Kongsberg Digital creates cloud-based simulation innovation to sustain innovative functional researches, study and also education and learning in the maritime market. The use progressively innovative tools and also a raised concentrate on security and also sustainability has actually elevated bench for ingenious brand-new services to gather, imitate and also share information to aid in optimization of vessel procedures.
With its electronic competence, Kongsberg Digital is main to this commercial change. Its progressed simulation innovation has big possibility and also is currently being used by numerous global jobs concentrated on establishing electronic doubles and also self-governing vessels. In enhancement, the firm remains to establish its simulation innovation on behalf of brand-new proficiency needs. It is this concentrate on boosting the high quality of maritime education and learning and also training which has actually resulted in a current financing honor from Innovation Norway of NOK 24 million, to be committed to establishing cloud-based simulation services for mentor and also exercising navigating.
“Digitalization and the use of big data will play an increasingly major part in improving safety, efficiency and, not least, in contributing to more sustainable maritime operations. Kongsberg Digital is intensifying its commitment to these goals, and is now establishing a new business domain – Digital Ocean – to deliver value-generating digital solutions in close cooperation with our industry partners,” remarks Hege Skryseth, President,Kongsberg Digital “This project to develop cloud-based training technology is one of many initiatives in which we will participate going forward. By combining our unique domain expertise in digital solutions with our broad experience in developing advanced simulation technology, Kongsberg Digital is in a strong position to raise the bar for quality training in the maritime industry.”
Haakon Haugli, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Norway, included: “The solution developed by Kongsberg Digital has huge market potential and great scope for innovation. Norway is well placed to lead the way in digitalization, and the value and possibilities granted by this are clearly relevant considering the Covid-19 pandemic. Kongsberg Digital has previously succeeded with development and commercialization of cloud-based solutions, and there is good reason to believe that they will also achieve success with this project.”
By incorporating KONGSBERG’s world-leading simulation innovation with Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based facilities, Kongsberg Digital will certainly establish a cloud-based simulation option for navigation-related training according to the IMO’s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and also Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). The resulting simulator will certainly– unlike typical simulators which are requiring in regards to room and also equipment– be an extremely affordable mentor device, which can be offered to extra trainees, any time and also anywhere.
As an instance, nations that do not generally have the sources to buy pricey simulators will certainly currently have the ability to give trainees the capability to accomplish on the internet understanding (e-learning) according to STCW needs, and also to obtain essential fundamental abilities such as using RADAR, navigating and also handling. The cloud simulator will certainly additionally aid in dilemma monitoring and also various other advanced training, and also will certainly suit needs for post-qualification education and learning of navigators and also assist streamline the certification revival procedure.
The study area at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) is additionally participating in this ingenious job, and also will certainly add to establishing the expert educational program and also in essential study tasks to maximize the educational innovation and also instructional facets of the cloud-based training option.
Sea News Feature, October 6
