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Hideyuki Ando, Senior General Manager, MTI oices

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The Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) is a research and development company which is 100% owned by

NYK. Serving as the shipping and lo- gistic giant’s test bed for technology,

MTI has 50 to 60 projects in motion each year to help make NYK Line op- erations safer and more fuel ef? cient.

We met with Hideyuki Ando, Senior

General Manager, Maritime Technol- ogy Division, Doctor of Engineering,

MTI, in Tokyo to discuss his views on emerging maritime technology trends.

BY GREG TRAUTHWEIN

With 830 ships – 368 owned and 462 The Digital Evolution chartered – in its ? eet, it is natural that With 70 employees MTI depends on

NYK should have its own in-house partnerships with outside companies

R&D center which is focused on ? nd- and solution providers to ef? ciently ing, creating, assessing and installing conduct its business, according to Ando. new technology on a diverse ? eet of The scope of projects run yearly are as ships to improve ef? ciency and safety diverse as the NYK ? eet itself, but Ando while reducing fuel consumption. con? rms a decided move toward data

MTI provides that strategic R&D for and data-driven technologies in MTI’s

NYK, a group of about 70 people in quest to deliver ship and ? eet ef? ciency. total. Hideyuki Ando runs the Marine “Ten years ago, most of the projects (at

Technology Division of MTI, leading MTI) were about hardware – a better a group of about 36 individuals tasked propeller, a bulbous bow, energy saving to consistently discover and test new devices – that were discovered, tested means to make the NYK more ef? cient. and trialed at sea in a conventional fash-

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