Leveraging AI to boost operations

The partnership will leverage AI to optimise operations and reduce GHG emissions at the port, which is the world’s single largest edible oil terminal and one of the few approved London Metal Exchange (LME) locations in the region.

“Our ambition is to deliver smart, efficient and sustainable Port Operations, while ensuring safety at all times, and digitalisation is at the heart of our strategy to deliver that vision,” said Md Derick Basir, CEO of Johor Port.

”We are proud to partner with Innovez One to harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence to optimise planning and, ultimately, achieve greater fuel and operational efficiency.”

Driving efficiency

Innovez One’s AI-powered software, marineM will be used to digitalise and optimise the entire chain of marine services for ships arriving and departing Johor Port, from vessel registration to billing.

MarineM will use machine learning, a subset of AI, to automate and optimise the scheduling of port, tug and pilotage services. Algorithms, using data on Johor Port’s unique operations, will dispatch pilots and tugboats in the most efficient way, and reallocate resources seamlessly when vessels’ ETAs change.

This is key to maximising fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from those fleets, while also minimising congestion for visiting ships.

Crucially, the marineM platform will provide port managers with real-time tracking of operations, while also integrating data into a single dashboard for business and operational analytics. This will unlock new insights that will help optimise operations further and facilitate critical decisions such as investments in new infrastructure, for example.

For visiting ships, the digital system will enable agents to register their vessels, request services and track the progress of each job in real time through an online portal that can be accessed wherever they are and whatever device they are using.

The system will also automate the billing process and tariff management, which will help eliminate billing issues, delays and disputes.