Inmarsat and Rolls-Royce have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to have the option to make the Rolls-Royce Energy Management system available via Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Xpress broadband service, to reduce energy consumption and support environmental compliance.
The energy management system aims to help operators maximise their efficiency in compliance with EU Monitoring Reporting and Verification and the IMO Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan.
“Our Energy Management software quantifies the effects of optimising operational efficiency on costs and the true impact of enhancements as they are phased in. Fleet Xpress always-on connectivity and the potential for application-triggered bandwidth mean that data can be logged in real time, optimising the verifiable reporting capability already built in to Rolls-Royce Energy Management System software,” said Marco Camporeale, Rolls-Royce Vice President, Intelligent Asset Management Solutions.
Vessels equipped with Rolls-Royce Energy Management software can operate within the Inmarsat Certified Application Provider (CAP) programme, connected via Fleet Xpress and hosted on the Inmarsat Gateway platform.
Application-triggered bandwidth usage allows end-users to choose whether to dedicate part of their bandwidth allocation to specific vessel efficiency measures, or for the app itself to trigger bandwidth ‘dynamically’ by the hour.
“In the case of Rolls-Royce, the LOI envisages remote monitoring to document environmental compliance, but new digital services can also be delivered to the maritime industry that create efficiencies for users and new revenue streams for vendors. Application-triggered bandwidth pricing means this can be completely transparent,” explained Stein A. Orø, Vice President Sales, Inmarsat Maritime .
