Digitalisation and cyber security have been at the forefront of Posidonia as never before this year, with several classification societies announcing initiatives and cooperations to flaunt their high-tech prowess.
Bureau Veritas announced on Thursday that it has teamed up with Greece’s Laskaridis Shipping and Athens-based Metis Cyberspace Technology to develop a new notation for the use of augmented data in ship operations.
While Laskaridis provides the ships, Metis contributes smart tools to measure environmental and operational performance. Bureau Veritas brings in its existing “Smart” notation framework, which provides uniform standards for techniques used to monitor and improve fleet performance.
The new notation will extend to cover ship-to-shore connectivity, remote decision support and remote operations, the three partners said.
“We would ... like to acknowledge the vital role forward-thinking shipping companies like Laskaridis Shipping play in delivering the true benefits of maritime digitalisation,” Metis chief executive Mike Konstantinidis said.
Samsung, Maran, DNV and LR in play
Other classification societies have also been pushing initiatives.
ABS signed an agreement to provide Evangelos Marinakis company Capital Ship Management with its “My Digital Fleet” decarbonisation platform.
“The platform provides unprecedented levels of insight into an individual vessel or fleet’s environmental and operational performance,” said Paul Sells, chief executive of ABS Digital Solutions.
DNV has been busy as well. On 9 June, it presented its first cyber-secure class notation to a Greek owner, Pleiades Shipping.
In another deal that aims to improve its data infrastructure verification, DNV signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 8 June with Samsung Heavy Industries and Kongsberg Digital.
SHI separately struck an MoU with Lloyd’s Register to develop an autonomous-ready ship design in order “to support maritime digitalisation and the growing demand for operational benefits of increased autonomy”.
The Samsung Autonomous Ship system evaluates collision risks around a vessel, while controlling its direction and speed to avoid objects.
Another Greek owner, Maran Tankers Management (MTM), teamed up with Israeli company Orca AI, which provides digital tools to enhance situational awareness and safe navigation in contested waterways.
“Maritime crude oil transport is a highly complex business,” said MTM managing director Mark Pearson.
“Our safety-first approach, together with our openness to technological innovation, drives us to be on a constant lookout for cutting-edge solutions to lower safety risks.”
