golar is confident that it can realise the mental benefits and sizable financial gain BASSnet package, and is currently in the part of a project to insource all of its ship rewards of safe, reliable and optimised for the Chinese shipping industry,” said process of implementing the Maintenance management functions and better inte- fleet performance with the BASSnet fleet Marorka, in a statement. and Procurement modules. All of the other grate shipping company operations. management systems,” said BASS’ vice “Marorka is proud to be a part of the modules in the range, including those for “BASSnet is fast becoming the number president of sales, Haakon Dalan. cooperation with SMDERI and looks for- Risk Management, Safety Management one choice in shipping software solutions “We are looking forward to serving ward to working closely with them to ful- and Document Management, will be intro- for major ship owners and ship managers and developing a long-term relationship fil the agreement.” duced at a later date, according to BASS. around the world due to its constant with Golar.”

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SOFTWARE EURONAV invests in hull performance data system ClassNK launches mobile app for www.jotun.com manage hull performance. clear environmental and business benefits, The two-year agreement will see cutting emissions while enabling reduced NK-SHIPS Tanker owner EURONAV is to implement Samsung-built sister ships M/T Cap fuel use and bunkering costs. This helps us Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) Guillaume and M/T Cap Philippe receive provide the best performance and value www.classnk.or.jp package for two of its Suezmax vessels, coatings of Jotun’s SeaQuantum X200 as for all our stakeholders,” said Theodore which will see a range of measurement well as having the sensors installed, which Mavraidis, fleet technical manager at ClassNK has launched its NK-SHIPS app, sensors applied to their hulls to measure will take place during upcoming dry dock- EURONAV. a mobile version of the classification soci- the effect of the antifouling coatings ings at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. “Jotun’s HPS has been assessed as a ety’s free, web-based information service applied to the ships and to provide data to “Optimising hull performance delivers very promising choice. Not only because of for owners, operators, and managers of its coating technology, but also due to the NK-classed vessels or vessels whose team’s expertise in determining hull per- ISM/ISPS/MLC are registered with the formance and providing documented Japanese organisation. proof of effectiveness. This gives us com- Clients can now access information to plete insight into return on investment. manage their fleet using the app via their We’re looking forward to experiencing the smartphone or tablet. long-term benefits of HPS over the coming Users can browse and manage ship par- months and years.” ticulars within the application, and moni- Jotun recently released data for the first tor the status of surveys/audits, due ever five year dry-docking of a vessel treat- dates, and expiry dates of certificates for ed with HPS, Gearbulk’s Penguin Arrow. ships in their fleet. This showed that, across the 60-month The NK-SHIPS app is available to both operational period, the vessel recorded a iOS and Android users and can be down- fuel saving of US$1.5 million, cutting CO2 loaded for free from the App Store and EURONAV ships hope to save fuel by gathering better hull performance data emissions by some 12,055 tonnes. from Google Play. In related news, ClassNK also reports that it has released the latest version of Virtual online ship aims to draw donations and build maritime awareness its design support software PrimeShip- HULL (HCSR), developed in response www.themaritimepartnership.com to the IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers A new non-profit initiative called The (CSR BC & OT). PartnerShip is aiming to create awareness In version 3.5.0 the design evaluation of the shipping industry through the con- function for the prescriptive calculation struction of a virtual online ship, which software has been given a wider scope, will act as a platform to educate the public and additional options such as an on the complexities of the industry while evaluation function for bottom slamming at the same time raising money for mar- The virtual ship will incorporate features of a range of different vessel types have been added to the direct calculation itime charities. software. The online ship will be created over a oped to provide an online tool to inform a Wärtsilä Marine Solutions has already The application’s initial design func- two-year project build cycle, and the virtu- new generation on what a ship is, what signed on as one of the early project part- tion, a function for quick sectional evalua- al platform will allow the major merchant equipment and components are required, ners, and will be lending its expertise to tion, is also now capable of being used for ship types to be combined as a unique and what services are available to enable the design of the digital vessel. structural arrangements in the fore and aft generic design to showcase the array of the ship to operate effectively. “When we were approached with this part of the ship, including the engine equipment, systems and services that Through the sponsorship of each com- innovative concept we had no hesitation in room, in addition to the cargo hold region allow today’s merchant fleet to operate. ponent or service, participation in project supporting it as a project partner by offer- of the ship. The project says it has a goal of building events, fundraising events and through ing our design services and as an exclusive PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) is provided relationships inside and outside the mar- individual donations, The PartnerShip sponsor as it ticks all the right boxes for us. to the industry free of charge, for the per- itime sector and will work to raise the pro- says it is seeking to raise £1 million to sup- We urge our industry colleagues to come formance of rule calculations in line with file of the industry, the ship, its related port a variety of good causes. Companies together and collectively support The the CSR BC & OT. components and services in an engaging have the opportunity to become the exclu- PartnerShip to build, educate and fundraise and visible way. sive provider of an item of equipment or a and to help achieve its worthy objectives,” During the project cycle, The service for the ‘virtual ship’ and all bene- said Andy Ford, GM marketing, Europe & PartnerShip will be continuously devel- factors can choose which charities benefit. Africa, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions. Zika virus training to be made freely available

www.kvh.com worldwide, with the goal of increasing automatically receive the video for imme- awareness of the prevention measures that diate viewing onboard. KVH has announced that it has begun offer- can keep seafarers and their colleagues and “We are hopeful that our training pro- ing Videotel’s new safety and training video families safe from the disease. gramme and distribution efforts will get about the Zika virus free to all mariners The World Health Organization (WHO) this important information to the maritime declared the Zika virus a public health industry swiftly and thereby help protect emergency earlier this year. Given the seafarers and prevent the spread of the dis- global nature of the maritime industry, ease,” said Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH says that it is imperative that seafar- KVH chief executive officer. ers take precautions to prevent further The video includes information about spread of the disease. the nature of the Zika virus, how to avoid ‘Zika Virus – Staying Safe’ is a 13- becoming infected, and the role of a pest minute training video with input from the management plan on vessels to avoid pas- International Maritime Health Association sive transportation of virus-infected mos- (IMHA) and a panel of medical and sub- quitoes on ships. ject-matter experts. KVH is being aided in its video distri- KVH has also created a dedicated web- bution efforts by seafarer agencies, includ- site for downloading the Zika safety video ing the International Seafarers’ Welfare The training video aims to help seafarers The app will provide access to ship data in preventing the transmission of the virus and an accompanying workbook. The and Assistance Network (ISWAN) through on mobile devices company’s IP-MobileCast customers will its 430 seafarer centres around the world.

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SOFTWARE Greek shipowners work with ABS on MRV preparation

www.eagle.org owners establish and maintain accurate At the end of the data-gathering phase, formance management, informed by the processes for all aspects of the regulation ABS reviewed emission reports, assessing understanding of vessel design, our solu- ABS has completed a project with a group to provide evidence of compliance. the reliability, credibility and accuracy of tion provides the next generation of action- of leading Greek shipowners to support Although ship emissions monitoring the monitoring systems and the resulting able insight and decision support with cus- preparations for implementing the does not begin until January 1, 2018, reported emissions data and information. tom-designed visualisations of KPIs and is European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting Monitoring Plans must be submitted to the A summary of findings were identified backed by consultation with ABS experts and Verification (MRV) regulation for CO2 accredited Verifiers no later than the end of where existing fuel measurement systems, at regular intervals.” emissions. August of 2017. data flow and reporting needed to be NS Vessel Performance uses a ship-spe- “The EU MRV Regulation establishes a Tanker owners Maran, Thenamaris, aligned with MRV requirements. cific performance model based on vessel regional regime that requires owners to Minerva, Euronav and Tsakos started In related news, ABS has also launched design characteristics to create perform- put in place systems and practices that pro- working with ABS in 2014 to begin prepar- ABS Nautical Systems Vessel Performance ance predictions, using sea trial data and vide clear and precise evidence of compli- ing an MRV plan, the results of which were – a software tool that aims to track key per- other relevant information to establish per- ance,” said Dr Kirsi Tikka, ABS executive shared with INTERTANKO. As the project formance indicators (KPIs), while also sup- formance baselines. vice president, global marine. developed, the group was joined by CMM porting environmental compliance and Based on the performance model and “Leveraging its knowledge and experi- and bulk carrier operator Golden Union. reporting, including the MRV. analyses of regularly captured data, KPIs ence, ABS has worked with these proactive Testing took place over six months on a “We take an innovative approach to are established within the tool to enable owners to help them understand the fleet of 15 vessels, including Aframax vessel performance and this solution deliv- decision support ashore and on board the requirements and to find solutions that min- tankers (including ice class), Suezmax ers the industry’s most comprehensive vessel, allowing users to create opera- imize interruptions to their ability to trade.” tankers, MR product/chemical tankers, an performance management tool available,” tional profiles for fleet-wide comparison The European Union’s Regulation LR2 product carrier, a dual-fuel LNG said Stephen Schwarz, vice president and of operational efficiency, maintenance 2015/757, which applies to ships above carrier, a steam-powered LNG carrier and COO of ABS Nautical Systems. strategies and conformance to charter 5000GT calling at EU ports, requires that Capesize bulk carriers. “By uniting all the major aspects of per- party requirements.

ties (spheres, cones, cylinders, etc.) and Liberian Registry launches analytical entities (extruding entities, FORAN updated revolving entities, etc.). electronic oil record book The structure standard management www.foran.es module (FNORM) now also includes a www.liscr.com new corrugated bulkhead standard. A new SENER has announced that it is launching work method has also been added to the The Liberian Registry, in partnership with a new update of its FORAN shipbuilding FHULL structure module for defining ana- Prevention at Sea Ltd, a Cyprus-based software, with version V80R2.0 adding lytical surfaces. maritime compliance technology compa- features such as a new geometric core and In addition, the automatic nesting mod- ny, has launched a new software product the ability to manage a series of ships at ule has a new multi-pass method for gen- designed to replace traditional paper oil the same time. erating parametric bevels. The new ver- record books (ORBs) and to facilitate cor- With respect to the change in the geo- sion also allows for standardised bevels or rect ORB entries in electronic format. metric core, FORAN now uses Open CAS- margins to be added to the auxiliary struc- Liberia’s Electronic Oil Record Book (e- CADE (OCCT) technology, which the ture, and for the calculation of welding ORB) is intended to address a variety of company says makes it possible to repre- contacts to be optimised in the FBUILDS issues, including oil record books being sent analytical surfaces, making it easier to build strategy module. reported missing on board, failure to doc- define corrugated bulkheads. Other changes to the software to ument entries in the ORB of internal trans- In the surface definition module improve integration with external systems fer of oily mixture, discrepancies between (FSURF), new types of entities can now be and data sources, as well as user interface entry into the ORB and actual capacity of defined for creating surfaces and hulls. improvements, have also been added, the the oily water separator, and falsification These entities are grouped into basic enti- company says. of log entries. “The Liberian Registry is proud to Christian Mollitor, Liberian Registry deliver innovative products that help shipowners proactively comply with regulatory requirements,” said Christian and accountability in record-keeping, and Mollitor, vice-president of the Liberian is easily auditable both on board and Registry. ashore. The e-ORB affords peace of mind, “It is our belief that many errors found knowing that your ship maintains accurate in oil record books are caused by human information when pulling into port.” administrative error rather than wilful Created in accordance with MARPOL non-compliance with MARPOL. However, requirements and certified by Lloyd’s the consequences of incorrectly recording Register under MEPC1/Circ. 736/Rev. 2 oil waste transfers are very serious and guidelines, the e-ORB stores information may lead to criminal prosecution.” electronically through the use of a system “Through the use of technology, we back-up, enabling past data to be revisited. have developed an IMO-compliant oil The software will be made available for record book that eliminates the chance for use by ship operators and authorities administrative errors, ensures accuracy worldwide. An offshore patrol vessel in the design phase Anti-piracy e-Learning course launched by ISWAN

www.seafarerswelfare.org Over the past four years, ISWAN's understanding of anti-piracy measures ration, training and drills. This new e- www.marlins.co.uk Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response and strategies for dealing with an attack, as Learning course will be a valuable addition Programme (MPHRP) has already been well as promoting mental resilience during for seafarers to learn about the issues of The charitable group International Seafarers providing piracy awareness training for an incident. attack and capture without having to be in Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) seafarers based on industry best practice The issue of post-traumatic stress is also a classroom setting,” said Roger Harris, has partnered with Marlins, part of guides, with the aim of helping seafarers covered, explaining what it is, how seafar- executive director of ISWAN. V.Group, to create a new e-Learning course and their families deal with cases of armed ers and their families can cope with the The new course is available via the to help seafarers prevent and prepare for robbery and piracy attack. condition and where they can get help. Marlins online shop and will be included piracy attacks. The launch coincided with The new interactive e-Learning course “The experience of seafarers who have in the next update for all subscribers to IMO's Day of the Seafarer on 25 June. on piracy aims to go further and create an been attacked shows the benefit of prepa- Marlins’ e-Learning Suite for Seafarers.

