October 2017
S
hipping giant Maersk is count-
ing the cost of the massive
cyber-attack that struck down
business processes across the compa-
Ten years of mini-VSAT 12
ny during the summer, with a huge
amount of business lost in the after-
math of the widespread systems shut-
software
This edition of Digital Ship magazine is sponsored
down forced upon the vessel and ter-
minal operator after its computer net-
works were compromised. Digital container
by
Maersk posted its Q2 financial booking exchange
results for 2017 in August, showing a raises $13 million 18
strong 8.4 per cent growth in rev-
enues however, the company has
noted that the unexpected costs of the Cryptocurrency for
NotPetya cyber-attack it suffered at Mary Maersk, at APM Terminals Khalifa Bin Salman Port shipping 24
the end of June will impact negative-
ly on next quarters results and could itself that was one of those most heav- immediacy of these enormous fig-
run up to US$300 million. ily disrupted by the cyber-attack, due ures will act as a final wakeup call
European MRV regulations get real 28
In the last week of the quarter we to shutdowns in online bookings for those that still wish to avoid the
were hit by a cyber-attack, which (including its My.MaerskLine.com obvious. electronics and
mainly impacted Maersk Line, APM
Terminals and Damco, explained
portal) and the inability to process
logistics and supply chain data in its
Despite heavy investments in IT,
security and back-up processes to get
navigation
Sren Skou, CEO of A.P. Moller usual manner. back to operations as quickly as pos-
Maersk. Maersk Line is again profitable sible, Maersk will pay the price of EU research project
Business volumes were negative- delivering in line with guidance, with approximately one full quarters prof- tackles Arctic
ly affected for a couple of weeks in revenue growing by US$1 billion it as a result of this digital disaster.
July and as a consequence, our Q3 year-on-year in the second quarter. Any shipping company that
shipping safety 30
results will be impacted. We expect The profit was US$490 million higher would rather avoid a similar fate
the cyber-attack will impact results than the same quarter last year, based should be looking very carefully at its Momentum building in unmanned
negatively by US$200-300 million. on higher rates, said Mr Skou. cyber security policies right now and vessel development 36
Maersk Line had been the main With many in the maritime indus- making sure that its recovery plan is
revenue driver for the Group in the try reluctant to accept that cyber as robust as possible because sadly,
quarter, due to the continuing recov- security has become a major issue for the day that it will be needed may
Singapore goes all in
ery in the container market, however shipping and a significant risk factor arrive sooner than most would like on tech future 38
it was the Maersk Line business unit for ongoing operations, perhaps the to think. DS
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THE MARITIME CIO FORUM Inmarsat results highlight FB to VSAT migration
Rotterdam
26 September 2017 www.inmarsat.com source, with the $87.9 million generated in second quarters of 2016 and 2017.
the second quarter of this year represent- These results have also been impacted
DIGITAL SHIP Inmarsat has reported its financial results ing almost two thirds of the Q2 2017 mar- by migration from Inmarsat's L-band ser-
THE MARITIME CIO FORUM for the first half of 2017, with maritime rev- itime revenue total of $139.3 million. vice to the Ka-band VSAT product, which
Singapore enue for the six months down by 3.9 per This FB quarterly revenue is a reduction included 358 vessels during Q2 2017. Fleet
4 October 2017 cent to $278.4 million compared with the of more than $6 million compared with Q2 Xpress (FX) added another 209 vessels
same period last year, as customers move 2016, however this has been offset by an from new customers for the quarter, while
from FleetBroadband on to VSAT services. increase in VSAT revenues (from both the XpressLink migrations for the period num-
Printed by FleetBroadband (FB) continues to be the XpressLink and Fleet Xpress products) of bered 435 ships.
The Manson Group Ltd companys major maritime revenue more than $5 million when comparing the The net installation run rate for Fleet
Reynolds House, 8 Porters' Wood Xpress has risen to 266 ships per quarter in
Valley Road Industrial Estate
St Albans, Hertz AL3 6PZ, U.K. the first half of 2017, compared with an
average of 136 VSAT ship additions per
No part of this publication may be repro- quarter during 2016. The installation order
duced or stored in any form by any book stands at approximately 680 at the
mechanical, electronic, photocopying,
end of the first half of 2017, the company
recording or other means without the
says, with some 1,337 FX vessels installed
prior written consent of the publisher.
Whilst the information and articles in by the end of the period.
