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DIGITAL TWINS "Going forward, the magic will be fully unlocked by combining data from operational simulations with digital twins that are "AI must be accepted but based on the ship’s needs a proper assurance unique 3D model." process to ensure avoidance – Joakim Heinolainen, of false warnings or false

Technical Consultant, impression of safety."

NAPA Design – Dr Gaute Storhaug,

Senior Principal Specialist,

DNV Maritime Advisory be used by digital twins to optimize op- of ships. The safety aspects of the ships erations by powering weather routing recreated in the digital world will be applications, for example. represented and evaluated by indicators,

Laurent Hentges, Vice-President, and by making these indicators public,

Digital Solutions & Transformation ClassNK hopes to promote further effort at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, on ship safety.

says that BV’s digital twin collaboration Cross-industry research projects have with tech company Aras will enable it to also broken new “butter? y” ground. create a single source of truth for each The CHEK project, with 11 partners, ship and asset, including the equipment involved the development of a digital installed on board, ensure end-to-end twin platform that was able to assess traceability of ship data, continuously the energy ef? ciency gains of multiple, update data from design to operations, potentially interacting, clean technolo- increase collaboration with real time ac- gies and model their combined business cess to ship condition and anticipate the case. And the SeaTech project, with evolution of regulatory requirements. seven partners, modelled the combined

ClassNK is working on an initiative effect of new engine technology and an to diagnose the condition of individual energy-saving foil to enable the devel- ship hulls, machinery and out? tting opment of both the technology and its with data rather than by surveyors' vis- lifecycle costs.

its. This is done by integrating unique To again quote Westerman: “Tech- design data for each ship, class-related nology leadership is not just about IT data and operational and environmental leaders, although they are part it. It’s data that ClassNK has independently not just about technical skills, although collected from traditional ship surveys. they’re essential. It’s about merging the

So, the data related to individual ships skills and perspectives of business and is combined with the analysis results IT leaders so that they drive transfor- of classi? cation data from thousands mation together.” www.marinelink.com 37

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