![Wärtsilä’s remote guidance service also proved successful during a demonstration in the TT-Lines office](https://iims-media-library.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12143213/wart-300x215.jpg)
Wärtsilä has successfully tested its remote guidance service, so claiming to have created ‘an entirely new dimension in vessel repair and maintenance operations’.
Through real-time communication using voice-controlled Augmented Reality (AR) wearables and remote guidance software, ship crew members, field service engineers and shipyard personnel can communicate with shore-based experts anywhere in the world.
The tests were carried out onboard the Huckleberry Finn, a RoRo ferry operated by TT-Lines, while sailing between Trelleborg, Sweden and Travemünde, Germany.
Simulated remote guidance service situations were carried out on the ship’s navigation equipment on the bridge and on the shaft line seals and bearings in the engine room.
Continue reading “Wärtsilä moves towards remote guidance for vessel repair and maintenance”