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Digital Ship “K” Line and Kawasaki launch Big Data voyage management tool

www.kline.co.jp Big Data infrastructure. K-IMS and the related data are con- “K” Line Group and Kawasaki Heavy tained within a Cloud system on a shore Industries have announced the launch of server that allows authorised parties to the K-IMS integrated vessel operation and view the operating condition of the vessels, performance management system, a Big to analyse performance and make course Data analysis tool used to improve effi- recommendations based on the data pro- ciency in ship operations. vided as well as supplementary weather K-IMS builds on two existing technolo- information. gy systems already in use in the “K” Line In related news, “K” Line Ship fleet. The first of these is SPAS (Ship Management in Singapore is also set to Performance Analysing System), which implement ClassNK’s machinery condi- works with an electrical AB log (abstract tion monitoring and automatic diagnostic logbook) for vessel performance analysis, system ClassNK CMAXS LC-A on one of while the second is an EP-Monitor (Engine its container vessels, the first commercial Plant Monitor) that offers remote monitor- application of the software. ing of the vessel’s engine plant. The installation comes after a successful The new system integrates the EP- trial installation in 2014 which created fuel Monitor with additional sources of opera- and lubricating oil savings of 200 tons/year, tional data, including navigation data, as part of a joint research project in collabora- well as a newly adopted NAVI (Optimum tion with ClassNK and Diesel United Ltd. The new K-IMS integrated performance management system Navigation System) voyage management ClassNK CMAXS LC-A uses diagnosis application. algorithms to analyse sensor data in the The system also advises on the opti- condition monitoring results are sent to K-IMS integrates the updated EP- engine room and detect early signs of mum setting value for main engine opera- and stored on the cloud database managed Monitor with NAVI and SPAS to create machinery damage, automatically indicat- tion based on the result of the automatic by Ship Data Center, a subsidiary compa- a single repository for real-time opera- ing the condition of machinery in real-time, condition diagnosis. ny of ClassNK, and shared between the tional data – “K” Line’s version of a and providing relevant procedure manuals. Information such as sensor data and vessel and shipping company.

DNV GL and Prisma in performance management data tie-up Springfield pushes for further energy www.dnvgl.com GL’s ECO Insight portal as part of its fleet homogenised data from multiple vessels www.prismael.com performance analytics. into DNV GL’s ECO Insight portal. The efficiency “The partnership will enable cus- combined solution promises a new era in DNV GL and Prisma Electronics have tomers to manage their entire fleet based fleet performance management,” said www.eniram.fi signed a partnership agreement on fleet on unified and reliable information from Christos Giordamlis, managing director performance management which will see any vessel system through the collection of Prisma Electronics. Springfield Shipping Co of Greece is to Prisma’s LAROS system, a wireless of data from all equipment of interest, LAROS enables remote monitoring extend its use of Eniram’s energy efficien- onboard data collection platform for vessel normalising the data into meaningful and analysis of a vessel’s operational cy technology across its VLCC vessels. performance management, used by DNV KPIs for analytics, and the aggregation of parameters by wirelessly collecting, filter- Springfield Shipping, the technical ing and normalising varied data from dif- managers of the Olympic Shipping and ferent systems on a vessel. DNV GL and Management fleet with 17 double-hulled Prisma Electronics have been working tankers and 10 bulk carriers in its stable, together on customer projects using their says that the move is part of its drive respective technologies over the last six towards greener transportation. months in the lead up to this partnership, “We are delighted that Springfield the companies said. Shipping Co, Greece’s leading shipping “By working with such a reliable entity, has decided on the further roll out remote condition monitoring supplier as of Eniram Platform and Eniram Fleet on Prisma Electronics, we can provide ship- their vessels,” said Nick Pinkney, director ping companies with a complete overview of LNG and tankers, Eniram. of their fleet,” said Ioannis Chiotopoulos, “With our current installations, we DNV GL regional manager for the East have provided business intelligence to Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Sea. help Springfield Shipping understand “Often only some vessels have autolog- how their vessels can save fuel and ging equipment onboard. Our cooperation improve overall energy efficiency.” ensures there are no blind spots in our cus- “We see a big opportunity for every- tomers’ fleet performance management.” body involved and we are very proud “The data provided by Prisma also to work with Springfield Shipping, which enables us to generate additional perform- is a top class company with modern ves- ance insights such as information about sels and knowledgeable and experienced (l-r) Loizos Isaias and Till Braun, DNV GL; with Christos Giordamlis hull and engine degradation, benchmarks personnel.” and Kostas Alachmanetis, Prisma Electronics and market averages.” Condition based monitoring for MOL

www.classnk.or.jp lects large amounts of voyage data, includ- trigger troubleshooting recommenda- ing weather and sea conditions, as well as tions based on the abnormality detection Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has installed a machinery data from multiple sensors results. condition-based monitoring (CBM) system installed on the electronically controlled MOL will use CMAXS e-GICSX on the from ClassNK Consulting Service on the main diesel engine. 50,000 dwt tanker in order to reduce main- M/V Taranaki Sun, the system’s first com- This data is processed using the soft- tenance costs by discovering issues at an Springfield Shipping aims to mercial application. ware’s algorithm to analyse and detect early stage and calculating the optimum make its ships greener The CMAXS e-GICSX CBM system col- engine abnormalities, which will then timing of parts replacement.

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SOFTWARE

ShipManager for 41 German ships Q88 adds bunker www.dnvgl.com not integrated. The decision was taken tem along with the user-friendly interface price data to implement a centralised software sys- were key reasons we chose DNV GL’s German shipping company Vertom-Bojen tem for the fleet, with ShipManager the ShipManager,” said Warner Wanders, www.q88.com Bereederungs is to implement DNV GL’s chosen package. managing director at Vertom-Bojen. ShipManager integrated fleet management Vertom-Bojen is based in Neermoor, “For us it was also important to see the Q88 has agreed a partnership with Ship & software on 41 vessels, the companies Germany and has a fleet consisting of mini development plans for the future that Bunker, enabling users of Q88VMS – report. bulkers, general cargo vessels and multi- include innovative tools and functionali- Q88’s Cloud-based voyage management When Vertom and Bojen Reederei purpose vessels. Vertom, located in Rhoon ties that integrate and analyse data from system – to access Ship & Bunker’s inde- established the new organisation Vertom- near Rotterdam, provides in-house char- Class and other data sources.” pendently sourced bunker price data from Bojen, the fleet consisted of vessels with tering for Vertom-Bojen. The entire range of integrated within the application. different software packages that were “The unique report and analysing sys- ShipManager modules, comprising The integration enables Q88VMS to ShipManager Technical, Procurement, connect directly with Ship & Bunker’s Project, QHSE, Crewing and Analyzer for global bunker prices. BI / Fleet Analytics, will be implemented “We are very excited about the integra- by Vertom-Bojen. tion with Ship & Bunker and the value it “We in DNV GL are very pleased to will bring to our customers,” said Gabriel secure yet another ShipManager contract Reiter, Q88VMS product manager. in Europe,” says Are Føllesdal Tjønn, CEO “We believe that chartering and opera- of DNV GL - Software. tions deserve a voyage management sys- “Being both a leading classification soci- tem where they have access to the most ety and provider of ship management soft- up-to-date and accurate voyage critical ware puts us in a unique position to serve information in one central location. the market. We look forward to a success- Integrating our system with industry lead- ful implementation of ShipManager with ers like Ship & Bunker is a huge step in The vessel Beauforce, one of 41 to be equipped Vertom-Bojen.” this direction.” Mobile app launched SeaZip newbuilds install Star software package Smart Stabilizer

for MESPAS software www.mirtac.nl the building, operation and maintenance system for Tallink of windfarms at sea. MirTac reports that it has completed the The Star software already runs in the www.pinfabb.com www.mespas.com implementation of the Star Fleet company’s office and on board the other Management software system on board SeaZip vessels, used for operations in Cruise and passenger transport company MESPAS has launched an integrated two new SeaZip vessels, SeaZip 5 and 6. areas like maintenance, quality, health, Tallink is to integrate the Pinfabb_ECO mobile App for its maritime supply chain SeaZip Offshore Services took delivery environmental and safety management, as Smart Stabilizers software system on management software. of the vessels in April 2016, expanding its well as purchasing and crew management. board a vessel operating between Sweden The MESPAS Mobile App allows fleet to six Damen Fast Crew Suppliers. “We have always been able to count on and Latvia. users to access all relevant procurement The vessels will be primarily deployed in MirTac’s knowledge and support. MirTac This is the first ship in the world to use and budget information for a connected has been a business the Smart Stabilizers function, which man- fleet, such as noon report data like vessel partner for years, ages the extension or housing of one or position, and provides the option to already since the two stabilising fins automatically, reacting perform formal approvals on mobile Star implementa- to weather conditions to reduce the drag devices. tion on board the and breaking effect of the stabilisers when An integrated Google Maps feature JR Shipping fleet. in operation. offers details on the location of ships in the We are looking for- “We are very proud to cooperate with fleet in a simple display to provide a quick ward to continuing Tallink, a company that is well oriented overview of the range of positions. this strong relation- into energy efficiency and into smart ship The native Apps are available for ship,” said Jan maintenance,” said Matt Fabbricotti, Android and iOS, and are free of charge Reier Arends, Pinfabb VP of operations and developer of for all MESPAS Physical Asset owner/ managing the software. Management customers. SeaZip 5 and 6 director, SeaZip. “The cooperation with the crew and with the management has been brilliant and pre- cious to obtain such a good result as the 0.25 knots improvement on cruise speed when Iceni Marine Services agrees remote vessel management deal sailing with ECO software mode.”

www.ast-msl.com install the combined iRAMS and AST- Planned Maintenance System, which has Following successful trials on the Iceni been tailored specifically for the Iceni fleet Conquest, UK-based AST Marine Sciences to improve productivity and efficiency,” Ltd (MSL) has been awarded a contract to said Owen Nutt, operations manager install its iRAMS remote vessel manage- at Iceni. ment package and AST-Planned “Initial pilots have been successful on Maintenance System software on board the Iceni Conquest and we will be imple- the Iceni Marine Services’ fleet of vessels. menting the combined solution on the rest iRAMS provides anomaly alerts via of the fleet.” e-mail or SMS on a range of vessel data, “In a competitive and increasingly reg- to be used for operations such as remote ulatory environment, Iceni are constantly engine/generator monitoring, while striving for improved operational report- the AST-Planned Maintenance System ing and fuel efficiencies for our clients. enables crews to monitor equipment This new combined solution automatically checks and servicing. populates engine management data direct- MSL has integrated iRAMS with the ly into the AST-Planned Maintenance planned maintenance software for the System remotely, providing shore side Iceni deployment. alerts in near real time to prevent David Davies, AST Marine Sciences managing director (left), “Iceni is pleased to confirm we are unplanned vessel downtime and improve and Guy Gibson, Iceni Marine director (right)) working with AST Marine Sciences Ltd to our fleet operational effectiveness.”

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SOFTWARE Hyundai and Accenture launch ‘smart ship’ platform

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Accenture have teamed up to create an integrated ship-shore system that aims to eventually allow for monitoring and optimisation of vessel operations during every second of the day

