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- Episode 1: Medicine
- Episode 2: Research & Innovation
- Episode 3: Entrepreneurship
- Episode 4: Environment
- Episode 5: Food
- Episode 6: Finance
- Episode 7: Ageing
- Episode 8: Public Health
- Episode 9: Education
- Special Episode on Entrepreneurship: Startup University
Singapore Retains Top Shipping Centre Ranking: Xinhua-Baltic
No. | Start-up | Project Title | Project Description |
1 | EcoWorth Tech | Enhanced Oil Removal Solution to provide better Marine Oil Spill Response | To develop a prototype that would put Carbon Fibre Aerogel (CFA) material into the optimal form that is suited for the industrial needs in the maritime industry. This would allow validation of CFA in comparison to other competitive products in the market. Based on laboratory tests, the CFA is at least 100% more absorbent on a per weight basis than traditional single-use absorbents. |
2 | EnvironSens | Robust Testing and Monitoring Drinking Water Quality On-board Vessels | To automate the manual processes of their current bacterial monitoring sensor system. The current manual process requires human expertise and interference in the steps of filtration, staining and colorimetric analysis, which is not feasible for vessel usage. |
3 | Eupnoos | Eupnoos lung function test for occupational disease | To enable shipyard workers to check for the first signs of lung disease by blowing into the microphone of their device. The AI model will identify symptoms associated with disease and flag the results to the user so that they can act and not ignore the problem until a crisis sets in. The application also can be used as a tool to support smoking cessation by showing smokers their lung condition and enabling them to track improvement over time if they adhere to their plan. |
4 | eyeGauge | Non-invasive Online Condition Monitoring for High-Speed Passenger Ferries Real-time | To leverage on eyeGauge’s non-invasive data collection solution using cameras and capture devices to gather data onboard ships. It will extract and digitise analogue signals from the main engine, electrical generators, and other onboard equipment to guide maintenance activities for the ferries and improve asset availability for utilisation. |
5 | FlexoSense | Smart Insole for Worker Safety and Productivity | FlexoSense has already developed a patent-pending pressure sensor technology for insoles, that has thus far been trialled in the health sector. Through the project, they will enhance and tweak their smart in-sole for the maritime and marine and offshore sector to detect Slips, Trips and Falls (STF). |
6 | ITAAS | Monitoring and Early Detection of Health Conditions | To re-design ITAAS’s current in-ear wearable technology to aid in the detection of cardiovascular-related health conditions to enable early intervention in a marine environment. The solution will also provide supervisors with real-time visibility of their crew’s health conditions. |
7 | MAGES Studio | Serious Game for Seafarer’s Onboarding Training | To develop a “Ship Emergency Simulation” game. This will be a level-based game, in every level the boat will be travelling from point A to B and the player will face multiple emergency situations along the way. The player must resolve the emergency situations by performing the correct actions in the right order and ensure smooth sailing throughout the journey. |
8 | MagicPort | Digital Procurement and Collaboration Platform for Ship Supplies and Services | To develop a digital marketplace and collaboration platform for ship owners and ship managers; a comprehensive directory that provides information on ports, suppliers and services providers, vessels, and owners; and work on the Request For Quotation processor which can help ship suppliers automate the process of preparing the quotations. |
9 | Temus | Detection and Prevention of Near-Miss Workplace Fall Injuries without Vision Analytics | To leverage on their existing Connected Worker System (CWS) platform suite, which consists of TAGU and NaviSafe and enhance their wearable device so that it can detect Slips, Trips & Falls (STFs) or Fall From height (FFH) accurately. TAGU is a IoT wearable device, while NaviSafe is the software application hosted on cloud. |
10 | Vilota | 3D Vision-Based Solution for Rebars Distance Management | To leverage on their proprietary 360-degree vision-based sensor and develop a prototype to provide recognition and counting with high accuracy, diameter measurement of rebars, and information for automated tallying within a port environment. |
