Fleet Performance Management
Improving operational efficiency
Our industry partnerships - what is in for you?
DNV GL's Vessel and Fleet Performance Solution ECO Insight follows a dedicated partner strategy which has definitely helped us to become shippings no.1 performance solution to date. We never worried to work together with (potential) competitors as long as it added value to our customers. ...
Happy Birthday Performance Center!
Two years ago started with the pilot phase for the Fleet Performance Center at DNV GL. The starting point was: How can we support our ECO Insight users in their daily work? How can we share the investment into a professional monitoring set up among o ...
Cylinder oil consumption monitoring revealed 4% to 7% savings
Cylinder oil consumption monitoring is one of the main drivers for fleet performance management. Savings between 4% and 7% are regularly found, in some cases up to 25%. Fleet performance management targets the whole ships efficiency and it's improve ...
New ECO Insight hull degradation computation method goes beyond ISO 19030 standard
Hull performance determination Hull Degradation is one of the most important vessel performance levers in shipping, but very often overlooked. But why? It is so hard to compute it properly! Only a proper computation allows a shipping company to go a ...
How much can be saved in vessel performance projects - real case studies
Implementing a vessel performance solution across the fleet should bring down your consumptions in fuels and lubes, as well as ensuring compliance with your charter parties and the increasing environmental regulations. That is the promise made. Is th ...
5 rules to really get the savings in vessel performance projects
Implementing a vessel performance solution across the fleet should bring down your consumptions in fuels and lubes, as well as ensuring compliance with your charter parties and the increasing environmental regulations. That is the promise made. To re ...
What is new in TMSA 3 on Energy Efficiency and Environmental
In April 2017 Tanker Management Self Assessment version 3 (TMSA 3) was published and became mandatory on 1st January 2018. (have a look at www.ocimf.org/sire/about-tmsa.aspx). There has been quite some changes to version 2, which was introduced in 20 ...
Is IMO-DCS so much easier to comply with than EU-MRV ?
After EU-MRV the new global IMO-DCS (Data Collection Scheme) is coming in 2019. For the EU-MRV scheme all ships need to report their CO2 emissions per voyage conducted into, between and out of EU (and EFTA) ports. A "voyage" is defined ...
Why working with baselines makes so much sense to improve fleet performance?
A solid method to see the status and development of vessel or fleet performance is to compare the actual measured values with the expected ones. The expected ones are typically available for fleet performance in what we call "baselines". They can com ...
When to go for a more extensive and dense vessel baselines
Vessel baselines are key for performance management as they allow to compare actual measured values against the expected ones, represented in the baseline. Vessel typically come with two baselines from the yard, that describe the needed power and / o ...