With particular attention to the Norwegian Maritime Industry, our mission is to provide our partners with technologies, tools and capabilities for effective identification, assessment and verification of performance optimization solutions.
The research activity is conducted in collaboration between SINTEF Ocean, NTNU and the Centre's 21 partners representing the entire maritime value chain: ABB, Bergen Engines, DNV, Jotun, Kongsberg Maritime, HAV Design, Norwegian Electric Systems, Siemens-Energy, VARD Design, Wärtsilä Moss, the Norwegian Shipowner association, the Norwegian Coastal Shipowners Association, the Norwegian Maritime Authority, and 8 major Norwegian ship owners; BW Gas, Grieg Star, Höegh Autoliners, Klaveness, Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi, Odfjell Tankers, Solvang and Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
The strength of the Centre is our network and the constructive dialog between our research community and industry partners. Smart Maritime has positioned itself as an attractive meeting place and platform for cooperation within energy efficient and environment-friendly shipping. Since its establishment in 2015, the Centre has:
- worked with pushing the state-of-the-art in each research discipline, provided insight on potential emission reduction from ships
- tested out novel technology solutions
- developed prediction models for hydrodynamics and power systems simulation, simulation tools for performance evaluation
- benchmarking of designs on a full ship system level.
There is no doubt about the Norwegian Maritime Cluster's dedication to reduce GHG emissions from shipping and achieve IMO Goals, as testifies the number of spin-off research and innovation activities from the SFI Smart Maritime collaboration.The need for research within the topics of SFI Smart Maritime will remain and even increase in the coming years. The vision of a climate neutral maritime industry will drive research towards 2050, and further development of the results of the centre should be part of this picture.
“After 8 years of exciting research and innovation, hard work and a lot of enjoyable networking and collaboration, the time has now come to wrap up SFI Smart Maritime with this final report. Here you will find some key facts about the centre and it's activities, as well as a summary of our achievements within education, research and innovation. We reflect on the centre's impact for the partners and society, and also look forward towards a continuation of the Smart Martime collaboration.
As this final report only provides an overview, you should look to the annual reports of the centre and the published papers and reports for more details.
"Looking back at the journey from 2015 till where we are today, I am extremely proud of what the SFI Smart Maritime consortium has achieved. Great candidates have been educated, so many high-level scientific papers has been published and numerous innovations within the industry partners have resulted in proven reductions of emission from shipping. Thanks to all centre partners for your huge engagement and contribution over all these years, and a special thanks to present and previous centre management team members,” says Trond Johnsen, Director of SFI Smart Maritime.