Our Founder is Finding His Voice…Literally
It has been a long haul for Thomas. Five months ago he was unexpectedly rushed to the hospital with his life hanging by a thread. The ensuing operation kept him alive and kicking but for the most part, decimated his voice. Since that time, not a lot of progress has been made with his vocal […]
Meet Erik Asplund – Founder Interview Series 4/6
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” Albert Einstein Swiss Ocean Tech has been founded on curious minds, as a walk through our interview series with other co-founders will confirm. This month’s focus, Erik Asplund, co-founder and hydroacoustics and signal processing specialist, is no different. There is […]
You Have Questions…We Have Answers
What does AnchorGuardian do? AnchorGuardian provides safety for sailor, ship and sea. It minimises the risk of anchor dragging, provides immediate fail-safe alarms and predicts anchor hold. What does the AnchorGuardian solution consist of? The complete go-to-market AnchorGuardian solution is based on four principal modules: How does AnchorGuardian protect the environment? A dragging anchor creates […]
Swiss Ocean Tech named a 2022 finalist for the Ocean Awards in the “innovation” category
April 11, 2022 It is always something special to be considered for an award but there are quite simply some awards which stand out more than others. This is one of those cases. We are so very proud to have been named as a 2022 finalist for the global Ocean Awards in the “innovation” category. Additionally, we […]
Meet Jörg Wagner – Founder Interview Series 3/6
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. The moon landing inspired generations including one 10-year-old boy, our focus of today, Jörg Wagner. Now a Professor at the University of Stuttgart, he is a co-founder of Swiss Ocean Tech and a renowned specialist for inertial navigation. He referred to the astronauts at […]
What To Do When Your Founder Knocks on Death’s Door
Short answer: You pull together as a team and keep the ship moving forward. The long answer is considerably more complicated but none-the-less powerful as an invaluable lesson. It is a lesson which is now an integral part of our story, and a part of the Swiss Ocean Tech DNA. For this reason, we have […]
Letting the Data Talk: Results from our first pilot study
No one said our path would be easy. As Stephan Nigg, one of our co-founders said, “If there is no uphill challenge, then the solution would either already exist or it simply wouldn’t be worth the effort.“ Setting up our first superyacht pilot was indeed a challenge. There was the omnipresent corona virus, operational restrictions we […]
Celebrating our Second Birthday as a Stock Company
First and foremost, today we turn officially two. I say officially because Swiss Ocean Tech has been in the hearts and minds of our team for many years and has been privately owned since 2013. Our co-founders volunteered their time and ideas long before we put our names on the dotted line to make it […]
Swiss Ocean Tech and EPS team up to bring safety to anchoring
Zürich, 15 February 2022 – Swiss start-up Swiss Ocean Tech has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore based Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (EPS) in a bid to further develop, promote and commercialize its AnchorGuardian patented technology. AnchorGuardian offers a new dimension of safety at sea by minimizing the risk of anchor dragging, providing […]
Meet Stephan Nigg – Founder Interview Series 2/6
“Creative order”, that is where he feels most at home. Stephan Nigg, our Senior Hardware Engineer and Co-Founder, thrives in an environment that for others would seem disorganized but for him, everything has its place. “I can see in my mind’s eye how all the various flying pieces must come together to make things work. […]