Cutting-edge DX on a

coastal ship “Shimakaji”

JWA’s “POLARIS” installed

 

Not only reducing environmental impact by optimal navigation using accurate and high-resolution weather and ocean data of POLARIS, visualization of the operation status and data sharing between ship and land are realized.

At the office, AiseaPro shows a variety of ship information, POLARIS’s weather forecasts, and optimal routes.
(From left) Mr.Kazune Arakawa/ President of Marusan Shipping, Ms.Yoshiko Sato/ Japan Weather Association, and Mr.Shinichi Asami/ President of Yamanaka Shipbuilding.

By choosing the optimal route, digitalization of the coastal shipping and optimization of the operation efficiency are also accomplished!

Marusan Kaiun’s new domestic containership “Shimakaji” (built by Yamanaka Shipbuilding: 1,594 tons) made its maiden voyage in Osaka-Okinawa route, end of July 2021. The new vessel has adopted POLARIS Navigation, an optimal route service of the Japan Weather Association, to enhance its capability for optimal route planning. On the bridge of Shimakaji, weather and ocean forecasts and optimal route information of POLARIS can be displayed on ”Operation Supporter” , the ECS (Electronic Chart System). Then, these information is shared on “Aisea Pro”, maritime digital platform made by Aidea Inc. Aisea Pro also shares and visualizes data on various kind of ship data other than POLARIS between ship and shore in nearly real time.  
“Shimakaji“, which has realized digital transformation by making the best use of these technologies, is attracting attention as the "state-of-the-art domestic vessels" of the future.

Realize “Valuable vessels” for all maritime companies

In the process of improving the operational efficiency and digitization of Marusan Kaiun "Shimakaji", we have realized digital transformation through collaboration between Aisea Pro and POLARIS. 
Aisea PRO allows you to check the latest voyage, review previous voyages, and even make simple evaluations of past voyage to provide feedback for the next one.
From reducing fuel consumption, GHG emissions, and evaluating past voyage, POLARIS will support shipping companies to make their ships “valuable vessels”.

Further information for a POLARIS

“POLARIS” installs at various venues of " SHIMAKAJI"!

Aisea PRO allows you to check the latest voyage, review previous voyages, and even make simple evaluations of past voyage to provide feedback for the next one.
From reducing fuel consumption, GHG emissions, and evaluating past voyage, POLARIS will support shipping companies to make their ships “valuable vessels”.

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A comment from a person in charge

Hello! I’m Yoshiko Sato and I am the sales manager of POLARIS service.
Marusan Kaiun's new ship "Shimakaji", that I have just introduced in this article, is a fantastic ship with the cutting-edge technology realizing DX on board! I hear they are planning to install the same system environment on other ships in near future. I am convinced that AiseaPro can help visualization of ship operations and ship-shore communication, and that will lead to more efficient ship operations.
As Shimakaji is operating on the Okinawa route, I can expect greater energy-saving effect by the Kuroshio current. Not only the optimal route planning, but also to the evaluation of the actual routes, I would like to follow voyage status of Shimakaji from now on.

 
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