ABB and shipping company Wallenius Marine have opened the doors of the first Oversea Fleet Support Centre, said to offer a major milestone in their collaborative strategy to help shipping companies improve environmental, technical and voyage performance.
One of the maritime industry’s first digital and fleet support centres to be developed as a service, Oversea provides recommendations to help vessels, across all types and fleet sizes, achieve measurable performance improvements, leading to reduced fuel consumption and emissions. Oversea leverages ABB’s extensive expertise in ship technologies and the ABB Ability Genix Industrial Analytics and AI IoT platform, combined with ship management and vessel performance management knowledge from Wallenius Marine.
Located in Stockholm, Sweden, the Oversea Fleet Support Centre allows ship managers, onboard crew, and the Oversea Centre experts to use the same platform and data to work jointly on problem solving and improving operational efficiency. Shipping companies can rely on Oversea centre experts for daily advice, periodic performance reviews and reporting, with the effectiveness of decisions made transparent to all parties. The Stockholm centre will also be working on pilot projects to continuously develop and enhance the Oversea offering.
Johan Mattsson, CEO Wallenius Marine said: “Oversea is fully aligned with our sustainability ambitions, taking the marine industry towards truly sustainable shipping. We are very satisfied to see the organization grow, and the Oversea centre in Stockholm inaugurated, ready to support customers and provide them with world-class service and support.”
Ongoing pilot projects include the Oversea Technical optimisation module (hull and propeller, main engine efficiency/condition) and the monitoring, forecasting and breakdown function, which is in line with the IMO CII.
The projects will establish an ‘integrated system for tasks’ to keep track of all interaction between the Oversea Fleet Support Centre and the customer vessels and office. This will deliver more structured workflows for distributing, approving, and closing requests/recommendations to ensure that actions for improving operational performance are executed.
Jyri Jusslin, Head of Marine Service and Digital, ABB Marine & Ports, said: “We look forward to many ship owners and operators utilising Oversea in the efforts to improve the operational performance of their fleets. We are excited to invite our customers to the newly opened Oversea Fleet Support Centre and show them what we do, how we work and how we can best support them in making their shipping operations more efficient and, ultimately, more sustainable.”
