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DATA DRIVEN VOYAGE OPTIMIZATION

Arnaud Dianoux, Founder Anil Jacob, Head of BSM’s Thome’s Executive Vice and Managing Director of Fleet Performance Center, says Chairman Claes Eek Thorstensen voyage optimization is one of the

Opsealog, is calling for a says that it is always easier to most effective ways to improve data democracy. use a single system.

operational ef? ciency.

Angus Whiston, Communications Director at DeepSea optimization systems are still maturing.

Technologies, says everything has changed with AI. Gradu- Part of that maturity involves breaking down data siloes ally, shipping companies are starting to see real bene? t for the built in disparate digital and manual systems. Some third party ? rst time. “Let’s be honest - in past years, what has been the managers are developing their own solutions. Thome, for ex- true bene? t of combining reams of high-frequency sensor data ample, monitors its managed ? eet centrally, with CII ratings with years of weather data, AIS data, port data, etc? Almost dynamically projected based on factors such as hull resistance, without fail, the result of such projects has been internal con- weather, engine performance, vessel speed and dwt utilization. fusion on a large scale and hundreds of wasted hours.” Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is currently ex-

Speaking at a recent conference, Thomas Zanzinger, CEO panding its digital platform to handle EU ETS compliance in of Ocean Technologies Group, warned participants that even a single source dashboard. Anil Jacob, Head of BSM’s Fleet if they were not on top of their data, there’s a good chance Performance Centre, says voyage optimization is one of the others will be, which could lead to ? nancial and reputational most effective ways to improve operational ef? ciency. AI and consequences for their businesses. He pointed out that growth machine learning will help improve numeral weather predica- in connectivity and the proliferation of application program tion models, and developments in Arti? cial Neural Network- interfaces is connecting previously disparate data sets. ing will improve performance models for vessel. This will

Data holds the key to smarter actions but is hard to man- provide more accurate results for different loading conditions, age without the support of software, says Pelle Sommansson, speeds, or trim. “The more accurate the vessel modelling, the

Chief Product & AI Of? cer at ZeroNorth. “Platforms that can better the voyage optimization result will be.” break down existing silos and create a single source of truth NAPA’s new CII tool uses a ship’s digital twin, combined will be critical to driving ef? ciencies that generate immediate with data on its past and current routes and performance, to environmental and commercial impact, as they enhance col- predict its CII rating for each sea passage. Some requirements laboration and grant stakeholders across different departments vary with ship type, though. For example, NAPA has worked access to a shared data reality.” with INPEX to factor in optimization of LNG carriers that are

Shipmanager Thome’s Executive Vice Chairman Claes Eek partly fueled by cargo boil-off gas.

Thorstensen highlights that it is always easier to use a single Vessel Performance Solutions notes that an LR tanker can system that comprehensively caters to all aspects of perfor- reduce its CII rank by 7% just by correcting for cargo dis- mance monitoring and optimization. However, very few sys- charging and heating. Even though some corrections have a tems are complete and reliable in every aspect. Acquiring, minor impact, they may still be important towards the end of processing, and analyzing real time performance data, in com- the year when a charterer wants to maintain vessel speed with- bination with AI, holds signi? cant potential, but performance out risking a drop in rank.

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