yundai Heavy Industries (HHI) HiCASS collects information from navi- we have hundreds of millions of ‘apps’, or HHI says that the partners intend to HHand Accenture have announced gation equipment like radar, automatic services we can use – Facebook, Uber, or make OceanLink available to all commer- the launch of OceanLink, a ‘smart identification systems and electronic navi- even payments,” he explained. cial vessels that are operated by shipping ship’ system for the shipbuilding, ship- gational charts to recommend optimal sea “The participants are not just the user, lines, whether the ships are built by HHI ping, and onshore-logistics sectors. routes, and identify collision risk levels. all of these companies are participants in or not. OceanLink will use a network of sen- HiEMS collects and records real-time the ecosystem. The same applies to the “If it’s a newbuilding then it’s easy to sors built into new vessels on top of engine status data and transmits the raw ship platform. All the data is collected cen- install the hardware and software and Accenture’s Connected Platforms as a engine data to an onshore centre for trally in the platform, and in the future that everything. That’s easier than retrofit, with Service (CPaaS), which will allow remote engine status analysis. can be filled with so many different servic- retrofit there are two different cases – a shipowners to capture a range of ship es, not just provided by HHI but all of the HHI vessel and a non-HHI vessel. operation information including weather, stakeholders. Everybody can participate, Technically we’re open, but of course HHI location, and onboard equipment and that’s the concept.” have all the details and drawings and so on cargo status data. for their own ships, but technically it’s pos- Integrated analytic and visualisation Data transfer sible,” said Mr Yi. tools will allow the ship’s status and con- HHI’s Ship Data Integration Platform, “There are some constraints, physically dition to be monitored in real-time. based on HHI’s standardised Vessel Data you need to stop the vessel somewhere Presenting the system at the Posidonia Model, uses the IEC61850 Reference Model and our engineers need to visit to do instal- exhibition in Athens, Tae-Hoon Yi, senior to standardise and transfer data collected lation work. Another is the age of the ves- manager at Accenture, said that at its most from HiCASS and HiEMS to shore from sel, because all older vessels use old fash- detailed level the on-ship platform would the sensors on ships. ioned technologies so there may be some be capable of providing data for every “On the ship side of course the ship limitations from that, with the interfaces.” minute of vessel operations, broken down database is the physical server, on the “There are two shipping companies in by the second. shore side we are currently using a Cloud Korea using the system, and we are in “With that ‘every minute’ data we’ll environment,” said Mr Yi. negotiation with another one in the have ‘every second’ data. So at a maximum “It is not limited to the Cloud, but in the Middle East. We have spoken to a you could be one minute behind what’s Cloud there are several technology compa- number of Greek shipping companies at happening in real time on the vessel,” ‘All the data is collected centrally in the nies like Microsoft or Amazon, and we Posidonia, and Accenture is already he explained. platform, and in the future that can be are compatible with all of them. But if working with some major shipping com- “The onshore platform proves some filled with so many different services’ - you want it that everything is on premise panies in Europe, I was recently in functionality like data security and user Tae-Hoon Yi, Accenture it’s possible.” Copenhagen talking with a company that management. For example, if you want to The onshore services provided by is considering this.” authorise making certain data available to “The physical ship is no longer really Accenture include real-time monitoring to certain users and block some sensitive data just ‘Big Steel’ itself, it’s getting smarter. manage vessel voyage information, the Smart ship Eco System from them you can do that. It also offers What HHI is doing is creating an on-ship berthing schedule, and the status of main Beyond the release of the OceanLink sys- data storage of all the data online for one data platform which talks to various com- machinery components. tem, HHI is also continuing its digital year, with unlimited archival services.” ponents within the vessel. They’re pro- At the maximum level of granularity maritime research in other areas, and has “To get all this vessel data, without duced by different vendors so it’s frag- the system could be expected to transfer recently announced the signing of a some kind of platform you would have to mented, but they’ve added integration to about 60 GB per month to shore for analy- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) connect them all point-to-point to create this. This allows for collection of data from sis – clearly an enormous amount to han- with SK Shipping, Intel, Microsoft, the the shore database. HHI has developed several networks which can be sent to the dle for most current maritime satcom Ulsan Center for Creative Economy & that ship platform which talks to all of office onshore platform,” said Mr Yi. units. As such, HHI and Accenture have Innovation (UCCEI) and the Daejeon these components and sends one package “This lays the foundation for any fur- made their smart ship set-up customisable, Center for Creative Economy & of data from the integrated platform. HHI ther services you can imagine, like naviga- so that the detail level of the data can be Innovation (DCCEI), which aims to create has created a kind of standard vessel data tion monitoring, equipment monitoring, matched to the communications capabili- a new ‘Eco System’ for the development model, which varies by ship type, so a con- predictive maintenance, and so on. We at ties available. of smart ships. tainer vessel data model and a tanker ves- Accenture are working with them on the “It’s quite large, VSAT capabilities Under the MoU, HHI and its partners sel data model are slightly different. That is shore side.” would be required to fully utilise this. But will work together to help small and the logical foundation of the on-ship data “But that’s not the end of it, we don’t it’s flexible and configurable, if you want medium-sized ICT companies in Korea to platform, along with the physical side, the only want to create value for shipowners to limit the volume you can choose to have develop what it is calling a ‘17 Ship sensors and the ship components.” but also want to transform the industry summarised data for one minute, for Service Software’ application for vessels OceanLink was modelled after HHI’s community so everybody can benefit with- example, rather than the data from every to assist in ballast tank inspection, remote Smart Ship System, first introduced in in the ecosystem, using the data from the second, so it would be much lighter,” Mr medical treatment services for crews, vir- 2011, expanding the variety of data that vessels to do things like reduce port termi- Yi explained. tual reality training, automatic voyage ship owners will have access to by adding nal turnaround times or reduce conges- “If that’s still too large you could choose information reporting, and maintenance parameters like vessel status or port/land tion, support ‘just in time’ logistics, or 10 minute transmissions, or hourly trans- for key equipment. logistics information. work with maintenance partners. They can missions, and so on. Though I think the The partners are aiming for the software That data is processed by HHI’s On- benefit too, and their benefit will be linked opportunities in the granular data will to be developed and applied to smart ships Ship Platform and Accenture’s CPaaS On- to the shipowner’s benefit.” decrease as you do that. But based on our by 2019, HHI says. Shore, which will be used to offer optimi- As a broader goal Mr Yi likens the plat- dialogues (with them), most of the ship HHI and SK Shipping will provide sation services linking shipowners, ship- form to the Google ecosystem, creating a owners will be introducing VSAT capabili- technological mentoring services and ping lines, and port operators. base platform that can be the starting point ties in the end.” smart ship platforms for the future soft- On the ship, HHI is also offering its for an infinite number of applications. “The raw data would still be on the ves- ware, while UCCEI and DCCEI will HiCASS (Hyundai Intelligent Collision “They have devices, mobile phones – sel in any case, you could plug in a thumb advise on technology demands from ship- Avoidance Support System) and HiEMS the mobile phone provides a lot of data drive after three months and download all builders and shipping companies to (HiMSEN Engine Monitoring System) about you. It’s collected on a platform the data and move it to the office. That’s encourage the participation of external technologies. called Android, and on top of this platform possible, though it’s a bit laborious.” technology companies. DS

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In the second article in a two part series on the use of data in maritime training, Murray Goldberg, Marine Learning Systems, examines how big data could be the greatest driver of maritime safety since humans took to the oceans

aybe you’ve heard the term ‘Big gather pace with no end in sight. The col- knowing us better than we do. Adding to sources of big data that we are not yet col- MMData’ before. Maybe you lection of data is accelerating so quickly the concern is the fact that every large lecting. Training interactions is a great haven’t. Either way, you’ll be that by some estimates, of all of the data company we deal with – especially those example. Let's consider what is possible. hearing more and more about big data that exists now in the world, 90 per cent with which we have electronic dealings, In 1996 I started a company called soon enough. has been created in just the last two years. collects a massive amount of data on WebCT. WebCT built the first widely-used It is already providing insights into all And now that we understand the value of their users. learning management system (LMS) for manner of human endeavour – from shop- this data, we are finding new sources for Yet despite the fact that the collection of universities and colleges. There were ping habits to credit card fraud detection data all the time. We are just at the very this kind of data is often of concern to the roughly 14 million students using WebCT to predicting internet network failures beginning of an exploding phenomenon. customers of these companies, its collec- in 80 countries on a daily basis. That’s a lot before they happen. Its potential is unpar- So what kind of data are we collecting tion continues because its predictive power of learners doing a lot of learning. alleled in history. My belief is that big data (or could we collect)? Well - just about is remarkable. It’s one of the reasons those If we knew then what we now know could eventually be the single largest driv- everything. Weather data. Video record- companies are so successful. They are about big data, we would have anony- er of maritime safety improvement since mously collected data on all learning inter- humans began sailing. actions within the LMS and then used that My favourite quote about the potential data to help identify the most successful of big data comes from the IBM publica- paths to learning. Because it might be hard tion Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big to know exactly the kind of data to collect, Data Analytics. “At IBM, big data is about the goal would be to collect it all and then the art of the possible.” Deriving insights make sense of it later when we knew better from big data is akin to an art - and like what questions to ask. most forms of art, there are few limits or So – with the benefit of hindsight – we boundaries. would have collected everything, from So what is big data, and how does it ‘macro’ data such as assignment, exam and have the potential to vastly improve mar- course grades, to ‘micro’ data such as how itime safety? long students spend learning the materials, how long they spend answering a test What is Big Data? question, how they navigate through the The term ‘Big Data’ provides the first learning content, etc. insight into what it is - but not much more Think of the potential had things been than that. It is data, and there is a lot of it. different. If only I was a little bit smarter, But big data is not really only about the years ago we would have had a very deep data itself. It is also about how computers and very wide pool of data from which we have advanced to the point, in terms of could derive insights - especially now that speed and capacity, to be able to sift computers have become sufficiently fast through large data sets in order to derive and memory sufficiently large to be able to conclusions hidden deep within them. process these large data sets. This is a form of data mining - a term If we had collected this pool of data, which you may be familiar with. It is about what questions might we ask of it? The detecting repeated patterns in real data. most important thing to realise is that it is These patterns often lie deep in the Finding unseen patterns in large amounts of information is at the core of Big Data analytics not necessary to know all the questions ‘noise’ of data and thus are beyond the now. Some will occur to us now, and other capacity of a human to detect them. Using questions will occur to us later. Some of technology to help us find these patterns ings. E-mail interactions. Social network using the predictive power of big data to them will be informed by the answers to can help us predict what is going to hap- interactions. Web browsing patterns. determine what to expect from you and our early questions. But let’s think about a pen in the future when we begin to see the Purchasing habits. And these examples are me. They use it to tune our individual few examples. same patterns emerge again. only the beginning. experiences, and to sell to us by predicting For one, we could examine the data in Predictions like these are often called There is hardly a human endeavour in what we want and how we will react to order to try and correlate training out- leading indicators or predictive analytics, existence now that does not leave (or does their offerings. They have a monetary comes with habits of the individual learn- and they can be incredibly useful. Once not have the potential to leave) a rapidly incentive to get it right – and they often get er. For example, we would probably not be found, they might help us understand expanding trail of data behind it. And the it right. surprised to find that in general, trainees what kind of product someone will buy maritime industry is no exception. Regardless of whether we are fright- who spend more time training do better. based on how they browse through a For maritime operators interested in ened or excited by the potential of big Or do they? Perhaps we would find other store. They might help identify which pat- optimising performance and safety, there data, at its heart big data is simply a completely unexpected trainee study patterns of credit card activity predict fraudu- are many potential sources of big data. source of information. A big source. And terns or attributes that would have never lent usage. In the maritime world they For example, training records, training information is at the heart of knowledge. occurred to us, but which are good predic- might help us identify what kind of train- interactions and outcomes, assessment Big knowledge. tors of training outcomes. These could ing, behaviour or employee background results, employee history, employee pro- There is absolutely no reason the mar- therefore be very valuable in helping guide lead to safe operations (or, conversely, to file information, detailed simulator per- itime industry cannot use the very same the next batch of trainees. unsafe operations). formance records, employee on-the-job big data techniques to predict what to We could also look at learning patterns So big data is about collecting a tremen- performance, employee psychometric test expect from our officers and crew, and to for some particular knowledge to see if dous amount of often fine-grained infor- results, safety outcomes, job performance, highlight potential safety or performance there were any common paths from ‘not mation, and then sifting through that and so on. issues before they arise. This is the ‘art’ having’ to ‘having’ that knowledge. We mountain of information programmatical- This tremendous breadth of potential part - the “Art of the Possible” as IBM says. might find that there are a few well ly to find patterns. These patterns can then data collection and its predictive potential defined learning paths through the con- be used to optimise an outcome or predict is both frightening and exciting. It is easy Applications in Safety tent, and that trainees of a particular back- future activity. to be taken aback by the kinds of personal and Training ground who followed one path did The thing about big data is that it can data that are collected on each of us daily. As I alluded to above, the thing about big much better than those who followed one refer to almost any kind of data. We (as in Even more so, it is easy to be taken aback data is that we are just at the beginning of of the other paths. This could inform how ‘humanity’) collect a LOT of data every by the kinds of predictions this data can it. Now that we understand its potential, we train the next person who shares that day, and the daily amount continues to make about each of us – in some ways people are on the constant lookout for background.

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As a third example, we could take this recording of vessel operations and safety Additionally in the case of vessel ● time since the last training event further and re-examine knowledge or com- outcomes. navigation, we could add real time record- ● competencies held by the mariner petency retention months or years after the Each of these has the opportunity to ings of weather, equipment, noise, conver- ● drill frequency learning occurred - and then correlate that generate and save observations about sea- sations, and so on to determine how ● sea time back to how the trainee acquired that farers and their performance. More will each of these impacts performance and ● mariner background, etc. knowledge in the first place. This may emerge over time. As before, put aside for safety. And as above, all of this can be cor- Answers to these questions can help us yield insights into how to improve knowl- the moment thoughts about privacy issues related to other training experiences, com- fine-tune hiring and training practices. edge retention. and data ownership (which must not be petencies, assessments, knowledge, and They are just as likely to identify areas of Another option would be to compare ignored), and consider the potential. sea time. undertraining as areas of overtraining. the learning patterns of successful trainees Simulation training presents a tremen- Imagine how much we could learn Essentially, big data can provide the infor- versus less successful trainees and deter- dous opportunity to collect reams of data about what makes for safe operations, giv- mation we need to make informed trade- mine how their learning and backgrounds (both macro and micro) for analysis. How ing us the ability to target changes in train- offs between efficiency and outcomes. differed. Using that knowledge, we might can simulators best be used to improve ing and operations where they will make Big data is an emerging field made pos- be able to find patterns that lead to greater navigator performance? Big data could let the largest impact. We would be shining a sible by the rapidly increasing ability of success for all trainees. us collect information from every minute light on knowledge which we otherwise computers to collect and analyse huge vol- In addition we might be able to examine spent on simulators around the world and have to mostly guess at. umes of data, and by the continually the past learning patterns for highly suc- analyse how each particular form of use We know there are some tremendously increasing integration of computers in all cessful industry employees, perhaps deter- relates to performance gains. accomplished seafarers, and intuition aspects of our lives. mining very early in their training who How do these performance gains relate gives us an idea of what makes them so. Even though it will be left primarily to might make an excellent master or chief to existing knowledge, experience, or Big data has the potential to provide con- education researchers to determine how to engineer, versus those who may not. learning taking place in other venues such crete data on what makes them so, and best collect, analyse and draw conclusions Through all these examples, the bottom as via eLearning, or to those recorded in may give us the tools necessary to make so from big data as it applies to maritime line is that big data, if we collect it and competency management systems? What many more like them. training, this is an area that is sure to affect analyse it correctly, has the potential to let are the most common mistakes, and how Another potential for big data is to the work of all maritime trainers increas- us peer deeply into the (until now) invisi- are they correlated to either preceding or record general performance and safety ingly in the near future. ble universe of exactly what is successful following events? Are these performance outcomes and look for correlations My belief is that big data could easily and what is not in training. gains increased with experience, are they between those and employee and training be the single largest driver of training No more having to guess. No more rely- made worse with the passage of time since ‘inputs’. For example, we can look for any improvement since learning began - big- ing only on opinion, comparatively small the last related training event, and how can correlations big data can reveal between ger even than the advent of educational research studies or our own experience. this information be used to improve train- mariner performance/safety and: technologies. DS These are all valuable, but so much more is ing outcomes? When do we reach the point starting to become possible. of diminishing performance returns with To focus specifically on maritime train- simulator time? Big data can give us many About the author ing, there are many potential sources of of these insights. Murray Goldberg is the founder and president of Marine Learning Systems, big data already available to us today. Similar observations can be recorded, the creator of MarineLMS, a learning management system designed specifi- Examples include simulation training and similar questions asked of those obser- cally for maritime industry training. This article has been adapted from a and assessment, online learning, compe- vations when it comes to eLearning and blog post first published on the Maritime Professional website. tency management systems, and the actual vessel navigation.

