Singapore to use smart data for maritime and port operations

Singapore

THE port of Singapore is among the first in the world to apply sense-making smart data to improve the efficiency and safety of its maritime and port operations.

Between next month and January, seven modules of smart-data applications will be rolled out across Singapore's maritime sector.

At the opening of the International Safety@Sea Conference in Singapore on Tuesday, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and IBM announced that they have jointly completed the pilot trial for three modules; these cover automated movement detection, infringement analytics and pilot boarding detection.

These modules were developed and tested under a joint initiative between the MPA and IBM. The initiative dubbed "Safer" - "Sense-making Analytics For maritime Eve…