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band, which helps to open the oil tank- Norway is for offshore wind, which is a behind that project is that we are mak- er, LNG/LPG markets, amongst others. fast-rising market. They have the same ing a map, not only of the vessel and challenges (tracking people) when they where people are on board the vessel,

So if you’re doing this wirelessly, I are going from a maintenance vessel to but which people are going from the would imagine that the installation the windmill and then back. The idea vessel to the windmill, and when the process is simpli? ed?

Since our solution does not require a large installation, our market is all ex- isting vessels. We have specially de- signed our hardware to be easy to retro- ? t to any vessel in the world. A typical ‘installation’ for a large vessel is com- pleted before lunch in one day during normal operations.

Can you describe what, exactly, is in- cluded in your system?

We need to put on board small radios to be able to create a wireless network.

We put on radios to avoid cables, and we spread the radios around in the ves- sel. We walk around in the vessel and we put these radios up in many rooms.

We spread them around to create a good coverage network, so we are able to pick up signals from Bluetooth de- vices, as well as from our wristbands.

So that’s it: the wristband and the radio nodes. Finally, we need a central com- puter on the bridge to be able to present the data, to present the location of peo- ple, to present alarm when somebody pushes the button.

We understand that Innovation Nor- way last year awarded ScanReach some ? nancing. Can you discuss the package?

In March 2020, when the Norway (and the rest of the world) closed almost everything due to the COVID-19, we made ? ve applications for ? ve differ- ent projects. Two of them are connected to Personnel On-Board control, one for use in the offshore oil and gas market on the rigs and platforms. (Our technology is easily transferable for) use on board a rig or platform, however, we needed to adapt to the oil and gas rules and regu- lations and speci? c requirements.

The other Personnel On-Board control project that we have from Innovation www.marinelink.com 21

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