Under its agreement with Van Oord, it will develop a tool for the Survey Department to provide better access to more relevant and up-to-date data and documentation for employees, boosting productivity and safety worldwide. The Australian start-up LexX offers digital intelligence for optimised maintenance. In collaboration with Van Oord, it will be investigating the use of floating solar to power an electric charging station, ultimately meant to charge Van Oord’s electrical unmanned survey vessels. The start-up Heliorec designs floating solar power plants. This year, the company focused on two innovation themes: sustainability and digitalisation. The port and maritime accelerator platform is one of the ways that Van Oord encourages innovation in the global maritime industry. Van Oord is one of the founders of PortXL and a main sponsor of the PortXL programme for the sixth year in a row.

The signing ceremony took place during the shakedown event on 2 December marking the end of this year’s PortXL programme.

Van Oord has signed partnership agreements with LexX and Heliorec, two start-ups scouted through the innovation platform PortXL.

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