ABEJA

ABEJA is one of the first start-ups specialising in Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) in Asia. The organisation has deployed over 200 AI projects across various industries and specialises in implementing computer vision solutions. For the maritime industry, ABEJA is using video analytics and deep learning to automate many routine tasks that are manual and tedious. With improved operations, companies can help their employees achieve greater productivity and focus on higher-level endeavours. Backed by investors including Google, Nvidia, Salesforce, ABEJA was the only Japanese start-up to be commended by CB Insights (AI 100: The Artificial Intelligence Start-ups Redefining Industries).

Aeras Medical

Lengthy sea journeys expose the ship’s crew to higher risks of illness, stress or aggravation of pre-existing medical conditions. Poor crew health (mental and physical) is a major concern as it correlates to human errors that cause up to 80% of marine incidents. Aeras Medical has developed a remote health monitoring solution, which collects/ stores crew’s medical information, as well as provides early warning on potential health conditions and remote diagnosis. Aeras Medical also offers video consultation with a network of healthcare professionals, who can offer necessary advice and generate medical reports. This ensures an improved monitoring and management of the crew’s health, while on board.

AIDA Technologies

Set up in 2016, AIDA Technologies developed advanced machine learning solutions to increase revenue, improve operational efficiencies and manage risk and compliance for the banking, insurance and transportation sectors. Using its expertise in machine learning, AIDA has developed a prototype AIDA Vessel Arrival Prediction Engine for a local shipping company. Accurate Vessel Arrival predictions ensures that resources such as vessel parking slots, cranes, prime movers, bunker supply ships and necessary manpower are available when they are needed, while simultaneously preventing costly and disruptive delays. The AIDA Vessel Arrival Prediction Engine can be further improved when supplemented with weather, oceanic current, port congestion and AIS/GPS data.

ASA Development, Singapore

ASA Development, through a decade of refinement and testing, has created the Contego Productivity Platform, a tool that has helped many organisations improve their operational efficiency, through standardisation of process and centralisation of data from remote sites. Contego Audit has helped many offshore and maritime companies make sense of previously fragmented processes. Contego Document Management has enabled organisations to mobilise management systems so all company information is at the fingertips of the people who need it the most. ASA’s team is dedicated to making the maritime industry more efficient through the use of tools that make life easier.

BlockTEST

BlockTEST builds digital solution for reconciling efficiency with security in the Singapore bunker fuel trading and financing industry. At its core, it uses blockchain to enable the exchange of cargo ownership, claim rights and receivables as digital (tokenised) assets in a digital marketplace. It provides players in the liquid bulk ecosystem with a standardised, interoperable digital platform to streamline trades and optimize credit risk management. Early trials have shown a reduction of operational costs by up to 50%, improvement in risk perception, strengthening of credit support and compression of settlement cycles from weeks to hours.

BunkerEx

Oil prices move every millisecond, yet bunker prices are largely static throughout the day despite these being over 95% correlated with each other. This means shipowners cannot benefit from sudden intraday dips in the market. In addition, there is often a large gap between when ships are fixed and bunkers are stemmed. As soon as ships are fixed, their revenue is locked for that voyage, often with an assumed bunker price. If the oil price rises before the bunkers are bought, the whole voyage P&L can be eradicated. To solve this, BunkerEx has created a physical bunker price screen showing firm offers in real-time up to 6 months ahead. These move in milliseconds with every tick in the oil market giving shipowners a real-time transparent way to book bunker prices in advance.

C-LOG

C-LOG is pioneering data collaboration in the maritime industry by making inter-organisational sharing of crew documentation easier and faster while respecting the data privacy of the seafarer. Addressing a challenge to develop a crew-centric platform that supports self-management and career development within the maritime industry, C-LOG is creating a solution that digitises current paper-based processes by leveraging blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). This would save the maritime industry between 30-50% of costs related to handling crew documentation.

Cerekon Pte Ltd

Efficiency, safety and productivity are key concerns when it comes to the inspection and maintenance of vessels, particularly entire fleets. As a smart wearables solution provider, Cerekon’s AI based, “Voice-driven Handsfree Inspection & Remote Support System”, enables field personnel to conduct inspections, capture issues, conduct audits, diagnose problems and train staff, without the use of handheld devices or paper based systems. By wearing the specially designed wearables, personnel can safely conduct audits, identify leakages/cracks, access digital checklists, auto-generate job reports, by using simple human voice commands and live stream their work to seek remote assistance, without the need for bulky devices, leaving their hands free to carry tools/equipment or hold on-to hand rails for safety.

