The First Eye at Sea

Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur is the first company that have started using Maritech Eye™ onboard fishing vessels.

In December, Icelandic Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur installed the first of their two Maritech Eye units.

Their purpose is to automate the recognition and documentation of species in combination with size and other parameters related to various characteristics of whitefish catch.

The information will also be sent to the fisheries authorities in Iceland, who will use the data for research and estimation of stock size to optimize Icelandic quotas. Fiskistofa, The Icelandic Directorate of Fisheries, and Hafrannsóknarstofnun Íslands, the Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, express that this project is very exciting to follow up on and that they will collaborate closely with Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur.

Automated catch registration

“We chose Maritech Eye™ because we see the possibility to solve the task of registering all our catch and believe it will greatly help optimizing our operations and give important research data to fishing authorities,” says Runólfur V Guðmundsson, CEO Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur.

“Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur is a leading Icelandic fishing company. They always try to use the latest technology on their vessels and work closely with all stakeholders in the industry. True pioneers,” says Konráð Hatlemark Olavsson, General Manager Maritech Iceland.

“As the industry is changing and the boats are getting bigger and more advanced, we see this as a natural part of the development – automated sorting, quality control, data collection, and documentation.”

Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur chose Maritech Eye for automated sorting onboard fishing vessels

Blood, Gaping, Fat, Nematodes ++

Automated and objective quality assessment, documentation and sorting, allows you to use your resources in a more cost-efficient way and improve your margins. With our standardized setups for salmon or whitefish, you can easily get started and get full return on your investment within just a few months. Ask us for an estimate.

Maritech Eye™ detects and documents blood spots, gaping (whitefish and salmon) melanin, salmofan, fat (salmon fillets), nematodes, and species (white fish fillets + round fish). As the scanning gives you objective documentation of the fish quality – in industrial speed, with a unique ID for each fish – you can easily provide this verification and traceability to your customers either they are wholesalers, supermarket chains or smaller buyers. If you buy fish from other, you will be able to verify that you pay for the quality you actually get.

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Nematodes detection at MareDeus, Portugal

Maximizing profit and quality

“This first vessel-based project is a milestone in several ways,” says Per Alfred Holte, VP Technical Solutions at Maritech. “Especially since the value creation at the fishing grounds is almost impossible to compensate for at a later stage in the seafood value chain. An increasing share of the quotas are caught by large vessels, it is crucial to ensure optimal operations at sea, data collection, and resource utilization.

With automated tools such as Maritech Eye™, both the industry and authorities ensure objective documentation and data collection, with considerably higher precision and efficiency compared to what you can get through a manual collection of random samples or inspection of complete catch volumes.”

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Revealing the value

They have a passion for data, and one goal in mind – helping our customers turn their data into profitable insights.

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Forecast, improve, optimize

How do you prepare strategic decisions and daily priorities? How much time do you spend (or waste?) creating reports, collecting data from different sources?

Are ad hoc, Google sheets, Excel and way too much words that come to your mind? Then you are not alone. Most companies have untapped profitability potential related to data analytics.

Ten years ago, Harvard Business Review described the Data Scientist profession as the sexiest job of the 21st century – “A key player in the organization” and “a high-ranking professional with the training and curiosity to make discoveries in the world of big data science”. The profession and title was still in its early days, according to the same article, it was first used in 2008. As we are entering 2022, Data Science has already been one of the global mega-trends for several years, and The World Economic Forum predicts that data scientists and analysts will become the No. 1 emerging role in the world by 2025.

So, how does this affect the company you lead or work for? And – how to get started? You do not have to do it alone, and there is no need to re-invent the wheel.

Challenge the experts!

In Maritech, Data Science has been one of our core strategic areas since 2018, when we launched DGS Analytics – a Microsoft Power BI-based application in our Maritech Cloud platform. Since then, we have created an Analytics portfolio of tools and reports tailored for seafood and logistics, and built a strong team of highly skilled experts. Ting Chao, Kristoffer Heggdal, Oddvar Husby and Yngvild Neset (from the left) are some of the team members at our Molde office.

“Our main mission is to give our customers insights and understanding of the enormous amounts of data they have”, says Oddvar Husby (PhD), VP Data Science in Maritech.

Analytics tools + reports, projects and trusted advisors

What we do for our customers related to data science, can be divided into three main categories; standardized tools in Maritech Analytics, advisory services, and specific customer projects.

The Analytics tools can also be divided in three – seafood, logistics, and common. Examples of tools tailored for seafood are salmon and cod market reports, customer reports and Analytics as a standard feature in our trading software DGS Purchase & Sales. For logistics companies, examples are our new sustainability report, and dashboards visualizing capacity utilization, delivery precision and transport corridors. In addition to these, we also offer e.g. board reports and finance reports, to mention some which are not industry-specific.

