TwinShip ( Integrated Digital TWIN Framework to enable Green SHIP Operations towards Zero Emission Vessels ) is a Horizon Europe Project, lasting for a 36-month period from 1st Feb. 2025 – 31st Jan 2028, with the goal of advancing maritime digitalization for decarbonization.
The TwinShip Consortium of 11 partners unites leading maritime technology providers, shipping companies, classification societies, ports, software developers, and research institutions, who together are developing an open-source digital twin platform of a vessel, powered by data, advanced AI/ML, and Digital Twin technologies. TwinShip is developing voyage optimization applications for both current vessels and futuristic vessel concepts.
At the heart of TwinShip is a DT-enabled Decision Support System (DSS) designed to support the industry’s digital transformation, accelerate decarbonization pathways and enable the adoption of clean fuels, renewable energy & unmanned vessels.
Come hear presentations from the TwinShip project Coordinator as well as several of the Consortium member partners on the latest status and developments in the project.
PROGRAM
17:30 Welcome & Introduction - Alexander Bjørn Kleiman, past Chairman - IDA Maritim & Project Manager, Sr. Naval Architect & Marine Engineer at KNUD E. HANSEN - Ship Design since 1937
17:35-18:00: Introduction to TwinShip Horizon Europe project – by Lokukaluge Prasad Perera - Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway & Senior Researcher at SINTEF Digital
Professor Perera, who is also the Project leader of TwinShip, will provide a overview of the TwinShip project with the project objectives, innovations, work packages, and expected outcomes.
18:00-18:30: VesselAI Platform from Open Innovation in Shipping – by Spiros Mouzakitis - Researcher, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems
Development of an open-source digital platform with required data safety and security features for open innovation in shipping.
18:30-19:00: Break (Refreshments and sandwich) & Networking
19:00-19:30: Digital Twin Model Development with Knowledge Graphs – by Dumitru Roman -Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF AS
High-level digital twin framework for organizing ship performance data sets in a more structured way to represent a ship and a System of Systems (SoS).
19:30-20:00: Voyage Optimization towards Decarbonization – by Anders Øster - General Manager, Research Coordination & Funding, Wartsila
A digital twin model supported a voyage-optimization application as part of the decision support system (DSS) to reduce emissions for the respective pilot vessels in the TwinShip project.
20:00-20:30: Stakeholder requirements and the Regulatory perspective of Digital Twin – by Demetres Armanes - Manager, Engines and Controls Center, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
The co-design and co-development process for developing a digital twin and decision support system to support the stakeholder requirements of shipping.
20:30: Closure – by Alexander Bjørn Kleiman, past Chairman - IDA Maritim & KEH
TwinShip Project - More Information: CORDIS - EU research results & EU Funding & Tenders Portal