‘K’ Line announced that it is working with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd Group on the development of an integrated vessel operation and performance management system called ‘K-IMS’ (Kawasaki – Integrated Maritime Solutions) for maintaining and improving vessel safety operation.
”Though ‘K-IMS’ is based on 2 kinds of existing systems equipped our fleet of ; ‘SPAS'(Ship Performance Analyzing System) which is the electrical AB log and vessel performance analyzed, and ‘EP-Monitor'(Engine Plant Monitor) which is a remote monitoring system for the vessel engine plant condition, we have made it a new system by integrating developed ‘EP-Monitor’ which has become able to collect and observe all kinds of operation data including navigation data and ‘NAVI’ (Optimum Navigation System) we have newly adopted.”, K Line explained
”Integrating these individual systems enables us to utilize the real-time operation data from vessels, so-called Big data, in mutual systems and also enables us to support vessel operation and manage vessel performance in an easy way by grasp of real-time vessel operating conditions, optimum safety route selection, the latest vessel performance and so on through the new data browsing system we have developed.” K Line added about the new system.
‘K-IMS’ and the Big data are managed in cloud system in the shore server and that have various functions such as observing the operating condition of vessels, analyzing the performance of vessels and deciding the safest and lowest cost recommended course based on the analysis result and weather information. ‘K-IMS’ could be shared among operation teams, ship management companies and vessels. K Line says that it will contribute not only to safety navigation and saving fuel cost but also to improve efficient vessel operation and management dramatically.
K Line anticipates this project to contribute to safe navigation, bunker savings, and ease of vessel operation and management. The company committed to work on environmental preservation and economic operation, keeping to build a reliable safety operation organization by improving the accuracy of optimum navigation system and further developing and utilizing of bottom fouling analysis system, trim optimization system, engine diagnose system on ‘K-IMS’.
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