SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING

Sustainable Shipping

In safety-critical industries, such as in the maritime domain, accidents are always about failing to manage safety practices. Safety systems often do not support situational awareness, with seafarers not receiving adequate training. Avoiding accidents, therefore does not just concern the individual seafarer, but the practices and the culture of the industry as a whole.

We are experts in maritime operations and safety, constantly developing new, sustainable solutions to improve these areas within the industry. Safety deficiencies have a strong impact regarding the sustainable operation of a ship. Not only can we create solutions that prevent accidents, we can also reduce the environmental impact of shipping at the same time.

Novia University of Applied Science´s research team consists of multidisciplinary and agile expertise. The team combines the operational expertise of the maritime field, a deep understanding of safety and impact of human factors, with skills that focus on technology, digitalisation and smart solutions.

Our core expertise

• Smart decision and support solutions help to perceive complex situations.

• Maritime Data Solutions and our analytical frame works enable the optimization of shipping operations.

• Safe and sustainable practices need to be continued through systematic development.

• Remote and autonomous operations free humans to focus on the most critical situations.

• In-depth shipping and logistics expertise create the solutions and changes that are needed within the industry.

From Finland out to the world

Finnish knowledge in shipping is valued around the world. Novia University of Applied Sciences is a member of the  Waterborne Technology Platform, Waterborne TP,  is a European research and innovation platform focused on the maritime sector.

Remote Pilotage MVP

Remote Pilotage MVP defines and develops a new way to guide ships safely from shore instead of onboard. Finland leads this innovative work together with public services, tech companies, and universities. The project creates a tested, scalable solution for safer, smarter, and more sustainable pilotage worldwide.

Novia coordinates the Remote Pilotage MVP project. The other partners are: Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd, Furuno Finland, Brighthouse Intelligence, Groke Technologies, Kongsberg Maritime Finland and Fintraffic Vessel Traffic Services Ltd. The project gets main funding from Business Finland.

Virtual Sea Trial

The Virtual Sea Trial project aims to develop a unified, distributed test environment for virtual sea trials and commissioning for the whole shipbuilding ecosystem. Sustainable, reliable, and greener testing and commissioning procedures are achieved by including radical new ideas on creating virtualized, shared testing environments from which the whole shipbuilding ecosystem can benefit.