EYES ON THE SEA WITH THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- Netherlands
Product
- Apama Analytics & Decisions Platform
- webMethods Integration
- Software AG Digital Business Platform
Tech Stack
- IoT sensor streams
- Smart data analytics
- In-memory architecture
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries
- Marine & Shipping
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Data Science Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Royal Dirkzwager is one of the European leaders in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market. The company has been guiding ships safely to harbor since 1872. Today, they track nearly 2 trillion ship locations a year for 800 maritime organizations in real time. The company's clients rely on shipping information as a way to keep their eyes on the water, making it paramount to know where a vessel is at sea. However, the world’s oceans are large and tricky to monitor, and the company was facing challenges in handling the overwhelming data volumes and meeting the growing demand for precision ship tracking.
The Challenge
Royal Dirkzwager, a European leader in providing information and communication technologies to the maritime-logistics market, was facing a data overload due to the continuous stream of information from 120,000 ships transmitting every two seconds. The company was struggling to cope with the overwhelming data volumes, growing demand for precision ship tracking, and increasing customer functionality requests. The traditional ship-based transponders were limited to communicating data only when a ship came in to port and were unable to reach further than 40km offshore. The company needed a solution to exploit the data for added functionality and reduced costs.
The Solution
To cope with the continuous stream of information and to exploit it for added functionality and reduced costs, Royal Dirkzwager turned to Software AG’s Apama Analytics & Decisions Platform and webMethods Integration as part of the Software AG Digital Business Platform. The liability of overload turned into a strategic advantage by sifting through and utilizing information to help Royal Dirkzwager’s clients make better maritime logistics decisions. IoT sensor streams, smart data analytics, and in-memory architecture provided by Software AG helped capture, parse, and transmit shipping information faster and more accurately than ever before. The company’s clients can set their own alerts, customizing real-time messages by ship, route and tracking location. By automating this process, Royal Dirkzwager has improved their real-time message handling capability a staggering 300%, from 500 to 1,500 per second.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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