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“Today I think that class rules are moving from a more prescriptive approach to more of a risk-based approach.”

Matthieu de Tugny, COO, Bureau Veritas

Veritas. “Look at the cruise industry and have been present in academia since I ing to make some rules regarding big

LNG as fuel; LNG as fuel in the cruise went to school in the 1980s, we talked data exchange; it’s the same type of sector is new, and with that you have to about neural networks, we talked about issue faced by the other tech giants … perform a risk analysis. Based on the arti? cial intelligence and machine learn- who owns the data?, and how can this recommendation of the risk analysis, ing, but we didn’t have the sensor part, data be used? It’s a big issue,” said the ship owner and ship builder make we didn’t have the connectivity part, we ClassNK’s Fujiwara. “So we’ve built up a solution decision based on this risk didn’t have the computing power and some market rules and set up a com- analysis. You see this is a consultative the storage,” said Eriksen. “Now we mon platform with rules to govern the approach, not a prescriptive approach. have high capacity at good prices, cre- collection, storage and use of data.”

That’s the evolution you can see today. ating this ‘perfect storm’.” One project

That’s a change of spirit.” under DNV GL’s guise worth watching In summing up the change at hand, is the ship Yara Birkland, which will be DNV GL’s Eriksen says it well: “Our

Lloyd’s Register was ? rst out the box in operational in 2019. purpose is the same, safeguarding life, offering guidance on digitally enabled property and the environment. Our core ships. “Back in February 2016, LR But as the ‘perfect storm’ continues, key markets are the same: maritime; oil and issued the ? rst guidance on digitally- questions arise regarding data integ- gas, and energy. The main difference enabled ships: ‘Deploying Information rity, security and ownership, questions now is we are leaner, more agile, more and Communications Technology in that must be addressed ? rst through responsive and for sure more digital

Shipping – Lloyd’s Register’s Approach the classi? cation lens. “We are try- than we were three years ago.” to Assurance’,” said LR’s Brown. “This identi? ed the elements that constitute a digitally-enabled ship and the activities that need to take place to ensure that digital technology does not introduce a safety risk. This was followed with the introduction of the indus- try’s ? rst Digital Ships ShipRight procedure, which details LR’s framework for accepting digital technology.”

The “Perfect Storm”

While DNV GL talks a good digi- tal game, it backs the talk with action, as nearly 60% of its R&D budget today is spent on digitali- zation. Eriksen sees four factors that have created a digitalization ‘perfect storm.’ • Sensor technology • Connectivity • Computing Power • Algorithms and Methods on top of it all to take advantage of all of the data “If you look at the methods that

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