Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has become a core member of an Internet of Ships Open Platform (IoS-OP) consortium to provide common and individual rules to stakeholders concerning the equitable distribution of IoS data. The consortium was launched by ShipDC, a ship data center established by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK), and is aimed at making maritime better at using such data.
NYK said in a release it considers IoS-OP, an open and common platform framework to share and utilize IoS data across companies, to be a very important infrastructure for the maritime industry to realise greater data-driven innovation.
“As a core member of the consortium, NYK aims to lead data utilization in the maritime industry by addressing environmental challenges such as EEDI regulations and improving safety and economical design through industry innovation,” NYK said in a release.