Digital Ship are published in good faith Fleet One, Inmarsats L-band service for
and every effort is made to check accura- smaller vessels, has also shown strong
cy, readers should verify facts and state- growth in 2017, with approximately 400
ments direct with official sources before new users added during the second quar-
acting on them as the publisher can ter of the year to take the customer base
accept no responsibility in this respect. past 2,000 vessels at the end of June 2017.
Any opinions expressed in this maga- Average revenue per Fleet One user stands
zine should not be construed as those at around $90 per month.
of the publisher. Migration from FB to FX has accelerated according to Inmarsats figures
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to be approximately 50/50 to begin with, equipment, so we are fine tuning the sys- installed on all of its vessels by the end of on those vessels, he said.
and adjusted over time as the amount of tems now, he said. the process. I think we have a clear vision already
data used by various processes becomes One of the benefits of course, for us as We do the complete package, installing of how much data will come from the
clearer. an IT department, is that we can do remote new computers and changing the commu- DNV GL software because the Feederlines
Well take a look at the vessels and see, control of our computers on board of the nications, and also installing the antennas vessels have already been using the plat-
some of the smaller vessels there are only vessels. For us that is a huge benefit, we and so on. We can do it in one day, said form for a few years, and that will not be
seven crew members and some of the big- can monitor our IT network on board and Mr Brookman. increasing. I think the standardised
ger vessels might have fourteen, he said. see whats happening, and we can do reg- One of the main reasons why we are updates, for Windows for security and
We havent decided yet how we are ular updates. We can do that with the new installing new computers is that we are anti-virus, that will consume a lot of data.
going to do it, but well give them some- system, before we always had all update standardising our IT equipment on board And the remote monitoring also.
thing for free and then probably they will facilities on the onboard computers shut and were implementing DNV GL When other vessels are added, and
be able to buy cheap add-ons to that. Well down, but now we can enable them and ShipManager software. ShipManager was when we change over the ThorCo fleet,
need to figure out how were doing that, make sure that all of the computers are up already in use at Feederlines but at then they will just be added to the vessels
and the settings and so on. For us thats to date. Navigia they had Task Assistant, and on that are already live. First we need to cre-
very important. We tried once (before to do remote the Thorco vessels they had something ate a standard for most of the vessels, then
The package that Shipping Company monitoring), we had a pilot with Marlink, else. Now we will move every vessel to we can get those configurations on board,
Groningen has opted for under its agree- when it was still Vizada, using the ShipManager. and then we can go live.
ment for shipznet will provide 5 GB of data XChange box on board one of our vessels Our management is not sitting on their That go live process is set to be the
per month to each ship, some twenty times and trying do remote control through that, chairs either, they are running around get- start of a new digitalisation revolution
more data than what is included in its but it was connected via FleetBroadband ting more vessels into our company. Those at Shipping Company Groningen, with
satcom contracts. and the speed was lousy. We didnt man- steps into the future are very good for us an exponential growth in the data avail-
Clearly, such an increase will open up age to make a good connection, so at that as a company, but it means more work able to power its processes and new appli-
opportunities to introduce a number of point it wasnt a good option. for us! We need to push everyone hard to cations as the organisation moves forward
new applications or processes that may integrate everything and get all of that into 2018.
previously have been unavailable, though Installation process work done. With its changing organisational struc-
for the moment Mr Brookman says that the The new remote access options enabled by Mr Brookman is hopeful that the entire ture, changing office-based processes and
focus will remain on completing the instal- the GSM data connection will be a major project will be finished by the end of 2017, changing vessel IT set-up, the company
lation process before too much effort is advantage to Shipping Company with each installed vessel coming on line has certainly taken a leap towards a very
expended on figuring out how to leverage Groningens three-man IT department in as soon as the equipment is up and run- different future. The onus will be on Mr
the new connectivity system. the future, but for the moment they are ning on board. Brookman and his IT team to make sure
For sure we have thought about it, but hard at work managing the implementa- Were now doing the Navigia fleet, those changes are a driver for greater
were now in the middle of installing all of tion process on their 40 ships, alongside just finishing that. We have some other opportunities for competitive advantage
the equipment on board of the vessels. the other elements of the standardised IT vessels we need to do after that and then for the vessel operator in the next
Here in the office we have some testing set-up that the company wants to have we will start with the shipznet going live few years. DS
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that because every customer they cram on approximately 60 per cent of KVHs cus- part. They hate the service, they hate the market that the strategic choices it has
there means they make more money. With tomer base are now on metered plans support, the stuffs unreliable, they cant made to differentiate its proposition from
our system we make money by how many rather than an all you can eat contract, wait to get rid of it. So next time they say its competitors offer a more compelling
gigabytes you use. If I give you a fast ser- varying across the vessel range from never again, he said. product than what they can procure
vice youll use more gigabytes and well tankers that might go for 40 GB or 80 GB What our customers have experienced elsewhere.
