NLNG Ship Management has signed a contract with Kongsberg Maritime (KM) to deliver Shell’s patented JAWS (Just Add Water System) draught and trim optimisation software across its entire fleet of 11 LNG carriers. JAWS will be distributed using Kongsberg Maritime’s K-IMS digital solution – a portfolio of specialised applications to support complex operations – making...
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...
Teekay has announced plans to roll out ABB Ability’s Tekomar XPERT for fleet across 54 suezmax and aframax tankers. The agreement with ABB includes the software’s new CO2 emissions indicator. Teekay, which has used Tekomar XPERT to monitor its vessels engines since 2015, will now be able to access deeper insights into fleetwide engine health...
There is no question on whether the shipping industry needs to implement ambitious change to meet impending environmental regulation. This is a certainty. The main question is instead around the ‘how’. With a large portion of the global fleet set to be in operation for years to come, how will one of the world’s biggest...
NAPA has announced its participation in the Clean Propulsion Technologies project (CPT), a consortium led by the University of Vaasa that aims to develop radically new low-carbon solutions across global transport sectors. NAPA will apply its technical expertise to further enable methods to model and optimise total energy consumption on the two-year project. Funded by...
StormGeo has announced the launch of Strategic Power Routing—a service that optimises the power output of a vessel in varying weather conditions to enhance overall fuel efficiency and reduce emissions without compromising arrival windows. When a vessel meets adverse weather conditions, such as high significant waves, strong wind, and currents, it must output more power...
Inchcape is adding a Port Cost Estimator (PCE) to its World of Ports (WOP) 2.0 platform that will make both voyage cost calculations and TCE estimates much easier and more accurate. The new module has been created by head of systems at Inchcape, Captain Aravind Prasath, and his team. Capt. Prasath was a vessel master...
Kongsberg Digital and Nautilus Labs have announced a partnership to include the Nautilus Platform fleet and voyage optimisation tool in the Kognifai open ecosystem. By teaming Nautilus Platform with KONGSBERG’s Vessel Insight service, the companies will deliver joint value to clients through seamless extraction, contextualisation and analysis of quality vessel data for use in AI-driven...
As part of its ongoing program to increase fuel efficiency, Tallink Grupp has installed Qtagg’s voyage optimisation system, EcoPilot, on the cruise ferry Isabelle. During the voyage, EcoPilot automatically adapts to changing operational requirements, operator input, sea, and ship conditions, continuously using all available information to ensure on-time arrival at the lowest cost, every voyage....
Maritime technology company ZeroNorth and Spire Maritime have announced a new partnership that will see Spire’s maritime AIS and weather data integrated with ZeroNorth’s vessel optimisation software Optimise. Optimise ensures that a tramp operator’s vessels are always sailing at the best speed towards their destination. It enriches customer data with third-party information such as Spire’s AIS and...
UK-based maritime tech company StratumFive has signed an agreement with UK-based technology start-up Osiris to integrate its advanced port event logging functionality of SOFeXchange with StratumFive’s Podium. This development enables superior voyage performance data and analysis to be available within Podium, including near real-time data for port calls. SOFeXchange will connect this data with a...
Kongsberg Digital has entered into a new partnership with Blue Water to offer complete voyage optimisation solutions to Vessel Insight customers. Blue Water will provide KONGSBERG’s open ecosystem, Kognifai, with voyage optimisation and performance monitoring services. Blue Water’s BOSS solution will collect contextualised data from the ship using KONGSBERG’s data infrastructure solution, Vessel Insight. The...