IoT system installed on research vessel

The team installed a KVH Watch VSAT antenna for IoT connectivity and the Kognifai Vessel Insight platform on Simrad Echo, a Norwegian research vessel owned and operated by Kongsberg, which will continue normal operations during the pilot maritime IoT project.

“While Vessel Insight works as an infrastructure for accessing contextualized quality data from a vessel or fleet, KVH is providing an alternative for IoT connectivity that enables the transfer of data from ship to cloud,” said Vigleik Takle, Kongsberg Digital’s senior vice president of maritime digital solutions. “We are very happy to be able to offer this as a connectivity option to our users.”

The Simrad Echo will rely on Kognifai Vessel Insight to monitor main and auxiliary systems on the vessel and help ensure 100% availability. Data flow will via KVH Watch IoT Connectivity as a Service, a VSAT solution that uses KVH’s maritime connectivity services and high throughput satellite (HTS) network.

KVH Watch features two modes – Watch Flow, for round-the-clock machine-to-machine data delivery and Watch Intervention, for on-demand high-speed sessions for face-to-face support, remote equipment access, and very large data transfers.

KVH and Kongsberg Digital will use the Simrad Echo pilot program to enhance their maritime IoT solution which is designed to enable remote equipment monitoring and performance optimisation for vessels ranging from small research vessels to tankers, bulk carriers, and containerships.