Our Founder is Finding His Voice…Literally
June 13, 2022
Ever so often life throws you a curve-ball. This one took us all for a ride but we are back on track stronger than ever. Especially Thomas.
June 13, 2022
Ever so often life throws you a curve-ball. This one took us all for a ride but we are back on track stronger than ever. Especially Thomas.
May 27, 2022
Swiss Ocean Tech has been founded on curious minds, as a walk through our interview series with other co-founders will confirm. This month: meet Erik
May 25, 2022
Over the past 2 years, we have received numerous questions from you. Here we are addressing the most prevalent ones. Keep them coming, we are happy to hear what is on your mind.
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.
March 25, 2022
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.
March 23, 2022
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.
March 22, 2022
The purpose of our pilot was relatively simple; to collect as much data as possible, validate the functionality of AnchorGuardian and get the users feedback. Together with Luke’s support, we were able to do just that and all data confirmed the algorithms and sensors were working well.
March 3, 2022
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.
February 15, 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.
January 28, 2022
“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.
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About Swiss Ocean Tech Ltd.
Swiss Ocean Tech Ltd. is a start-up incorporated in 2020 to create and market AnchorGuardian, the very first worldwide solution that monitors the position and absolute movements of a ship’s anchor. We have formed a multidisciplinary team of 8 seasoned professionals, highly experienced in product development, sensor technology, electrical engineering, development of embedded systems and algorithms, as well as in product release, export sales, supply chain management and communications.
Our mission is to keep crew and passengers safe, prevent damage to vessels, and minimize the environmental impact while anchoring. Put simply: Safe Anchoring – for sailor, ship and sea.
Home of AnchorGuardian, a cutting-edge and patented technology which offers a complete range of intelligent data throughout the anchoring procedure and immediately recognizes anchor drag, thus minimizing the risk of groundings, collisions and environmental damage.
AnchorGuardian is set to go into production in 2023.
In 2022, Swiss Ocean Tech was nominated as a finalist in the Oceans Awards, held in partnership with BOAT International and the Blue Marine Foundation, celebrating the achievements of individuals, groups and organisations from around the world dedicated to restoring the health of our oceans. In the spring of 2020, Swiss Ocean Tech won the silver award in Switzerland’s leading start-up competition with venture.ch.