ClassNK establishes Ship Data Centre in Tokyo
Classification society ClassNK has announced that it has established a Ship Data Centre in Tokyo, Japan.
The Data Centre, which was established on 7 December 2015, is a wholly owned subsidiary that aims to support the utilisation of data gathered from ship operations. It will be headed by ClassNK executive vice president, Yasushi Nakamura.
ClassNK’s Ship Data Centre consists of a secured shipping operations database which will serve as an information hub to independently manage the utilisation of big data in the maritime industry.
Trials of the Data Centre will commence on a container vessel in February 2016 in cooperation with a Japanese shipping company. Various information such as the data from the ship’s voyage data recorder and data logger will be gathered in the trials.
Full operations of the Data Centre are scheduled for April 2016.
By Alice Mason
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