“
The corporate
world is
playing along.
The first pilots and applications to come rolling down the pipeline are likely to be autonomous cargo ships and freight.
ECOSYSTEM EXCELLENCE
DIMECC, a national co-creation platform,
serves as the ecosystem manager and is
responsible for achieving effective co-oper-
ation and concrete objectives between the
players. DIMECC’s recent Design for Value
(D4V) project was a rather well-received
undertaking with the stated goal of under-
standing and exploiting the opportunities
of digital disruption in maritime logistics
“
Autonomous
ships represent a
fundamental change in
shipping.
value chains.
Harri Kulmala, CEO of DIMECC, sees
START UP THE ENGINES
the ecosystem as a continuum to the sec- “Finland has world-class marine tech- tor’s long-term R&D&I facilitation, where nologies and ICT competencies. By com- And the corporate world is playing along:
cross-industrial innovations are boosted bining these in a novel way, the objective Rolls-Royce announced in March 2017 that
considerably. can be reached”, Kulmala believes. it will establish its Marine R&D Centre for
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