High-speed communication demonstration experiment using satellites to improve operational efficiency even on ships November 12, 4:45
Demonstration experiments of high-speed communication using satellites are being conducted in order to improve the efficiency of operations using digital technology and promote DX = digital transformation on ships.
The experiment was conducted by a company jointly funded by a major shipping company, and on the 11th, the state of the experiment in Tokyo Bay was released to the press.
Since it is difficult for radio waves to reach from land over the sea, in the experiment, an antenna that receives radio waves from communication satellites was installed on the ship, and tablet terminals and air conditioning equipment were connected to a network that can communicate at high speed.
Labor shortages have become an issue in the shipping industry, and by utilizing these technologies, we aim to make life on ships for a long time more comfortable and to put into practical use ships that operate automatically. ..
Tomo Satoshi Ichida, president of the "e5 Lab" that hosted the experiment, said, "Shipping is an important logistics infrastructure that supports Japan, an island country, and there are various issues such as a shortage of seafarers, but it cannot be solved by using digital technology. I was talking.