Azure provides Maersk access to a resilient and performing portfolio of
cloud services, enabling its business to
innovate and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure products with improved time
to market, according to a statement. Azure also enables Maersk to build
scalable platforms to cater for organic and inorganic growth, supporting the
company’s transformation strategy.
Further, the use of machine learning and data analytics will enable
Maersk to gain greater insights and support new ways of working, according to
the announcement.
Remote Container Management
(RCM) is already an outcome of the existing cooperation between Maersk and
Microsoft. This digital solution allows Maersk to monitor
temperature and humidity data from hundreds of thousands of reefer boxes in
real time.
Another project, Connected
Vessel, aims at optimising fuel consumption by monitoring
performance data from Maersk’s container vessels to create a shared view with
experts onshore who can provide advice to ship captains, helping lower bunker
costs and reducing emissions.
“Digital technologies are essential for the logistics industry to
develop solutions and services that will help build and maintain resilient
supply chains, Microsoft,” commented executive vice president and chief
commercial officer of Microsoft, Judson Althoff.
He added, “With Azure as Maersk’s strategic cloud platform, Microsoft
and Maersk are collaborating to accelerate innovation and digitize the industry
to meet its customers’ evolving needs.”
Key words: Maersk to boost
cloud-first technology approach; Microsoft and Maersk to accelerate innovation