Innovation
Anschütz has revolutionised shipping with numerous innovations - see our History page.
We continue to work on maritime innovations and are part of domestic and international maritime R&D projects. Among others, we explore and develop technologies related to a safer, more efficient and better ship operation. These projects focus on autonomous navigation, remote monitoring and the remote control of ships, as well as assistance systems that support navigators and reduce the risk of human error.
We strive to continuously make navigation and shipping safer, more reliable and more efficient. That's why we utilise our experience and expertise to drive the development of the navigation of the future and the vision of highly automated or autonomous ships. We participate in corresponding R&D projects with partners from science and industry:
In the MTCAS project, we were able to gain initial insights into the automatic classification of road users, cooperative evasive manoeuvres and the corresponding representation and decision-making support for navigators.
In the GalileoNautic 2 project, solutions and approaches for highly automated navigation in narrow sea areas and port areas were developed and tested under real conditions. This included, for example, optimised ship management and automated berthing manoeuvres.
In the CAPTN Fjord Area project, a digital test field including the “Wavelab” (a catamaran as a technological test vehicle) and a remote operating centre for the testing of (partially) autonomous ferry shipping on the Kiel Fjord was set up at the Anschütz premises in Kiel.
In the CAPTN Fjord 5G project, a 5G mobile network was set up on the Kiel Fjord, and systems for data management, navigational assistance and remote monitoring have been developed to enable remote-controlled and autonomous operations.
OCUMAR, also part of the CAPTN initiative, aims for an integrated solution for automated or semi-autonomous ship management that combines sensor, navigation and actuator systems, resolves collision situations and provides the crew with avoidance trajectories when making decisions.
Anschütz has established an own maritime innovation hub as a creative space in which employees and talents can develop new ideas or cooperation methods outside of the established business processes. In addition to our own workforce, Anschütz also opens the space for customers, start-ups, research institutes and others in the region who are interested in experimenting with and working together on cooperative business ideas and the possibilities of digital transformation in shipping. Some examples of recent projects (partially ongoing):
- Electronic logbook as replacement for paper logbooks
- Implementation of assistance systems for ship navigation
- Integration of video into navigational functions
- Use of onboard data for performance analytics
- Innovation contest for gyrocompass improvements
