ClassNK has formally endorsed Weathernews’ (WNI) innovative Carbon Intensity Monitoring (CIM) service to monitor and visualise CO2 emissions from ships. CIM was launched in April this year and is now fully operational. In June 2021, the IMO adopted a new fuel performance rating system to help meet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets from shipping. Starting...
United Heavy Lift, (UHL), transporter of heavy lift, breakbulk and project cargoes, has signed up with COACH Solutions to continue its focus on digitalisation and to reduce its environmental footprint. COACH Solutions optimises vessel performance by monitoring and analysing a vessel throughout its voyage, providing continuous reports and alerts. Shipping companies use COACH’s services for...
Kongsberg Digital has added vessel performance optimisation tool VESPER to its Kognifai Marketplace. VESPER, a tool developed by Vessel Performance Solutions (VPS) optimises operational efficiency through advanced modelling and analytics to support current environmental reporting such as IMO DCS and EU MRV, and future regulatory requirements including calculation, monitoring and trending of the CII. VESPER’s...
ClassNK has released its “Guidelines for Hull Monitoring” that summarise technical requirements for a hull monitoring system to achieve the improvement of the ship safety, and stipulates the relevant class notation. A hull monitoring system is intended to collect information through sensors like a strain gauge or an accelerometer installed on the ship and perform...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has introduced an online platform, VeriSTAR Green, to enable all shipowners to assess their compliance with EEXI and CII regulations. This tool is accessible from the Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore website. In line with the 2050 International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ambition to take action to combat climate change and its impacts,...
Optimarin has launched a new service frame agreement integrating the benefits of its new OptiLink digital solution for ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). The agreement aims to minimise operational costs and ensure regulatory compliance for shipowners by facilitating digital diagnostics and data analysis, remote interactive support, and data sharing. The additional offering is expected to...
Dyena Systems has announced the release of Vessel Impact and Motion Monitoring System (VIMMS) to its range of vessel monitoring solutions. The VIMMS is designed as a direct response to the maritime industry’s requirement to monitor crew and vessel levels of shock and vibration on both crew and vessels during operations in waves and at...
Innovate UK has approved Datum Electronics for an innovation grant for the company’s intelligent marine engine’s health assessment system. The solution helps keep marine engines healthy by providing ultrafast sampling of highly accurate sensors, resulting in millions of events being analysed at sea. From this data an algorithm is formulated which allows Datum to predict...
The recent launch of Miros and BW Group’s joint venture, Miros Mocean, promises to disrupt the performance inefficiencies of the global shipping industry. To find out what makes the technology tick, we spoke with Miros sensor development manager, Rune Gangeskar. What is Miros Mocean? Miros Mocean is a vessel performance optimisation platform that integrates real-time,...
Datum Electronics’ Marine Shaft Power Meter is now available in Greece via global environmental experts Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE). The Datum Electronics’ Marine Shaft Power Meter has been developed to meet the requirements of the commercial marine market, to provide on-going power monitoring data on ships, including propulsion shafts, thrusters and diesel generator shafts. A...
Dyena Systems has added SeaTRAX to its range of vessel monitoring solutions. Purposely designed to meet the requirements of Pilot vessels, SeaTRAX assists the vessel operator in the transit and transfer phase, allowing the skipper to monitor all motion parameters and make an objective assessment of the conditions. Real-time information on vessel pitch, roll and...
Marine engineering and propulsion specialist Royston has introduced a secure CCTV monitoring option as part of its enginei electronic fuel management system (EFMS). The addition of CCTV to the enginei system has been made in response to growing demand for enhanced fuel security measures by oil major customers and Royston has already begun the installation...