Platform and operations

As shipping becomes increasingly digitalized, IT has moved from a support function to a critical part of daily vessel operations. Connectivity, cybersecurity, software management and data availability all play a role in ensuring safe and efficient operations at sea.

What are small and medium-sized shipping companies talking about right now? According to Oskar Schager, Key Account Manager at Soya IT Marine Solutions, one topic stands out: the opportunities and challenges of digitalization.

Building a vessel in China during the Covid pandemic wasn’t easy. When the entire marine IT environment at WALLENIUS SOL’s newbuildings Bothnia Enabler and Baltic Enabler was going to be installed, five weeks of quarantine was required for two weeks work. This is how we solved it.

In ten years, we have saved approx. 97 tonnes CO2 and 2.1 million dollars in just travel expenses, and then we didn’t include extra working hours in the calculation. As an additional plus, our co-workers doesn’t have to leave their families, or put themselves at risk during the pandemic, to go on board to install necessary updates.