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“What makes NavFleet unique isn’t just what we measure, but how we deliver the insights to the shipping companies.”

Arild Risholm Sæther,

Head of Business Development,

NAVTOR

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MAw0oE6SLM0 fuel tables to improve ? xtures; for operational teams, it may everything; the operational teams can see information relevant help with bunker planning or propellor performance to iden- for them; the technical teams can see information relevant for tify the optimal time for cleaning, for example. them. And of course, someone can see everything if they like.” “For the technical teams, we monitor a range of engine focused In addition to the technology, Navtor delivers an in-house parameters daily, but also monthly to support the best practices team for analytics, a performance team that holds monthly re- for engine maintenance,” said Risholm Sæther. With the dizzy- view meetings with ship owners and operators to go through ing number of new regulations on the regional, national and in- all metrics, vessel by vessel, and discuss the different actions ternational front, NavFleet delivers as well, helping companies they can take to improve. to not only monitor and improve key metrics such as energy and ef? ciency operational indexes, but also the new carbon intensity

What’s Next?

indicator. “It supports the ongoing awareness of the environmen- tal performance, as well as the adoptions of the new CO2 regula- As connectivity and bandwidth continues to expand on- tions, which takes effect from 2023,” said Risholm Sæther. board ships and boats, so too does the potential to use real-

As is the case in any tech sector, NavFleet continues to time data and analytics for monitoring of navigational safety. evolve daily with input from in-house staff and clients alike. “Ef? cient navigation, green and safe navigation, is all about “NavFleet takes a holistic approach to monitor and improve integration of data and services into one secure platform,” ? eet performance. And these capabilities are only expanding,” said Risholm Sæther. “And we participate actively to develop said Risholm Sæther. solutions that contributes to a greener more sustainable ship- ping. So we are involved in several R&D projects where we can use the results to improve all of our products,” whether

Taming the Firehose of Data it’s in regards to cyber security, data collection, autonomous

With the acceleration of technology comes an acceleration shipping, bunker planning, route optimization, just-in-time ar- in the speed and quantity of data, and becoming overwhelmed rivals, or really, anything that can be monitored, measured, in a sea of data is more the norm than exception. reported, analyzed and acted upon.

“One of the problems today is the overwhelming focus on the “We will continue to evolve the analytics and optimization real time data, without exactly knowing how you actually should functionalities in NavFleet, trying to make them smarter, try bene? t from all this information,” said Risholm Sæther. As he to make them better. Because we think that smarter data utili- mentioned, while NavFleet is designed to cater to many differ- zation and integration is the best answer to some of the mari- ent users with different levels of knowledge and experience, a time industry’s biggest challenges. So to reduce emissions and focal point is keeping things easy and understandable. “In the costs, to increase performance, to increase navigational safety

NavFleet application, you can assign different roles to different and compliance with regulations; we think that total integra- people,” said Risholm Sæther. “Everyone doesn’t need to see tion and monitoring is the key.” www.marinelink.com 49

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