make more money that way. per month down to small tugboats that are is kind of the opposite because we own the Whether the market is looking for an
Another atypical VSAT strategy being happy with 500 MB per month. whole problem, no matter what goes all-in-one solution with content, equip-
pursued by KVH is the recent introduction We dont penalise people for buying wrong its our fault. Weve taken owner- ment and bandwidth services from a single
of its AgilePlans, abandoning the more more either, he adds. ship of the modem, the below decks unit, provider, or whether wider choice and the
usual three to five-year contracts typically In some other plans, its $0.20 per the service, the billing, the activations, ability to integrate varied offerings is more
agreed for VSAT services and instead megabyte, but if you go over the allowance installation and ongoing support. Its one appealing, remains to be seen as shipping
offering rolling 30-day contracts that can its $2 per megabyte. Why would you be throat to choke and that gives them much companies continue to move in greater
be cancelled at a months notice should the penalised to be a better customer? We better reliability, not because we are so numbers into VSAT. But Mr Kits van
shipping company wish to discontinue always make the overage to be the exact fantastic but because we control every Heyningen is bullish about the value
the service. same price, so if its $0.20 per megabyte element. proposition his company is building as it
A lot of the time we go around saying then when you go over its also $0.20. We also kind of addressed that now moves past a decade of mini-VSAT.
our service is so much cheaper, why do Theres no penalty to go over. with the new AgilePlans, the fear that Just in this calendar year well be dra-
people not switch?. Well, its a little like One final strategic difference in KVHs theyre locked into this thing and it only matically upgrading the speeds on the net-
going home and my wife says she saved approach to VSAT compared to most other works on our network, its all our equip- work, were going to an HTS overlay so
one hundred dollars because she bought a service providers is one that has existed ment and what if they hate it. Thats gone well be at least tripling the speeds that are
dress on sale if she spent five hundred since day one of its entry into the market, now. Theres no commitment, you can get available, so 10 Mbps kinds of speeds (will
dollars, wheres my one hundred dollars to with the company insisting on operating it today and in a month from now if you be the standard), he said.
put in my pocket? Its not really a saving services using its own KVH-built antennas decide you dont like it, and the speeds Some of it will require new modem
if its not less per month, said Mr Kits and below decks equipment. arent what we told you they were, you can technology. All of our antennas, every-
van Heyningen. While this does allow KVH greater con- send it back. That addresses the concern thing weve ever built is upgradable. It will
Our cost for 50 MB of data is $49, so its trol over how the service is delivered, it that people might want to switch they still be a Ku-band product so the existing
incredibly cheap, and we have customers also offers a potential disadvantage to can switch, and theres no CapEx cost that antennas will work. To get the highest
who are paying $800 per month on an L- shipping companies that might look to they have to worry about or anything. speeds youll need a new modem. We
band service and theyre getting maybe change service provider, in the sense that dont want to leave anybody behind and
100 MB or something. So we can come in the equipment installed on board cannot Future prospects say your equipment is obsolete, every-
and say were a lot cheaper, but theyll be used with any other VSAT service. As competition in the VSAT market contin- body is upgradeable and all the new peo-
reply that theyll have to buy the antenna, However, Mr Kits van Heyningen is confi- ues to heat up, with providers building ple will be on the new platform.
and then it all goes up to $1,000 per month dent that this approach has not proven increasingly more attractive packages to try Im not allowed to do forward looking
or $1,200 per month, and thats not really especially detrimental to the companys and entice the majority of commercial ships statements as a public company, but we
cheaper. expansion over the years. on L-band communication systems to move are pretty excited about this and think (our
So were taking that to a point where its If you look at why people want flexi- to the new technology, the battle for cus- installation rate) is going to accelerate.
