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Winner of the Smart Port Challenge 2019

Dravam participated in the Smart Port Challenge 2019, organized by PIER 71, a collaboration between Maritime Port Authorities (MPA) and NUS Enterprise.

Dravam’s innovative solution for automated scanning bunker fuel for contaminants was well received for its capability in detecting contaminants and deterring bunkering malpractices. Dravam was awarded the first place in the Smart Port Challenge 2019.

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"Dr Vivek Kolladikkal Premandhan, a Research Fellow at NUS Mechanical Engineering (ME), led his team to win the Grand Final of PIER71’s Smart Port Challenge 2019, beating 23 other international entrants from USA, Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore."
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NUS Press​
NUS Press​
"Dravam’s innovative fuel quality monitoring solution is a real-time early detection system for marine fuel, installed seamlessly onto a vessel. This patented solution is aimed at ensuring the quality of the fuel that is bunkered and addresses the industry’s need for quicker bunker quality testing."
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Manifold Times
Manifold Times
"Dravam’s innovative fuel quality monitoring solution is an early detection system, scanning the entire bunker transfer for contaminants and currently providing near real-time information about the fuel quality. Installed seamlessly onto a vessel, this patented solution increases efficiency and assurance of bunkering operations, and addresses the industry’s need for faster fuel quality testing."
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Maritime Executive
Maritime Executive
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Twelve Start-ups from PIER71’s Smart Port Challenge Awarded S$600,000 to Bring Innovative Solutions to Maritime Market

SINGAPORE, May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), today announced that 12 start-ups from Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined @ BLOCK71 (PIER71)’s Smart Port Challenge (SPC) 2019 have each been awarded S$50,000 in grant funding from MPA. The funding will enable the start-ups to conduct prototype development and test-bed

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