The 5. Maritime Start-up Night in Hamburg will take place for the first time as part of the SMM trade fair. 16 international start-ups from twelve countries covering digitalisation, hardware performance, software and marketplace will present their solutions[ds_preview]
The German maritime industry is often still relying on traditional relationships between business partners and maybe brokers in between. Maritime Start-up guru Carsten Bullemer, founder of companies like vesseltracker.com, trusteddocks.com, searoutes.com and portcall.ai, wants the industry to open up to new ways of doing business and co-operation. »If a solution does not fit in the first place, there will be ways to make it fit,« he is convinced. Those having the assets like ships or ports »should get together with people with ideas and technical know how and just try something that seems crazy at first. Maybe something good comes out in the end.«
So, Bullemer came up with the Maritime Start-up Night to give new maritime companies a stage to present their solutions to the industry. This year, the event will take place for the fifth time – and for the first time it will be held at the SMM maritime trade show in Hamburg on 7 September. What better place to pick?
»The Maritime Start-up Night is the only event in Hamburg where innovative, maritime start-ups meet the decision-makers of the industry. In addition, we expect scientists, athletes and international world stars from the show industry,« says Bullemer, who also organizes conferences like the Seadevcon and AIS Summit and holds speaches and seminars to bring fresh Blue Economy ideas into shipping and maritime.
The »Start-up Day« begins at 11 am with the Pitches & Panels. There will be a jury of industry experts per category who will select one start-up each for the grand finale in the evening. The Start-up Night begins at 6 pm. Here the pre-final winners will »pitch« their ideas again. The winner will receive the Maritime Start-up Award 2022.
The programme will be completed by presentations of interesting personalities like the extreme swimmer and ocean ambassador André Wiersig and exciting stories like that of the discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s icebreaker »Endurance«.
John Noville & Band will take care of the musical part of the evening. Admission is free for all SMM visitors.
Claus Ulrich Selbach, Business Unit Director – Maritime and Technology Fairs at Hamburg Messe und Congress, says: »I am delighted that the Maritime Start-up Night is taking place at SMM for the first time – I am especially happy for the newcomers! Because: nowhere else is the density of decision-makers in the maritime industry as high as at SMM. Well prepared, the start-ups will make many valuable contacts and conclude concrete deals – of that I am convinced.«
HANSA will present the winner of the Start-Up Award with a »media booster«, i.e. a marketing package worth 10,000 €.
Wavefoil has developed, sells and delivers retractable bowfoils. By increasing the energy efficiency by 5-15 %, a Wavefoil will contribute to lower emissions and energy costs for conventional vessels, and lower energy costs and extended range for non- or low emission vessels. A 10-25 % reduction in the vertical movement leads to increased safety and comfort. Experience shows that crew and passengers are less seasick sailing with bow foils, and the safety increases both due to less movement and the fact that the people onboard are less seasick. The effect of bow foils was discovered during the 19th century – that foils installed deep down in the bow will turn the vertical movements into propulsion and thus increase the energy efficiency. In waves higher than approximately 0.5 m, bow foils produce a force opposing the vessel motion which pulls the vessel forward. The current product portfolio consists of foil modules in four different sizes, covering vessels from 20-200 m. The modules come with a bridge control system and a monitoring solution. Wavefoil’s simulation software predicts the fuel consumption with and without the bow foils deployed.
The Automatic Drain Cleaning System solves the hidden problem of clogged cylinder bores and drainpipes on 2-stroke marine engines. On most large vessels clogged drainpipes are just accepted as a part of everyday life which Smafrt marine aims to change with its system. »It is hardly visible, but the effect is significant savings on fuel/lube and the clean pipes improve combustion and working environment,« says Thorbjørn Thade Petersen, CEO of Smart-Marine. The Danish company has developed and produces the Automatic Drain Cleaning System. It has been thoroughly tested on MAN-ES 2-stroke engines, and the result of having augers continuously rotating and cleaning the pipes is striking. »Almost immediately, we saw a reduced fuel consumption due to the engine operating at correct high Pmax and higher mechanical efficiency. The augers make it much faster to do samples for Scrape Down Analysis (SDA) and with more precise and instant iron readings, the system simply prevents unnecessary operational expenses,« Thade Petersen explains. The fast and better SDA samples also reduce the use and optimize the dosage of cylinder lube oil. Saving both fuel and cylinder lube oil, the Automatic Drain Cleaning System reduces the CO2 impact of the vessel.
