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or into the ship owner’s operation cen- this allows you to have much more ? ex- got a particularly tough port and that Finally, all that we’re discussing plays ter. (9:20) And then if you look at it at ible operations, with the chance to de- data is shared on board the ship, from into another conversation, that of Au- a different layer, from a technology ad- crease your operating costs simply. the ship is then shared to the simulator, tonomous Ship operations. What are vancement of the business, we shouldn’t But it’s about much more than that. It’s then the other of? ces can use the same your thoughts on the future of un- be developing stuff in four different ag- also about the fact that we would be data to run through training programs. manned ships sailing the high seas?

nostic kind of scenarios. We should be able to share the data with the ports, or What if there’s online training that the Could we run a ship from A to B to- looking about how they interconnect. share the data with the coastal surveil- simulation or the academy has prepared day autonomously? Yes. Depending on lance, and join a number of dots. The that then the owners on board, the crew how many sensors and how much stuff

THESIS is obviously a major focus. other part of THESIS is that your ship on board can run through training pro- you’ve got on board and how much risk

We have ample background and have and your of? ce and your coastal surveil- grams, or other schools can share that you want to take. I think to get to an au- published much information on it. But lance and your simulation training … data. Or the ship-owner’s of? ce can tonomous ship there are a lot of hurdles if you had to bust it down into a sen- before THESIS, they operate indepen- have a simulator in his of? ce for running and a lot of stakeholders to overcome. I tence or two, what is THESIS? dently. But what can happen if everyone crisis management tests. It is providing don’t think technology will be the inhibi- It is a globally-connected ecosystem is sharing the same data or using the data an ecosystem and an ability for all these tor. for the shipping industry. It is a plat- in the same way. What if you’re taking a segments to be connected.

form for the shipping industry, a way of particularly rough passage where you’ve creating maximum integration with the stakeholders in the shipping industry for safety operations and navigation.

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But that isn’t to say that some of the oth- ers are not already thinking about it too.

Particularly this idea of a ? eet operations center where they are monitoring much more about what’s going on with the ship.

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Obviously there are drivers for every

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I believe the driver will end up be- ing ? nancial, because they’ll end up realizing that they can operate the ship more ef? ciently.

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From your aspect, how are you going to sell it, particularly given the tough times across several major sectors … not to mention the historic thriftiness of ship owners?

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