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IT & BIG DATA

Integration of Systems

Our work in the LNG segment demonstrates the importance of a focus on automation for all vessels, regardless of fuel. We see the automation systems we create as the ‘nervous systems’

It’s time for ship owners of vessels. Like nerves, our systems carry signals between ship systems such as the power management system, the cargo and operators to take a handling system, and an overarching IAS. stand and stop accepting

While automation professionals can deliver signifcant ben- efts to the shipping, to do so requires the formation of new disjointed systems that collaborations that unlock greater detail in the ship specifca- do not give them access tions for electronic systems. For instance, ship owners, de- signers and equipment manufacturers must defne which data to their data. They should is necessary by specifying the end goals Big Data should con- aim to strike a balance tribute to, to beneft their vessels. It is also necessary from a designer’s perspective, to put requirements to equipment between large integrated makers through the ship design specifcation. This leads to systems – where all automation systems that can process and share the necessary operational data.

elements are linked into

The importance of the effort to raise awareness of the signif- an overarching IAS, which icant benefts ship owners and operators can realize by making small improvements to specifcation requirements cannot be can be expensive – and overstated. For example, we have integrated information from fragmented systems where various sources on board for 25 years with an emphasis on logging of data that can be presented on a playback basis for access to data and the easy review and analysis. Through remote connection our sys- tem delivers all the necessary data for owners to have insight ability to fine tune is limited.

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