actually cheaper in the sense that the return bility, generally its because theyve been tomers is set to intensify even further. Were really removing a lot of reasons to
on investment is one month from the day burned so badly in the past. They dont For KVH, the real test to come as it seeks say no. Its low risk, were taking the risk
you install it, theres no CapEx and no really want to swap out engines on the to build on the 7,000 installations secured out, then its up to us to deliver a great
installation cost. Everythings included. ship, they want to swap out antenna ser- by the tenth anniversary of its mini-VSAT product and a great service. DS
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uments and then receive their approved York Produce Exchange Time Charter
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Bureau Veritas also notes that the elec- The My BWMP portal from Bureau Veritas contracts available through BIMCO. The
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My BWMP brings e-business to the The data captured covers fuel consump- Shipulse also includes a CarbonComply which are written by industry experts. All
class business and we are also now looking tion, bunkering activity, engine, hull and module to support EU MRV (monitoring, the information is delivered in HTML5
at how it can be extended to provide fur- propeller performance. reporting and verification) requirements, format to make it easily accessible on com-
ther services giving access to our expertise Bureau Veritas will offer the software with Bureau Veritas already approved as puters and mobile devices, or via a
in other areas, said Philippe Donche-Gay, alongside its own services and analysis an EU MRV Recognised Organisation. BIMCO app.
president of Bureau Veritas Marine & tools based on ship modelling capabilities, CarbonComply enables automated The association says that a further five
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In related news, Bureau Veritas has also integrate Shipulse with its own weather emissions, and can register voyages auto- platform, centred around BIMCOs par-
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isations will work together in providing critical performance information as The system is able to detect and classify delivered using the very latest digital
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The agreement will enable Bureau CEO, Ascenz. identify when a ship is either moored or out there, added to which our unrivalled
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ration project to work on ship design and review using 3D models. position in ship initial and basic design. We what our new eLearning resources can
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NAPA and NDES say that they will ini- stage, however this new collaboration ship designers by improving collaboration valled leader in any training relating to
tially develop interface modules to enable should allow users to conduct production between different design departments, chartering and, of course, using our many
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tion of the tokens will be sold to the mar- ownership, so we think theyre going to beginning. If they dont honour their book- they dont go on time, they just show up
ket, were planning to sell 20 per cent, and want to see appreciation. Hopefully they ing obligations theyll lose it, or they sold it when they want to show up, they drop
what that achieves really is that it assigns a will use it so there will be value in the sec- in the secondary market, otherwise every- their box here and there because they need
market value for the 80 per cent that we are ondary market. one should have sufficient tokens. to save costs. Its not sustainable the way
still holding, said Mr Leung. Were holding six per cent (of the When the demand increases there might its going for this industry, and its so vital
Out of that 80 per cent, a big chunk of tokens) as the founders, we have a two- be one or two single traders that go to the for the global supply chain. I just hope they
it will eventually be given to the shipping year lock-up period, so we also want to see token market to try and buy them, then the see it, and they come together and realise
companies and the shipping companies that appreciation, we dont want that six value will shoot up and everyones token the project, then it can fix some of the
customers for free. They dont need to per cent to become zero. The shipping value will increase. Just like all the other decades-long problems in the industry.
buy it for that part. companies and their customers, the whole tokens the amount is fixed, we cant get Ultimately, the success or failure of the
We need to be able to do the ICO so we shipping community, theyll receive it for more, so when it covers a higher percentage TEU project will boil down to two parame-
establish value for when we give them free, so they have the same vested interest. of bookings the unit price will go up. ters that are out of the hands of the cryp-
away. For that part we couldnt use anoth- And the token buyers from the ICO, they As the founding partner with the back- tocurrency founders firstly, a willingness
er token, use Ether or one of the others, have a vested interest. So we want every- ground in the maritime industry it has from the market to support the initial coin
because the giving part would cost money, one to get involved, take ownership and go been up to Mr Leung to begin the process sale with the required level of funding; and
wed need to buy from the secondary mar- on and see the appreciation. of talking to stakeholder companies and secondly, a willingness from container
ket. If we issue it ourselves its easier to The allocation of free TEU tokens to explaining how this shipping cryptocur- shipping lines to commit to the project and
give. The giving part is important, because container shipping lines will be based on rency will operate, and how it could be of use the tokens they are provided with. Mr
we need to instil ownership among all the the market share of each company, Mr benefit to all parties concerned a task that Leung appears to have faith, and time will
users in the real world. Leung explains, to correlate with the is complicated by the complexity and lack tell if it is misplaced or not.
Mr Leung is hopeful that the shipping amount of trade they do that will need to of familiarity in the market when it comes Shipping lines, theres really a handful
companies and their customers that are be backed by the tokens if they are to be an to a relatively recent technological innova- of them globally, maybe six or seven of
included in the TEU token giveaway will effective deposit. tion like the blockchain. them that really have a meaningful size,
use the tokens to help build their value in The liners can be judged by two mea- Its difficult, everyone thinks about and I know most of them because I came
real life trade, and require them to be staked sures, the capacity, the global capacity is blockchain and gets intimidated. I have to from the industry, twenty years working
as a deposit to back freight bookings. about 20 million, or the revenues, for the tell them that we use blockchain technolo- inside the industry and following them.
