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ERIKA GRAZIUSO, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, CROWLEY highly unlikely to see autonomy become vessel returns to shore. “We have al- sel arrives to the port [and an inspec- mainstream during their career. ready done a couple of the tests – proof tor comes onboard]. “Tomorrow – and

Graziuso thinks this is an important of concepts – and we are very satis? ed it's not tomorrow like decarbonization, message to convey, rationalizing that with the outcome. Think of it how this which is still 20 years down the line – new mariners coming into the industry can change the industry overall, because really tomorrow, this can be done wher- today are likely to have a long career today inspections are done when a ves- ever you are." with little to no concern of losing their jobs to autonomous technologies. “I don't see technology as a threat for our mariners, rather an argumentation to do their job better, and to facilitate what they do today.” “One of the things that technology can do is to increase our level of safety and keep our crew out of things that are, quote/unquote ‘dangerous’: Going into an engine room to take data, this can be replaced by technology.”

Two months ago Crowley and ABS inked a deal to jointly explore how to advance the use of augmented and vir- tual reality technologies for vessels and other marine environments, building on

Crowley’s new service network using augmented reality on select vessels. The crew wear goggle technology to pro- vide real-time visuals of ship equipment to remote technicians to collaborate on solutions. The technology, developed by Kognitiv Spark, allows mariners and shoreside crew to more quickly com- plete maintenance, updates and upgrades on board.

ABS and Crowley will collaborate in a joint pilot project for classi? cation- related survey support activities, such as aspects of annual and special surveys including task crediting. In addition, the project will include a variety of ac- tivities involving surveyors, engineers and back-of? ce survey support, virtual walkthroughs and livestreaming using fully remote and hybrid survey tech- niques. Successful class surveys are im- portant to operate vessels.

“[This project] leverages augmented reality,” said Graziuso, experimenting with the ability to leverage shoreside expertise and resources to help conduct onboard situations, helping to address and solve onboard problems before the www.marinelink.com 39

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