11 | WeavAir | WeavAir Loss Prevention Platform | To create value for ship owners, ship managers and marine insurers by developing a digital portal which can improve benchmarking, accelerate decisions, improve forecasting, and risk rating. The digital portal will help ship owners and ship managers simplify the data collection process for marine incidents that required by marine insurers. While marine insurers can leverage on the digital portal for anonymised marine incidents’ data so that they can make better risk assessment and recommend potential loss prevention protocols which ships owners or manager can undertake to help lower insurance premiums. |
11 Start-ups Awarded MINT-STARTUP Grant at the Launch of Smart Port Challenge 2022
No. | Start-up | Project Title | Project Description |
1 | EcoWorth Tech | Enhanced Oil Removal Solution to provide better Marine Oil Spill Response | To develop a prototype that would put Carbon Fibre Aerogel (CFA) material into the optimal form that is suited for the industrial needs in the maritime industry. This would allow validation of CFA in comparison to other competitive products in the market. Based on laboratory tests, the CFA is at least 100% more absorbent on a per weight basis than traditional single-use absorbents. |
2 | EnvironSens | Robust Testing and Monitoring Drinking Water Quality On-board Vessels | To automate the manual processes of their current bacterial monitoring sensor system. The current manual process requires human expertise and interference in the steps of filtration, staining and colorimetric analysis, which is not feasible for vessel usage. |
3 | Eupnoos | Eupnoos lung function test for occupational disease | To enable shipyard workers to check for the first signs of lung disease by blowing into the microphone of their device. The AI model will identify symptoms associated with disease and flag the results to the user so that they can act and not ignore the problem until a crisis sets in. The application also can be used as a tool to support smoking cessation by showing smokers their lung condition and enabling them to track improvement over time if they adhere to their plan. |
4 | eyeGauge | Non-invasive Online Condition Monitoring for High-Speed Passenger Ferries Real-time | To leverage on eyeGauge’s non-invasive data collection solution using cameras and capture devices to gather data onboard ships. It will extract and digitise analogue signals from the main engine, electrical generators, and other onboard equipment to guide maintenance activities for the ferries and improve asset availability for utilisation. |
5 | FlexoSense | Smart Insole for Worker Safety and Productivity | FlexoSense has already developed a patent-pending pressure sensor technology for insoles, that has thus far been trialled in the health sector. Through the project, they will enhance and tweak their smart in-sole for the maritime and marine and offshore sector to detect Slips, Trips and Falls (STF). |
6 | ITAAS | Monitoring and Early Detection of Health Conditions | To re-design ITAAS’s current in-ear wearable technology to aid in the detection of cardiovascular-related health conditions to enable early intervention in a marine environment. The solution will also provide supervisors with real-time visibility of their crew’s health conditions. |
7 | MAGES Studio | Serious Game for Seafarer’s Onboarding Training | To develop a “Ship Emergency Simulation” game. This will be a level-based game, in every level the boat will be travelling from point A to B and the player will face multiple emergency situations along the way. The player must resolve the emergency situations by performing the correct actions in the right order and ensure smooth sailing throughout the journey. |
8 | MagicPort | Digital Procurement and Collaboration Platform for Ship Supplies and Services | To develop a digital marketplace and collaboration platform for ship owners and ship managers; a comprehensive directory that provides information on ports, suppliers and services providers, vessels, and owners; and work on the Request For Quotation processor which can help ship suppliers automate the process of preparing the quotations. |
9 | Temus | Detection and Prevention of Near-Miss Workplace Fall Injuries without Vision Analytics | To leverage on their existing Connected Worker System (CWS) platform suite, which consists of TAGU and NaviSafe and enhance their wearable device so that it can detect Slips, Trips & Falls (STFs) or Fall From height (FFH) accurately. TAGU is a IoT wearable device, while NaviSafe is the software application hosted on cloud. |