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NAVTOR adds automated passage planning documentation Robot crew begins work

www.navtor.com authorities and other relevant organisations. wide. It’s just another step forward to realis- on Costa Diadema “It’s all part of our on-going mission to ing the huge potential of e-navigation.” NAVTOR has launched a new passage simplify tasks for navigators and enhance Bergen-based chemical tanker owner www.costacruise.com planning module for its NavStation soft- efficiency for shipowners and operators,” and operator Utkilen has been piloting the ware, to assist navigators in creating the said NAVTOR CEO Tor Svanes. new passage planning module at its offices Costa Diadema, flagship of the Costa required documentation while planning “Until now, passage planning has been over the course of 2016, replacing the com- Cruises fleet, has welcomed its latest class vessel voyages. done manually, with the emphasis on the pany’s existing manual systems. of crewmember – a squad of robots named The system automatically logs all neces- navigator to input all the necessary, correct “There’s a real need for a smarter way Pepper, claimed to be the first robots in sary passage plan information into the plan data. This takes that entire burden off their of doing things. We’ve been using a more the world able to recognise the main as a voyage is mapped out, with type spe- hands, digitalising the process and ensur- or less in-house developed tool for passage human emotions and proactively interact cific formulas available for different vessels ing safety through automatic checks that planning over the last 15 or so years. This with their surrounding environment. to ensure all relevant details are captured. help reduce the chance of human error.” has done the job, but has also presented Five Pepper robots will be operative on Once this is complete the document can “It’s easier for them, while saving signifi- challenges,” said Utkilen safety manager, all 7-day cruises of Costa's flagship in the then be printed out and signed by the cap- cant man-hours per vessel, adding up to real Haakon Losnegaard. Western Mediterranean, tasked with tain, ready for inspection by port state time and cost efficiencies for owners fleet- “For example, when planning a new entertaining guests and improving their route on the ECDIS, all waypoints had to on board experience. be manually inputted into an Excel sheet. The introduction of Pepper to the This is time consuming and also opens the oceans is the result of an agreement signed door to errors. With the NavStation mod- between the Italian cruise company and ule, waypoint data can be transferred elec- SoftBank Robotics (formerly Aldebaran), tronically, ruling out potential typing mis- part of SoftBank Group, announced late takes and errors.” last year. “NavStation Passage Planning is intu- Launched in 2014 in Tokyo, Pepper is itive to use, has a logical layout and, equipped with a high-level interface for thanks to its functionality, is definitely a communicating with those around him, time efficient tool. The availability of shore using the latest advances in voice and facial support is another benefit. So far the trial recognition. On board Costa Diadema, has been office-based, but we’ll be rolling Pepper will speak three different languages it out across our fleet of 18 vessels as soon – Italian, English and French – to better as possible. It is, quite simply, a huge leap interact with passengers. Utkilen’s chemical tanker Xanthia sailing in the Gulf of Bothnia, forward for the essential practice of pas- one of 18 vessels that will be equipped with the new module sage planning and documentation.” Computer based training for Danelec ECDIS

www.danelec-marine.com with each module concluding with the stu- certification required by international reg- dent taking a self-administered test. ulations without the time and expense to Danelec Marine has launched a new com- Upon completion of the 32-module travel to a classroom training centre,” said puter-based training (CBT) program for its course, the student logs onto the internet Hans Ottosen, CEO of Danelec Marine. second-generation DM800 ECDIS G2 for a multiple-choice exam, followed by a In addition to the new CBT courseware, products, which allows students to down- live-cam interview with a certified instruc- Danelec Marine provides classroom train- load the training curriculum to their own tor. When the student achieves a passing ing at centres in Greece, Latvia, Romania, computers or laptops to perform the self- grade, Danelec Marine issues a certificate Ukraine, Russia, Philippines, China and study portion offline, at home or at sea. of completion. Singapore. The company also provides an Next generation seafarer, Pepper the robot The student can communicate with an “We have designed this training cur- in-house and onboard training option for ECDIS instructor at any stage of the self- riculum to make it easy for ships’ officers shipping companies with large fleets study portion by e-mail or interactive chat, to attain the type-specific familiarisation equipped with Danelec ECDIS products. “Thanks to the introduction of these robots on board Costa Diadema, Costa Cruises confirms once again its great spirit of innovation. Our goal is to amaze people that choose to spend their holidays with us and to go beyond their expectations offering something unforgettable. I am convinced that being able to interact with Pepper will be an incredible experience for all our guests,” said Neil Palomba, president of Costa Cruises. Costa Diadema’s guests can meet the

DISPLAYS | TOUCH | EMBEDDED | SYSTEMS robots in five areas of the ship. In addition Developed & to answering direct questions addressed Made in Germany to him, Pepper is able to draw attention MARINE DISPLAY and start an interaction when people come close by, while also being able to dance SOLUTIONS with guests, involve them in games or pro- pose to take souvenir selfies. On a more practical level, the robots are DATA MODUL is a leading specialist in development able to provide guests with useful informa- and manufacture of marine solutions: tion for their holiday, such as updates about » Bespoke Monitors and Panel PCs restaurants and bars, excursions, the activi- » ECDIS compliant Large Screen Displays ties programme, the spa and shops. He is also able to provide guidance about desti- » Advanced High Brightness Solutions nations included in the cruise itinerary. » Cutting-edge Touch Technologies Following this trial on Costa Diadema, Come and visit us Hall B6 | Stand 402 » Intelligent Embedded Systems in Hamburg! Sept 6 - 9, 2016 from September 2016 another squadron of five more Pepper robots will begin trials on board Costa Fascinosa, another ship in DATA MODUL AG | Landsberger Str. 322 | DE-80687 Munich | Tel. +49-89-56017-0 | [email protected] | www.data-modul.com the Costa fleet.

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Robert Gärtner, who has served as CEO of INTERSCHALT since 2006, has stepped down from his position following Cargotec Corporation’s acquisition of the company. Two managing directors have now been appointed: Benoit de la Tour, president of Navis, and Rainer Twisterling, former vice president services at INTERSCHALT. Mr de la Tour will lead the integration of the company’s software business into Navis, part of Cargotec. Mr Twisterling will oversee integration of the INTERSCHALT services division into JRC's new MFD is DNV GL approved MacGregor, which is also part of Cargotec. INTERSCHALT has also expanded its service network in South America Japan Radio Company (JRC) through the addition of ITEC reports that it has received Integrated Electronica Maritima, Colombia, and Navigation System (INS) type approval Telnav Telecomunicacoes Navais, from DNV GL for its Multi Function Macaé, Brazil. As authorised service part- Display (MFD), including its network ners, ITEC and Telnav Telecom will per- based ICS suffix. form the installation and maintenance of SevenCs has added a new ENC INTERSCHALT VDR systems as well as Bathymetry Plotter to its range of chart annual VDR performance tests (APT). products, a software package to assist in A new branch of the Fugro Academy the production of nautical charts by sup- Training Centre has been established in porting contour generation. The contour- Abu Dhabi. The Centre comprises three ing process is based on a shoal-biased training suites, an engineering workshop, Nautical Elevation Model, and the Plotter a simulation suite, a seven-function supports the creation of selected sound- manipulator trainer and offices. It also has ings at configurable density. direct access to Fugro’s own quayside and Alphatron Marine and Setel equipment within the base area. PowerLine have signed a reseller and Global Navigation Solutions installation partner agreement. The deal (GNS) is expanding its operations in will allow Alphatron Marine to wirelessly Piraeus, Greece, to add a further 10 service use its AlphaEye with integrated CCTV and support personnel, with the aim of camera system on Setel PowerLine’s IP bringing its Greek team to more than 60 by network. the end of 2016. To accommodate this the

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Arno Metzemakers has been appointed company will relocate to larger office as general manager at Alphatron premises in Piraeus. Marine, responsible for all operational Elcome International has expand- matters worldwide. Karin Hoogendam has ed its maritime service network with the been appointed as COO. Luuk Vroombout opening of new facilities in Egypt, Sri will remain as president and CEO. Lanka and Singapore. The three new Greek based oil tanker operator Almi offices are now fully operational, and Tankers has signed a maintenance authorised to perform class-approved contract with JRC and Alphatron radio surveys, VDR annual performance Marine supporting all yearly inspec- tests, shore-based maintenance for EPIRBs, tions and surveys as well as any required and service and repairs for products from services, for a total of eleven vessels. over 35 marine equipment manufacturers. Alphatron Marine and its local partner, Nova Electronics, will manage the www.sevencs.com contract, which will also include preven- www.jrc.co.jp tive maintenance services for the bridge www.alphatronmarine.com equipment. Goldman Sachs Merchant www.setel-powerline.com www.dnvgl.com Banking Division and Altor Fund www.navico.com IV have partnered and signed an agree- www.interschalt.com ment to acquire Navico from the Altor www.gnsworldwide.com 2003 Fund. The transaction will be subject www.fugro.no to customary regulatory requirements and www.elcome.com approvals.

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ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION More than half of SOLAS fleet now ‘ECDIS ready’

www.admiralty.co.uk “We are moving into a new era where a software deadline next year, highlighting itive progress with ECDIS manufacturers growing majority of the global fleet is the benefits that the new updates can offer. working hard to secure type-approval for The majority of the global SOLAS fleet is ready to benefit from ECDIS and it is par- These include the greater consistency in their ECDIS software,” said Mr Mellor. now compliant with the SOLAS regula- ticularly encouraging to see such good the display of Electronic Nautical Charts “Naturally, ship owners will also have tions on ECDIS carriage, according to the progress towards the adoption of digital (ENCs) that will come with the updated questions about the new ECDIS Standards. latest data published by the United navigation among large cargo ships, (par- IHO S-52 Presentation Library edition 4.0, One recurring question is whether there Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). ticularly in light) of the SOLAS-mandated as well as a reduction in the number of are any compatibility issues between As of May 2016, 51 per cent of all vessels deadline of 1 July 2016.” audible alarms on the bridge, the newly produced ENCs and the current that are subject to the SOLAS regulations “It is important that shipping compa- Hydrographic Office says. Presentation Library edition 3.4.” on the mandatory carriage of ECDIS, nies yet to make the transition to ECDIS While some shipping companies have “Owners need not be concerned about including those that do not trade interna- this, as ENCs themselves are unchanged. tionally, were fully ECDIS ready. This rep- The upgrade applies to the Presentation resented an increase of six per cent in the Library, which governs how the ENC data previous six months, UKHO says. is displayed on the ECDIS screen, not the Furthermore, out of almost 42,000 inter- data itself.” nationally trading vessels, the UKHO esti- In related news, UKHO has also mated that more than 59 per cent were announced that it is to release five new ‘ECDIS ready’, which is defined as using ENCs for the expanded Panama Canal. an ENC service on ECDIS – the first time The new ENCS are produced by the that over half of the global SOLAS fleet has Panama Canal Authority (PCA) and pro- been in such a position. vide end-to-end coverage of the Canal at a The organisation’s data also highlights scale of 1:10,000. They contain new survey the differences between ship sizes and data and up-to-date information for the classes, with 77 per cent of the 3,500 large expanded Canal, which had its first official cargo ships (defined as those over 50,000 transit on 26 June. gt) in the global fleet having been ECDIS “The Panama Canal serves a vital pur- ready ahead of the SOLAS-mandated pose for international shipping and world deadline of 1 July 2016 for these vessels. trade. Its expansion will not only double the This represented an increase of 15 per cent Canal’s capacity, it will also allow post- over the six months prior to the May 2016 Panamax vessels to use the Canal to transit survey data. directly between the Atlantic and Pacific The final ECDIS deadline will be in July 2018 By comparison, 45 per cent of cargo oceans for the first time,” said Jason Scholey, ships over 20,000 gt and 23 per cent of senior product manager at the UKHO. cargo ships over 10,000 gt were reported as prepare themselves in good time, and the welcomed the recent announcement of a “In order to stay safe and compliant, we using an ENC service in the May 2016 fig- UKHO will continue to offer practical 12-month extension to the transition peri- advise all ECDIS-equipped vessels plan- ures. The respective SOLAS compliance advice and support to help them to make od for owners to switch to the new tech- ning to transit the Canal to purchase the dates for these two classes of vessel are this step. For the growing number of own- nology, upgrade requirements will vary new Panama Canal ENCs. Shipping com- July 2017 and July 2018. ers and operators that have made the from ship to ship, so the UKHO is encour- panies should contact their Admiralty UKHO data also shows that 78 per cent switch to digital navigation, the challenge aging owners to move now rather than chart agent for more information.” of tankers were ECDIS ready at the time of is to ensure that their onboard systems, waiting until the new deadline of 31 The expansion of the Panama Canal has the survey. policies and procedures reflect the require- August 2017. created a new lane of traffic through the “The news that over half of all ships ments of safe, effective and compliant “The UKHO is continuing to work with construction of a new, larger set of locks. subject to the SOLAS Convention are now ECDIS operations.” manufacturers to ensure that users can The existing locks allowed the passage of ‘ECDIS ready’ is an important landmark in In line with this support for the transi- experience the full benefit of the latest soft- up to 5,000 TEU vessels, but the expanded the transition to digital navigation,” said tion to ECDIS, UKHO has called on ship ware standards. The transition to the new Canal will allow the passage of post- Thomas Mellor, head of OEM technical owners to upgrade to the latest ECDIS soft- ECDIS standards is definitely gathering Panamax vessels, capable of carrying up to support and digital standards at UKHO. ware standards ahead of the mandatory pace and it is encouraging to see such pos- 13,000/14,000 TEUs. Patt Manfield takes delivery of simulation package Optically bonded display launched by Simrad

www.bcgeng.com Southfield Agencies Inc. www.navico.com with its improved readability of the UI due The simulator software, along with to enlarged crystal-clear text and graphic Buffalo Computer Graphics (BCG) reports communication headsets, were delivered Simrad has launched its 27-inch M5027 information,” said Jose Herrero, MD of the that it has delivered its Virtual Global to Hong Kong at the end of February and optically bonded HD LCD monitor for the Simrad commercial marine division. Maritime Distress and Safety System licensed in June. commercial marine (VGMDSS) simulator to Patt Manfield & The GMDSS Simulation software will market, designed to Co. Shipping Company in Hong Kong. be used to train mariners and cadets from meet the colour cali- The single instructor station and five across Southfield’s principals on the vari- bration requirements student stations deployed will be used for ous aspects of a GMDSS system and for of ECDIS systems and GMDSS operator training at Patt professional certification within their the size requirements Manfield’s manning agency in Manila, respective flag states. of 320mm CAT1 radar systems. Optical bonded displays eliminate issues that can be caused by the ‘air gap’ in a monitor, such as condensa- tion, overheating and contamination, the M5027 with Radar company says. The unit also features touch menu controls and IPX6 rated water resistant flush mounting. Available in both AC and DC versions, “TheSimrad M5027 monitor really does the Simrad M5027 will be included add to the appearance and elegance of a in future Simrad radar and ECDIS The virtual GMDSS simulator will be used for professional certification training Navico styled CAT 1 GLASS-Bridge. It has packages. The display began shipping in set the industry standards of monitors August 2016.

