A new, smart business model

摘要

Shipping companies are struggling with volatile income, tight costs and increasing environmental pressure. Efficiency-enhancing technology has been pushed to the maximum; but the industry has been slow to recognise the economic potential of information and communication technology (ICT). Smart shipping enables shipping companies to use their assets more efficiently by automating ship operations and navigation and reducing the need for highly skilled staff on board. Ship and shore personnel can be handled as one single productive team. Smart shipping integrates fleet systems, similar to a modern automobile factory, thereby improving asset performance, and it enables the extraction of meaningful information from big data to improve processes, reduce accidents, and keep management up to date. Ship operators can prepare regulatory reports digitally instead of manually.