Episode 144: The Future of Digital Navigation | Stephan Dimke, Teledyne Raymarine Commercial
Digital navigation has changed dramatically over the past two decades, but the next phase may be even more significant.
In this episode of The Last Dinosaur, Chris Aversano speaks with Stephan Dimke, General Manager of Teledyne Raymarine Commercial, about his journey from navigating in the German Navy to helping build ChartWorld and eventually becoming part of the wider Teledyne organization.
They discuss the evolution from paper charts to ECDIS, ChartWorld’s transformation into Teledyne Raymarine Commercial, the challenges of integrating hardware and software, and what shipowners and mariners are asking for today.
The conversation also explores S-100, the growing volume of navigational data available to crews, decision-support technology, AI, and the difficult question of where responsibility sits when technology increasingly influences decisions on the bridge.
In this episode:
00:50 Stephan’s journey from navigator to maritime technology
03:13 From Transas to ChartWorld and Teledyne
04:56 Bringing hardware, software and commercial navigation together
06:23 Why maritime still resists technological change
10:07 How navigation and voyage planning may shift ashore
11:43 The master, accountability and decision support
15:52 Why S-100 is not yet high on every shipowner’s agenda
17:02 What S-100 actually changes
19:52 Open architecture, APIs and industry collaboration
22:40 Stephan’s advice to maritime technology entrepreneurs
29:51 What Stephan is reading
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Music by: Peg and The Rejected “King of SKA”
Art Work By: GA Design
Produced by: Chris Aversano
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