IRClass creates new digital platform

IRClass has created a separate department – IRClass Digital – to focus on connected ship and smart infrastructure, online information and access management, automated immersive design simulation and validation, smart emergency response system, use of digital twin concept and real time condition monitoring.

To help realise this ambition, IRClass has signed a memorandum of agreement with Smart Ship Hub, an on-demand digital platform and one stop solution provider. Arun Sharma, executive chairman of IRClass said that this collaborative approach to digitalisation is the way forward for the maritime community.

“As technological adoption in shipping is progressing rapidly, IRClass is well-positioned to offer value added services,” he said. “This tie-up with Smart Ship Hub to develop IRClass Digital allows us to offer fully integrated and technology enabled service offerings to our customers and stakeholders,” he added.

The new team aims to build a world class digital framework based on four key pillars – technology, people, processes, and open innovation. Through its digital platform, IRClass plans to offer remote vessel and fleet monitoring, performance and voyage optimisation, remote maintenance assistance, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring and a range of other services.