“Our team consists of people with different backgrounds and experience from various industries around the world. What is common is the deep understanding and knowledge of our customers’ processes, markets and workflows, and the urge to help them turn data into valuable knowledge. And – we all love a challenge. So do not hesitate to let us know if you are curious – or would like to work with us. We are always looking for new talents.”

Data analyst Kristoffer Heggdal joined the team in June 2021. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from The University of Malaya and is especially interested in financial analytics and reporting. Kristoffer highlights the close collaboration with customers as one of the most exciting parts of his job.

– I enjoy working with our customers and developing reports that are truly useful for them, helping them gain more knowledge and improve their operations. We can help customers with better reports, cost control, monitoring accounts receivable and balance reports, to name a few.

Combining data in Power BI

Data Analyst Yngvild Neset also joined our Data Science team in June. She holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from NTNU and has worked as an analyst in several Norwegian companies before she moved to Molde to work for Maritech.

“By combining data from different sources and through advanced analytics we enable our customers to predict the future – and the results speaks for themselves. I find it very motivating to help our customers achieve their goals. And showing them that using Power BI in Analytics is easier than they may assume.

Many companies run heavy manual processes to compare data, without knowing that it can be quite simple to start using new and far more efficient tools. Power BI saves you a lot of time and energy, and is one single source of truth. Through manual processes, you can potentially end up with many truths”, Yngvild says.

Sustainability reporting

Ting Chao has two years’ experience as a Data Analyst in the Data Science team in Maritech. Her impressive CV includes two Master’s degrees from England and Norway, as well as work experience from the Food Science Institute in China and at the Logistics Institute at Molde University College.

“We see a big potential related to use of data in the seafood industry and within logistics. We understand the market and can help customers predict, increase sales and reduce their costs,” says Ting, who lately has been spending a lot of her time developing Analytics for Logistics, including the new sustainability reporting tool tailored for the logistics segment.

“Now the logistics customers can easily get an overview of core cost drivers, vehicle efficiency, utilization, transport corridors and environmental impact. Data can be used to optimize their workflow and enable to measure and document the effects of all adjustments – in terms of time, money and sustainability. Highly motivating for us as well!” she smiles.

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We are pleased to announce that Mowi Consumer Products UK has implemented Maritech Eye™ to further enhance the quality assessment of their Mowi brand smoked salmon.

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Automated, objective quality control and documentation

Beginning in 2018, Mowi, Maritech, and Nofima have cooperated in a joint innovation project to develop a technology for real-time quality scanning of salmon fillets at industrial speed. The project was successful, and Maritech Eye™ was launched for redfish at Aqua Nor in August 2021.

Maritech Eye™ advanced algorithms and hyperspectral camera solution detects and documents blemishes within the fillets and the size location of these quality challenges. This quality assessment method is the only one of its kind in the world, it is done at industrial speed, and live data is provided to operators and management.

After the end of the innovation project, Mowi Consumer Products UK and Maritech co-operated closely in a short pilot period to establish the quality criteria and make the necessary adjustments to integrate Maritech Eye™ within the production environment.

“For our business here in the UK and in particular the Mowi brand, this gives us the ability to pre-select fillets based on a specification to reduce the manual intervention of removing blemishes once the fillets have been sliced. Furthermore, sorting by quality and providing objective information gives us the ability to allocate the material accordingly and allows us to utilise our resources more efficiently and effectively” says Gary Paterson, Head of Operations, Mowi CP UK.

Ready for the global market

“Mowi is one of the most innovative seafood companies in the global seafood industry, and we are proud that they chose Maritech Eye™” says Per Alfred Holte, VP Technical Solutions in Maritech.

“Mowi Consumer Products UK is one of three international Maritech Eye™ redfish projects this fall, and we are impressed by how the Mowi team has handled the development and implementation in a period when it still has been difficult to travel due to Covid 19. Our team has only been at the site in Scotland once this year since the initial physical installation of the equipment.”

“Together we have proved that most of the optimization and implementation process can be done remotely and that Maritech Eye™ is ready for the global seafood industry, even during a pandemic.”

Per Alfred Holte - VP Technical Solutions, Maritech

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New launch: Analytics for logistics

Sustainability and finance reporting are amongst the tools that are now available through the new cloud software, tailored for logistics.

Efficiency, profitability, sustainability

We are pleased to present Maritech Analytics Logistics, and our new Sustainability and Finance reports.

