Peer sharing by the maritime tech startups at the Smart Port Challenge 2022
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced on Friday the 11 maritime tech startups that have received the Maritime Innovation and Technology (MINT)-STARTUP grant for prototype development and test-bedding, bringing the total number of grant recipients to 50 and the total funding disbursed since 2017 to over S$2.45 million (US$1.78 million).
These startups are collaborating with maritime corporate partners from PIER71 –the result of a collaboration between MPA and NUS Enterprise– on pilot projects that focus on the use of smart sensors, vision and data analytics, artificial intelligence and wearables amongst others.
The companies are:
EcoWorth Tech
A project that builds an enhanced oil removal solution to provide better marine oil spill response. According to a statement, the project aims to develop a prototype that would put Carbon Fibre Aerogel (CFA) material into the optimal form that is suited for the industrial needs in the maritime industry. This would allow validation of CFA in comparison to other competitive products in the market. Based on laboratory tests, the CFA is at least 100 per cent more absorbent on a per weight basis than traditional single-use absorbents.
EnvironSens
A project that builds technology for robust testing and monitoring of drinking water quality onboard vessels. The current manual process requires human expertise and interference in the steps of filtration, staining and colorimetric analysis, which is not feasible for vessel usage. This technology aims to automate the manual processes of their current bacterial monitoring sensor system.
Eupnoos
A technology to enable lung function test for occupational disease by allowing shipyard workers to check for the first signs of lung disease by blowing into the
microphone of their device. The AI model will identify symptoms associated with disease and flag the results to the user. It can be used as a tool to support smoking cessation efforts.
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eyeGauge
A non-invasive online condition monitoring for high-speed passenger ferries in real-time. It will extract and digitise analogue signals from the main engine, electrical generators, and other onboard equipment to guide maintenance activities for the ferries and improve asset availability for utilisation.
FlexoSense
FlexoSense developed a patent-pending pressure sensor technology for insoles to promote worker safety and productivity. Through the project, the company aims to enhance and tweak their smart in-sole for the maritime and marine and offshore sector to detect Slips, Trips and Falls (STF).
ITAAS
A product to monitor and provide early detection of health conditions.
The startup aims to redesign its current in-ear wearable technology to aid in the detection of cardiovascular-related health conditions to enable early intervention in a marine environment. The solution will also provide supervisors with real-time visibility of their crew’s health conditions.
MAGES Studio
Building games to facilitate seafarer’s onboarding training. In this level-based game, the boat will be travelling from point A to B and the player will face multiple emergency situations along the way. The player must resolve the emergency situations by performing the correct actions in the right order and ensuring smooth sailing throughout the journey.
MagicPort Digital
Procurement and collaboration platform for ship supplies and services. It includes a digital marketplace and collaboration platform for ship owners and ship
managers; a comprehensive directory that provides information on ports, suppliers and services providers, vessels, and owners; and work on the Request For Quotation processor which can help ship suppliers automate the process of preparing the quotations.
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Temus
Detection and prevention of near-miss workplace fall injuries without Vision Analytics. To leverage on their existing Connected Worker System (CWS) platform suite, which consists of TAGU and NaviSafe and enhance their wearable device so that it can detect Slips, Trips & Falls (STFs) or Fall From height (FFH) accurately. TAGU is an IoT wearable device, while NaviSafe is a software application hosted on the cloud.
Vilota
The startup builds a 3D vision-based solution for Rebars Distance Management, leveraging their proprietary 360-degree vision-based sensor and developing a prototype to provide recognition and counting with high accuracy, a diameter measurement of rebars, and information for automated tallying within a port environment.
WeavAir
A loss prevention platform that aims to create value for ship owners, ship managers and marine insurers by developing a digital portal which can improve benchmarking, accelerate decisions, improve forecasting, and risk rating. The digital portal will help ship owners and ship managers simplify the data collection process for marine incidents that required by marine insurers.
In the same event, MPA and NUS Enterprise also announced the launch of Smart Port Challenge (SPC) 2022 under Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined
@ BLOCK71 (PIER71).
Tech startups based in Singapore or abroad are invited to submit proposals on solutions to any of the challenge statements spanning across the 15 areas or in other areas related to the maritime sector in an Open Category. The closing date for the submission of proposals is July 8.
Shortlisted startups will be mentored under the PIER71 Accelerate programme and might be eligible for a MINT-STARTUP grant of up to S$50,000 (US$36,000)
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