Danish maritime operational and safety technology company Danelec has launched Danelec Connect, a new digital platform designed to boost operational efficiency, safety and sustainability through significantly enriched Ship Performance Monitoring.
The new software is described as a powerful cloud-based solution, specifically designed to optimise diverse marine operations and address the many intricacies of vessel, fleet and voyage management.
Danelec Connect is an agnostic platform for extracting operational and business value from automated high-quality data regardless of source or format and across single or multiple vessels. A cloud-based dataspace for storage, analysis, sharing and insight, Danelec Connect is said to power the maritime sustainability and safety agenda forward with new workflows including automated reporting to ensure compliance, offering visuals on metrics including fuel consumption and CII.
Danelec Connect is the culmination of Danelec’s acquisition of the Norwegian Ship Performance specialist, Kyma, incorporating Kyma’s monitoring expertise and Danelec’s VDR and Vessel Remote Server (VRS) technologies.
Danelec Connect SVP Christian Treu said: “Danelec Connect is the result of combining best-in-class technologies and expertise. Kyma’s legacy and proficiency within Ship Performance Monitoring and Danelec’s maritime data acquisition strengths combine to impact how ship owners manage their fleet with new, more efficient, cost effective and simplified workflows.”
An important driver for the development of Danelec Connect is the need to base the digitalisation of the maritime industry as a whole on enabling faster and easier access to valid data, helping the sector to address significant environmental sustainability, economic and safety challenges in the short and long term.
Treu added: “We are at the tipping point of maritime industry digitalisation. Shipping may lag behind, but we have seen progress on the digital agenda during the past three years and there is much more potential ahead – especially in noon reporting. Today, nearly 70% of all ship owners are exploring digital solutions to bring about operational efficiencies. With that transition, I feel confident that the noon reports will be dead and gone within a matter of a few years.”
Through Danelec Connect, ship owners and operators can access high-quality, high-frequency and real-time data from a wide range and variety of sensors and systems on board. The platform fuels more accurate decision making, boosts operational efficiency, and supports vessel and business initiatives, from reducing fuel consumption and GHG emissions to engendering new methods to maximise equipment and technology ROI. The automated reporting further ensures effortless emissions compliance with intuitive graphical representation of, for example, fuel consumption, CII, and performance versus the benchmark period. It employs intelligent notifications to prompt swift action in response to sensor irregularities and missing data, facilitating emission reporting and performance analysis.
Ship owners can select and combine four plans covering performance monitoring, environmental impact, API only or the full platform, ensuring that customers only pay for what is needed while retaining the option to upscale as operations evolve. The platform allows users to transfer data to their chosen cloud or in-house databases, or integrate data with third-party software platforms.
Treu concluded: “Danelec Connect emerges as an agnostic platform that unifies data from vessels across the maritime sector, fostering sustainability and safety through digitalisation. As the maritime industry enters a new era of digital transformation, Danelec Connect stands at the forefront, driving efficiency, reducing operational costs, and propelling the industry toward a more sustainable and connected future.”
