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www.sagarsandesh.in Pages 16 In association with R L Institute of Nautical Sciences, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. RNI No. TNENG/2012/41759 Thursday , March 11, 2021 Voyage 10 Wave 08 PAGE -5 PAGE - 9 PAGE - 12 PAGE - 15 Students After Andhra MoU signed Three Sri Corner - Pradesh for Paradeep Lankan boats 198..... Karnataka is... Plastic Park... carrying drugs.... DIGITALIZATION IN SHIPPING-Capt.Sivaraman Krishnamurthi, Founder and CEO of TrimSail Digital Solutions, India and Past President of The Nautical Institute, London. ( Interview with Sagar Sandesh ) behavioral signature of mankind, – how much more can we squeeze reaching near-religious fervor, I where the bottleneck is. It is Internet of Things does the same out of this fruit? Surprisingly, should think energy effi ciency is not easy to fi nd such expertise, to the world of machines and the answer is – quite a bit more. the fi rst cherry to pick.Followed either. instruments. Until a few years ago, satellite by navigational safety, predictive Shipping is an old and time- Computing performance communication costs and maintenance and cargo custody tested business. It is not easily still obeys Moore’s Law. It bandwidth restrictions did not transfer. The current metrics dazzled by tech toys.Performance began with Cloud computing. permit digitalization in a big and analytics we use for these is assessed on value rather than With the explosion of traffi c on way. But that has changed a operations are rather primitive, the internet expressway, edge lot. Shipping has access to new- to put it bluntly. glitter. Unlike other businesses, computing is decentralizing gen digi-tech and therefore Block chain technology is shipping has no margin in their Capt. Sivaraman Analytics all the way down to the does not have legacy issues already making inroads into books to indulge in fl ights of Krishnamurthi data source. And now, quantum to contend with. The worry document security process fancy. computing holds the potential is not about technological brining greater effi ciencies. elcome to SagarSandesh, to make supercomputers feel backwardness. It is about There is a huge scope for Tell us about TrimSail’s WCapt. Krish. Can you walk grossly inadequate and inept. the ability of shipowners, applying Digital Tech in the product line – what is your us through an easy understanding At the far end of the managers, operators and seaport & terminal segment. differentiator? Is this an spectrum, applications range of what exactly are Digital charterers to lead this story Bathymetry, tidal and littoral Atmanirbhar story? technologies and their potential from Genome mapping, rather than be unwillingly led. patterns, optimising ship and to make the world a better place? Pandemic patterns, climate I don’t blame their cargo traffi c environmental Oh! At TrimSail, we prefer to Well, the history of technology change and astrophysics. At skepticism.Recent big-ticket impact modeling are some of the be modest about our products but has always been about enhancing the near end, Digital solutions initiatives have not yielded areas that are screaming for help. ambitious about our future. We include energy effi ciency, smart economic productivity in ways noteworthy results so far. There are hopefully just a few months not done before. Mechanisation, cities, engineering reliability What in your view, are the is a natural reluctance to play away from completing and Electricity, Electronics, and operational safety. roadblocks and pitfalls to the role of guinea pig.This leads testing an integrated, customised automation, IT revolution and to a chicken and egg situation. the digitalization of ship- Which industries have tak- solution package for Fleet Voyage the internet are milestones in this The natural inclinationof ping services? journey since the 18th century. en the lead in the applica- decision makers is to tie up Performance Optimisation, The 4th Industrial Revolution tion of Digital Tech? with big brands. As the saying Despite the skepticism I with available data and specs. spoke about earlier, there has We have developed three tech is essentially anchored around Process industry for sure. went during the 3rd industrial data. The way the data is revolution, you don’t get fi red for been much progress made arms, so to speak. A simple Oil & Gas have invested early globally. At fi rst glance, harnessed by the technology in digitalization beginning with choosing IBM machines. What and elegant IoThardware is unique. It is invasive. they are missing is the fact that technology leadership appears to confi guration to acquire and SCADA (Supervisory Control emanate from the Scandinavian Like measuring vibrations or and Data Acquisition) and there are no leaders yet in this stream performance-critical minute changes in temperature frontier tech. The ‘established’ region. The truth is that much of have done well in areas like these efforts are related to non- data. A state-of-the-art fl uid of components of running failure predictions, production players havesome