Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) recently announced the rollout of the Virtual Twin for Ships Life Cycle Assessment and 3D Classification, powered by the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
This milestone represents a major stride in IRS’s Digital Transformation Journey, enabling the maritime industry to benefit from next-generation classification services.
Through this rollout, IRS is set to embrace the Virtual Twin, offering shipowners, operators, and shipbuilders cutting-edge Digital solutions that connect the physical and virtual worlds.
The Virtual Twin empowers ships to be assessed, classed, and managed with greater accuracy, transparency, and efficiency across their entire life cycle.
By supporting shipbuilders with 3D-based Classification, IRS aims to enable their customers ship owners and operators to deliver safer, more reliable, and more sustainable vessels to end users.
This initiative is expected to deliver wide-ranging benefits for the maritime sector, including faster decision-making, seamless collaboration between stakeholders, enhanced regulatory compliance, and actionable insights to support sustainability.
By leveraging Virtual Twin, IRS is enabling a future-ready ecosystem that strengthens safety, efficiency, and compliance. Commenting on the launch, IRS, MD, Mr. P K Mishra, said “The adoption of the Virtual Twin reflects our commitment to delivering smarter, faster, and more sustainable classification services to the maritime sector”.
