The Maritime and also Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) and also Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have actually introduced the Maritime Digitalisation Playbook (MDP), to sustain marine business in increasing their digitalisation prepares as the economic climate restarts and also goes into a brand-new regular post-COVID-19.
This was introduced by Senior Minister of State for Transport and also Health, Dr Lam Pin Min, at the “Accelerating Digitalisation, Building Resilience” webinar on Friday.
Lam stated in his opening up statements, “This pandemic has accelerated digitalisation, regardless whether you are a multinational company or a local SME. The Playbook will serve as a guide to help maritime companies uncover opportunities in digital transformation. Our hope is that no matter where you are in your digitalisation journey, the Playbook will help support your vision and development of concrete digitalisation plans to improve the competitiveness and productivity of your company.”
The MDP integrates crucial searchings for from the IMDA-commissioned 2020 Digital Acceleration Index (DAI) study for the sea transportation industry, where over 200 maritime organisations sent a self-assessment of their electronic maturation. This has actually allowed MPA to develop the state of digitalisation of subsectors such as the delivery line, ship monitoring, ship firm and also harbour craft. To assistance maritime business chart out their digitalisation and also technology trip holistically, MPA partnered SSA and also IMDA to establish the MDP as component of Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map initiatives.
The MDP will certainly assist maritime business, specifically little and also average business (SMEs), to create their digitalisation roadmaps, overview implementation and also gain from marine electronic systems covering port clearances and also solutions, profession paperwork and also profession procedures and also funding. This overview gives these business with:
— An introduction of the state of digitalisation in the maritime industry based upon outcomes of the 2020 DAI study;
— An understanding of the industry’s digitalisation landscape and also possibilities, consisting of crucial international fads driving digitalisation, instances of modern technology use-cases and also the prospective effect on preparation, procedures, business and also assistance features of a maritime organization.
— An electronic change structure to assist recognize electronic driven organization techniques and also prioritise digitalisation efforts.
The MDP sustains Maritime Singapore’s more comprehensive initiatives in digitalisation. It enhances the Sea Transport Industry Digital Plan introduced in 2019. Companies can likewise make an application for co-funding from MPA’s Maritime Cluster Fund– Productivity Development (MCF-PD) to establish their digitalisation remedies.
“SSA initiated the co-development of the Maritime Digitalisation Playbook with MPA and IMDA as both parties saw the need to provide a practical guide to help maritime companies develop or retool their digitalisation capabilities to grapple with the fast-changing anomalous world. The MDP contains information and resources, that include templates and support programmes, to help companies identify and address target gaps to formulate or rethink their digitalisation strategy. We strongly encourage maritime companies, especially the small-medium enterprises (SMEs), to make use of the MDP to achieve their digitalisation vision,” stated Caroline Yang, President, SSA.
“The Maritime Digitalisation Playbook helps maritime companies to understand the digital gaps in the industry and how they can use technologies to close these gaps. The Playbook also includes the various government schemes to support the companies in their digitalisation efforts. Together with the Industry Digital Plans, which are part of the SMEs Go Digital programme, these will give companies a wider range of potential solutions to adopt. Collectively, they will enable our maritime ecosystem to integrate with a rapidly evolving digital economy,” stated Tan Kiat How, Chief Executive, IMDA.
Sea News, June 22
