A 3D survey, whether it is done with sonar, laser or drone, pursues to make an exact model of the real world. In order to use survey data as a digital twin of its authentic counterpart, the survey data must include geospatial information, in addition to mere shapes and visual data. Survey data consists of…
Port asset management concerns all departments and teams in an organization of a seaport. When there are various types of stakeholders handling operations, it is especially important to make sure all valuable information is easily available for everyone despite of the expertise, time or location. One solution for tackling this challenge is an online asset…
The population on Earth is continuously growing and the coastal cities around the globe are expanding as well. Maritime transport with the new LNG technology offers an environmentally sustainable way for transporting goods. The climate change threatens the coastal areas and creates more need to coastal protection. These are some of the reasons likely to…
The amount of hydrographic data is increasing As the technology for ocean and coastal zone mapping has developed, the amount of hydrographic data has increased exponentially. The data acquisition equipment has become more accurate and produces high resolution data. At the same time, the equipment has become more affordable. The use of autonomous vessels further…
Digital twin has been a real buzz word in production industry for few years, and it is also becoming an increasingly interesting trend in asset management. The cloud technology offers affordable and accessible ways to utilize digital data and is creating new opportunities for organizations of various sizes and within different industries. This article describes…
Asset maintenance is a necessity for all asset owners to keep the operations going and lengthen the asset’s life-cycle. Naturally there are costs of doing it, but there are also ways to minimize the costs and increase Return on Assets (ROA) . It is important to base the maintenance decisions to facts and gather data…
So You Bought an ROV. Now What? What’s all the fuss about? Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have been around for decades. In their early applications, ROVs and AUVs were mainly used for different underwater tasks such as locating shipwrecks or unexploded ordnance (UXO), where it would have been too risky…
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is commonly understood as a shared 3D model of a structure, enriched with metadata, like material information. Other dimensions such as time (scheduling), cost or different levels of operational processes can also be added to BIM, making it not only a construction phase tool, but an important database for the structure’s…
