MAN Diesel & Turbo announced that signed a contract with Stena Line to provide its online service to two vessels. The ‘Stena Hollandica’ and ‘Stena Britannica’ are both conventional passenger-and-vehicle superferries that sail the daily route between the Hook of Holland and Harwich and are each powered by 4 × MAN 48/60CR engines.
PrimeServ Online Service is MAN Diesel & Turbo´s service for monitoring engines and turbochargers automatically and continuously. The service transmits key engine data from any place in the world via secure data connections. PrimeServ experts analyse the data and provide recommendations for maintenance/repairs.
Dan Sten Olsson, CEO and owner of the Stena Sphere, said: “Digitalization is the direct communication of the truth and opens up for fast adjustments and improved performance by automation or improved human judgment.”
Wayne Jones, MAN Diesel & Turbo’ s Chief Sales Officer, commented: “We have a clear strategy regarding the development of our digitisation program where we already monitor over 200 installations worldwide. We can even keep track of the assets on our smartphones. We will shortly move into Phase 2.0 where we will further extend our online services to our two-stroke installations”.
As part of this digitilization strategy, MAN Diesel & Turbo recently appointed a Chief Digitization Officer, Audi Lucas, to further drive the development and integration of digital offerings within its portfolio.
In connection with the new appointment, Dr. Uwe Lauber, CEO MAN Diesel & Turbo, stated: “As a creative mission, digitization goes way beyond the development of technologies. It is an approach and way of thinking that involves interdisciplinary networking, data analysis and interaction. More than ever before, we want to embed this mentality at all levels within MAN Diesel & Turbo – from corporate strategy through to customer service and product development.”
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