If the tokens are required by enough liners together thats about $150 billion. gy, but its not really about technology, its For many of them I can pick up the phone
stakeholders alongside their bookings, For their clients, not every client is listed so about business and money creation. Now and call them, so I can get a sense of where
then unreliable carriers or their customers thats slightly more challenging, so the we have an opportunity to create it their thinking goes, he told us.
will lose their tokens over the course of shippers need to present them by the rev- because theres huge liquidity in the cryp- If we distribute 15 million tokens where
business and then need to return to the sec- enue they have contributed in the last year, to world, and we have a chance to channel half go to the liners and half go to the cus-
ondary market to purchase more thus from the invoices sent to them in the last that liquidity into shipping. Those tokens tomers, still every one of them would get
bestowing a monetary value on the tokens, couple of years, he told us. can become money in our community and one million tokens out of it, and get what
while at the same time potentially increas- I think it will be based on the invoices people can use it, he told us. thats worth on the day one market value.
ing the value of the tokens held by stake- and payments they have contributed over Hopefully that token can achieve a Maybe theyd want to sell it to pay one
holders that meet all of their booking obli- the last few years divided by the $150 bil- reduction of wastage for the industry, and guys salary, I dont know, but it is so under-
gations, and providing them with an asset lion total revenues. Freight forwarders the secondly it can sustain the industry, valued then. Once people start using it they
that had no initial cost. same. What we really care about is the because the industry is going to go extinct would have to go back to the secondary
That could only be realised if they use share of total liner revenue from each party if they keep losing money the way they did market to get some. And the token holders
it. If they dont use it, these tokens will be to distribute it, so from day one, big or in the last ten years. wont even sell if they see the potential, there
given away and the secondary market will small, they all get their fair share of tokens. I dont think just consolidation will wont be liquidity. When people start using
collapse, said Mr Leung. No one should have a situation where they solve the problem, eventually the liner it, even on one or two trades, I can see the
Were giving this to them, theyll have need to buy tokens for it to work in the business is no longer the liner business, value could be multiplied quickly. DS
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he deadline for the submission of Partnerships ing the Korean Register (KR) as its MRV and IMO DCS verification services to
T monitoring plans to an accredited Ensuring compliance with the MRV require- provider of MRV services.
verifier in compliance with the ments is not a solo endeavour, with various The agreement covers verification tasks
European Unions monitoring, reporting maritime industry stakeholders announcing that will include assessment of monitoring
Liberian-flagged vessels.
The Liberian Administration says it will
issue a Marine Notice providing addition-
and verification (MRV) regulation on car- partnerships to help in getting data collec- plans and verification of carbon emission al details and instructions for shipowners
bon emissions from ships has come and tion systems in place and ensuring compli- reports in compliance with the ISO 14065 in due course.
gone, with 31 August 2017 marking the ance with the details of the regulations. standard and EU regulation 757/2015.
date that vessel operators were required to Among them is Seaspan Corporation, KR already has an existing presence in Software
have set out the monitoring plan they which has enlisted the help of DNV GL to Germany, having opened a branch office in On the technology side of MRV, software
would use to calculate emissions for every assist in its planning for MRV compliance Hamburg in 1997 as well as a new site office company NAPA has announced that it is
individual ship affected by the new rules. on board its 109 vessels. The vessel opera- in Frankfurt earlier this year. The class soci- updating its software to support shipping
The vessel operators chosen indepen- tor will manage the process by using DNV ety was authorised by Germanys National companies in the process with improve-
dent verifier is tasked with making sure GLs software to collate the data being gen- Accreditation Body (DAkkS) to act as a ver- ments to its performance monitoring and
that the monitoring plan complies with the erated by its existing systems. ification body for MRV in March 2017. reporting systems that specifically support
MRV requirements in the time between the We have all the data necessary for veri- We are pleased that Briese Schiffahrt compliance with MRV legislation.