Bid2board is an online marketplace leveraging the power of data and bridging the gap between marine service suppliers and ship owners / managers. Ship managers enjoy time efficient, simple and organized technical service arrangement, while service suppliers gain increased visibility and improved workflows from enquiry receipt until the execution of service. The company wants to make easy, time – saving, controlled and transparent service arrangements while improve service arrangement experience through an automated and simple process. The aim is that service suppliers get to know their competitiveness as service suppliers. Bid2board wants to increase service suppliers’ visibility and ship managers’ service options while, at the same time, reduce costs for ship managers and assist service suppliers to gain orders through a bidding process. The platform ist matching the service needs of ship managers with quality suppliers verified by the bid2board team.
Cspect uses remote inspection techniques to inspect assets eliminating the use of divers, staging, cranes, ladders, rope access or cherry pickers. To perform these inspections Cspect uses Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and its ALTUM telescopic pole systems. The ALTUM has been developed to easily perform inspections and actions at height or depth. The system is an in-house development by Cspect and patent pending. It consists of different modules which can be attached on top of an ultra-light telescopic pole of 24 m. The system has an easy set-up and can be deployed for twelve hours without battery stress. It can be carried as standard luggage on a plane. The ALTUM with the VISUAL module performs close-up inspections and the ALTUM with the UTM module performs ultrasonic thickness measurements. Cspect also offers in-water surveys on ships and offshore structures with mini ROVs. Besides the normal visual inspections, they can perform thickness measurements of steel structures, dimension checks, cathodic protection measurements/differential voltage measurements on structures, local cleaning by cavitation, marine growth thickness measurements and sonar inspections.
The company VesOPS ApS delivers a software product that provides information and decision support in the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions reduction in shipping. Our software helps ship owners and operators to comply with the emissions requirements of vessels by decision support on fuel efficiency through data analysis, while reducing the operating costs. Based on detailed digital twin vessel models, high frequency sensor data and advanced algorithms, a number of analyses are available for the users of the system. Among the analyses available are hull, propeller and engine performance, including techno-economic models and scenario predictions; commercial contract compliance including the contracts effect on the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII); voyage performance and predictions using AI based optimization software. Includes the voyage execution effect on the fuel economy and the CII; what-if scenarios and predictions on commercial decisions; lowering the CO2 emissions from vessels for a more sustainable future of Shipping. The advanced software solution handles the data analytics and provides the most precise and up to date overview of the performance of the vessels in the clients’ fleet. Therefore, it is the best tool for setting targets for future fuel-efficient operations, simulating different scenarios and knowing their effects, in order to maintain the best performing fleet in the market. The vision behind VesOPS is to help shipowners and operators in their work to comply with the new emissions requirements for shipping, while at the same time reducing their operating costs. »By reducing the emissions from shipping, it is possible to lower the shipping industry’s impact on the climate which benefits the environment both locally and globally. By doing this, we take a step in the direction of a better and more sustainable future of the shipping industry,« the company says.
