The port and maritime software provider Innovez One has entered into an agreement with the state-owned port services company Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) to supply the Indonesian ports of Balikpapan and Belawan with its marineM digital platform.
The Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven marineM software is a Marine Operating System (MOS) that will optimise services for arriving and departing vessels, such as allocating tug, pilot and service operations at the major ports of the country.
The ports will therefore digitise the entire pilotage process, automatically recording position and job information to capture precise and accurate operational data, and feed it into the billing process.
These functions will enable time-saving, reduce errors and give the ports greater scope to optimise vessel and berth allocation, assisted by AI-powered algorithms.
“With so many operations and jobs happening at once, and the necessity to respond to a dynamic and ever-changing schedule, ports need advanced artificial intelligence to help them optimise their activities,” stated David Yeo, CEO and Founder of Innovez One.
“This not only saves time and speeds up operations, but can reduce fuel consumption and maintenance costs if boats can do more work while travelling shorter distances,” explained YEo, and added that this also means that stakeholders can predict marine services operations further in advance and plan accordingly.
Innovez One has recently signed contracts with Indonesian state-owned port services companies Pelindo I and Pelindo IV, which have since merged (Pelindo I, II, III and IV) into a single entity named Pelindo, on 1 October, covering the whole of Indonesia and has become the eighth largest terminal operator in the world.
The merger also resulted in the creation of a new sub-holding called PT. Pelindo Jasa Maritim (Pelindo Marine Service), whose coverage area is the whole of Indonesia.
The President Director of PT. Pelindo Jasa Maritim, Prasetyadi, who was previously President Director of Pelindo IV, commented, “We’ve seen how marineM as a Marine Operating System has enabled a digital step-change for ports around the region and we are excited to work with Innovez One to make our marine operations smarter, more efficient and more transparent.”
