Digitalisation makes daily work smoother and enhances communication among the people involved in the port’s operations in the port of Pietarsaari.

When gathering as-built data from the existing structures, the output is often a 3D point cloud. A point cloud consists of huge amounts of data points in three dimensions (with X, Y and Z coordinates). The point cloud gathering can be done with a laser or sonar scanner, for example. Usually point clouds are processed…

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I wish there were an easier way to share information with the port’s personnel. Today I planned to use the workday to create a list of all the fire hydrants that need the annual checkup and send the list with coordinates to our subcontractor. But just when I started the task, the phone started ringing.

Software is a part of modern asset management, though underused in many operations. There are still paper drawings, excel files, and notebooks on many asset managers’ tables because the software is often too expensive or difficult to use. What are the main things to look for in infrastructure asset management software?

Drones are nowadays often seen flying above cities, woodlands, or construction fields. Their versatile usability ensures that more and more industries are interested in drone surveys and data. In this article, we discuss how you can enhance the digital twin of your asset with drone data.

ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) have been around for decades, especially in military use. The advancements in technology have enabled and increased the commercial use of the ROVs. Now different underwater and surface vehicles are surveying seabed and underwater assets all over the world. The advancing technology facilitates ROV use for different purposes Both, the surveying…

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Cloud services are becoming a more and more popular way of storing and sharing data. The recent rise in remote working is speeding the development, as it is even more important to be able to work with the data anywhere. Still, information security is one of the main concerns in port industry when talking about…

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This article explains the first steps in starting a port’s asset management in an online platform GISGRO. 1.) Upload the basic information about the port’s area, 2.) add asset information needed in everyday operations, and 3.) share the information easily

Bathymetric data is used to aid many port operations, like in maintenance and traffic departments. To be truly useful, the data must be easily accessible for everyone involved.