Tag: operational efficiency

 Wah Kwong Ship Management (HK) Limited will adopt DNV GL's ShipManager integrated fleet management software suite to further improve operational efficiency, data transparency and safety reporting.Wah Kwong is a provider of maritime transport in the bulk carrier, tanker and LPG segments, operating a current fleet of 26 vessels, with nine more newbuilds on the way. Wah Kwong’s implementation of ShipManager supports its strategy of offering the highest standards of safety and quality of operations. In the face of increasing compliance requirements and a growing fleet, a new, integrated and professional fleet management software system is essential. The implementation of ShipManager will simplify and optimize the ship management by allowing extensive fleet-wide data collection and analysis.“We are entering into this project with the same aspirations we have with regards to everything we do in ship management,” says Tim Huxley, CEO Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, explaining the decision to implement ShipManager.”We aim to continually improve efficiency and safety and strive to be ‘best in class’ when it comes to operating our fleet. By streamlining our processes across all ship management functions, we will relieve the documentation burden, particularly for those at sea, whilst better monitoring and improved data quality will assist ...

INTTRA introduces dashboards to measure shipment reliability and booking speed

  DNV GL is pleased to announce the completion of the LNGreen joint industry project, which worked to develop a state-of-the-art next-generation LNG carrier. The LNGreen joint industry project brought together experts from DNV GL and industry specialists from GTT, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and the shipowner GasLog. Each of the project partners contributed their unique know-how and experience, to develop tomorrow’s LNG carrier using the latest technology, within the bounds of existing shipbuilding methods. The vessel concept has a significantly improved environmental footprint, a higher level of energy efficiency, as well as an improved boil-off rate and cargo capacity, making it much better suited to future trading patterns than existing vessels. LNGreen investigated the improvement of efficiency and performance of LNG carriers by considering actual operational conditions and optimisation in terms of hydrodynamics, machinery and system configuration. These developments were based on DNV GL’s integrated systems engineering approach COSSMOS, state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics calculations (CFD), and a containment system design, tailored to a specific operational profile and anticipated trades. Martin Davies, the Project Manager at DNV GL stated that “using enabling computer tools we managed to develop a vessel which is approximately 8% more energy efficient and has increased ...

  The 17 National Standardization Bodies represented on ISO’s Marine Environment Protection Sub-committee (ISO-TC8-SC2) have voted in favor of circulating ISO 19030 parts 1 and 2 as Draft International Standards. In anticipation of final approval of the standard expected next year, Jotun will update Performance Guarantees offered as a part of its Hull Performance Solutions so that they are fully compliant with the standard. According to Geir Axel Oftedahl, Jotun’s Business Development Director, Hull Performance Solutions, the purpose of establishing these standards is to prescribe practical methods for measuring changes in ship-specific hull and propeller performance and to define performance indicators for hull and propeller maintenance, repair and retrofit activities. “Poor hull and propeller performance is currently estimated to account for around 10 per cent of world fleet’s energy costs and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions,” he said. “By creating a standard, the industry will have access to proven ways to measure speed loss, leading to better decisions about hull coatings and propellers. We believe improving hull and propeller performance can reduce the world fleet’s fuel cost by as much as $30 billion per year and achieve an estimated 0.3 per cent reduction in man-made greenhouse gas emissions.” The vote represents ...

 MAN has issued a Market Update Note providing information on the Light Running Margin (LRM) which is an important design parameter for the safe and efficient operation of a ship. The changed circumstances in the shipping industry  have led MAN Diesel & Turbo to change the recommendation for LRM.In brief, a ship should have a sufficient LRM such that:a safe and satisfactory ship speed can be maintained in heavy weather and/or with a fouled hullship accelerations needed for safe and efficient manoeuvring operations can be achieveda barred speed range can be passed quickly (which is often required also at zero ship speed, i.e. at bollard pull).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7e6RLMk5e8 Light Running Margin (LRM)To align with the rest of world’s ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry has developed the energy efficiency design index (EEDI) in cooperation with IMO. Combined with the steady increase in oil prices seen in the period from 2006 to 2014, the result has been improved ship designs with lower CO2 emissions relative to their transportation capacity.Lowering of the SMCR propulsion power installed is a key parameter for achieving a more fuel and CO2-efficient ship, evaluated according to the EEDI. Other parameters include lowering of the hull resistance, ...

Topaz Selects ABS Fleets Management Software

  Gerald Rofle, Manager – Marine Service Development, SKF Industrial Market, Marine  presentation during the 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum   Most people in the industrial world know the name SKF. It is a fairly big and well-known company. From a business model, in the marine industry and in many other industries, you make an investment. You decide to build some new ships, make a capital investment and spread the cost over 20 years or more. Then, when you put the ships into operation, you start paying the operating costs, which may vary depending on the vessel efficiency etc. And then, you go to work earning revenue. The idea is you get a payback point and you make money. And, I think the Greek community is very good to make money from marine for many years. Unfortunately, unexpected things happen. Critical systems may fail, important equipment may have an issue and we experience unplanned downtime events, even resulting in off hire for the ship in the worst case scenario. I think we have all seen very big show-stopper events like this that occur occasionally, but thankfully, not very commonly, but they do happen. When unplanned events occur, you will incur an increased ...

Next generation vessel facilitates operations at Port of Venice