The EU talks a lot about "the twin transition", where both the digital and the green shift are equal, and achieving the green shift depends on a digital transformation. The EU is also in the process of establishing a separate partnership related to maritime digitization under Horizon Europe. We see this as an indication that more and more people recognize that a digital transformation is necessary, and with several world-leading maritime integrators in the cluster, we aim to both retain and strengthen our digital position. Input from the cluster companies indicates several fundamental elements that should be strengthened in order to further develop this position, of which the following three seem to be most interested in taking hold in 2024:
Standardization:
There is currently no standardization on the naming of maritime signals. This entails large integration costs and complications when incorporating different components into a ship. This is particularly relevant in the physical world, but the issue is also highly relevant when moving into the world of digital twins and simulation. Our mapping has not come across anyone who works with this today, and that it is thus a position our cluster can take.