history in 2nd invasive tech to pull real-time dynamics simulation package machinery. It is granular. Unlike automation and optimisation. But and 3rd revolution technologies, data. This approach has serious that delivers fuel and speed manual record-keeping, time early starts are not necessarily with all the attendant baggage, fl aws, but this is too technical to performance benchmarks difference of measurements can an advantage in a world where complicated solutions and the explain in a short interview. The for every combination of hull be rendered extremely small. It is technology is evolving at a high costs they bring to the table. other major challenge is Tech’s condition and weather vector. real-time. The data is streamed to breathtaking pace. In the absence of real leaders, and processed at a central cloud this remains a level playing fi eld. approach to domain expertise. And fi nally, a machine learning instantly. Machine Learning How far behind is shipping Put simply, digitalization algorithm raised on inputs algorithms analysehuge volumes compared to other indus- Which are the priority areas design can only be led by from IoT, virtual simulation of such data to fi nd predictable tries? of application of digitaliza- end users or domain experts benchmarks, weather forecasts patterns in what seems like a with technology serving as a tion in shipping? and high-quality domain noisy and chaotic beehive. Marine is by far the most tool to deliver functionality. inputs. If we think of social media as effi cient form of transport of Given the decarbonization Currently, it is happening the a huge digital forest that can track goods. Which begs the question chant in the Old World that is other way around and that is .Turn to page -2 >> 2 Thursday , March 11, 2021 given the cynical way the FROM PAGE : 1 world sees India’s promise and DIGITALIZATION IN SHIPPING- Capt.Sivaraman...... potential. Then again, the marine At the downstream end, the India’s start-up ecosystem is the best talent pool can only competitive industry like industry has been relatively free of prejudices and has performance model delivers not as mature or well supported be found in this incredible shipping. predictive and prescriptive as in say, the Silicon Valley. Yet, Much like the Covid vaccine, historicallycultivated talent from optimization of voyage this is certainly an Atmanirbhar nation. At sensible costs which we make in India for the world. India. So, we have reasons to be performance. story for the simple reason that is so important to a highly It is not an easy story to sell, hopeful and optimistic. Straits Orient Lines Singapore acquires two Container Vessels NEW DELHI Sagar Sandesh News NEW DELHI its fleet these additions to our fleet, Sagar Sandesh News Service Straits Orient Lines will remain This takeover is the first of its competitive, relevant and provide 2 vessels being acquired in the the best services to our partners he Straits Orient Lines month of March, with the total and customers. TSingapore, part of combined investment of USD Further, Mr. Mahesh Transworld Group Singapore, 15 million. The second vessel acknowledges the efforts put in by has taken delivery of its next will be delivered by end March. the owners, Straits Orient Lines Container vessel named M.V We will continue to look for and its managers, Providence SOL PROMISE on 4th March more opportunities in the future, Ship Management and thanks all 2021 at Singapore, the company said a company release. Mr. our customers, banks, ports and announced recently. Together with these additions to our fleet, Straits Orient Mahesh Sivaswamy, Chairman other vendors for their continued Lines will remain competitive, relevant and provide the SOL Promise is the biggest of Transworld Group Singapore, support to Straits Orient Lines best services to our partners and customers: Mr. Mahesh for last 22 years. Sivaswamy, Chairman of Transworld Group Singapore and the youngest vessel in maintains that together with Maitri Sethu the bridge between India and Bangladesh commissioned by Prime Minister NEW DELHI and container trans-shipment Mr Modi inaugurated ‘Maitri Sagar Sandesh News Bureau facilities. Setu’ the bridge across Feni river Sabroom is a small town in between India and Bangladesh rime Minister Narendra Modi south Tripura on the banks of on March 9th through a video said efforts are underway Feni river which separates India conference. He also inaugurated P and laid the foundation stone of to connect Chittagong port of with Bangladesh The Prime Minister said now multiple infrastructure projects Bangladesh with North-East people will not have to depend in Tripura. through an alternative route only on the road for any kind of He emphasized that the via the river. He said the Inland supply to the North-East. rail and water connectivity container depot in Sabroom projects that have been realized will work like a full-fledged PM Modi inaugurated in the recent years have been logistic hub with warehouses ‘Maitri Setu’ on March 9 strengthened by this bridge.

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