Shipdex and Inje University in Korea have announced a strategic cooperation to accelerate the adoption of standardized technical data across the maritime sector. As part of this partnership, Inje University will integrate Shipdex data exchange standards into its own digital transformation solutions to support the efficient and seamless exchange of maintenance and operational data among shipowners, shipyards, and equipment manufacturers. This initiative will enhance data accuracy, streamline manual workflows, and strengthen predictive maintenance capabilities, empowering operators to improve vessel performance while minimizing downtime.

Marco Vatteroni, Secretary General of Shipdex, stated, “Standardized data is essential to driving the next phase of maritime digital transformation. The Shipdex Protocol enables optimal data exchange and integration among manufacturers, shipyards, end users, and all other maritime-related organizations. Equipment technical data (in Shipdex-D format) migrated to a database allows for the establishment of maintenance plans for all products. Additionally, maintenance operational data feedback (in Shipdex-F format) can be exported and integrated with Shipdex-D technical data.  The free Shipdex Viewer (www.shipdex.org) is a good example demonstrating the correlation between technical information and daily data feedback.”

Professor Yongsun Choi of Inje University stated, “Our digital transformation solution will be custom-built to align with the Shipdex protocol and will support maritime sector stakeholders in utilizing the protocol more efficiently. One such an application is converting existing technical documents into the Shipdex-D datasets using natural language processing (NLP)-based technologies.'”

Both organizations added, “Through this partnership, stakeholders in the maritime sector will be able to enhance operational efficiency and innovation by actively utilizing globally recognized standards.”