2017 Aug – Ship&Offshore – Digital initiatives to ensure smooth shipping
Digital measures in the form of sensors and connections, for example, can be found almost everywhere on board a new ship. However, the maritime industry has so far focused on improving its own processes rather than the entire supply chain. Initiatives such as blockchain are able to deliver business value to various parties, writes Ulf Siwe, Swedish Maritime Administration, communications officer for the EU project Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation.
