Harnessing the capabilities of the maritime IoT platform – Fleet Data from Inmarsat Maritime, a subsidiary of Viasat, Maersk Supply Service is set to optimize its vessel performance. The primary beneficiary will be Maersk Minder, an anchor handler equipped with the shipping company’s inaugural vessel battery installation. Furthermore, the IoT solution opens avenues for the shipping giant to deduce an effective strategy, thereby optimizing zero-emission energy storage systems throughout its fleet.
Intelligent Data Processing: Decoding Vessel Performance
Inmarsat’s ingenious technology assembles data from onboard equipment, automatically generating timestamps, synchronizing, and uploading data to the client’s visualization tools. This wealth of information is presented in an easily understandable format. This data goes beyond streamlining analytics and reporting, aiding in increasing transparency for equipment manufacturers. An instance can be seen with VPS and its data-guided decarbonization system – Maress. The real-time insights into vessel performance contribute to optimizing fuel savings and reducing emissions.
Computing Battery Effectiveness: The Future of Fleet Operations
Inmarsat’s technology will play a pivotal role in assessing the vessel battery system’s effectiveness. This evaluation will focus on peak shaving, energy efficiency, and the determination of requirements for upcoming battery installations intended for the rest of Maersk’s fleet. VPS Decarbonisation’s Chief Commercial Officer, Sindre Bornstein, emphasized how this project amalgamates transparency, intelligent data utilization, and collaboration – attributes necessary to accomplish the maritime industry’s emissions reduction targets.
Aligning with Environmental Regulations: The Edge of Real-Time Data
Inmarsat’s technology provides complete visibility into vessel performance and its hybrid battery system, enabling Maersk to swiftly adapt its operations in line with shifting environmental regulations. Notably, one of Maersk’s clients has already demanded the use of battery power for certain offshore operations. This reinforces the competitive advantage of sharing real-time data on the electric storage system’s impact on vessel efficiency and emissions with the charterers.
Automating Maritime Operations: The Path to Efficiency
Several commercial and regulatory motivations factor into the installation of battery power on an offshore vessel, primarily influenced by charterer expectations. As per Maersk’s Energy Performance Manager, Sverre Vange, the ability to keep charterers informed about the battery system’s performance is crucial in creating a compelling proposal for charterers in the future. Moreover, data automation will relieve seafarers from manual NOx emissions reporting, saving time and money, and yielding more accurate information.
Making Data Work: Towards a Decarbonized Maritime Industry
Inmarsat Maritime’s Technical Sales Manager for digital operations, Richard Goudbeek, emphasizes the significance of data utilization. “Data by itself is not useful unless it is processed to obtain information.” Analyzing this processed data to gain actionable insights is crucial to informed, fact-based decision-making. The collaboration between Inmarsat and Maersk, along with other OEMs and stakeholders like VPS, signifies a stepping-stone towards advancing decarbonization strategies within the maritime industry.
Maersk Supply Service has maintained a long-standing customer relationship with Inmarsat since 2017, when the Fleet Xpress was implemented across its fleet. This innovative connection will continue to transform the maritime scene, moving it towards a sustainable and efficient future.
