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One such client is Houma, LA-based Enterprise Marine

Services (EMS), an operator of inland tow boats and tank barges with a small ? eet of offshore tugs and barges. The majority of the EMS tug ? eet works inland so geo-fencing is important for the operator’s tax purposes. EMS Presi-

Jerry Cardillo, dent Jerry Cardillo told MarineNews that his ? eet already

President of Enterprise boasted 17 Floscan units and that system typically installs

Marine Services in about one day. EMS and Cardillo operates 63 tugs and 134 barges, running up and down the inland and offshore waterways. But Cardillo depends on Floscan for many only vessel to vessel, but also based on the personnel on things, beyond the all-important tax reporting. Cardillo board the boat.

EMS only started installing Floscan onto its vessels in insists, “It’s about customer satisfaction and providing the fourth quarter of 2014, but Cardillo says that he and them with the best possible service. When the charterer is paying for the fuel, we want to know that we are operating his team are already looking at many data points which will eventually yield dividends for EMS – and his all im- as ef? ciently as possible.” portant customers. EMS is already looking ahead to the

EMS regularly benchmarks many aspect of their busi- ness, including the installation of a new z-drive on one of coming Tier IV requirements. “We’ll want data from our their tow boats. EMS, for example, wants to know what current ? eet, for comparisons, when that comes.” the sweet spot for that system might be, whether or not

Geofencing 101 it produces energy savings and other metrics above and

Operating commercial vessels on inland waterways re- beyond the standard propulsion system, as promised. As

EMS embarks on its new build program, it is also building quires accurate fuel consumption tracking for paying an to a Tier III standard. And, says Cardillo, with Floscan, array of fuel use taxes under the Inland Waterways Rev-

EMS can even monitor consumption and ef? ciencies not enue Act in addition to those imposed by some states and

The M/V DAN L, a vessel that uses the Floscan system.

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