Fleet Performance Management
Improving operational efficiency
How to waste 12,000 USD on boiler consumption
A container vessel was identified with extensive boiler consumption at sea. Learn from this case, how to evaluate for your own fleet in ECO Insight. Read what were the reasons behind and how to avoid.
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How to build your line of defence against fuel claims
In a tough market the charter party can become an expensive document for the vessel owner, if the performance criteria (typically fuel oil consumption at defined speeds and drafts at fair weather) are not met. Operators are under financial pressure a ...
When to worry about the coming EU- MRV scheme?
The EU MRV scheme is coming. In August 2017 shipping companies need to hand in the new “Monitoring plans” to their verifiers, and in January 2018 the monitoring of “CO2 emissions based on fuel consumption” starts. The only unclear item is sti ...
4 reasons why autologging is not the solution to onboard data collection
Everybody agrees that in the future vessels will be equipped with sensors to automatically deliver all relevant data for vessel performance management. Looking at the technology status today, I still see a long way to go. Why? 1. Autologging does no ...
71% of shipping companies still lack dedicated energy manager
DNV GL’s Energy Management Study 2015 has revealed that just 29% of shipping companies have a dedicated energy manager or energy management team. ...
The future of onboard data collection
How will data be collected from onboard vessels in the future? In a much different manner than today, that is for sure. With a mix of excels, mails and forms, for some vessels autologging data will evolve in two ways: 1. Electronic logbooks will rep ...
The top 4 levers for improving vessel performance
Shipping companies have a myriad of options to improve vessel performance and reduce energy consumption. Which ones are the most important? Here we take a look into our data and fleet performance projects across the globe to find out. 1. Speed and s ...