Founded 2007 Area served Worldwide | Location Senglea, Malta Employees 9 | |
Focus Marine Software Engineering Method Using Marine Software Engineering concepts and promoting the use of open standards in order to improve and drive innovation in the marine industry. | ||
MARSEC-XL, the Marine software engineering Cluster of Excellence, is a Cluster initiative (CI) in Malta aimed at creating a hub for business activity, research, technology transfer, education and training, promoting Marine Software and Systems Engineering.
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About
MARSEC-XL Foundation was established in 2007 to develop and promote the Marine Software Engineering Cluster of Excellence in Malta. The Foundation oversees and co-ordinates the activities in the Business cluster. As an “innovation hot-spot” for the marine industry, MARSEC-XL provides an unbroken sustainable innovation chain encompassing a range of activities from applied research, education and training to business operations and technology transfer. Working on a cluster model, MARSEC-XL serves as a neutral ground where internationally leading brands, start-up companies and academic institutions work collaboratively. MARSEC-XL is supported by the Government of Malta.
Facts about MARSEC-XL
2007 - 2010: the Founding Industry Members (FIM) of MARSEC-XL form the Industry Board of MARSEC-XL: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH of Germany and Sunseeker International Limited, UK, and are the pioneers laying the foundations for the digitalization of the yachting industry.
2010 - current: MARSEC-XL is open to all companies and organizations interested in marine systems and software engineering.
Importance of marine software engineering
The marine industry has become “software-determined”. Many onboard systems have significant amount of software inside and their quality directly depends on the quality of the software. MARSEC-XL / MI-SE@MALTA has developed a scientifically based methodology to assess the software content of any marine vessel.
Examples of products and solutions with a growing software content are:
2. Engines and propulsion systems (drive-line)
3. Navigation
4. Communication
5. Monitoring & Diagnostics
6. Infotainment
7. Comfort, Safety and Security Systems
8. Design and Operational Support Tools.
All these systems and solutions strongly depend on software, which controls them and most of them cannot be even implemented without the enabling factor: software. To be able to achieve reliable and cost effective solutions Marine Software Engineering is needed. Today, many of the challenges and problems in integration of systems and operation of marine vessels stem from the fact that the software has not been developed according to the principles of Software Engineering. MARSEC-XL addresses this challenge by defining, developing and introducing Marine Software Engineering to the marine industry. Achieving this goal will ultimately contribute to safer, cleaner, more user-friendly and economic vessels.
MARSEC-XL Building Blocks
MARSEC-XL consists of four distinct and interconnected units:
Key people and organizations
Founding Industries of MARSEC-XL 2007-2009:
Since 2010: