Tag: ship software

In this article, ClassNK explains how its software is helping owners to consider the best BWMS solutions for their existing ships. Implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention means 40,000 vessels will need a Ballast Water Management System by their first renewal survey after September 2017.

The latest release of DNV GL’s fleet performance management solution ECO Insight has added a range of new analytical and reporting features to the market leading portal. The new features enable shipowners to manage more vessel data than ever, with more frequent and higher quality results.

Kongsberg Maritime has completed an extensive refit of a 21-year-old Main Engine, Remote Control System aboard a VLCC during the vessel's scheduled docking. The original Main Engine, Remote Control System installed at a newbuilding yard in Japan was decommissioned and the latest Kongsberg AutoChief 600 was commissioned by a Dedicated Refit Team.

The European Commission has funded the new research project SHIPLYS which gathers a team of 12 leading maritime companies and research facilities from several European countries in order to develop simulation and modelling tools that will minimise the time and costs involved in ship design and production.

BAE Systems is developing software that monitors the equipment, fuel and energy performance of a ship providing real time information that will help the Royal Navy and commercial organisations better manage their fleets.

The Cyprus-based MSC Shipmanagement, after trialing InfoSHIP EGO on one vessel it is now being “rolled-out” to eighty-one vessels and subsequently, the entire fleet. The company believes that InfoSHIP EGO will be able to measure the real savings and payback time for CO2 emission reduction investments, and to comply with MRV requirements.

Kongsberg Digital has signed contracts with Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology, Kalmar Maritime Academy and Linnaeus University that include development of a state-of-the-art LNG Cruise Ferry simulator model for the K-Sim Engine simulator platform.

DNV GL has welcomed the world’s largest semi-submersible drilling rig into class recently. Ocean Greatwhite is 123 metres long and 78 metres wide and was delivered at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea. Owned by the Houston-based drilling contractor Diamond Offshore, the rig will be chartered to oil major BP and will operate in the Great Australian Bight.

As part of the ongoing Blue Star Delos Renewable Energy Innovation Project, Eco Marine Power (EMP) has announced that the Aquarius Management & Automation System (MAS) installed on Blue Star Delos has been updated with new fuel oil consumption (FOC) and emissions monitoring software.

K Line has selected ClassNK Consulting Service’s machinery condition monitoring and automatic diagnostic system ClassNK CMAXS LC-A for use on one of its container vessels for fuel savings, marking the first commercial application of the software.