Claritecs Pte Ltd

Singapore is the world’s top bunkering hub, with over 40,700 vessels being refuelled in 2017. Bunker operators need to effectively schedule their bunker fleet, and typically this is done manually. Claritecs is a maritime solutions company that has developed BunkerMaestro, a SaaS platform based on maritime expertise and AI algorithms that provides decision-makers in shipping operations with scheduling clarity. This reduces unproductive waiting time for vessels requiring refuelling. BunkerMaestro also provides a Mass Flowmeter bunker data analysis plug-in tool for further diagnostics of bunkering data.

Delvify

Delvify builds and runs predictive AI models for businesses. Using state-of-the-art, built in-house Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools including computer vision, natural language processing and automated speech recognition we help maritime enterprises clean, categorise and analyse their data to optimise operational processes. We take data such as past customer actions, combine it with third party data to create a forecasting and decision-making platform to recommend actions to vessel operators looking to optimise roll-pools, pricing and loadings.

DLT Ledgers

Ensuring quality shipping fuel is a major issue in the bunker supply chain. This is important as not only does low quality fuel lead to increased chances of shipping breakdowns, but environmental concerns have resulted in the International Maritime Organisation setting a new 0.5% global Sulphur cap on fuel content from 2020 onwards. DLT Ledgers has built a blockchain platform that encourages the sharing of information for improved transparency amongst the key stakeholders, including the traders, buyers, suppliers, certification laboratories and surveyors. By connecting the various players in a private network, they can securely view the entire bunker supply chain process.

Dravam Pte Ltd

Dravam’s innovative fuel quality monitoring solution is an early detection system, scanning the entire bunker transfer for contaminants and currently providing near real-time information about the fuel quality. Installed seamlessly onto a vessel, this patented solution increases efficiency and assurance of bunkering operations, and addresses the industry’s need for faster fuel quality testing. With Singapore being the world’s first port to implement mass flow metering, to ensure quantity of bunker, the implementation of enhanced quality monitoring will enable Singapore port to ensure “Q&Q” (Quantity and Quality) of the bunker fuel.

ENT-Vision Pte Ltd

The maritime ship supply chain faces various challenges from ship supplies order processing to port delivery logistics due to narrow loading window at port and unpredictable ship arrival schedule change.
Ent-Vision Maritime Sales Automation Platform offers an end-to-end automated solution for Ship Suppliers from Customer Request for Quotation (RFQ) to Optimised Delivery. RFQs received are automatically cleansed and standardised. Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Data Modelling technologies are used to auto-map products available for quick quotations. While generating sales orders, logistic resources are coordinated for cost-effective and timely delivery.

ENT Vision Integrated Maritime Supplies Distribution Platform (iMSD) is a collaborative Distribution platform for Ship Suppliers Community to optimise ship supplies logistics resources. The platform enables logistic resource sharing within the chandler’s community with holistic view of port related activities, helping ship suppliers to improve delivery planning, reduce truck idling and waiting time. Offsite consolidation service provides further cost savings and reduce traffic congestion within and near port area.

EV Dynamics (previously CVT)

Regular underwater inspection of the bottom of ships helps to spot damage such as bent propeller blades, hull corrosion, leaking seals or faulty rudders. However, underwater video footage tends to be unclear due to sediment particles and other pollutants. EV Dynamics has developed a software solution (CVC) that uses advanced image processing to improve the clarity of underwater videos. It is designed to integrate easily to customers’ operations, as well as meet requirements, such as low temperatures, high salinity, high pressure or high mechanical vibration caused by shipboard equipment. While CVC is focusing on underwater applications, the same solution can be used for land-based footage, addressing problems like haze, fog and smoke.

Gotrix

The maritime industry relies on a wealth of information and knowledge to operate, maintain and repair vessel equipment. Gotrix is introducing a solution that uses a chatbot as the means for users and custodians of a vessel’s equipment to access any information they need to diagnose or troubleshoot failures. Gotrix’s solution collates and organises the mass of information from a range of sources, and runs on context recognition, natural language programming, machine learning and optimisation, and provides Just-in-Time information.

H3 Zoom.AI

After gaining success in the built environment, having inspected over 162 buildings, H3 Zoom.AI is extending its artificial intelligence (AI) insights platform to the maritime industry by developing an automated defect inspection and reporting solution. With the use of drones and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), this solution automatically detects defects and anomalies on vessel hulls, and generates an inspection report for review. Not only does this digitise and streamline the process, it also reduces the operational costs of using divers for hull inspections.