In 2010, with the support of the National Research Council Canada-Transport Canada, University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, research began into a zero discharge exhaust gas scrubbing technology. In 2013 the research team produced the first functioning membrane scrubber. Research led to patented breakthroughs in DeSOx, DeNOx, Particulate Matter and Carbon Capture. Ionada pivoted in 2020 towards carbon capture and rebranded itself as a climate technology company for both energy and marine clients. Ionada’s iDeCarbon reduces carbon emissions from oil & gas, thermal power generation, waste to energy, hydrogen, steel, cement and marine industries. The containerized modular carbon capture system provides the ideal solution for the majority of industrial carbon emitters. The iDeCarbon hollow fiber contactor membrane technology can remove up to 99 % of the carbon dioxides in post combustion flue gases. Ionada’s iDeSOx dry desulfurization technology removes 99.9 % of all sulfur oxides from flue gas. Dry injection of sodium bicarbonate powder into flue gas and the resulting sodium sulfate powder byproduct are both non-hazardous, food safe, pH neutral, nonpollutants. The iDeSOx systems are carbon neutral with lower total carbon emissions than wet scrubber exhaust gas cleaning systems. Ionada’s iDeNOx Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology removes up to 97 % of all nitrogen oxides from exhaust gases. Ionada’s DePM technologies include impulse cleaning Bag Filters, Electrostatic Precipitators, Cyclone Separators as well as passive Diesel Particulate Filters for smaller engines.
Pelixar operates as a »Dronehouse«. The company develops and offers advanced solutions for drones and components in the unmanned aviation sector, that can be tailored to clients’ individual needs. The customers include companies, industry, and public institutions. The key areas of supplied solutions are search and rescue, measurement and detection, monitoring and protection, inspection, and technical supervision. A team with interdisciplinary skills and experience makes sure that supplied solutions have unique properties, and meet demanding technical requirements. All of the solutions are carefully researched and undergo demanding practical flight testing in the target environment. Pelixar products dedicated to the maritime industry are primarily aerial monitoring systems designed for tasks like ASM (Aerial Surveillance Monitoring), AEM ( Aerial Environment Monitoring) and ATM (Aerial Technical Monitoring). Those systems have been tested and are used for example by Port of Gdynia and Port of Gdansk. Secondly there is a system Pelixar SAR with MRe X8 drone that can automatically search for people in the water and directly pass them lifesaving measures or towing the person to a safe space.
OSCAR stands for Optical System for Cognition And Ranging and is the first AI based system, available for sailing yachts and for motor vessels. It alerts you of any floating obstacle on your course – large and small – day and night. The OSCAR systems are designed to detect hazards that cannot be detected by radars, AIS or sonar. As a result OSCAR prevents collisions with any potential threat a vessel can encounter at sea. Be it other vessels, unidentified floating objects such as logs, buoys or containers, as well as sleeping sea mammals. The system alerts the crew of any potential danger and tracks the position and distance of that threat.
Cetasol offers data-driven software solutions for sustainability with AI-powered energy optimization solutions for marine-commercial vessels. Cetasol has investigated a potential for reducing energy consumption (hence CO2) by 10–35 % only by reducing variations in the operation (day-day, captain-captain, etc.). Cetasol’s solution, called iHelm (Intelligent Helm), is optimizing customers’ energy consumption. The long-term goal is to add a brain to the system in order for the system to learn by itself and provide »actionable insights«. The service provides 10–25 % reduction in fuel consumption (CO2 and cost) and facilitates the transition to electric and hybrid by a realistic evaluation of electrification potentials. It also prolongs the battery lifetime for electric vessels. In order to receive real-time data for optimizing energy consumption, an industrial PC is plugged into the vessel. In addition, an onboard dashboard is installed to provide the captain with insights and recommendations on how to improve manoeuvring. The use of iHelm results in a reduction in fuel consumption, CO2 and cost saving. »In our initial cases, we noticed a 17 % reduction in fuel consumption in the first year, and 22 % reduced fuel consumption in the second year,« Cetasol says. The iHelm platform is a subscription service, that develops and improves over time.
Ankeri offers ship owners, charterers, managers and other stakeholders a cloud-based platform to manage data, collaborate, optimise fleet utility, increase efficiency and promote sustainability in shipping. Ankeri’s solutions allow stakeholders to take control of their data and create new value by organizing and cultivating their own commercial, operational and technical ship data. Ankeri’s product Fleet & Chartering helps shipping professionals organize data, share it and collaborate for improved productivity and informed decision making. The Data Connections Hub is a cloud-based, robust, scalable and secure data storage infrastructure for connecting to source data and transforming it into a format that other systems can make use of. Whether it is auto log data from different vendors, AIS, now cast, hind cast or noon reports, the Data Connections Hub is able to connect to every onshore source API to create a consolidated and concise representation of the data. Ankeri’s Aware app generates quick insights from fleet data – including each vessel’s CII as per voyage or time period.
