ABB to expand offering to vessel weather routing, analytics, reporting and shore-based support through the acquisition of the shipping business of DTN Europe BV and DTN Philippines Inc.
Specialized ship manager Chemfleet has confirmed that an in-service Berg Propulsion upgrade to control systems onboard the tanker YM Miranda has yielded fuel savings of around 10%.
The joint project will develop a next-generation ship design and information management solution, which will also embed a product lifecycle management (PLM) system
Ship management company Laskaridis Shipping, technology provider METIS Cyberspace Technology and classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) have worked together to develop new notations for the use of augmented data to optimise operations and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"Shipping is now coming to accept that real-time vessel data, predictive analysis and artificial intelligence will be crucial to meeting the needs of the transition ahead."