HotTechGo

HotTechGO is developing an intelligent self-driving system for an environmentally-friendly unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is powered by wind and solar energy. This hybridises conventional sail navigation technologies and AI algorithms to allow automated navigational tasks. Other advantages include low maintenance and the ability to go on long cruises. This USV is ideal for cost-effective data conveying to enable cellular network off the shore. It is also competitive for delivery of supplies and applications in water sampling, ocean surveying activities.

inspections.ai (previously MapGage / Field Data Intelligence)

inspections.ai provides image detection solutions using deep learning for site & asset inspections. We develop bespoke image detection models and deploy these on a smartcam box that integrates to CCTV networks allowing clients to extract operational data using visual AI. We also offer a mobile-centric inspection solution that allows field inspectors to capture images and apply visual AI to create instant automated reports. Applications include inspecting vessels, managing ship repair projects, maintaining port assets, and construction projects.

Kanda Pte Ltd

Kanda is creating virtual and augmented reality platforms, coupled with machine learning to address the high costs associated with hiring and training within the maritime industry. Using a photorealistic digital twin of an entire tanker, Kanda is building a virtual reality training session that allows crew members to move around the simulated tanker. Kanda has also created a unique technique that uses machine learning and situational judgment to validate how well a candidate’s response correlates to performance as part of the recruitment process.

KoiReader Technologies

Checking and cross-referencing financial and declaration documentation is a labour-intensive process in the maritime industry. KoiReader has developed an innovative machine learning visual recognition system that extracts contextual data from documents (image and text) and enters it into legacy and ERP systems as actionable operational data. This improves the accuracy of filling up logistics data for regulatory clearance, brings down the cost of document processing from US $2.5 to less than few cents per page, and reduces operational risks such as those associated with mis-declaration of dangerous goods.

Langzou

Langzou is bringing its computer vision and 3D computer graphic s enabled operation platform for smart cities to the maritime industry. Using networked cameras coupled with artificial intelligence capabilities to detect surrounding vessels or other obstacles, Langzou’s real-time video analytics solution r educes the risk of accidents caused by human error due to limited visual feedback.

Marified

Building on the success and traction its parent company, Edufied, had gain with its blockchain-based storage and verification solution for the education industry, Marified has created a digital wallet that secures a seafarer’s certifications against forgery and is accessible from anywhere in the world. This could reduce the administrative loads of Flag States, port clearance authorities, ship owners, ship management companies and training centres by 90-97%. The use of blockchain technology also reduces the risks associated with hacking of current digital solutions.

Megapixel

A massive amount of communication goes on as part of daily vessel operations. However, the absence of a system to track and tag real-time and past information makes the retrieval of historical data difficult and time consuming. Harnessing its rich development experience, Megapixel has developed a solution called Globarius which has already been successful in the construction industry and is being adapted for the maritime industry to provide port/terminal operators with a knowledge repository, using progress tracking tools to collect, organise and report data.

Ocean Freight Exchange

Currently the scheduling for the delivery of bunkers is done manually, which is not only inefficient, but can be unproductive should an inexperienced scheduler be assigned. Ocean Freight Exchange has developed a web-based scheduler system, which takes in all relevant data to produce an optimal schedule for a fleet of bunker tankers. This saves both time and revenue. The system is intelligent enough to advise which delivery requests to accept, which orders to pass on and which ones can be considered if another tanker were added to the fleet. This system reduces errors of manual data entry, while simultaneously enabling secured data flow.

Odyssea

While hull cleaning is a vital process to keep vessels running efficiently, it relies heavily on manpower. Odyssea aims to automate this by using a dual-propulsion technology that can perform hull inspection as well as cleaning services in water. The design also allows expansion to fly the device as a drone. Although there are existing Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) solutions, Odyssea’s amphibious modular design aims at making the device functional both in water and in air.

Performance Rotors

In-hull ship inspections are both time-consuming and risky due to confined spaces, heights, lack of oxygen or presence of toxic or flammable gasses. By bringing their confined drone technology with AI defect identification and non-destructive testing (NDT) to the maritime industry, Performance Rotors can help to minimise such risks and costs. Their method uses NDT technology in addition to video, to allow for detailed inspection, digitalisation, data science and management, which leads to easier comparison of results for better prediction and maintenance programme formulation.

Portcast

Global supply chains still rely on historical, static data in order to estimate cargo demand and container arrival times (ETA). Inefficient forecasting results in over 80,000 hours lost in manual effort and >$50M lost p.a. for supply chain companies because of unutilized assets, ineffective pricing decisions and costs incurred from risks in supply chain. Portcast uses machine learning and AI – combined with advanced external data-sets, like economic patterns, adverse weather, satellite data and operational disruptions – to provide accurate forecasts on container demand and predictive ETA. The prediction and analytics are available through the ISO-certified SaaS platform or integratable via APIs and helps improve bottom-line profitability for logistics companies and Fortune 500 manufacturers.

