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TECHNOLOGY IN FOCUS: DIGITALIZATION "There's a lot of focus on ‘Big Data’.

We don't talk much about Big

Data. We talk about impor- tant data."

One-on-One with “Mr. ECDIS” –

Tor Svanes, CEO, NAVTOR

NAVTOR. With that, we are talking to banks, ? nancial insti-

Your reputation in e-Navigation as ‘Mr. EC- tutions, as we already have customers with so-called ‘green

DIS’ is well established, but can we discuss loans’ because they can show, over time, savings on fuel and performance? Where are you today? Where a reduction of emissions.

would you like to be?

We want to be a leading company within performance, which is why we acquired Tres Solutions [in 2021]; to speed We talk incessantly about data, the need for more and more data; then what to do with up that development. At the same time, we are listening to our customers, developing new functionality, and, of course, now it. Increasingly too, we talk about Arti? cial

Intelligence. Can you discuss what you see in we have the CII and emission [regulations]; they are [driv- ers]. But the biggest part is consulting with customers. They terms of data and AI in maritime today?

There has been a lot of focus on ‘big data’. We don't talk hear a lot of buzzwords, but it’s still hard for them to imag- ine what, exactly, this technology can do for them. So we are much about big data. We talk about the important data. You learning, they are learning, and that's a good combination for don't need all the data they're talking about, and you don't need that data in the frequency they talk about. But machine us to make solutions.

learning and AI is de? nitely something we have to, and are already, implementing in our product and services. And that

How does NAVTOR ? t into that sustainability is to make the life easier for the people onboard ships and the discussion?

people on shore.

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