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MINER V A IN FOCUS Digital innovation in shipping
MINERVA IN FOCUS

Apart from data collection,
speed analysis, weather
optimisation, and many other
methodologies provided by
maritime software, there
is another trigger-based
mechanism that silently
waits for the right time to
act, informing stakeholders
of out-of-the-ordinary
actions.

What is new in data collection?
Without the proprietary information of management com-
panies, the free-to-get AIS positions do not hold enough
navigational data to feed the island of information of analysts.
With a new act, the gathered AIS data from vessels stored
in each vessel’s Voyage Data Recorders, is also transmitted
and stored in a massive cloud database. This way, vessels
How maritime without Sat-AIS or navigating over receivers’ range are under
the spotlight too.
analytics software Does this complete the picture?
The vagueness of the maritime industry and the human
factor altering each aspect of analysis is something that can
“ghosts” you never be structured and will not be marked as complete.
Some examples of data sources, private or not (mostly im-
possible to get), include:
1. Radar and Sonar Data
An article by
Nikolaos Soulantikas,
Software Analyst/Engineer,
Minerva Marine Inc.

• Coastal radar installations can track vessels close to
shore, providing an additional layer of monitoring.

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