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ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION Radio Holland completes HAL bridge refits Hurtigruten navigation equipment deal for www.radioholland.com Rolls-Royce

Radio Holland has completed two bridge www.rolls-royce.com refit contracts for Holland America Line on the cruise ships Oosterdam and Rolls-Royce has signed a contract worth Prinsendam, following on from similar about £25 million with the ship building refit work on M/S Noordam and company Kleven in Norway for design Westerdam in 2014 and 2015. and supply of ship equipment to two new The bridge refit on board the M/S Hurtigruten polar cruise vessels, with an Oosterdam was concluded in Palermo, option for two additional vessels, to Sicily, a few days prior to the bridge include a complete redesign of the ship upgrade project for the M/S Prinsendam, bridge environment with a Rolls-Royce which took place in Freeport, Grand Unified Bridge. Bahama. “The ships soon about to take shape in The projects included removal of the the docks of Kleven will be striking. They existing integrated bridge, all antennas will attract interest to both the Norwegian and ECDIS computers, as well as design ship building industry and to Hurtigruten and installation of new console tops as a leading player within the field of including wing consoles to accommodate explorer tourism,” said Daniel Skjeldam, The new bridge on board the M/S Oosterdam new Furuno radars, ECDIS (Main and CEO of Hurtigruten. Backup), EMRI designed Furuno “To me, this contract is proof of the Autopilot with two controlling heads with The bridge layout was also changed to Canada, which is responsible for govern- combined innovation powers of Norway’s track control, EMRI AZIPOD propulsion accommodate a pilot station, so the pilot ment procurement, has agreed a multi-mil- maritime industry and the country’s interface, Satellite Speed Log, two AIS and can have their own radar on board, and an lion dollar contract for the supply of growing tourism industry. Together we two GPS systems. ‘Officer on Duty’ position was created, Furuno ECDIS and radars to the Canadian are providing growth along the long and “Both bridge retrofits for Oosterdam whereby the officer can oversee the entire Coast Guard fleet over the next five years. beautiful Norwegian coastline.” and Prinsendam were highly customised bridge. The Canadian Coast Guard is currently projects which each required their own “Given that these two important in the process of a multi-year renewal pro- specific approach,” said Rob van den Hof, Holland America Line projects were so gramme for its fleet of nearly 120 vessels, nautical superintendent of technical opera- close together, it was a considerable logis- including several ice breakers stationed in tions at Holland America Line. tical challenge. We made sure we had the the Canadian Arctic. Radio Holland says it “The expertise and project management same project team on the spot to maximise began delivering systems to the first ves- skills of Radio Holland ensured comple- efficiency and consistency,” said Jamie sels in July. tion within a limited time frame. Result is Futch, project engineer, Radio Holland. In a separate agreement, Hike Metal a seamless integration with existing sys- “We had a maximum of two weeks to Products of Wheatley, Ontario has con- tems while providing the additional func- complete the work as the ships were in tracted Radio Holland to supply the navi- tionality of the latest Furuno navigation drydock. In the case of Prinsendam, pas- gation and communication equipment for equipment.” sengers were on board so we couldn’t six newbuild Canadian Coast Guard The new ships will feature The scope of work for the Prinsendam, afford even the smallest delay. To ensure Search and Rescue Lifeboats, including a Unified Bridge concept which is an older ship, was even more the project could run seamlessly, all the Furuno radars and electronic chart sys- extensive, as the bridge layout had to be Factory Acceptance Tests took place in the tems, Hatteland displays and Raytheon The ship design will feature a wave modified to bring it in line with that of the US before the equipment was shipped to Anschütz Horizon MF gyro compasses. piercing bow, with Rolls-Royce also sup- Vista Class ships, which included moving the yards.” The first delivery of the equipment to plying an integrated package of technolo- equipment and installing an echo sounder In related news, Radio Holland Canada the Hike yard took place in August and the gy and equipment. Consoles, levers and and speed log. Additionally, Radio has also won two separate contracts to project will be complete in 2020. Radio software interfaces will have a common Holland carried out a ‘clean up’ and mod- supply navigation and communications Holland and Hike will also assist the look and feel, with the aim of creating an ernisation, removing some 250 redundant equipment in Canada. Canadian Coast Guard with any training efficient working environment for the cables. Public Works and Government Services required on the new equipment. bridge team. Ports of Jersey goes New simulators live on upgraded VTS for BSM in Cyprus

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Ports of Jersey’s new vessel traffic serv- Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) ice (VTS) is now in operation, following has newly added a Full Mission Bridge an upgrade of its operational and stand- and an Engine Room simulator at its train- by control centres, multiple remote ing centre in Limassol, Cyprus, the only radios, radars and automatic identifica- centre with the technology on the island, tion systems (AIS) performed by the company says. Frequentis. Training will be offered to BSM’s own Ports of Jersey provides 24/7 VTS and officers, with the centre also available for coastguard Global Maritime Distress and external training in the region. STCW Valentin Rakutins, director of BSM MTC Cyprus, presenting the new bridge simulator Safety System (GMDSS) services. (Standards of Training, Certification and Frequentis will provide support for all Watchkeeping) courses, as well as tailor- communication. staff being at the forefront of our philoso- systems under a ten-year maintenance made customer courses for Deck and The user can select vessels from the phy, BSM have invested in our facilities in contract. Engineer officers, will be offered at the library of 40 different ship types, operating Cyprus with the addition of this new “Frequentis continued to provide facility. in 25 sea and port areas. The Bridge equipment, which takes the Centre to exceptional project management,” said The bridge simulator consists of two Simulator also connects with the newly another level and further promotes our Russell Mathew, Coastguard and VTS separate 180 degree visualisation bridges installed Engine Room Simulator enabling ability as the leading training provider in manager at Ports of Jersey. equipped with various controls and sys- up to six students to train in ship manoeu- the region. This also aligns the Centre in “With this fully integrated solution the tems, including ECDIS, RADAR/ARPA, vring and machinery operations on indi- Cyprus with our facilities in Manila and company provided a product to meet all VHF, bow and stern thrusters, simulated vidual stations. Mumbai,” said John Pritchett, corporate our specific requirements within a very anchoring and mooring, use of tugs for “With training and the emphasis we manager HRM – training and develop- tight schedule.” berthing assistance, and GMDSS radio place on career development of our sea ment, at BSM.

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ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION Carnival Corporation opens new simulation centre

www.transas.com and cut energy consumption by 30 per cent delivers an immersive real world situation- a combination of products that together compared to a traditional deployment al environment in which multiple crew can expand the realism and effectiveness Carnival Corporation has opened its new through the virtualisation of simulation members can operate and interact simulta- of maritime emergency and crisis response Center for Simulator and Maritime tasks into an nVidia Grid System. neously, as if on a real vessel. This is the training.” Training (CSMART) in Almere, the Full interswitching capabilities have standard by which all training should This is the first major joint project Netherlands, a result of almost two years been integrated to allow any task to be be measured.” deployment by Transas and XVR of intensive R&D investment. accessed on any screen within the simulator Carnival is not the only organisation to Simulation since the companies CSMART features a Transas Integrated (using a Blackbox IP-matrix). This effective- recently expand the use of its Transas simu- announced a new strategic cooperation Full Mission Simulation Academy ly allows for zero per cent downtime on the lation systems, with the Delgado Fire and agreement in January. Solution, with navigational and engine simulators – a key element in managing the Industrial School in New Orleans, US, also “The input of experienced experts, such room simulators arranged in various con- high volume throughput of seafarers with integrating a range of simulation technology as the team at Delgado, who are thorough- figurations from classroom stations up to defined limited training windows. from XVR with its Transas simulators, for ly familiar with industry needs, is a vital part-task and full mission solutions, inter- 'Gamification' technology has been use in courses at its new 19,000 square foot component of producing complete solu- linked to provide training and assessment tions that can provide a positive contribu- for the entire crew. tion to maritime safety, a cornerstone of The Academy will feature four full-mis- Transas’ THESIS concept,” said Neil sion bridge simulators, modelled after the Bennett, vice president of sales and cus- newly designed bridge of the Koningsdam tomer support for Transas in the Americas from the company's Holland America region. Line, and four full-mission engine room Moving from the US back to Europe simulators designed to provide a wide once more, Transas has also recently array of programming and simulated completed the installation of an integrated exercises that can recreate a range of mar- ship simulator package at the City of itime scenarios. Glasgow College in Scotland, the country's The new five-storey facility will also largest college. include 24 part-task engine simulators, The system forms a core part of the eight debriefing rooms and eight part-task new Riverside Campus, Phase One of the bridge simulators – all designed to provide City of Glasgow College’s super campus participants access to the visual elements development. of 60 ports around the world including The installed equipment includes a full Los Angeles, New York, Miami, mission engine room simulator and four Copenhagen, Stockholm, Singapore and simulator labs for studying electronic nav- Glacier Bay, Alaska. igation systems, GMDSS, liquid cargo han- “The opening of the new Arison dling and DP operations. Also installed are Maritime Center and expansion of our Capt. Hans Hederström, CSMART, and Frank Coles, Transas, at the CSMART opening five ship handling simulators comprising CSMART Academy is a major milestone in four bridges with 135 degrees visualisation our company’s history and an exciting applied in the simulators’ design, with Maritime and Industrial Training Center. and a 360 degrees full mission ship han- day for all of us at Carnival Corporation,” 3D Engine compartments allowing for Delgado is the first training centre in the dling simulator. said David Christie, senior vice president walk-throughs with avatars controlled via world to deploy XVR Incident Command “Scotland has a strong maritime history of maritime quality assurance for Carnival large touchscreens or gaming controllers. simulation systems in conjunction with and now 10,000 students a year will bene- Corporation. CCTV camera technology, similar to that Transas’ full mission, part task and class- fit from this investment at our Riverside “The safety and comfort of our guests used at the ESA Space Centre, also room marine simulators. The centre is Campus and continue and build on that and crew is our most important priority, and observes and records everything on the expected to be attended by 10,000 students proud tradition,” said Iain Marley, City of the Arison Maritime Center underscores the bridges and in the engine room to allow each year. Glasgow College project director. depth of our commitment to making sure full picture team training. “We have worked with Transas for “The simulation suite allows our stu- our ships sail as safely as possible.” “The CSMART project is an important nearly fifteen years now, and have always dents to have a highly realistic experience “Our bridge and engineering officers milestone in Transas’ history. We are been able to rely on them to support our of operations including navigation, engine are the heart and soul of our ship opera- proud of what has been achieved in such a programmes and deliver the new technolo- room and cargo handling activities within tions, and this centre takes to a new level short time through our close work with the gies that we need to solve our clients’ train- a wide range of ship types.” our dedication to providing our officers Carnival Corporation, the CSMART team ing needs,” said Rick Schwab, senior direc- “This leading edge technology and with the maritime industry’s most compre- and our project partners,” said Transas tor of the facility. hands-on experience of nautical chart hensive and progressive safety training.” CEO Frank Coles. “When our team was introduced to rooms will provide advanced and innova- Through cooperation with Dell, Transas “By applying technological advance- XVR Simulation by Transas, we immedi- tive training which will enhance the skills says that it was able to reduce the number ments never before utilised within the ately knew that it was what we needed to and future employment prospects for of physical machines used in the simula- maritime industry, Transas have created a take our Incident Command training to cadets and also more experienced officers tion centre by 77 per cent, from 650 to 150, multi-simulator integrated training that the next level. Transas and XVR provide and crew.” Teekay agrees digital and paper charts deal

www.chartco.com best overall solution,” said Deborah Sloan, contracts specialist at Teekay Shipping. Following the completion of a worldwide The tender included a review of the var- tender, Teekay Shipping has agreed a deal ious options available for the purchasing of with ChartCo for the supply of digital and Electronic Navigational Charts, including paper charts and publications, flag state Pay As You Sail, fixed price, pre-paid and documentation and onboard navigational standard licensing. management software to the company’s In the end, Teekay opted to stick to stan- global fleet of more than 100 in-house man- dard chart licensing in combination with aged vessels. ChartCo’s Auto-Permit automated pur- “We realised that as we implement navi- chasing system. gation with ECDIS across our fleets we need “The maturity and breadth of services a partner who is an expert in digital naviga- offered by our PassageManager software tion and having looked at all suppliers with combined with Regs4ships for digital pub- Teekay Madrid Spirit will be among the ships covered by the new deal the range of services and geographical reach lications, our customer service and ability to fulfil our requirements we are delighted to provide additional value-added services training, positions us well to win valuable such as Teekay,” said Martin Taylor, man- to have identified ChartCo as providing the such as navigational audits and ECDIS contracts from industry leading customers aging director of ChartCo.

