The Germany-based Meyer Group says that its goal is green shipping and green shipbuilding, with digitalisation and Industry 4.0 forming part of these initiatives.
This was what prompted the group to founded the start-up company Alfred Maritime in 2019 as a think tank for the digitalisation topics of the Meyer Group. Now the young company is embarking on a growth course, with a mission is to ensure that ships are not only built as energy-efficiently as possible, but also operated as sustainable as possible.
Dr. Paul Meyer, CEO Alfred Maritime and CIO Meyer Group, said: “Three years ago we founded Alfred Maritime to drive digitalisation onboard of our ships. Our team of specialists is outstanding since it combines the capabilities in the fields of Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence with the shipyard’s domain knowledge on cruise ships. In that sense it is a very unique team that is developing data-driven solutions for CO2 reduction on the ship. As a family company we are thinking long term and are preparing for the future. We are now at the point where we will soon introduce first products.”
Based in Hamburg, Alfred Maritime operates as an agile team within Meyer Group with its three shipyards in Germany and Finland. Meyer Group’s goal is to develop shipbuilding and ship operations with innovative solutions towards climate neutrality.
“We are a start-up and operate as such, but we have a strong group with the entire Meyer Group that is respected and successful on the global market,” continued Meyer.
An important building block is the benefits of digitalisation: thanks to Alfred Maritime, data can be made usable for the reduction of energy consumption as well as decarbonisation of ship operations and even to improve the customer experience of passengers. In this mission, Alfred Maritime works as a team of ‘Data Butlers’ to support shipyards and ship owners.
“The future of shipbuilding is green. This also requires intelligent IT systems to continuously improve the overall ship product on our pathway to carbon free shipping,” said Malte Poelmann, CTO Meyer Group.