10 | Vilota | 3D Vision-Based Solution for Rebars Distance Management | To leverage on their proprietary 360-degree vision-based sensor and develop a prototype to provide recognition and counting with high accuracy, diameter measurement of rebars, and information for automated tallying within a port environment. |
11 | WeavAir | WeavAir Loss Prevention Platform | To create value for ship owners, ship managers and marine insurers by developing a digital portal which can improve benchmarking, accelerate decisions, improve forecasting, and risk rating. The digital portal will help ship owners and ship managers simplify the data collection process for marine incidents that required by marine insurers. While marine insurers can leverage on the digital portal for anonymised marine incidents’ data so that they can make better risk assessment and recommend potential loss prevention protocols which ships owners or manager can undertake to help lower insurance premiums. |
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- Port Electrification
- Energy Efficiency and Carbon Capture
- Zero Emission Vessels/ Fuel Switch
- Circular Economy
- Seed to Series A stage
- Those with demonstrable prototypes and operational technologies
- Those with significant technology and business-model innovation component
- Do not have to be strictly from maritime sector
- R&D Manpower
- Labs/ Equipment Infrastructure
- Funding & Government Grants
- Testbed Infrastructure
- Business Readiness Sessions
- Up to S$150k support
Maritime Decarbonisation
- Port Electrification
- Energy Efficiency and Carbon Capture
- Zero Emission Vessels/ Fuel Switch
- Circular Economy
- Seed to Series A stage
- Those with demonstrable prototypes and operational technologies
- Those with significant technology and business-model innovation component
- Do not have to be strictly from maritime sector
- R&D Manpower
- Labs/ Equipment Infrastructure
- Funding & Government Grants
- Testbed Infrastructure
- Business Readiness Sessions
- Up to S$150k support
Acquire Information Combined With Analytics, A.I. And Authorisation Capabilities
Accurate Information about Tramp Vessel Schedule for Decision Making
- Reducing manpower and resources
- Reducing inaccurate data input
- Providing more timely updates on cargo status
- Reducing delayed cargo planning
- Reducing shipment delivery
- Knowledge retention is a challenge once the experts have retired
- Manual planning is laborious
- Manual planning is difficult to optimise
Efficient Data Exchange with Non-System Integrated Container Freight Station (CFS) and Machine Learning for Manpower and Equipment Deployment Planning
- Reducing manpower and resources
- Reducing inaccurate data input
- Providing more timely updates on cargo status
- Reducing delayed cargo planning
- Reducing shipment delivery
- Knowledge retention is a challenge once the experts have retired
- Manual planning is laborious
- Manual planning is difficult to optimise
- Whether the start-up is meaningful to their business
- Whether a long term relationship could be established
- Whether PSA can value add to the start-up
- Whether the investment is profitable
- Automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles
- Video Analytics, AI and data analytics
- Blockchain and electronic documentation
- Environmental-friendly technology – Decarbonisation
Creating a tailwind for maritime innovation: Who are the investors?
- Whether the start-up is meaningful to their business
- Whether a long term relationship could be established
- Whether PSA can value add to the start-up
- Whether the investment is profitable
- Automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles
- Video Analytics, AI and data analytics
- Blockchain and electronic documentation
- Environmental-friendly technology – Decarbonisation
- No divers required
- Ease of operation and usage
- Ability to reach curved areas
- Enhanced cleaning efficiency
- Reduction in cleaning duration
- Essential industrial knowledge and expertise
- An extensive network
- Assistance and support during development
- Realistic test bedding
Automation of Underwater Propeller Polishing and Removal of Thick Marine Growth on Hulls/ Jetty Piles
- No divers required
- Ease of operation and usage
- Ability to reach curved areas
- Enhanced cleaning efficiency
- Reduction in cleaning duration
- Essential industrial knowledge and expertise
- An extensive network
- Assistance and support during development
- Realistic test bedding
Automated Discrepancy Resolution for Terminal Documentation and Risks of Personnel Transfer during Bunker Survey
For our last roadshow in June, 25 June 2020, we had PSA Singapore share their thoughts on 2 of their innovation opportunities.
