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Trauthwein, Editor & Associate Publisher [email protected] trade events such as Norshipping, held earlier this year in Oslo, usually entail a full week of running around, conducting interviews with as many leading executives that we can collar. To say that the week, and a good many of the conversations, are a blur by week?s end is putting it mildly. I guess that?s why I placed so much stock in one particular meeting that included a discussion with three top executives from a ship owner (Bore), a clas-siÞ cation society (ClassNK) and a software solutions provider (Napa). The conversation centered on Bore?s at-sea trial of the new ClassNK-Napa Green ship efÞ ciency software, a package that is designed to directly identify energy waste on ships, and it is signi Þ cant in that more than three months later, the conversation is as fresh as if it was held yesterday. While we often write on the relatively conservative nature of the marine industry, this conversation worked effectively to disprove that, at least in my mind. Bore is a 110-year-old shipping company with a ß eet of 18, so in relative terms, older and smaller. But it, like an increasing number of their brethren near and far, are increasingly adopting advanced tech- nology, particularly software solutions, that are proving to provide real savings now. Simply put, with the never-ending spiral of new regulation, particularly on the environmental front, and the parallel track of escalat-ing fuel prices which continue to heavily dent shipowner?s bottom lines, you cannot afford today to sit idle, to conduct business as you did 20 years ago, while the world around you becomes increasingly efÞ cient and cost-effective at delivering goods and services via the world?s waterways. Full details on the Bore story start on page 60, but essentially Bore put the challenge to NAPA to prove to them without a shadow of a doubt that the Class NK-Napa Green system savings was not simply brochure fodder, rather a useful tool to help save money. To make the challenge tougher: the subject matter for the elongated at-sea test was an ultra-modern, 2011-built RoRo ship that was already deemed ef Þ cient. Turn to page 60 to read up on the test and the result.The proliferation of increased use of software systems in the maritime sector has long been speculation, because quite frankly the market niche was too young and too small to warrant close coverage. But a new report from Germany?s Fraunhofer CML, ?Fleet Management Systems 2013,? seeks to add some meat to the bones, putting shape and form to the global FMS market.While an excerpt of the report can be found on page 12, it is fascinat-ing to note that, in surveying 46 providers of FMS solutions, it found that the average cost per vessel, per year, for an FMS application is between $5,400 and $10,800, meaning that the industry altogether is estimated to be between $408 and $545 million. While it is still small and scattered, it like others is starting to consolidate, and the high line estimate for growth of the market in 2013 is 17%.The main driver, today, tomorrow and always will be the ef Þ cient opera- tion of ships, ie. every means and method to keep fuel costs in check. However there are numerous simultaneous emerging trends, from crew attraction and retention (including the stipulations of MLC 2006) to real-time shore to ship access and control that will conspire to drive the market further faster in the future.MR #10 (1-9).indd 6MR #10 (1-9).indd 610/4/2013 2:36:54 PM10/4/2013 2:36:54 PM