On the ship.energy podcast this week, Dan Slater, VP Sales and Business Development at Scanreach, takes a deep dive into the world of digitalisation to explain the importance of IoT for smart shipping and how data can be collected, reported and acted on to improve vessel efficiency. 

Dan has a BSc in Applied Chemistry from Cardiff University in Wales. He has three decades of experience in telecoms and data sales and business development. He joined ScanReach in 2022 after a number of years at GreenSteam. He has also held senior positions at i4-Insight and Eniram.

ScanReach is a maritime IoT company based in Bergen, Norway. The company was founded in 2015 with the mission of developing affordable and user-friendly live lifesaving technologies for vessels and offshore installations, in particular for Personnel On-Board (POB) Control.

The company has developed a wireless IoT platform for complex and confined steel environments such as ships and offshore structures. This means that the inside of vessels and rigs can be wirelessly fully covered. Other IoT applications also include wireless control of assets, equipment, room conditions, and cargo monitoring and gas detection.