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Interview: Tor Svanes, CEO, NAVTOR “When they talk about digitalizat on, it’s not that easy. The di? culty is to get hold of the data on the vessel, because that’s what we talk about when we talk about emissions and fuel consumpt on. You need data from the vessel. So being the biggest player in e-navigat on, it was natural for us to go into performance. The genius part is not only making the complex simple, but making it look easy, too.”

Tor Svanes, CEO, NAVTOR [pictured recording his MR TV interview in Oslo earlier this year] the future would lie for maritime navi- grated solution. Logbooks.” This effectively enabled gation: the cloud-based Pay-As-You “There are many companies doing Svanes’ vision of a complete integrated

Sail concept. And with Smedvig now as performance; there are also many com- solution to generate a thorough over- a main shareholder, the company gained panies doing e-navigation. But I think view of what’s happening on the ship.

? nancial muscle it needed. it’s only NAVTOR that really can in These, and likely future acquisitions, volume put this together as an integrat- were powered by the company evolving “Digitalization” ed solution where you put in data once,” from a privately owned family company.

Easier Said than Done said Svanes. In this regard, NAVTOR’s “It was a big change for us to go from

The word ‘digitalization’ has become an Digital Logbook plays a central role, a family-owned company to a private industry-wide buzzword, bandied about allowing owners to insert data in one equity company, but it suddenly opened with increasing frequency and volume spot, at one time, creating a repository some doors for us,” said Svanes. “Since by a growing legion of digital solution for data and information that is being we were invested in as a platform, it providers. But Svanes cautions that not tapped throughout the ship’s integrated meant that we should also do acquisi- all solutions are cut from the same cloth. solutions and reports. tions, and this is what we’ve done. With “When they talk about digitalization, “You only put data in once and it is Tres and Ingenium now in the fold to it’s not that easy. The dif? culty is to get used in all systems, but to do so, you ‘complete our circle with integrated so- hold of the data on the vessel, because have to ? rst have an integrated solution lutions’, we probably have to do more that’s what we talk about when we talk and all of the elements that go with it.” mergers and acquisitions. Time is run- about emissions and fuel consumption,” To that end, Svanes realized that with ning fast, and we don’t have time to de- said Svanes. “You need data from the the pace of technological evolution, it velop everything ourselves.” vessel. So being the biggest player in was not practical for NAVTOR to cre- Another key platform for NAVTOR is e-navigation, it was natural for us to go ate the complete solution in house. With its NavStation software, a passage plan- into performance” and all that it entails. that, NAVTOR recently purchased two ning system under perpetual develop-

According to Svanes, the key factor companies: “Tres Solutions, which does ment and upgrade. “The latest thing we that makes NAVTOR truly stand out is the performance part, and Ingenium are showing now is auto routing,” which its complete focus on delivering an inte- Marine which brought in the Digital takes into consideration all variables 26 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2022

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