OrbitMI has joined Dataloy Systems´ partner program as a master partner, combining Dataloy’s voyage management platform with OrbitMI’s suite of integrated maritime solutions. Orbit’s products transform data into actionable visualisations for decision-makers. It aggregates and integrates data from vessels and existing shore-based systems, amplifies it using machine learning and activates it through dashboards, alerts and...
Shipping companies must ensure they have robust data collection and analysis processes in place, or risk being unable to meet internal and regulatory decarbonisation targets in time – such are the findings of a recent industry poll posed by GreenSteam, developers of vessel performance optimisation solutions. The introduction of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) greenhouse...
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year optimised maintenance agreement with Greece-based Latsco LNG Marine Management. The agreement covers the main engines for two large LNG Carriers (LNGC), the Hellas Diana and the Hellas Athina, and was signed in March 2021. Optimised Maintenance agreements are a key element within Wärtsilä’s Lifecycle Solutions offering and are designed to...
Wärtsilä has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with the Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) to evaluate Wärtsilä’s Expert Insight predictive maintenance service as part of a pilot programme. The agreement was signed in January 2021 and, the programme could lead to NYK adopting the solution throughout its entire...
Swedish shipping company Stena Line is accelerating its transition towards fossil-free shipping and has presented its roadmap to reduce total CO2 emissions by as much as 30 per cent by 2030. Stena Line has identified four key areas that will enable it to achieve its ambitious carbon reduction target. The company aims to be completely...
GreenSteam scientists have spent the last 12 months improving the clarity and accuracy of AI analytics for ship performance insights. Two new solutions have been launched to improve access to high quality, high-frequency AI-driven data. One of two major challenges shipping companies face today when looking to optimise vessel performance is acquiring clear, accurate and...
Greece-based Minerva Gas has signed optimised maintenance agreements with Wärtsilä for five of its LNG carrier vessels. The advanced support package is designed to ensure operational certainty with budgeted maintenance costs. The agreements were signed in March 2021. Included in the scope of the agreements is Wärtsilä’s Expert Insight, a service that leverages artificial intelligence...
Propulsion Analytics, a Greek company providing vessel and engine performance evaluation applications, and DNV have received funding from Innovation Norway to develop a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) application for ships. The project will result in an innovative CBM service for ships, with validated methods and accredited tools that merge thermodynamic modelling with artificial intelligence to...
OneOcean has announced the launch of the new and improved OneOcean platform. The platform has received a thorough remodelling to provide the next generation of voyage planning and compliance. Four all-important characteristics of the new software offer customers a more robust and personalised experience. These focus on visually integrating data for better decision-making, structuring processes...
Japan based NYK LNG Ship Management has signed two long-term Optimised Maintenance agreements with Wärtsilä to support the company’s digital solutions onboard its LNG carriers. The 15-year agreements cover the Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines and other equipment installed on two LNG carrier vessels. The contracts were signed in December 2020 and took effect from January...
Results from the initial application of the unique ABS Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Corrosion Detection digital solution show it has identified corrosion with 98.9 per cent accuracy. An ABS client recently deployed the ABS AI Corrosion Detection tool to examine two vessels to develop an accurate assessment of their coating conditions and the presence of...
US start-up SailPlan has recently launched an intelligent navigation platform for ships that is designed to optimise ocean-going voyages and save lives by reducing the number of catastrophic collisions at sea. VPO Global spoke with SailPlan’s founder Jacob Ruytenbeek, an autonomous systems expert and passionate waterman from Florida, to find out how this new technology...