Every company strives to optimally plan and design its transport routes. Transcargolifter has specialized in supporting and accompanying companies in this intralogistics process. Together with Terberg and the innovative company Movella, we find efficient solutions for the most diverse challenges in all company sizes. Be it a windmill blade with 85 m length, a swap body or a steel construction with 200to. We provide you with individual and reliable internal transport systems for the steel industry, heavy industry, seaports, mechanical engineering, concrete industry, prefabricated construction and logistics.
Closelink is a leading technology platform for the shipping industry, focused on substantially improving the process for procurement of ship consumables. The benefits for the users of our platform go far beyond process optimization and standardization. We introduce data-enabled automation to key decision making. The platform is unique through the adoption of a category management approach, where the capabilities the platform provides cater for the particular requirements that different consumables may have. Customers using Closelink benefit from a reduction in product and delivery related costs, a reduction of manual work for purchasing & reporting activities and from insights that drive continuous improvement of strategic procurement. Today, Closelink is used by more than 850 ships from shipping companies around the world as well as by leading consumable suppliers including manufacturers, distributors and traders.
Trusteddocks.com is the first matchmaking platform connecting shipyards, shipowners, shipmanagers, equipment manufacturers, and service suppliers. The marketplace is used by over 250 shipyards and 130 shipmanagers and has conducted over 80+ global drydocking tenders. The order platform new-ships.com tracks all new build activities worldwide with and provides knowledge and advice to ship owners and orderers.
Xyzt.ai is a high-tech company offering an innovative no-code visual analytics SaaS platform for the maritime industry. The xyzt.ai Maritime Analytics Platform empowers data analysts at port authorities, shipbuilders, and other maritime stakeholders with a powerful »no-code« and »bring your own data« tool for easy and fast insight generation from massive amounts of all types of spatial temporal data. Xyzt.ai is offering its users an instant self-service workflow bringing time to insights down from months to minutes whilst saving budget and improving safety, compliance, and operational performance.
»Marine Medical Solutions – the Medic’s driven Company for your Crew, your Ship’s safety and your success« is this Start-up’s slogan. Medicine and health care on ships is difficult to compare with land-based health care. In addition to profound medical knowledge and experience, it requires knowledge of the specific environment and the resulting consequences. MMS provides just that – along the crew’s pathway. From PEME quality improvement to full PEME management. From telemedical advice for ships to advice for shipping companies on standards, processes and compliance. From organising shoreside referrals to repatriation. »With our global network of medical facilities, medical suppliers, assistances and P&I clubs, we don’t do only ›single-case-Management‹ but also bundle all medical issues for Shipping companies and ship management companies. At SMM we expose together with one of our partners. ShipMedical – the high-quality medical supplier, specialised in shipping,« the company says.
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nsurwave works with speciality insurance teams across logistics, marine, aviation and energy organisations to modernise their insurance interactions. The Insurwave platform was developed from a client’s perspective, focusing on the insurance buyer’s needs and challenges they face. The comprehensive SaaS technology platform liberates the entire insurance chain from painstaking admin so that insurance buyers now have the time to focus on identifying and managing new and emerging risks. The platform provides easy access to real time, reliable source of quality data plus enhanced valuable insights, meaning insurance buyers now have everything in one place needed to make quicker and better insurance decisions for their business. Founded in 2018, Insurwave has continually advanced its technology platform in response to insurance buyers’ requirements and now supports over 50 clients globally. That’s over 11,000 assets (vessels, ports & terminals, aircraft and property), including 8 % of the global marine fleet, with a combined insurance value of $120 bn that are now active on the Insurwave platform.