Ship Supplies Direct

The maritime supply chain and logistics sectors face numerous challenges, including delays, traffic congestion and lack of visibility that result in inflated delivery costs and low productivity. Ship Supplies Direct has developed an online logistics system that allows suppliers to drop off their items at a hub, where they are consolidated, tracked and delivered to the vessel during the best window available. Not only is this more efficient for suppliers, it also reduces waiting time, and traffic congestion at and near the port.

SkyLab

SkyLab’s in-house developed data transport accelerator platform (STATM) is able to overcome current limitations of satellite communications whilst at sea in the provision of real-time monitoring and management of plant, equipment, crew’s health, systems and communications. This will empower the large scale adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in the Maritime sector. Using data securely ingested by SkyLab’s Multi-Access Edge Computing and processed by its Data Logistics Platforms, shipping companies will gain actionable insights into the state of their ships and crew, whilst ports can leverage on those data to provide timely and value-added services when ships call. Shipping lines will reap operational efficiencies and monetary benefits from faster turnaround at ports of call too.

SkyTrek

Last mile delivery between ship and shore currently relies on whole boats regardless of item sizes, often resulting in inefficiencies and bottlenecks due to the slow sailing speed of these boats. SkyTrek is developing a fully autonomous drone delivery system to handle transportation of items to as far as 5km.

Tagvance

Tagvance provides high accuracy tracking and monitoring solutions that allow businesses to determine in real time the exact location of people and assets in industrial spaces. IoT nodes are placed at various locations around the tracking area, and tags which are worn by people or placed on the assets can last several years. The tracking system operates at Bluetooth and LoRa radio frequencies, making it ideal for both outdoor and indoor tracking. In addition to positioning data, the system can provide sensor data, so operators have a better idea of what is happening at the specific location. This solution helps to improve operational costs.

Teqplay

Shared awareness for consistently faster and cheaper port calls. Teqplay is a context broker that empowers the shipping industry to make smarter and better informed and adaptive decisions in both planning, execution of port calls and maritime supply chain. They have developed a platform that collects, bundles and refines public data. Combining this data with machine learning and artificial intelligence creates a shared picture which results in better informed decision-making, and ultimately faster and cheaper port calls.

The Barell

The Barell offers an online platform for bunkering on-demand services which allows ship owners anywhere in the world to source refuelling services directly from licensed suppliers in Singapore’s port.

Threatspan

The maritime sector is increasingly relying on IT networks for improved operations and seafarer well-being. However, this leaves them exposed to cyberthreats. Threatspan is a cybersecurity firm that helps the maritime sector quantify, understand and mitigate cyber risk exposure. Threatspan offers a suite of cybersecurity solutions for detecting intrusions, cyber monitoring, cyber risk management and cyber hygiene testing, to allow the maritime industry to improve their cyber risk posture and innovate safely.

Tropical Renewabale Energy Engineering (TREE)

TREE supports Singapore’s green port initiative by providing novel and innovative solutions towards Digital twin based marine asset health monitoring with real-time capability. TREE’s underwater drone-based solution aims to minimise downtime of marine assets by providing early information on potential failures of marine assets, to take timely preventive actions much faster than conventional maintenance methods. TREE also specialises in resource mapping and environmental impact of water bodies and coastal locations using novel sensor integrated Surficial robots that provides vital information such as seabed bathymetry, water quality and tidal flow and wave conditions. Customised solutions are also available based on customers’ specific requirements and needs.

VisionTech Pte Ltd

To reduce the number of unlawful practices involving fraudulent certificates by seafarers, as well as to digitise the processing and authentication of certificates, VisionTech is providing a one-stop HR Management and Engagement platform called MarinePort. Built on MarineTrust Blockchain to store, authenticate and access maritime records quickly and securely, MarinePort aims to bring about greater trust, productivity and connectivity to the maritime industry.

WeavAir

WeavAir built the first platform that harnesses environmental, mechanical and human metrics as well as predictive AI algorithms to manage high value air conditioning and purification systems, track contamination, improve indoor air quality, save energy & streamline operations. WeavAir sensors can be used to help maritime companies improve the processes and better meet emission and safety regulations.

Winimy

Terminal and ferry operators need to communicate with passengers to provide information such as directions within the terminal, ferry departure times or unforeseen delays. Regular engagement will also help to improve customer service. Winimy has developed an omni-channel customer engagement solution, that is accessible via the web, mobile app, voice AI assistants or touchscreen kiosks. One unique feature of this solution is a human hologram that provides an AI Concierge experience to deliver information in a rich and engaging manner.