NorthStandard looks to AI for safer navigation

Orca AI’s situational awareness platform is designed to ensure vessels can navigate safely in challenging weather conditions and through congested waters, reducing the likelihood of accidents or delays.

“Having seen how Orca AI supports the bridge team by improving their situational awareness we are confident that it reduces the number of close quarters situations,” said Colin Gillespie, global head of loss prevention, NorthStandard.

”By extension this must reduce the number of collisions, so it was an easy decision to partner with them to support NorthStandard members in enhancing the safety of their operations.”

Digital resources

The partnership will see the AI-based solution prominently feature in NorthStandard’s new Get SET! suite of innovative digital resources and practical risk-reduction tools to protect members, their crews and assets.

As part of the Get SET! commitment to delivering exceptional service, NorthStandard will also incentivise members to adopt the Orca AI solution by subsidising their investments.

NorthStandard envisages members making significant savings as a result of using Orca AI’s solution, with reduced bridge workload driving safer decisions and fewer human errors.

Over time, the analysis of the available data from the Orca AI solution will also allow shipowners and operators to identify safety gaps and trends in their operations that require action.

A recent analysis conducted by Orca AI showed that in 2023, 267 customer vessels reported a 26% improvement in average minimum distance sailed and the fleet as a whole saw an overall 33% reduction in close encounters in open waters and a 40% decline in crossing events.

Orca AI’s system was granted the world’s first Product Design Assessment (PDA) certificate from class society ABS for an AI-based navigation safety platform.

The Get SET! portfolio of navigational safety products was launched in January this year with the unrolling of the NorthStandard ‘ECDIS Training Assessment’ (ETA) platform.