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Jeong-kie Lee, Chairman and CEO of the Korean Register & the Chairman of the IACS oices security risks and the development of possibilities to reshape how we work,

In many respects this is a tran- sea in for the coming generation?

MASS are the three trends that will have what we manufacture, how we train scendent time in maritime history. As already mentioned earlier, meet-

What do you see as the three big- ing the requirements of forthcoming the biggest impact on transport at sea in seafarers, to in? uence academic ? elds, gest trends that you feel will have environmental regulations, protecting for the coming generations. legislation frames, the insurance indus-

These three trends offer the greatest try and almost all areas of the maritime the biggest impact on transport at the industry against ever-growing cyber industry. Each of these factors will have a different but very signi? cant impact on the industry over time.

But overall, KR does believe that without doubt, the ships of 2030 will be more robust, more automated, consume less fuel and emit less pollutants than the ships of today.

KR has already begun to lead the in- dustry on each of these three trends. The work scope of KR’s ICT center embraces each one and we are already delivering speci? c technical and engineering servic- es on each of these subjects to our clients.

KR has been carrying out numerous proj- ects with the Korean government, uni- versities and maritime organizations to prepare for a cleaner, digitally safer and increasingly digitalized maritime indus- try. For example, KR has undertaken ex- tensive technological research to develop and provide comprehensive cyber secu- rity services. We created our own spe- cialist Cyber Security Task Force Team in 2016 and launched our cyber security guidelines in the same year. KR now pro- vides technical cyber security consultan- cy services to U.K. based clients which include a comprehensive company-wide risk assessment to establish an effective, management system for any company’s ship cyber security, helping to protect against this growing threat.

In looking at digitalization we obvi- ously focus on the ships, the ? eets and ? eet operation. But looking at this through the KR lens, how is the ‘digital revolution’ impacting how

KR conducts its own business, in the ? eld, in the of? ce?

The digital revolution is impacting our business in many ways.

Firstly, KR is now using drones on a regular basis to conduct ship inspections, offering the service from its network of of? ces. The surveys are conducted on- board in and around ships in many of the high risk and dif? cult to access areas. Us- ing unmanned aerial vehicles or underwa- ter remotely operated vehicle drones, the drones can easily and safely explore con- ? ned spaces with restricted access, poor ventilation or environmental high-risk areas, or parts of the ship which would require scaffolding for surveyor access.

Developed speci? cally for bulk carri- ers’ cargo holds and the ballast tanks in barges, KR is using the drones for close- up surveys too, to inspect detailed struc- 18 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • OCTOBER 2018

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