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ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION Kongsberg agrees EMSA awards satellite AIS contract systems deal for ferry projects www.orbcomm.com maritime navigational, safety and security www.luxspace.lu applications. www.kongsberg.com “The EMSA contract is a great win for LuxSpace and its partner ORBCOMM ORBCOMM and our partner, LuxSpace, Kongsberg Maritime has won some US$33 have agreed a four-year satellite and we look forward to providing indus- million in Engineering, Procurement, Automatic Identification System (AIS) try-leading satellite AIS data services to Construction & Installation (EPCI) con- data service framework contract with the EMSA and its member states,” said Marc tracts for two separate ferry projects, European Maritime Safety Agency Eisenberg, ORBCOMM CEO. including supply of all navigation and (EMSA), to be used for maritime safety and “ORBCOMM’s AIS service delivers radio/satellite communications systems. ship monitoring. comprehensive and reliable global cover- The first is a NOK 160 Million (approxi- The fixed four-year EMSA framework age with high refresh rates, which pro- A VesselSat micro-satellite, mately US$19 million) EPCI deal covering contract is worth up to €10.2 million for the vides a complete situational picture of ves- used to collect AIS signals from space two 100 metre ferries under construction for service period, and was awarded following sel activity worldwide.” Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL). a competitive bidding process among Since 2009 LuxSpace has been in the The contract, with Glasgow-based ship- providers of space-based AIS data services. SAT-AIS business both as a micro-satellite COMM and provided AIS data services to builder and marine fabricator Ferguson LuxSpace will provide ORBCOMM’s manufacturer and AIS data service various customers around the globe. Marine Engineering Limited (FMEL), will global real-time data feed of satellite- provider. LuxSpace, under contract with Currently, another AIS micro-satellite is see Kongsberg Maritime Engineering based AIS (SAT-AIS) data, which will be ORBCOMM, has already built two AIS- under development using the LuxSpace (KME) provide all engineering, procure- used by EMSA, other EU agencies and EU enabled satellites (VesselSat 1 and Triton-2 platform through a contract with ment and project management, while Member States for ship tracking and other VesselSat 2), which were operated by ORB- the European Space Agency (ESA). Kongsberg Maritime will supply what it calls a ‘Full Picture’ system delivery. The ferries will be ‘dual-fuel’ vessels so Drone conducts tanker production surveys they can operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and marine diesel, and are designed www.dnvgl.com time saved by this method. We were also while at the same time improving safety to carry 127 cars or 16 HGVs, or a combi- all very impressed by the quality of the for the surveyors. nation of both and up to 1,000 passengers. DNV GL reports that it has recently com- video and the details the drone was able to DNV GL says it has now carried out The contracts include supply and inte- pleted its first production surveys using an obtain in the inspection.” several tests using drones for the inspec- gration of the electrical, telecom and inte- unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone, “We would certainly be interested in tion of cargo tanks or holds in a large oil grated control systems, project manage- with 14 tanks on the MV Apollo, a chemi- using this method more in the future and I tanker, a chemical tanker and a bulk carri- ment, interface management and engi- cal tanker owned by Carl Büttner am interested to see how the technology er, both in Europe and in China. neering services at all stages. Cables, Shipmanagement in Bremerhaven, develops over the next few years.” In the future, the classification society installation and installation materials for Germany, inspected over a period of two The inspection of ship tanks and holds says that it may be possible to use drones the above systems are also included. and a half days by two DNV GL surveyors. can be a costly, time consuming and poten- that are fully autonomous, where a 3D On the technology side, all switchboards, “The advantage of using a drone over tially dangerous operation. The condition model of a vessel loaded into a drone's automation, propulsion control, navigation conventional staging inside the tank is of the coating, corrosion, damage, piping, memory could allow the unit to orientate systems, and radio/satellite communica- absolutely clear,” said Jochen Huhn, access points, equipment and safety sys- itself inside the tank and follow a pre- tions systems will also be part of the pack- marine superintendent and chief security tems all have to be assessed on a regular defined route, stopping at points of inter- age supplied. The engineering and con- officer, Carl Büttner Shipmanagement. basis, and using drones to visually check est inside the compartment to capture struction phase is estimated to be two years. “Eliminating the risk of damage to the the condition of remote structural compo- video and still images. The operator could “We have put more focus on Electrical, coating from staging means the drone sur- nents has the potential to significantly use the camera and lights to document Instrument and Telecom (EIT) packages vey is worth it, even before we factor in the reduce survey times and staging costs, findings, while the drone’s autopilot takes for merchant vessels. Our tailor made solu- care of the flight. tions, with in-house and procured technol- At some stage it may also be possible ogy provide tangible efficiencies for both to have a drone with its own scanning yards and owners, and are ideally suited to capabilities, DNV GL says. Such a drone ferries and RoPax vessels,” said Egil could be dropped into an unknown Haugsdal, president, Kongsberg Maritime. space, make a scan, create its own 3D map A similar NOK 120 million (approxi- and then proceed to carry out the survey mately US$14 million) EPCI contract has independently. also been agreed with Flensburger “The success of the first drone produc- Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), a subsidiary tion survey performed by a classification of Siem Group, to cover engineering and society shows how our investment in maritime technology deliveries to a RoPax developing modern class solutions to ben- ferry for Irish Continental Group (ICG). efit our customers is paying off,” says Knut Once again, Kongsberg Maritime and Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV GL – Maritime. KME will execute the project for the RoPax “Over the next few years we will con- ferry, which will have a cargo capacity of tinue to work on expanding the ways the 2,800 lane metres, and an additional dedi- drones can be used and the number of sta- cated car deck for 300 cars. It will be tions where we can offer this service. This equipped with 435 passenger cabins, with a is a very promising beginning and one that total capacity of 1,900 passengers and crew. is already showing a significant benefit in The scope of technology supply is sim- The drone used in the MV Apollo survey terms of time and costs saved.” ilar to the CMAL project and also expected to last two years. “In a challenging market we are very pleased that we can supply a tailor made Lake Express gets new JRC radar Electrical, Instrument and Telecom (EIT) solution for the yard and owner with a www.jrc.am ment which has now been implemented on suite serving us for years to come,” said large scope of both in-house and procured more than 700 vessels to date. John Rogers, Lake Express. technology,” said Egil Haugsdal, presi- JRC reports that it has installed the world’s “In researching the options for this The Lake Express bridge upgrade dent, Kongsberg Maritime. smallest IMO compliant Solid State S-band project, JRC’s offerings stood out and included the interswitched radar and chart “This is our first contract in Germany radar with 8-ft antenna for the high speed the finished install has exceeded our radar as well as a new ECDIS, all equipped for a full EPCI scope. As a major ship- car/passenger ferry Lake Express. expectations. We are very happy with with 26-inch monitors. Also installed were building nation, Germany is seen as a The dual X- and S-band radar installa- the ease of use and performance of the a GPS navigator, AIS, GPS compass and strategic area for Kongsberg Maritime as tion features magnetron-free Solid State new equipment and we look forward to AlphaLine repeater for use as a heading we turn our focus to new markets.” technology to reduce service costs, equip- the advanced features of this navigation and Rate-of-Turn indicator.

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UK multimodal training centre to add maritime simulators Curacao Ports and North American pilots www.modaltraining.co.uk implement Saab systems

Modal Training, a multimodal logistics www.saabtech.ca training centre in the UK set to open later this year, reports that it has invested Saab reports that it has been awarded a con- £2 million in a simulation setup from tract from the Curacao Ports Authority to Kongsberg Maritime to offer courses for install the latest version of its KleinPort the maritime sector. application for use in the Authority’s new The company says that a range of Harbour Management System, while its marine simulator courses will be delivered KleinPilot system will also be implemented for deck, engineering and electro-technical in the US and Canada under two new deals. officers covering areas like Bridge Curacao Ports will use KleinPort to Resource and Team Management, manage its multi-harbour operations, in Dynamic Positioning, ECDIS, GMDSS, areas such as the scheduling of vessel traf- Engine Room and Vessel Traffic Services. fic and services, the dispatch of pilots and Modal Training’s £7 million facility in tugs, the recording of cargo data, tariff Immingham will house a Full Mission billing and provision of management Bridge DNV Class A Kongsberg K-Sim reporting. simulator, with a 360-degree model of the “Curacao Ports required a new harbour Humber, as well as forward and aft bridge management system that also met the stations for DP and Anchor Handling needs of its tug subsidiary, KTK. We had a operations. number of specific requirements including The equipment will be connected to vessel scheduling at the different harbours work simultaneously with the Engine on the island as well as mobile access for Room simulator to provide full crew train- The new Kongsberg simulators will be a central feature of the £7 million centre tugs, pilot boats and pilots,” said Urvin ing, the company says. Inocente, IT manager, Curacao Ports Modal has also invested in a K-Sim directed at the offshore renewable sector, “Our training will be the ideal solution Authority. Class C desktop simulator system, with six the course provision will be attractive to all for organisations conducting their own “In addition, accounts for the port and PCs for dynamic positioning training, and mariners refreshing their qualifications, internal training programmes or wishing tug company had to be segregated for a desktop K-Sim ECDIS radar simulator developing new skills or completing gaps to explore mission rehearsal scenarios. invoicing and reporting. The proven for up to six students. in their current proficiencies,” said Patrick With this facility and teaching capability, KleinPort product was able to deliver all The engine room package is equipped Henry, managing director of Modal we believe that Modal Training's offering of our required functionality and Saab with a full mission K-Sim engine simulator Training. will be world class.” provided very effective best practices and a desktop engine room. A K-Sim VTS “The hallmark of this course offering Jointly funded by the Grimsby Institute guidance as a result of their years of expe- operator simulator completes the new will be practically focussed, cognitive- and the Humber LEP, as part of the rience in the industry.” equipment line-up. based training that emphasises experien- Humber Growth Deal, Modal Training is The Curacao Ports Authority (CPA) “Whilst Modal Training’s investment is tial learning for students.” set to open in November 2016. manages all of Curacao’s ports. CPA owns the container and cruise terminal, most of the wharves as well as properties JRC ECDIS e-Learning course adjacent to the harbour, which are leased GNS launches to private operators. CPA also coordi- nates pilotage and regulates all vessel Voyager 7 added by Safebridge movements in the ports. In North America, Saab reports that it www.gnsworldwide.com www.safebridge.net The Admiralty Information Overlay is has been awarded separate contracts from also integrated with the ECDIS. the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Global Navigation Solutions (GNS) has Safebridge has released its latest ECDIS e- The Safebridge training course assists Authority and the Great Lakes Pilotage launched a new version of Voyager, its Learning course, covering the JRC JAN- students in building familiarity with the Division of the United States Coast Guard navigation software solution, with 7201/9201 ECDIS unit. equipment through the use of a GuideMe to upgrade the Great Lakes Pilot Voyager 7 representing a fundamental The course is approved by the manufac- system, with access to a fully interactive Management System to the latest version rebuild of the software in comparison turer and was developed in cooperation JRC-JAN 7201/ 9201 ECDIS. of its KleinPilot system. with earlier versions. with Japan Radio Co (JRC), Safebridge says. Outside of its ECDIS training, Safebridge The new KleinPilot system will replace The user interface has been updated to The JRC JAN-7201/9201 series is the has also recently released a course relating the existing Saab supplied system reduce the number of clicks needed to per- newest type-approved ECDIS developed by to German maritime legislation for captains installed in 2006. It will be used by the form required actions, while an automat- JRC, with a redesigned user interface pro- from EU countries who are in command of two organisations and the three US Great ed reminder to update charts and publica- viding central access to key features while a German flagged vessel. Lakes pilotage associations to manage tions has also been added. still maintaining a wide view of the chart. The programme, required by the and coordinate the dispatch of marine The application’s route planning When delivered as a pre-filled ECDIS, Seafarer’s Competency and Qualification pilots on the Great Lakes and automati- functionality has been simplified, and the unit comes with a wide range of official Order (SeeBV), is approved by the German cally generate billing in accordance with installation can be performed via a vari- ENCs already installed, which enables Federal Maritime Hydrographic Agency applicable tariffs. ety of formats – DVD, USB and web charts to be available instantly upon (BSH) and was developed in co-operation Saab says it will host and administer the download. Synchronisation with the demand and via dynamic licensing servic- with German flag stakeholders. shared system on behalf of the two organi- Voyager Management Service (VMS) has es, such as PAYS (Pay As You Sail). The nine-day classroom training course sations on a secure site to ensure the confi- also been added. consists of six chapters and an dentiality of the parties and their data. A new home page presents a list introduction to the German The KleinPilot is based on Saab’s N- of the most frequently used Voyager language. The six chapters Tier management information system tools, with options to add others. cover all content required platform and uses a web based user inter- “During development we analysed the by the curriculum contained face. It includes an agent web portal for number of clicks and time spent to com- in Annex 2 of the Seafarer’s agents to submit pilotage requests and plete individual tasks, such as route plan- Competency and monitor assignment status, and a pilot ning and maintaining corrections. The Qualification Order. web portal (and optional iPhone applica- results allowed us to implement signifi- The course is offered at tion) to receive assignments, record job cant opportunities to improve bridge the Safebridge Training information and submit time cards. team efficiency. The feedback we’ve had Center in Hamburg, but the The new system is scheduled to com- so far from mariners has been phenome- company says that it can also mence use in live production for the start nal,” said GNS chief information officer, The GuideMe mode walks the student be conducted at the cus- of the Great Lakes navigation season in Phil Stothard. through key functions tomer’s premises on request. March 2017.

