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Photo:ABS moting the security of life and property amount of data about engine performance,

The fusion of technologies and preserving the natural environment. hull structure response for tail shaft and

ABS has always been and remains com- bearing wear, oil temperature and condi- mitted to setting standards for safety and tion machinery operation, vibration and in cyber-enabled business excellence. Every day we work along- the functioning of all control systems.

“ side our industry partners tackling the What is new, is our industry’s growing is blurring the lines between most pressing technical, operational and ability to drive insights from the data. regulatory challenges so the marine and Our new normal going forward will be physical, digital and biological offshore industries can operate with en- more data-intensive, focusing on better hanced levels of safety, security and re- asset management decision making, not sponsibility. That will never change. just better equipment or better applica- spheres – connecting tion of physics.

Increased sensors and monitoring,

In many respects this is a people, systems and data. coupled with data analytics and machine transcendent time in mari- learning, will drive a new generation of time history. If you had to

Digitization and connectivity predictive and preventive maintenance pick the single trend that practices. This could, combined with im- you feel will have the big- proved robustness and reliability of sys- will transform the marine and gest impact on transport at tems as well as additive manufacturing (e.g., 3-D printing) offer a step-change in sea in for the coming gen- offshore industries through how ships are operated and maintained. eration, what would that one

The reliance on automation, data and trend be and why?

sensors, as well as data connectivity will require robust cyber

Performance improvements going for- security to be incorporated from design ward will most likely be driven primarily and autonomous systems, by digital technology emphasizing data to operations. Cyber and software will become the third leg of the safety stool, collection and analytics, not by tradition- joining structure and machinery, and al technology. improving both performance adding a new dimension to a vessel’s

The foundation for this has been in place for some time, such as on-board sensors safety system, recognizing that software and compliance.

that already stream an ever-increasing is the safety system no one sees.

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