One of the largest shipbuilders, Hyundai, is designing a “smart connected ship” with a network of sensors and analytics software to improve port logistics, maintenance and reduce running costs.

The sensors and analytics, provided by partner Accenture, will combine real-time location, weather and ocean data with historical fleet information. It hopes to visualise this information so that captains and manufacturers will receive alerts and warnings, predictive maintenance and more efficient scheduling on the seas.

The ship uses Hyundai Heavy Industries’ on-ship platform and Accenture Connected Platforms as a Service including administrative and user management services and device management services. The firm said this would ensure all connected devices can be monitored and maintained remotely. Accenture’s cloud platform will be used as infrastructure hosting.

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