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Integrated bridge systems delivered to Texelstroom Wärtsilä to provide navigation www.alphatronmarine.com systems for RoRo ferries JRC and Alphatron Marine have completed the delivery of integrated bridge sys- www.wartsila.com ing and project management, supply and tems to the double ended passenger ferry installation of the cables and equipment, Texelstroom, built at La Naval Shipyard in Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to external and internal communication sys- Bilbao, Spain. provide integrated turnkey electrical pack- tems, energy distribution, the lighting sys- The fully integrated Alphabridge fea- ages, including its Nacos Platinum naviga- tem, and the engine control room consoles. tures navigation, internal communication tion system, for four new RoRo ferries The first equipment was delivered dur- and observation equipment, steering con- being built at the Flensburger Schiffbau- ing summer 2016. trol and various workstations, with the Gesellschaft (FSG) yard in Germany. “Wärtsilä SAM Electronics are fully exact same equipment installed on both The vessels have been contracted by familiar with the products and support ends of the vessel. SIEM RoRo Carriers, with two to be char- required for these vessels, having repeated A remote controlled CCTV system fea- tered to Denmark's DFDS and two to installations on these RoRo's for many turing 32 IP cameras operated from three EKOL of Turkey. years. With the full integration and repeat The integrated bridge system different stations is also integrated, with a The full Wärtsilä scope of supply, from of the systems, we expect an improvement aboard the Texelstroom custom built docking system that detects its SAM Electronics range, includes the in efficiency and reduction in risk,” said the distance to shore from several locations. Nacos Platinum navigation and automa- Alex Gregg-Smith, managing director The bridges work independently from (TESO), will sail between the city of Den tion systems, electrical systems engineer- of FSG. each other and include safety override Helder on the mainland and the West switching between both ends. Frisian island of Texel, situated in the The ship, owned by Dutch company North Sea off the Dutch coast, along the BMT simulator adds new features Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming edge of the Wadden Sea.

www.bmtscd.com to achieve their operational goals,” said Annual ECDIS competency course launched Paul Morter, global sales manager for BMT Ship & Coastal Dynamics, part of REMBRANDT. www.ecdis.org The course covers any changes to the BMT Group, has updated its marine navi- “An important factor when berthing at make and model of the ECDIS onboard, gation and manoeuvring ECDIS Ltd has launched a new ECDIS the key functions for safe navigation, and simulator REMBRANDT, Annual Competency Assurance Training preparation for PSC or independent audits with version 6 adding sep- (ACATS) service, which aims to keep or inspections. arate controls for setting bridge teams up-to-date with the naviga- The training is also designed to help wind, wave and swell tion technology regardless of which of the seafarers to annually refresh their knowl- wave parameters. 38 manufacturers of ECDIS currently cir- edge of key menus and operational capa- The company says that culating the industry have supplied the bility on the ECDIS, and ensure the com- independent control of equipment. pany is compliant in its use of ECDIS these features will allow The service was produced in conjunc- through annual assessments. for the examination of tion with the top 20 questions used for “ECDIS ACATS is an effective assur- more realistic scenarios, ECDIS Audit Inspections and the ance method of assisting the maritime which should be of partic- Inspectors ECDIS Course, both designed industry as a whole to increase their ular relevance for offshore by ECDIS Ltd, charged on a per ship basis underpinning knowledge in the make and simulations, as well as cer- regardless of the number of officers or model of their ECDIS fitted onboard and tain critical port approach annual turnover of crew. to keep up-to-date with the constantly manoeuvres. Wind shield- evolving software from all ing is also now available. The new features aim to make environmental conditions in training scenarios more realistic the manufacturers world- In addition, REM- wide,” said George Ward, BRANDT v6 supports the project support for ECDIS direct import of high resolution terrain an offshore structure is the shielding ACATS. data (LIDAR data) which will allow users effect it creates – as the visiting ship “This product also to automatically create detailed visual comes into the ‘lee’ of the structure, the allows the ship manager or scenes. magnitude of the prevailing wind, operator to have positive “These new and improved features waves and current can be significantly control over their officers’ have further elevated an already high end reduced; REMBRANDT V6 can now real- Annual Competency and globally respected simulator. It was istically represent this effect in real time Assurance with regards to important for us to look at delivering a simulations.” ECDIS, which in turn significantly broader and more capable In addition to its newly established sim- would reduce their train- tool that will better support our diverse ulator complex at its UK offices, BMT says The course aims to refresh ECDIS skills ing safety matrix for navi- range of clients, enhancing the value this that it will also shortly open a new simula- on an annual basis gating with ECDIS.” simulation aid can offer them in helping tor centre of excellence in Indonesia. Simrad bridge equipment for new fast ferries

www.navico.com/commercial rans, will be operating on several routes linking Circular Quay in Sydney Harbour Four new fast ferries in Australia, owned with locations including Darling Harbour, and managed by Manly Ferries and oper- North Sydney, Pyrmont Bay and Harbour ating in the waters of Sydney Harbour, will Beaches. The catamarans will also be be equipped with Simrad bridge equip- deployed on whale-watching excursions ment under a new agreement. during the annual migration season. The package of systems to be delivered “Our fast ferries are running to tight includes an NSO Evo2 quad-core marine schedules in and around Sydney’s busy processor, a 4G broadband radar with harbour. Our skippers are delighted with beam sharpening and target separation, an the existing Simrad installations – the Autopilot AP28, and Simrad MO16T broadband radar in particular has made a Ocean Wave will operate around Sydney Harbour widescreen monitors. huge difference,” said Will Ford, manag- The four new vessels, two 24-metre fast ing director of Manly Ferries. view, target definition and separation is manoeuvring. The ‘instant-on’ feature is catamarans and two 33-metre fast catama- “They tell us that the low-emissions extremely helpful in close-quarters another major plus point.”

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Digital Ship MTCAS – Ship traffic control

A consortium of maritime organisations and other stakeholders in Germany has begun work on a project to increase coordination in ship manoeuvres and improve safety at sea – with the ultimate goal being the creation of a fully-fledged Maritime Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System

ollisions are a continual danger in TCAS but is adapted to the maritime world every transport mode. In air and and additionally uses intelligent predic- CCrailway traffic, there are systems to tion. MTCAS uses a wider horizon than assist in avoiding collisions and securing TCAS and assumes changes in course and railroads. On the road, there are already speed way before critical situations occur,” mid-range automobiles equipped with explains Elke Gehrmann from Raytheon sophisticated technology which detect Anschütz, who acted as project lead for the potential collisions and can brake automat- development of MTCAS. ically, with various levels of autonomy “Evasive manoeuvres have to be calcu- becoming increasingly prevalent. lated in two dimensions instead of three With the increasing traffic density and and will take the dynamic character of the growing ship dimensions of today’s mar- vessels into account.” itime environment, a group of researchers having begun working towards the devel- Development areas opment of a system to assist a ship’s crew By estimating the intentions and move- in avoiding collisions, with the hope that ments of other ships, the system aims to this could help to substantially improve assist the bridge team to reliably detect safety. impending manoeuvres and significantly The result of this has been the creation improve the quality and reliability of colli- of a collaborative project across a group of sion warnings and alarms. MTCAS will organisations in Germany to build an intel- also provide components to support pro- ligent system to detect dangers and pre- active decision making, on board as well as vent collisions at sea - a so-called Maritime on shore, by enhancing the capabilities of Calculation and visualisation of predicted manoeuvre paths by means of Fast Time Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). Simulation Technology (Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences, System (MTCAS). Today, the safety and efficiency of mar- Technology, Business and Design, Dept. of Maritime Studies, ISSIMS) Besides consortium leader Raytheon itime traffic flow depends on the collabora- Anschütz, the MTCAS partners are: SIG- tion of the bridge team members and, in gets involved. This would need to include offers a suitable platform. First tests will be NALIS; OFFIS - Institute for Informatics; VTS-monitored areas, operators acting systems for reliable gathering of data to done by using the eMIR testbed with an the Institute of Innovative Ship-Simulation from on-shore centres. construct the traffic image, enhanced high- LTE backbone,” said Ms Gehrmann. and Maritime Systems (ISSIMS) of Previous research and technological speed simulation-based manoeuvre plan- “The first elements are already Hochschule Wismar, University of development projects, such as COSINUS, ning and prediction, as well as a partially addressed by a number of projects like Applied Sciences, Technology, Business MonaLisa and ACCSEAS have introduced automated negotiation of planned trajecto- Accseas, MonaLisa, EfficienSea. Definitely and Design; as well as the Institute of various new approaches and solutions ries among ships and VTS. the capabilities of the fast-time simulation Communication and Navigation of the beyond these existing standards for data The selection of communication chan- are going to be extended. Partly automated German Aerospace Centre (DLR). exchange, including route exchange and nels and protocols will be studied in par- trajectory negotiation for multiple vessels is The hydrodynamics and the manoeu- detection of manoeuvres. MTCAS believes ticular, in close cooperation with other already addressed by OFFIS in recent vring behaviour of large ships, such as that those elements will provide a good ongoing European projects such as research and will be brought to the project.” 8,000-plus TEU containerships, present basis from which to develop, implement EfficienSea2 and Sea Traffic Management Other areas where MTCAS feels it will two specific challenges: firstly, reliable and test the project’s own algorithms for (STM, the successor to MonaLisa2.0). need to go beyond the work of previous detection of unsafe situations, and second- detecting and visualising the intentions of Test trials have already begun as part of projects includes calculation of trajectories ly, comprehensive support for the Officer other targets from on board or on shore. MTCAS, performed on the eMaritime and quick response simulation to calculate of the Watch in planning and performing This will include a sophisticated assess- Integrated Reference (eMIR) platform, a predicted manoeuvres and provide infor- evasive manoeuvres. ment of the level of risk and the danger of generic testbed for experiments for mar- mation about what it calls “the last line of Taking its cues from the Traffic Alert a collision, and will require research of itime safety applications. Tests will aim to defence”, essentially the last manoeuvre at and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) new approaches for consistent triggering prove that applying MTCAS will enhance the last moment in a situation. used in the aviation industry, MTCAS says of situation-dependent warnings and the situational awareness of the Nautical “In general, as manufacturers like it will employ state-of the art information alarms on-board and in a VTS centre. Assistant in a VTS centre to improve focus Raytheon Anschütz have also played a and communication technologies to devel- The system will also aim to provide on critical situations and support smart leading role in other research projects (e.g. op solutions suitable to the rules and cus- early information and suggestions for traffic coordination to contribute to the COSINUS), insights regarding coopera- toms of international maritime traffic. proactive solutions to critical situations by safety and efficiency of the waterways. tive, shared usage of data and function to “MTCAS is following the success of encouraging coordinated action of the tar- The eMIR platform is based on a simu- increase safety at sea will be certainly lation and a physical testbed. The physical brought together and find their way into testbed uses a reference waterway at the future product developments or at least river Elbe between Cuxhaven and recommendations,” adds Ms Gehrmann. Brunsbüttel, an experimental VTS Centre The consortium says that it also plans to and the so called Mobile Bridge. The follow industry standardisation initiatives Mobile Bridge includes all equipment on a closely in the development of the project, ‘normal’ bridge and can temporarily be and that it is actively supporting IALA rec- installed on vessels for experiments. ommendation processes. Further consulta- For the MTCAS project the Research tion on standardisation will also be per- Vessel Otzum and the Research Boat Zuse, formed in collaboration with German rep- which are part of eMIR, are being used for resentatives at IMO. sea trials after verification and validation The three year MTCAS R&D project is in simulator trials. partly funded by the German Federal “The consortium actually plans to rely Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy on VHF based digital communication as and will be concluded with a public used by AIS. During the project the stan- event to demonstrate the technologies The test trial research boat Otzum dardisation of VDES will go on which developed. DS

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SMM, the international maritime trade fair in Hamburg, is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the maritime calendar. Digital Ship asked some of the technology providers exhibiting at this year’s show what they have to offer

