Advanced International Training Program on Marine Digitalization was held in SMU

Author:武凯凯Release Time:2020-12-13View:146

Sponsored by  Shanghai Municipal Government, SMU and MTCC-Asia jointly held the Advanced  International Training Program on Marine Digitalization. Prof. Shi Xin, Vice  President of SMU, attended the opening ceremony. Representatives from marine and  port departments of ABS, DNV and ABB made speeches  respectively.

Prof. Shi Xin addressed  that digitalization is a trend of future shipping. Digitalization will  definitely reshape the shipping industry in all aspects, making it safer,  greener and more efficient. Currently, about 70% of shipping companies in the  world have begun to deploy digitalization. The outbreak of the Covid-19 has  accelerated the pace of digitalization in the global shipping  industry.

The training program  was conducted online. 55 trainees from  China, Singapore, Malaysia, Ukraine and  Latvia attended the program.