You can now easily get a full overview of your customers, suppliers, transport corridors, invoicing rate, capacity utilization and delivery precision.

Sustainability reporting and financial reports are two of the new tools that are now available, the sustainability reporting solution is created according to the EU Taxonomy, and provides you with the documentation you need to be compliant according to the new international regulations.

“Our customers gather enormous amounts of data, which we can help them utilize better than they manage to do today. Analytics retrieves data from Timpex TMS, and processes, analyzes and visualizes the data to provide useful insights,” says Ove Gjelstenli, Sales Director Logistics at Maritech.

“This makes it easier to monitor and implement the adjustments needed to streamline the flow of goods, increase profitability and gain more sustainable operations. And you become more efficient in your reporting and documentation processes. ”

“When it comes to financial reporting, this will be especially useful for companies with a group structure,” says VP Data Science in Maritech, Oddvar Husby.

“The vast majority of companies with a group structure have a great need for a better overview of consolidated accounts and balance sheets. Via accounting reports in Analytics, you can compare data at group level and easily get an overview of the total. In addition, you can link accounting figures to data from the Timpex systems, and get overall visualization in the Analytics dashboard. This way you save valuable time, and ensure a better basis for decision-making,” Husby concludes.

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New launch: Analytics for logistics

Sustainability and finance reporting are amongst the tools that are now available through the new cloud software, tailored for logistics.

Efficiency, profitability, sustainability

We are pleased to present Maritech Analytics Logistics, and our new Sustainability and Finance reports.

You can now easily get a full overview of your customers, suppliers, transport corridors, invoicing rate, capacity utilization and delivery precision.

“When it comes to financial reporting, this will be especially useful for companies with a group structure,” says VP Data Science in Maritech, Oddvar Husby.

Hildegunn Trondsen, Manager Development Team at Maritech.

The team functions like a football team where everyone has different roles.

“None of us knows everything, we all have different areas of expertise. As a team we are really strong. Common to all of us is that we are eager to find new solutions and do things in new ways. Everyone is very interested in creating tools that make it easy for others to work and that are easy for others to develop further,” says Leif Sverre Reistad, Developer at the Innovation Lab.

Hildegunn confirms that the team spirit is strong, both professionally and on the human level.

“When we welcome summer substitutes and apprentices, everyone is open and willing to share. That is exactly what our methodology is about, and also two of our core values as a company; to help each other and innovate together. Onboarding of new people is seamless because we have a defined framework and a specific way of working,” says Trondsen.

Design Thinking + Scrum

The team at the Innovation Lab works according to Design Thinking and Scrum methodology. Design Thinking is often referred to as design-driven innovation and is a human- and value-oriented methodology for innovation and development. It connects an analytical approach with intuition and creativity, and research shows that this way of thinking and working can bring great benefits.

“At Maritech, we have used Design Thinking since 2019,” says Hildegunn. ” Then we participated in the Innovation Norway program Omstillingsmotor, where the purpose was a digital competence boost for Norwegian businesses. We joined the program through the competence cluster NCE iKuben – where we are participants – and what we learned has become very important for how we now work with innovation and development throughout Maritech.”

Scrum is a framework for optimizing product development – basically software. It is based on development and deliveries in short iterations, and is based on self-directed, interdisciplinary teams of between 5-9 people. Popularly called two pizza teams; every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The development team has the authority to solve the tasks in ways they find most appropriate – within certain limits, with a focus on high quality and continuous learning.

Maritech is now building all new software in Microsoft Azure, where our solutions are delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS); subscription-based services – in our self-developed cloud platform DigitalSeafood.

“We always choose to use the latest technology and will always be at the forefront – best-of-breed, both in terms of functionality and user-friendliness. Microsoft Azure gives us the opportunities, flexibility and security we need to be at the top of the world and means that customers get the maximum benefit from choosing a cloud solution from us,” says Bjørnar Kvalsnes.

“Through Azure, we can use advanced Microsoft tools in the development of our own software, and we use Microsoft’s infrastructure and expertise to operate and deliver our solutions to customers worldwide. It is easy to scale the number of users and capacity up / down as needed, we can guarantee the uptime – and most importantly, very high security. Every year, Microsoft spends 1 billion dollars on investments in security, it illustrates how much stronger we are with such a solid partner.”

It is not only internally at Maritech that the team is praised. This autumn, an external consulting company conducted an evaluation of the architecture, the department and the methodology. The conclusion was very positive.

“They stated that we are a top tier team, and they were impressed by the work that has been done,” Kvalsnes concludes. “A great recognition of a very talented team and the effort that is put in every single day.”

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