Marlink and OneOcean Group have teamed up to add a range of advanced voyage solutions to Marlink’s Application Partner Programme. This collaboration pairs OneOcean’s solutions, which connect ship and shore and deliver real-time information for better decision-making, with Marlink’s application management platform, to provide shoreside teams and seafarers with access to software for better voyage...
Tokyo-based Weathernews Inc (WNI) has joined forces with Danish firm Vessel Performance Solutions (VPS) to integrate critical performance data from ship systems with its weather routing system to optimise voyage planning. The VESPER software platform by VPS records continuous performance data from the hull and propellers, main and auxiliary engines and boilers to determine speed,...
Data, analytics and technology company DTN has partnered with OrbitMI to provide weather data via Orbit, the company’s software-as-as-service (SaaS) product. Orbit aggregates and integrates data from vessels and existing shore-based systems, amplifies it using machine learning and activates it through dashboards, alerts and actionable insights delivered in real-time via desktop, tablet and smartphone. In the...
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...
Seattle-based ioCurrents is pioneering a new artificially intelligent (AI) platform that combines digitalisation and machine learning in real-time to provide actionable insights on ship performance optimisation. Digital Ship caught up with Cosmo King, co-founder and CIO to find out more. Thanks to advancing technology, greater and more accurate data on vessel performance is available to...
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...