Columbia Shipmanagement has opened a high-tech Performance Optimisation Control Room in Cyprus. The purpose of the Control Room is to optimise vessel performance by connecting technical, marine, crew, and commercial management department and functions. It will be manned 24/7 by qualified personnel who will optimise vessel safety, crew rotation and training, performance (speed, consumption, delay,...
The US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Office of Marine Safety (OMS), has adopted BMT’s REMBRANDT full mission simulator, following adoption from other statutory marine agencies. REMBRANDT automatically read Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to deliver a high-fidelity, 3-D reconstruction. It also allows the user to switch from its scene...
Rising concerns around the environmental and health impacts of transport combined with increasing oil prices and international regulations means charterers are placing additional pressure on shipowners to be more efficient. Many vessels today are also running at speeds for which they were not designed for, exacerbating operational inefficiencies. Shippers are faced with a market of...
Global ship operator ZIM has reported a 4.7 per cent increase in total revenue in Q3 compared with Q2 2018. In Q3 the total revenue stood at US $840.7 million, the highest in the last 4 years. ZIM says that significant uncertainties in the global trade market driven by instability and volatility are continuing to...
StormGeo has launched Navigator Solutions Portfolio, an integrated, navigational and route optimisation platform connecting on-board solutions to shore-based decision support. The Navigator Solutions Portfolio on-board solutions integrate all voyage-planning elements into one optimal workflow, with a focus on usability and connectivity. On-shore solutions connect the on-board navigation and route optimisation to shore-based commercial and technical...
Miros Group, an ocean surface measuring provider, has announced that it is making its sea state data on waves, currents ice, and oil spills, and general environmental conditions, available in real-time through a cloud-integrated service. The Miros Group offers solutions to provide insight into ocean behaviour that can be used to assist with operational decisions...
Weather, including currents, waves, wind, and swell has been found to affect the performance of a vessel by between 50 and 80 per cent and cost thousands of US Dollar in additional fuel consumption. Routing a vessel based on predicted current and weather conditions is about improving the fuel efficiency, keeping to the sailing schedule,...
The shipping industry risks wasting billions of dollars on vessel optimisation services that fail to deliver efficiency improvements, due to a lack of understanding on the impact weather can have on vessel performance, warns StratumFive. According to Stuart Nicholls, CEO, StratumFive, weather accounts for 80 per cent of the impact on vessel performance, but most...
Helm Operations has launched a new partnership with AIS data services provider, ShipTracks, permitting Helm CONNECT users access to vessel location and route data provided by ShipTracks. ShipTracks provides real-time vessel position information through AIS mapping while Helm CONNECT provides vessel dispatch and billing, maintenance, compliance, and personnel management to approximately 3000 assets globally. The...
Norway-based fleet operator, Wilson has signed a contract with Transas, a Wärtsilä company, for the supply of a Fleet Operations Solution (FOS) to Wilson’s fleet. The FOS includes onboard navigation and communication components to enhance connectivity for business communications and crew services. It also provides access to fleet data from shore-based locations to enhance situational...
Shipping technology start-up, CargoMate, has closed a £500,000 seed investment round, which the company will use to develop its port call optimisation platform for container ships. CargoMate has been piloting this technology with a major ship operator since December 2017. The port call optimisation platform aims to improve turnaround time for container ships in port...
Misinformation and independent operation of individual solutions without connection to a fleet solution ashore is causing a fragmented mish mash of solutions and ship operations, said Frank Coles, Transas Leader at Wärtsilä Voyage Solutions during his keynote speech at Digital Ship’s VPO London forum this week. Mr Coles stated that very little in maritime is...