In the first half of the session, Bertrand Yee and Calvin Teo from the Engineering Division shared some background and insights on their need for an Auto Refuelling System for Prime Movers. They are seeking for automated solutions for their existing diesel and LNG kiosks and have highlighted 4 key requirements:
- Goal – The autonomous prime movers need to interact with the refuelling system
- Implementation – Minimal modifications to the existing infrastructure and fuelling equipment, integrate easily with the current diesel kiosk management system and adaptive to different configurations on the prime movers
- Safety Consideration – Adhere to safety and industry standards, and cater for exception handling to mitigate risks
- Performance Measure – To be as time efficient as with manual refueling and be able to address exception handling
Moving on, Chua Leng Wah, from the same division, joined Calvin to highlight key points to be noted for the innovation opportunity on Accurate Identification and Location Feedback for Container Fitting. The objective of the challenge is to look for a robust visual solution with machine learning or AI to provide position feedback of the corner casting or container fitting and identify the make and model of the container fitting accurately to enable automation of coning and de-coning wit high success rate. The key challenges include the large variety of container fittings, limited reference point for the container fitting identification as part of it is concealed in the corner casting, and ability to work in harsh environments such as exposure to strong sunlight, rain, dust and dim lighting environment during night time.
Deadline of submission is 10 August 2020. Join us next Thursday, 2 July, where we will be addressing: (1) Automated discrepancy Resolution for Terminal Documentation by PSA UnboXed (2) Risks of Personnel Transfer during Bunker Survey by Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) Register here! ')"> 26 Jun, 2020Accurate Identification and Location Feedback for Container Fitting and Auto Refuelling System for Prime Movers
For our last roadshow in June, 25 June 2020, we had PSA Singapore share their thoughts on 2 of their innovation opportunities.
In the first half of the session, Bertrand Yee and Calvin Teo from the Engineering Division shared some background and insights on their need for an Auto Refuelling System for Prime Movers. They are seeking for automated solutions for their existing diesel and LNG kiosks and have highlighted 4 key requirements:
- Goal – The autonomous prime movers need to interact with the refuelling system
- Implementation – Minimal modifications to the existing infrastructure and fuelling equipment, integrate easily with the current diesel kiosk management system and adaptive to different configurations on the prime movers
- Safety Consideration – Adhere to safety and industry standards, and cater for exception handling to mitigate risks
- Performance Measure – To be as time efficient as with manual refueling and be able to address exception handling
Moving on, Chua Leng Wah, from the same division, joined Calvin to highlight key points to be noted for the innovation opportunity on Accurate Identification and Location Feedback for Container Fitting. The objective of the challenge is to look for a robust visual solution with machine learning or AI to provide position feedback of the corner casting or container fitting and identify the make and model of the container fitting accurately to enable automation of coning and de-coning wit high success rate. The key challenges include the large variety of container fittings, limited reference point for the container fitting identification as part of it is concealed in the corner casting, and ability to work in harsh environments such as exposure to strong sunlight, rain, dust and dim lighting environment during night time.
Deadline of submission is 10 August 2020. Join us next Thursday, 2 July, where we will be addressing: (1) Automated discrepancy Resolution for Terminal Documentation by PSA UnboXed (2) Risks of Personnel Transfer during Bunker Survey by Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) Register here! " class="news-more">Read More >Interactive & Engaging Training through Technology and Virtual Walkthrough for Vessels
- Feasibility – fulfilling the rules and regulations as well as navigation requirements of the port authorities.
- Safety – ensuring visibility for both the tugboat operator and other vessels
- Efficiency – Fast and smooth sailing
Improving Navigation Safety for Line Tow Barges
- Feasibility – fulfilling the rules and regulations as well as navigation requirements of the port authorities.
- Safety – ensuring visibility for both the tugboat operator and other vessels
- Efficiency – Fast and smooth sailing