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Digitalization

ABS Wavesight

New name with a long digitalization pedigree

By Greg Trauthwein s digitalization in the mari- tem that provides comprehensive tools to time sector gains speed, the improve reliability and performance. My

American Bureau of Ship- Digital Fleet is an AI-driven analytics

A ping (ABS) has launched and performance visualization platform. a new maritime software as a service The two solutions are collectively in- (SaaS) company, ABS Wavesight, to ef- stalled on more than 5,000 vessels across fectively consolidate all digital products the global ? eet.

under one roof, offering ship owners According to ABS, ABS Wavesight a one-stop-shop for it’s A-to-Z digital builds on these capabilities by integrat- solutions. In an interview with Mari- ing both products to offer “unparalleled time Reporter TV in advance of the an- visibility into ? eet assets and real-time nouncement, Paul Sells (pictured right), insights that drive sustainable operations the CEO and the president of the newly and reduce operational risks.” formed ABS Wavesight provided the ra- In a press release marking the ABS tionale behind the new company. “ABS Wavesight launch, ABS said that the has been, for over 160 years, a strong company would provide: Risk-based technical contributor to classi? cation business intelligence with the ability to

Paul Sells, CEO & President, services and to the maritime industry as support predictive decision-making us-

ABS Wavesight well. With a lot of the changes that are ing arti? cial intelligence; CII impact cal- going on in the industry right now, ABS felt that it was time to culation and prediction to avoid risk and improve the score; consolidate the digital products that are under our broad um- Deep insight into fuel spend while improving the ef? cacy of brella and bring them back to market in a product-focused or- vessel routes; and seamless integration of industry-trusted, ganization as an ABS-af? liated company.” ABS Wavesight’s third-party data into one single platform. In addition, the aim purpose-built, integrated solutions are designed to “ensure a is to provideinsights needed to help shipowners reduce their cohesive user experience that reduces costs, improves safety carbon footprint, while driving ESG initiatives and increasing and designs out inef? ciencies.” pro? tability. “The immediate bene? t to the ship owner will be the integration and seamless user experience that we’ll be

What is the ABS Wavesight offer? bringing to bear. So your technical managers are logging into

Sells, an engineer who has both a shipbuilding and a digital Nautical Systems, or perhaps your operations manager are so solution background, said: “[ABS Wavesight] includes every- logging into MDF, and all that information will eventually be thing that’s under ABS’s portfolio today, including Nautical interoperable and portable.”

Systems, which has been in the market and powering shipping Sells said that vision is for ABS Wavesight to provide our companies for all of their technical services and management clients with “unmatched value” through a suite of products needs for over 30 years. that offer integrated solutions vs. fragmented vendor offer- “We’re also bringing in My Digital Fleet, which includes ings, open APIs vs. closed systems that don’t share data, and compliance. It includes vessel performance and voyage per- a ? exible architecture for easy system integration and main- formance optimization solutions to meet the modern needs of tenance vs. costly upgrades every few years. Sells said the the decarbonization drive in the industry. And then, ? nally, immediate top prioprities are to consolidate the company’s we’re very excited to talk about our Electronic Logbooks products, build consistent and cohesive user experiences, and products as well, which are very fast to get onto and help ensure that ABS Wavesight’s customers are able to access you get out of paper and are approved by many ? ag states,” everything in the company’s portfolio to meet their business

Sells said. Nautical Systems is ABS’ ? eet management sys- needs.

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