A pilot run of a new platform is set to begin, aiming to tackle the crew change crisis by deploying remote health monitoring technology to track crew healthiness from shore to sea and back to shore.
The “SafeCrew Platform”, designed by Captain Milutin Gojkovic, managing director of Alpes Maritime Consulting (AMC), will utilise FDA-grade sensor devices, artificial intelligence and smart apps to monitor crew health starting at their home town once they are hired and continuing on the vessel until returning to shore.
Run by the SafeCrew Consortium, which compromises of AMC, digital health company DynoSense and IT consultancy EVVO Labs, it is hoped that the verification of health status will enable as many as 400,000 seafarers to return home after being stranded due to pandemic-related travel restrictions.
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