Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd is a special assignment company entirely owned by the State of Finland. The company has the exclusive statutory right to carry out pilotage activities.
Read MoreFor Wärtsilä Voyage the most important result in the ISTLAB project was the realization that remote pilotage is possible using the set of tools which is commercially available today. The question is, will the regulations allow remote pilotage to become a reality, enhancing the efficiency of ports and ships, as well as the safety of seafarers.
Read MoreThe Finnish Meteorological Institute was one of the parties involved in the ISTLAB project. Their involvement included researching surface waves and currents off the coast of Rauma, and developing oceanographic forecasting models for coastal areas which, in the future, will enable improved forecasts for the fairways.
Read MoreThe Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI, the research centre of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS), made advances in satellite positioning in ISTLAB project. Research has been ongoing in this connection for a long time, but up to now it has not been possible to carry out tests in the context of intelligent shipping.
Read MoreMaritime education has deep-rooted traditions in Rauma, having begun 140 years ago. Today, intelligent shipping is an important part of SAMK’s strategy. The history of maritime education in Rauma was celebrated 3rd November 2021 at the SAMK Intelligent Shipping Symposium.
Read MoreShipping is one of the most important facilitators in global logistics chains, the resilience of which is not immune to the different risks and their concretization. Technology, and the testing of technology, enable us however to prepare for these risks, and the ISTLAB occupies a central position both in development work and in testing.
Read MoreShipping is one of the most important facilitators in global logistics chains, the resilience of which is not immune to the different risks and their concretization. Technology, and the testing of technology, enable us however to prepare for these risks, and the ISTLAB occupies a central position both in development work and in testing.
Read MoreIn Finland pilotage services are provided by Finnpilot Pilotage Oy, a special assignment company owned by the State of Finland. The company is also responsible for pilots’ training. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has begun preparing a comprehensive reform of Pilotage Act, and pilotage training is one of the targets for development.
Read MoreIn the ISTLAB project, the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) analyses the accuracy and repeatability of satellite positioning and identifies which application of the geoid model to use in the height system and sea level data with satellite positioning. This information is used in shipping in many different ways.
Read MoreWärtsilä Navi-Port facilitates the communication of accurate arrival times between ports and ships, enabling just-in-time arrivals. According to the analysis of the Global Industry Alliance, the five largest Finnish ports serve about 15 thousand cargo port calls annually. It is estimated that with the installation of Wärtsilä Navi-Port, a reduction in CO2 emissions for these ports could be around 473,000 tons a year.
Read MoreTechnology is ringing in the changes for pilots’ work, and remote pilotage is one significant future innovation. Olli Taipale, chief pilot, is one of the first professionals to carry out tests in the ISTLAB laboratory: his objective – to ascertain how to transform remote pilotage from pie-in-the-sky dream to part of the day-to-day work in the shipping industry.
Read MoreA wave model application is being developed in the ISTLAB project, with the aim of forecasting wave conditions of the Rauma fairway for shipping and pilotage purposes. To be able to evaluate the accuracy of the coastal wave model application, we need to have measurements. These have now been made within the ISTLAB project.
Read MoreFinnpilot Pilotage Ltd is a Finnish state-owned special assignment company, which has the exclusive statutory right to carry out pilotage activities in Finland. In 2019 Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd carried out 25 123 pilotage activities, amounting to 471 298 nautical miles.
Read MoreMaritime is developing in a smarter direction. There will be many uncharted waters along the way, and in order to sail through them a broad network of cooperation and vision will be needed.
Read MoreForeign trade is an important part of Finland’s economic wellbeing. Almost all freight is transported by sea: as much as 90 percent of Finnish exports, and a huge 80 percent of imports are transported by ocean freight.
Read MoreMarko Löytökorpi, Master Mariner and Maritime Senior Lecturer, is involved in the ISTLAB project. His role is to determine how the knowledge gained from the project can be utilised in teaching and in pedagogical processes.
Read More< home Text: Elena Sulin | Photos: Juha Sinisalo The Intelligent Shipping Technology Test Laboratory-project kicked off during Spring 2019 with the unique aim of creating a smart joint-use test laboratory carrying the same name (ISTLAB). The test platform will merge and consolidate a navigation simulator. First of its kind in Finland and the world, […]
Read More< home Text: Elena Sulin The recently launched collaborative project ISTLAB, or Intelligent Shipping Technology Test Laboratory, aims to build a joint-use innovation environment for the study and development of smart maritime transport solutions. The prestigious collaboration led by SAMK, has various supporting partners including the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, Finnpilot Pilotage Oy, […]
Read More< home Text: Elena Sulin | Photos: Sauli Ahvenjärvi The Intelligent Shipping Technology Test Laboratory, ISTLAB, launched in early 2019 received prestigious visits from collaborative partners Traffic Management Finland and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. The meetings hosted by Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) were influenced by the development needs of the international […]
Read More