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Ericsson Maritime Platform Targets Shipping Connectivity

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

January 7, 2015

To tap the potential of shipping industry, Ericsson launched its Maritime ICT Cloud platform designed to provide an end-to-end solution targeting connectivity and tracking needs for the maritime industry.

The Swedish telecom giant Ericsson launched Maritime ICT Cloud services for the shipping industry. Maritime ICT Cloud includes a communication platform with optimized connectivity and bandwidth for different types of traffic. 

The "Maritime ICT Cloud”, mainly supporting logistical operations, as well as connecting vessels at sea with shore-based operations, maintenance service providers, customer support centres, fleet/transportation partners, port operations and authorities. 
 
There are also tools for voyage optimization, cargo monitoring and crew welfare. Increased staff satisfaction and retention rates, efficient coaching and development, and increased ability to cope with health crises will be the end result.
 
The telecom major points out that although around 80 per cent of global trade by volume (and over 70 per cent of global trade by value) is carried by sea, the maritime industry lags behind alternative transport industries in terms of its use of information and communications technology.
 
At present, ships rely on manually updated traffic, cargo, port, weather and safety information, sent point-to-point rather than made available to all parties simultaneously via a network. This is a time-consuming process and the lack of access to real-time data significantly increases the margin for error.
 
A press statement from Orvar Hurtig, Head of Industry & Society at Ericsson, says: "Vessels at sea do have systems in place that allow them to monitor critical functions and fuel usage, set and maintain an optimal course and ensure the welfare of their crew, but they are not particularly well integrated with fleet management systems onshore and they do not maximize the potential of real-time data. As the driving force behind the Networked Society and the world leader in telecommunications, Ericsson is the right partner to help connect these disparate systems and enable them to share information with low latency." 
 

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