Digitalisation starts at the top

摘要

Digital transformation of an offshore and marine contractor needs to start with the top management. Once top executives are on board and understand the technology, then digitalisation cascades down into all areas of operation. This is the opinion of Van Oord director for digital transformation Mare Straetmans. He presented his thoughts during Riviera Maritime Media's How to develop and implement a digital performance strategy to optimise vessel performance webinar on 14 May. "Transformations are hard and digital ones are harder," said Mr Straetmans, and in offshore contracting it is probably even harder. "Everything that comes to make an impact with digital in your company, on the ships and on the shore, is very much about understanding where the opportunities are and how to go about grasping them" he said.