BigOceanData programmed schedule. manual operation of the KVM system). At SMM 2016 BigOceanData will be show- The company’s VDR conversion kits are The company will also focus on scenario casing its global vessel tracking and moni- used in replacement of older VDRs. The switching which allows users to store toring services, as well as its fleet manage- kits include predrilled mounting brackets switching states for different tasks. With ment tools, all of which are accessible using and universal connectors for all types of one single command, the user can now the company's browser-based interface. digital, serial and analogue signal sources. access the computer set for recurrent or Key features of the BigOceanData prod- Danelec’s new-generation DM700 ECDIS quickly emerging tasks, for example, at har- uct include its ability to fuse data from AIS meets the new IEC and IHO standards, bours, at sea or in an emergency at man- signals and a range of onboard satellite which come into force in August 2017. overboard manoeuvres, the company says. reporting systems so as to improve posi- Visit Danelec Marine at stand B6.529. Support for touch functions and DDC- tion accuracy. The system also integrates a CI, which lets the user adjust the bright- series of data feeds and management tools Dualog to show users vessel locations and move- Dualog will be inviting visitors to this ments, as well as situational data such as year's SMM to learn about its ship-shore marine charting, terrestrial mapping, data communications software, used to weather and sea-state (current and fore- control and manage all ship data commu- Safety comms - stand B6.407 cast), and piracy and other security alerts. nications from shore-based offices. The company was founded in the mid- The company notes that the systems 1990s and today works with diverse clients the world’s first marine approved portable include functionality to assist in cyber in the maritime sector, including fleet radio made specifically to fulfil the new security and efficient management of lim- operators, fisheries authorities and other SOLAS Chapter II-2, Regulation 10.10.4 – ited bandwidth, by creating a cyber government agencies. ‘Fire Fighters Communication’. resilient infrastructure in addition to opti- Visit BigOceanData at stand B1.OG.506. Visit Cobham SATCOM at stand B6.407. mising the ship-to-shore communications with integrated services including e-mail ChartCo CODie and crew quotas. KVM technology - stand B6.417 ChartCo, a distributor of nautical charts, German maritime software developer The Dualog system is independent of navigational data, marine technical publi- CODie is exhibiting its latest developments the airtime or type of communications ness of monitors of some systems to exter- cations and digital products, will be in crew and compliance management equipment used, being compatible with all nal conditions, has also been integrated. exhibiting its flagship product, (ISM/ISPS/Reporting) at SMM 2016, and maritime communication systems, includ- Visit G&D at stand B6.417. PassageManager, at this year's SMM. its applications for ship management, new- ing VSAT, FleetBroadband or terrestrial- The PassageManager software package buildings, damage and claim manage- based mobile systems. Service uptime is Hanseaticsoft provides vessel operators with corrections ment, and vessel help desks. reported at 99.5 per cent, backed by a 24/7 Hanseaticsoft will be demonstrating the for digital charts and navigational infor- Specifically, visitors will be able to support team and in-house research and results of its efforts to streamline purchas- mation. ChartCo says that it is the most examine the upcoming Planned development department. ing processes by showcasing its enhanced widely used of its type in the world, in Maintenance functionality being added to Visit Dualog at stand B6.623. Cloud Fleet Manager software at SMM operation on approximately 6,700 ships. the company's maritime-management-cen- 2016, which now includes a newly devel- In addition to a range of electronic soft- ter system (mmc) software package. Elcome International oped CFM Purchase function. ware systems and navigational aids, CODie will also present its dashboard Visitor’s to Elcome’s stand at SMM 2016 CFM Purchase connects with all parts of ChartCo also supplies daily-updated paper technology at the event, a feature of the can learn about the company's services as a the ordering process and integrates ware- charts, training and consulting and acts as a mmc system which allows every user to provider of marine electronics, electrical houses, suppliers, vessel fleets and col- distribution partner for a range of marine create their own working screen. and safety systems for the world maritime leagues. The system can be used to plan equipment and instrument manufacturers. Visit CODie at stand B6.418. industry, from its headquarters in Dubai and set tenders, receive offers from suppli- At the exhibition ChartCo will be high- and supported by recently opened new ers and approve them without switching lighting the release of PassageManager 6.0, Danelec Marine offices in Egypt, Sri Lanka and Singapore. between applications. with new functionality including a fixed Danelec Marine will showcase its range of The company now has over 200 factory- Visit Hanseaticsoft at stand B4.EG.112. price offering; a tool to assist vessels in new VDR and ECDIS products at this year’s trained service technicians and spares avail- MARPOL compliance called SMM, including VDR remote access, VDR able at more than 20 ports in the Middle JRC/Alphatron Marine EnviroManager; and a Work and Rest conversion kits and a new ECDIS line. East and South Asia, as well as 24/7 global JRC and Alphatron Marine are inviting vis- hours monitoring system. flyaway service, and currently performs itors to SMM 2016 to examine their second Visit ChartCo at stand B6.211. more than 830 ship service calls per month generation bridges and will showcase their with a first-time fix rate of 96 per cent. new fully integrated one-man bridge with Cobham SATCOM Elcome is a sales and service representa- three 46-inch screens combining radar, New VSAT antennas will take centre stage tive for many major manufacturers of marine WECDIS (by Transas), conning, alarm on Cobham’s stand at SMM 2016 including products and systems, and manufactures its monitoring and DP data. the recently released SAILOR 900 VSAT own line of type-approved marine electrical The AlphaBridge premium meanwhile High Power, featuring a new proprietary switchboards under the ELSYS brand name. has five 46-inch screens, which allow access 20W BUC that delivers the potential for At SMM the company will introduce its new to all the control panels and other equip- satcom service providers to offer higher marine switchboard, airtime monitoring ment on the vessel, such as the lighting and uplink bandwidths. and control hub, calibration lab and elec- engines. A VSTEP simulator with 55-inch For Ka-band, Cobham will showcase its VDRs - stand B6.529 tronics service offering PCB-level repairs. screen will also be available for visitors to new 60cm antenna platform, SAILOR 60 Visit Elcome International at stand experience the AlphaBridge themselves. GX, designed for operation on Inmarsat’s Danelec’s ‘push-through’ and ‘pull- B6.123. Also on display will be the company's new Fleet Xpress service. The unit shares through’ remote access packages use the AlphaLine Repeaters, operated via touch- the same carbon composite design as ship’s VDR as a central data hub for ship- Guntermann & Drunck screen, its new 6.5-inch autopilot, and its SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka, which is for board systems and sensors. Danelec’s For SMM 2016, German KVM technology new 5-inch VHF, and the AlphaSSRS Telenor’s Thor 7 service. VDRConnect module collects, stores and company Guntermann & Drunck (G&M) sound system reception system designed Cobham will also focus on safety com- distributes selective data sets through the will be presenting some of its most recently to receive and detect foghorn signals from munication at SMM, with the new SAILOR ship’s satellite communications connec- developed systems, including its improved other vessels. 3965 UHF Fire Fighter on display. The tion, either on-demand from shore or CrossDisplay-Switching for switching by Visit JRC/Alphatron Marine at stand company says that the handheld device is according to a dynamic condition-based mouse or trackball (without the explicit B6.300.

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Kongsberg Maritime status report, route checking for automation and integration of systems on Kongsberg Maritime plans to use this turning circles and chart-based specialist tonnage, such as naval and spe- year’s SMM to reveal what it calls its new warnings, and an anchor watch cialist commercial vessels. holistic approach to supporting vessels to feature. Interfaces have also Also on display will be ServoCore, an operate smarter in the realms of Energy, been added for Navtex, VDR off-the-shelf alarm, monitoring and control Operation and Handling. and BNWAS. system, and the company’s new trim and The company says it has spent over a All ECDIS installations must draught stability optimiser for SWATH decade building up its ‘Full Picture’ tech- conform to the IHO Standards vessels, ServoTrim. nology portfolio, with the aim of reducing by 31 August 2017, with exist- Visit Servowatch at stand B1.UF.528. the number of suppliers a yard or ship ing systems needing to be owner needs to work with in areas like updated to maintain carriage shipznet navigation automation, cargo handling compliance (SOLAS V/27). PC bobz GmbH will showcase its newly Big Data analytics - stand B6.403 and training. Maritime says customers can extended shipznet product range in the Integrating energy systems is an exten- upgrade their ECDIS onboard communications field at this year's SMM, sion of this, with focus on development and The Seawise shipboard interface and via a software release, avoiding the need with three new systems being introduced delivery of energy and power solutions to gateway automatically collects, filters, har- for an engineer. to the market. These include the new provide return on investment whilst reduc- monises and transfers any data originating Visit PC Maritime at stand B6.608. shipznet router, which offers a 10-fold ing shipping’s environmental footprint. from engine, propulsion, automation or increase in transmission rate, using LTE Visit Kongsberg Maritime at stand navigational sources into the private Raytheon Anschütz technology and reaching close to 300 B6.104. Cloud environment, at given intervals via At SMM 2016, Raytheon Anschütz will Mbps. The stand-alone version contains its the ship’s communications network. present its latest navigation systems, own antenna and is designed for cus- KVH Visit NetWave at stand B6.403. including the new Synapsis NX INS, and tomers who want to use their own SIM At SMM 2016, KVH will be exhibiting with smart heading and radar sensors. card. The router offers four Ethernet ports, its subsidiary companies Videotel and NSSLGlobal SYNAPSIS NX is type-approved accord- five SIM card sockets, and a crew hotspot KVH Media Group. At the stand the group NSSLGlobal will be exhibiting its own ing to the INS performance and test stan- feature. will be giving a series of presentations maritime satcoms solutions (including dards, featuring network infrastructure and The new router will also be available about how innovation can drive efficiency, hardware and software) and the Cobham, smart system components to make radar without the shipznet antenna as a single in relation to KVH’s ‘Power of One’ con- Inmarsat, Globalstar, Oceana, and Iridium video, sensor data and charts available in a device for smaller installations. The new cept that includes connectivity, maritime components used during this year's SMM. redundant LAN navigation network. The hardware can be purchased as an all-inclu- training, and content delivery. The systems include dif- sive solution with different The IP-MobileCast content delivery ferent connectivity packages data packets from 1 GB per service, a multicasting system delivering with crew internet access a month, up to a maximum of news, sports, and movies to ships at sea via specific target area. 200 GB per month starting broadband for a monthly subscription fee, In addition, NSSLGlobal Autumn 2016. will be available for visitors to try out, will showcase its VSAT Visit shipznet at stand B6.200. while the KVH TracPhone V-IP series and IP@SEA system, portable TracVision onboard hardware will also be radios including the latest SpecTec on display. Cobham firefighting model, At this year’s SMM, SpecTec Videotel’s maritime training programs its own Cruise Control and will introduce the latest ver- will additionally be showcased, including new Cruise Control LITE sion of the company’s Mobile ECDIS type-specific training, and KVH communications technolo- INS on display - stand B6.304 Application (AMOS Mobile) to Media Group’s content services, including gy, and its UKES Oceanic visitors at the exhibition. NEWSlink daily newspapers for crew. Dynamics system for tracking vessel per- In addition the software provider will Visit KVH at stand B6.200.1. formance and condition monitoring. system also integrates a service tool and also launch a new Data Reporting tool Visit NSSLGlobal at stand B6.514. touch screen operation as well as new appli- (AMOS Data Surface), which allows busi- Marlink cations for situation awareness, sea space nesses to set and analyse KPIs and manage Marlink will focus on how its Sealink multi- Ocean Signal/AMI Marine surveillance and SAR display. vessels whilst on the move. band satcom services can support crew wel- Ocean Signal and marine electronic equip- Raytheon Anschütz will also showcase SpecTec’s AMOS (Asset Management fare during SMM this year, with a new crew ment manufacturer AMI Marine are launch- its latest heading and radar sensor technol- Operating System) integrated fleet man- media content delivery platform and ing a new partnership at this year’s SMM. ogy at SMM, including the new Standard agement application has been used in the telemedicine service both in the pipeline. The two companies are announcing a 30 MF gyro compass and the NautoScan maritime sector since 1985, with the cur- The company will also focus on changes collaborative project aimed at commercial NX network radar, designed to reduce rent version including modules covering a to its data allowance package portfolio, vessels of 3000gt and over which will inte- maintenance through sharing of data and range of shipping functions, including which are being expanded to include a grate the technology behind Ocean status information via Ethernet. Asset Management, Crew Management, wider range while doubling the burst Signal’s range of GMDSS and safety equip- Visit Raytheon Anschütz at stand B6.304. Purchasing and Compliance. speeds available. The aim of this initiative ment with AMI Marine’s VDR (Voyage Visit SpecTec at stand B6.520. is to deliver a smoother online experience Data Recorder) system design. Servowatch for both operational and crew communica- Ocean Signal designs safety devices, Servowatch will use SMM 2016 to launch Telemar tion, while keeping costs the same. including EPIRBs, PLBs and MOBs for its WINMON 9 automation and control Telemar, recently acquired by Marlink, Visit Marlink at stand B6.415. both the commercial and leisure sectors. software, integrated into its ServoFusion will display its maritime technology sys- AMI Marine specialises in interfaces, product range. tems at SMM 2016. NetWave repeaters, docking systems and alarm sys- WINMON 9 is used to monitor vessel Among these will be the Toctoc app by NetWave will introduce its SeaWise Big tems, with a portfolio of VDRs. machinery and sub-systems through a sin- Buniq, used to call and chat from ship to Data technology during SMM, used to Visit Ocean Signal and AMI Marine at gle development environment. Among the shore in an environment optimised for analyse a ship’s technical performance as stand B6.605. systems powered by the software is satellite and low-bandwidth. The system well as facilitating reporting from a (shore- ServoFusion, a system designed for allows seafarers to communicate without based) virtual private cloud environment. PC Maritime an internet connection, paying only for the Applications include ship performance At SMM 2016 PC Maritime is exhibiting its calls and messages sent or received. and fuel-efficiency monitoring, MRV newly type-approved Navmaster ECDIS, Toctoc's compression algorithm allows (CO2) reporting, remote monitoring of designed to meet the IHO Standards S-52 a 10 minute call to be made using 1.5MB of sensor data, and fleet benchmarking, using Ed. 6.1, and test specification IEC 61174 Ed data, and allows for traffic onboard to be encrypted industry-standard data formats 4. The new Standards aim to ensure consis- managed through a web portal. to transfer data to the Cloud. tent use of symbols and abbreviations, and Also on show is the Seamore centralised NetWave offers a range of user-definable consistent presentation of alarms and management system for internet manage- ship (or fleet) dashboards available via web- alerts. ment and control, used for monitoring of browser, with the Cloud data also accessible New features in the Navmaster ECDIS ship communications, IT networks and to any kind of third-party application. APIs include a re-designed ‘Pick’ report to make data collection. It can also be used to man- (application programming interfaces) will ENC chart information easier to access, age crew access credit and to perform be made available to shipowners and soft- reorganised alert management resulting in remote ship configurations. Navigation information - stand B1.UF.528 ware development partners. fewer alarms, a standardised ENC update Visit Telemar at stand B6.105. DS

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