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Eyes on the Sea with the Internet of Things

Software AG

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries	Marine & Shipping
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Remote Asset Management
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Royal Dirkzwager, a European leader in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market, was facing a data overload due to the continuous stream of information from 120,000 ships transmitting every two seconds. The company was struggling to cope with the overwhelming data volumes, growing demand for precision ship tracking, and increasing customer functionality requests. The traditional ship-based transponders were limited to communicating data only when a ship came in to port and were unable to reach further than 40km offshore. The company needed a solution to exploit the data for added functionality and reduced costs. Read More
About Customer	Royal Dirkzwager is one of the European leaders in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market. The company has been guiding ships safely to harbor since 1872. Today, they track nearly 2 trillion ship locations a year for 800 maritime organizations in real time. The company's clients rely on shipping information as a way to keep their eyes on the water, making it paramount to know where a vessel is at sea. However, the world’s oceans are large and tricky to monitor, and the company was facing challenges in handling the overwhelming data volumes and meeting the growing demand for precision ship tracking. Read More
Solution	To cope with the continuous stream of information and to exploit it for added functionality and reduced costs, Royal Dirkzwager turned to Software AG’s Apama Analytics & Decisions Platform and webMethods Integration as part of the Software AG Digital Business Platform. The liability of overload turned into a strategic advantage by sifting through and utilizing information to help Royal Dirkzwager’s clients make better maritime logistics decisions. IoT sensor streams, smart data analytics, and in-memory architecture provided by Software AG helped capture, parse, and transmit shipping information faster and more accurately than ever before. The company’s clients can set their own alerts, customizing real-time messages by ship, route and tracking location. By automating this process, Royal Dirkzwager has improved their real-time message handling capability a staggering 300%, from 500 to 1,500 per second. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Marine & Shipping

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Remote Asset Management

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Royal Dirkzwager, a European leader in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market, was facing a data overload due to the continuous stream of information from 120,000 ships transmitting every two seconds. The company was struggling to cope with the overwhelming data volumes, growing demand for precision ship tracking, and increasing customer functionality requests. The traditional ship-based transponders were limited to communicating data only when a ship came in to port and were unable to reach further than 40km offshore. The company needed a solution to exploit the data for added functionality and reduced costs.

About Customer

Royal Dirkzwager is one of the European leaders in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market. The company has been guiding ships safely to harbor since 1872. Today, they track nearly 2 trillion ship locations a year for 800 maritime organizations in real time. The company's clients rely on shipping information as a way to keep their eyes on the water, making it paramount to know where a vessel is at sea. However, the world’s oceans are large and tricky to monitor, and the company was facing challenges in handling the overwhelming data volumes and meeting the growing demand for precision ship tracking.

Solution

To cope with the continuous stream of information and to exploit it for added functionality and reduced costs, Royal Dirkzwager turned to Software AG’s Apama Analytics & Decisions Platform and webMethods Integration as part of the Software AG Digital Business Platform. The liability of overload turned into a strategic advantage by sifting through and utilizing information to help Royal Dirkzwager’s clients make better maritime logistics decisions. IoT sensor streams, smart data analytics, and in-memory architecture provided by Software AG helped capture, parse, and transmit shipping information faster and more accurately than ever before. The company’s clients can set their own alerts, customizing real-time messages by ship, route and tracking location. By automating this process, Royal Dirkzwager has improved their real-time message handling capability a staggering 300%, from 500 to 1,500 per second.

Impact #1	Increased real-time message handling from 500 to 1,500 per second
Impact #2	Extended live ship tracking from 40km off-coast to global capture
Impact #3	Enabled accurate, customer-accessible ship ETAs

Impact #1

Increased real-time message handling from 500 to 1,500 per second

Impact #2

Extended live ship tracking from 40km off-coast to global capture

Impact #3

Enabled accurate, customer-accessible ship ETAs

Benefit #1	Improved real-time message handling capability by 300%
Benefit #2	Extended live ship tracking from 40km off-coast to global capture

Benefit #1

Improved real-time message handling capability by 300%

Benefit #2

Extended live ship tracking from 40km off-coast to global capture

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Eyes on the Sea with the Internet of Things

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