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DIGITALIZATION TOR SVANES, FOUNDER AND CEO, NAVTOR

Image courtesy NAVTOR throughout the whole industry. impact on vessel energy consumption.”

And here, again, Svanes’ ambitions burn brighter than ever. Exactly how major?

NAVTOR has recently set sail with a three-year project “Well, energy savings, and therefore reduced emissions, of christened GASS (Green AI for Sustainable Shipping), work- around 20%.” ing as lead partner with Grieg Star, Maritime CleanTech,

Scandinavian Reach Technologies, Simula Research Labo- Global Gains ratory, SinOceanic Shipping, and Sustainable Energy/SIVA, In an industry of declining margins, and ever greater en- with support from the Norwegian Research Council, Innova- vironmental concerns, it’s a huge number; and that’s just the tion Norway, and SIVA. beginning. Because that’s 20% per vessel, but, if the machine

In short, this aims to enable “data driven decarbonization” learning module is integrated across NAVTOR’s entire cus- by creating AI empowered digital twins of vessels based on tomer ? eet, you can multiply that effect by over 18,000.

precise operational and environmental data. These will then And this, it seems, is where the bene? t of the merger really be used to demonstrate a benchmark of real-time optimal fuel hits home.

consumption. If the actual vessel – and that’s any vessel, any- If the over 30% of vessels in the world ? eet have their emis- where, sailing in any conditions – falls short of that standard sions slashed by 20% that means a cut of over 5% in the over- the data can be instantly analysed to ? nd out why, leading to all emissions of the entire shipping industry. That is colossal.

corrective, on the spot decision making. “We can do this,” Svanes says with complete con? dence, “The eventual aim is to create a module that can then be “and this is just one project. integrated into our portfolio that will allow for dynamic voy- “It embodies what NAVTOR does, it embodies what smart age optimisation,” Svanes states. “That means both crews and shipping can achieve, and embodies how, through the inte- onshore teams can address issues and deviations from plans as gration of solutions and utilisation of data, we can help the they actually happen. Our models show that can make a major industry sail towards a more sustainable future.” 20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2024

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