The European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated a new flagship project, 'Decarbonisation through the Digitalisation in Shipping' (Decardis), together with optimisation platform company Awake.AI, ABB and shipping company Wallenius Marine. The consortium, funded by ESA...
Marine electronics & digitalisation news
WÄRTSILÄ LAUNCHES NEW DIGITAL PLATFORM
Wärtsilä ANCS's new digital platform, Nacos Connect, has now been launched for commercial use following five years of development, testing, and customer trials. Nacos Connect is a comprehensive solution designed to empower end customers to optimise the functionality...
DIGITALISATION OF ENGINES AND TURBOCHARGERS CUTS COSTS AND EMISSIONS
Accelleron customers will gain easier access to data-driven performance improvements and cost reductions thanks to a new partnership with maritime data platform provider Bemac. Under the agreement signed with Accelleron’s Japanese joint venture company Turbo Systems...
CHRISTIANIA SHIPPING EMBRACES CREW BEHAVIOUR CHANGES TO CUT EMISSIONS
Christiania Shipping is employing Signol, a behaviour change service which uses StormGeo data, to understand and increase crew members’ fuel-saving behaviour. The six-month project will run across 18 chemical and gas tankers and aims to reduce fuel consumption and CO2...
ACCELLERON AND FURUNO JOIN IN ENGINE OPTIMISATION PROJECT
Accelleron’s Japanese joint venture company Turbo Systems United has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with marine systems provider Furuno Electric to cooperate in digital activities. The MoU, the first of its kind for the Accelleron group in Japan, is...
GLOBAL MARITIME EMISSIONS DATA LAUNCHED BY CARGOMETRICS
CargoMetrics, which specialises in the systematic monitoring and analysis of maritime trade, has announced the launch of new products that measure maritime emissions and provide unbiased data and insight to regulators, shippers and multi-national corporations that...
400th FuelOpt SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED
Manta Marine Technologies (MMT) has secured the 400th vessel contract for its automated propulsion optimisation system, FuelOpt. The latest contract is subscription-based and was signed with JJ Ugland for an installation onboard the 60,000 dwt bulk carrier, the...
ARDMORE DEPLOYS AI TO CUT EMISSIONS
Maritime AI and energy efficiency company DeepSea Technologies has been partnering with chemical and product tanker operator Ardmore Shipping to implement Pythia, its voyage optimisation tool, across Ardmore’s fleet – enabling AI-driven insights that will help the...
ClassNK ENDORSES REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM
ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products and Solutions to the Smart Ship Hub developed by Singapore-headquartered Smart Ship Hub Digital. Smart Ship Hub is described as an easy and quick to deploy remote vessel management platform for safety,...
CORVUS ENABLES DATA-DRIVEN HEALTH TEST FOR ESS
Maritime zero-emission solutions provider Corvus Energy has developed a DNV-accepted method for data-driven state of health (SOH) testing for its energy storage systems (ESS) in a move which the company believes is the first such offering in the marine ESS...
AI CAN ASSIST MARITIME EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
Maritime artificial intelligence provider Bearing AI has announced an update to its Fleet Deployment Optimizer (FDO) solution that promises to aid shipping companies in managing emissions in light of the EU ETS regulations. Under the regulation, all ships calling at...
NEW TOOL ANALYSES ENERGY SAVING MEASURES
Sustainability-focused design and engineering consultancy Houlder has developed a new tool for analysing ship performance and evaluating efficiency options, including energy efficiency technologies – also known as energy-saving devices or clean technologies. The...
NAPA LAUNCHES DATA SOLUTION TO ACCELERATE ENERGY TRANSITION
Maritime software and data service provider Napa has introduced 'Napa Studios', an initiative that the company hopes will foster cross-industry partnerships to deliver new data-driven solutions and insights on some of the most imminent ship design, safety and...