seatec - Finnish marine technology review 2020 | Page 45

Welcome to our carbon-free world A “ We have real project management excellence in the industry. DIGITAL DEPTH Presently, competitiveness arises from e.g. rapidly developing digital technol- ogies which are connecting people and machines in novel ways, minimizing human error and providing new revenue and value-adding opportunities. Digitali- zation leads to more efficient operations, user friendliness and effective, streamlined services. Naturally, part of this digital transi- tion is automation – in forms that may surprise you. For example, the world’s first autonomous and remotely controlled ferry journeyed from Turku, Finland, to a Finn- ish archipelago destination in December 2018. Developed by Finnish companies, the new technology aboard the ferry is showing, in part, the way of the future for autonomous vessels. Autonomous shipping is attractive from the point of view of the global play- seatec 2020 45