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...
Avoiding severe weather is a simple way for a vessel to minimise unnecessary fuel consumption. However, according to COACH Solutions, often the vessel has no information about the business priorities and will therefore have a hard time selecting the most profitable and fuel efficient route. Shipowners and operators are faced with an array of advanced...
International shipping insurer North P&I Club has launched a new marine risk awareness solution, hosted on its interactive MyGlobeView digital platform. Route Risk Advice, from North, offers users an innovative digital tool designed to evaluate and demonstrate the potential hazards of a voyage from port of origin to destination. The application joins a growing stable...
Norwegian weather service provider StormGeo has launched s-Suite, an all-in-one platform to optimise time, fuel, and vessel performance. Ahead of the launch, we spoke with Kim Sørensen, StormGeo’s chief operating officer for Shipping to gain insight into how the suite will facilitate better vessel performance and enhance ship-to-shore cooperation. The new platform, known as s-Suite,...
Nautilus Labs and owner/operator Pangaea Logistics Solutions have expanded their partnership to roll out Nautilus Labs’ voyage optimisation solution across a larger part of Pangaea’s fleet of bulk carriers. Pangaea and Nautilus began their initial collaboration in October 2018 and have since committed to expanding it to 12 vessels in Pangaea’s fleet. According to Pangaea,...