Marlink, the smart digital solutions company, has signed an MoU to create a strategic partnership with Singapore’s Alpha Ori Technologies(AOT) to support shipowners, shipmanagers and charterers in collecting data and providing advanced analytics they need to improve vessel performance and monitor health of onboard systems.
The MoU will see the two entities cooperate to bring vessel performance improvements using AOT’s SMARTShip™ and Marlink’s BridgeLink platforms, optimising services for delivery via Marlink’s hybrid network, enjoying streamlined and secure delivery of data and resources.
By combining improved navigational safety and voyage performance data with predictive maintenance and digital services, these two market leaders can deliver a best-in-class service experience for shipowners, vessel operators and managers across the maritime industry.
SMARTShip™ is a digital platform that delivers real time analytics to increase operational efficiency. AOT’s goal is to provide insights that unlock investment opportunities to secure the most promising returns. Easy to use, it enables faster decision making in day-to-day operations.
BridgeLink is a solution that connects to any data-enabled equipment installed onboard ship, collecting data which is saved to the cloud for analysis by the client or third parties. By streamlining the data collection process from onboard systems it can support competitiveness by maximising vessel availability.
Feedback collected by AOT and Marlink suggests that the vast majority of shipping companies will not hire IoT and data specialists or make investments on in-house IT infrastructure to capture the operational data they need; preferring to use off-the-shelf analytical apps that will provide insights and recommendations based on turned contextualised data into actionable information.