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MacGregor joins partnership to build autonomous ships for Baltic Sea deployment
MACGREGOR, part of Cargotec, is one of several global companies that have teamed up to develop the world's first autonomous ships under their 'One Sea' initiative that aims to enable fully remote-controlled commercial ships to operate in the Baltic Sea region by 2025.
Leading the One Sea ecosystem is Digital, Internet, Materials & Engineering Co-Creation (DIMECC). The association of Finnish Marine Industries also supports its work, while the Finnish funding agency TEKES is investing in the project.
"MacGregor believes that in today's world, co-creation and collaboration are efficient and sustainable ways to innovate and develop systems and solutions for more technologically-advanced and safer operations, ultimately enabling autonomous traffic at sea," a company statement said.
"The benefits of co-creation are obvious, software experts, together with systems and equipment experts, can improve efficiency and safety throughout the whole value chain," said senior vice president, R&D and technology at MacGregor, Alexander Nurnberg.
"We in MacGregor started the transformation journey several years ago and are proceeding step-by-step towards autonomous equipment operations and eventually autonomous vessels," continues Mr Nurnberg.
"The steps we have already taken on this journey include the ability to have greater connectivity to equipment. This means that we can undertake performance monitoring and further enable condition-based monitoring and predictive maintenance.
He adds: "About ten years ago, MacGregor introduced its OnWatch service for offshore crane customers, which included round-the-clock remote access and trouble-shooting. This service is now being further enhanced by a 'Scout' function that performs predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring."
Leading the One Sea ecosystem is Digital, Internet, Materials & Engineering Co-Creation (DIMECC). The association of Finnish Marine Industries also supports its work, while the Finnish funding agency TEKES is investing in the project.
"MacGregor believes that in today's world, co-creation and collaboration are efficient and sustainable ways to innovate and develop systems and solutions for more technologically-advanced and safer operations, ultimately enabling autonomous traffic at sea," a company statement said.
"The benefits of co-creation are obvious, software experts, together with systems and equipment experts, can improve efficiency and safety throughout the whole value chain," said senior vice president, R&D and technology at MacGregor, Alexander Nurnberg.
"We in MacGregor started the transformation journey several years ago and are proceeding step-by-step towards autonomous equipment operations and eventually autonomous vessels," continues Mr Nurnberg.
"The steps we have already taken on this journey include the ability to have greater connectivity to equipment. This means that we can undertake performance monitoring and further enable condition-based monitoring and predictive maintenance.
He adds: "About ten years ago, MacGregor introduced its OnWatch service for offshore crane customers, which included round-the-clock remote access and trouble-shooting. This service is now being further enhanced by a 'Scout' function that performs predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring."
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