In recent months the maritime media have widely discussed the ways of attracting young people to seafaring. It is apparent that Denmark's largest export business is dependent on remaining an attractive profession for young people. When we with SEAHEALTH started planning the program for this year's MSSM conference early in 2017,  with the headline: "Performing in a rapidly changing world", we were also convinced that one of the main issues we should focus on attracting and retaining young people - millennials - in our profession

The EfficienSea 2 project is dragging no anchors and the activity level is sky high in the goal of moving the maritime world into the digital age. The solutions are many and the news and publications even more. The project is constantly moving and on their website, you will get updated on everything that moves in the project. Read more

Companies around the world are already using technologies developed in the EfficienSea2 project. Among them is Danelec  A/S who is a leading manufacturer of Voyage Data Recorders, Electronic Chart Display & Information Systems and ship-2-shore data solutions, located in Denmark, Singapore and China. We have asked them about their experiences when using products from the E2 project.

We have heard it before and we will probably hear it again in the future: The maritime industry lack innovation. Same old, same old - but the fact is that we do see innovative solutions in many areas of the industry - one of which is within communication. Today, information exchange between ships and...