The year 2020 marked by the Covid-19 pandemic has turbocharged the need for digitalisation and virtualisation in shipping, regardless of the size and type of ships, according to a panel discussion at Seatrade Maritime Middle East Virtual 2020.

Swedish technology entrepreneurs and academia have formed a consortium to research on an artificial intelligence (AI), semi-autonomous ship operation support system for a more energy efficient sea voyage.

Singapore’s supply boat operator HHH Marine has signed a deal to adopt Innovez One’s digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) models to save costs, time and optimise fleet operations.

Indonesia’s port of Banten is looking to digitalise its towage and pilotage operations under a deal to implement Innovez One’s marineM digital technology.

The subsidiaries of Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime and AI and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) will set up a joint venture firm to develop robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology for use in commercial subsea engineering services.

The digital revolution at sea is already under way and the evolution of ship design will follow that of automobiles, according to Dr Martin Stopford, non-executive president of Clarksons Research Services.

ZIM is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to identify mis-declared container cargoes before they are loaded onto the vessel, avoiding potnetially devastating fires and loss of life.

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Maritime technology startups are set to benefit from a SGD50m ($36m) fund via SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and six co-investment partners.