Enhanced fleet monitoring and data-driven optimisation will be deployed across Bourbon’s global Marine and Logistics fleet of 104 vessels to boost efficiency and reduce GHG emissions, under a new strategic partnership with marine digitalisation company Opsealog.
The agreement follows a six-month pilot on 25 offshore supply vessels (OSVs), which demonstrated average monthly emissions savings of 45t to 50t of CO2 equivalent per vessel. These results were achieved through real-time fleet monitoring and enhanced digitalisation of the vessels’ reporting. This enabled Opsealog to identify efficiency improvements and recommend best practices to ship management teams.
The agreement covers the entire Bourbon platform supply vessel (PSV) and anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) fleet, which is operated in regions such as West Africa, Asia and the Gulf of Mexico. The partnership will allow for centralised fleet monitoring with real-time vessel tracking and streamlined reporting. The data will then be integrated into Opsealog’s Marinsights platform to deliver insights that will help Bourbon optimise vessels’ operational profiles to reduce fuel consumption and associated GHG emissions, while helping reduce operating costs.
This initiative will support Bourbon’s commitment to reduce its environmental footprint through fleet optimisation, and enable the company to proactively prepare for upcoming regulatory requirements that will soon cover the OSV sector, including the EU ETS and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) regulations.
Frédéric Siohan, Standards and Innovation Director, Bourbon Marine and Logistics, said: “Our collaboration with Opsealog is marking a new milestone in the digitalisation of our fleet that was initiated about 10 years ago with the design of highly efficient vessels fitted with diesel electric propulsion. Through enhanced real-time monitoring of operations and fuel consumption, the partnership will equip our teams with the right insights, founded in data, to improve our fleet’s day-to-day performance and reduce its carbon emissions. In the longer term, having this comprehensive overview of our fleet and potential improvements will enable us to establish new benchmarks for operational excellence and lead the way in sustainable practices. This also offers our customers practical solutions to progress their own decarbonisation journeys.”
Hugo Prigent, Account Manager Opsealog, said: “This partnership is a testament to the power of digitalisation in driving operational efficiency and environmental responsibility. Our pilot showed how data can not only paint an accurate picture of each vessel’s fuel consumption and carbon emissions, but also unlock tangible actions to immediately improve their performance. Building on this success, we are proud to expand our partnership across Bourbon Marine and Logistics’ entire fleet and support their sustainability and performance ambitions.”
Image: Bourbon offshore vessel ‘Bourbon Explorer 504′. (credit: Bourbon)