August deadline and the start of the data fication in our Fleet Performance System; has chosen KR to be its partner for EU The updates will provide users of
collection period on 1 January 2018. Given the fully digital approach of DNV GL allows MRV verification. This appointment NAPA Shipping Solutions, ClassNK-
that MRV applies to any vessels entering for our existing data streams to connect demonstrates KR's growing status in the NAPA GREEN and NAPA-DSME Power
European ports, rather than just European directly into DNV GLs MRV Engine to be German market and is a clear endorsement with options to generate MRV reports,
based shipping companies, it is set to have managed automatically, said Ian Robinson, of our technical abilities, said Michael with the performance monitoring capable
a major impact on the behaviour of the projects & technology director at Seaspan. Suhr, technical/commercial director at KR. of being included as the shipping compa-
global shipping industry. This approach improves efficiency and We remain committed to providing nys data collection method in its recently
While those verification bodies go about performance, while technology does the prompt, efficient technical and specialist submitted MRV monitoring plan.
their work, the European services to all of our valued cus- Users of the software systems will be able
Maritime Safety Agency tomers in Germany and look for- to automatically generate annual or voyage-
(EMSA) has launched one of the ward to supporting Briese by-voyage MRV reports and export them as
major infrastructural support Schiffahrt in this important work. CSV files, merely requiring the crew to
mechanisms for the programme Liberian-flagged vessels will update the performance monitoring system
with the introduction of also be able to look to emissions with changes of activity, like being in port or
THETIS-MRV, a CO2 monitor- verification company Verifavia for at anchor, known as phase information.
ing, reporting and verification assistance in their MRV efforts, With that information, the performance
system that has now gone live to after it signed a strategic coopera- monitoring system automatically com-
support the EUs efforts to tion agreement with the Liberian pletes the rest of the process, collecting data
encourage the reduction of Registry to conduct verification of on fuel consumption from main engines,
greenhouse gas emissions in the processes for IMO DCS and MRV auxiliary engines, gas turbines, boilers and
maritime transport sector. on its flagged ships. inert gas generators, and reporting the fuel
The system will enable com- The Liberian Registry includes type and fuel consumption data (where
panies responsible for the oper- more than 4,200 vessels aggregating fuel meters are in use) for each engine.
ation of large ships using EU approximately 150 million gross This data is then automatically shared
ports to report their CO2 emis- THETIS is expected to act as a centralised repository tonnes, representing 12 per cent of with shore-based teams, ready for export
sions in line with the MRV regu- for MRV emissions data the worlds ocean going fleet. from the NAPA Office application as a CSV
lation, with the emissions data Shipowners of Liberian-flagged file and for submission to the European
collected to be made public and updated heavy lifting of reporting. vessels that are required to comply with Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) portal.
yearly. DNV GL will continuously monitor this MRV will be able to conduct a single veri- Complying with EU MRV presents a
EMSA was tasked with developing a flow of information with a new ECO fication audit with Verifavia for both MRV significant challenge globally for ship own-
data monitoring and reporting system by Insight data quality module within its soft- and the IMO DCS based on the same pri- ers and operators with vessels visiting
the European Commissions Directorate ware system, which checks incoming data mary data and procedures. European waters. Determining data collec-
General for Climate Action as part of a from vessels and allows for immediate cor- We aim to provide our clients with a tion methods before the end of August,
four-year cooperation agreement between rective action, if needed. comprehensive service that ensures compli- and completing that data collection, com-
the two parties signed in March 2016. The module also supports the incoming ance with all maritime legislation, and we piling and submitting reports from next
The MRV module is an extension of the IMO-DCS (data collection system) which are pleased to offer Liberian-flagged vessels year could all take significant man hours,
existing THETIS information system, comes into force a year after the EU MRV the opportunity to streamline the process of said Risto Kariranta, director of services,
which offers a single window for data from scheme, DNV GL says. compliance with both of these key maritime NAPA Shipping Solutions.
several different sources in support of Port We are very pleased with the opportu- environmental regulations in a cost effec- As leaders in supporting productivity in
State Control inspections. The new module nity to partner with Seaspan. Their vision tive and efficient manner, said Scott ship operations, as well as supporting effi-
will be used to facilitate the release of emis- for the future and willingness to adapt to a Bergeron, CEO of the Liberian International ciency-led CO2 reductions, we are pleased to
sion reports and documents of compliance modern verification approach is highly Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US- offer our customers systems that make this
to the European Commission and relevant regarded, said Nick Roper, DNV GLs VP based manager of the Liberian Registry. process as easy as possible for vessels with
flag state authorities. of business development for the Americas. We have the utmost confidence in performance monitoring systems installed.
Using the information submitted, the Seaspans addition of 109 vessels to the Verifavias knowledge, expertise and capabil- For each performance monitoring sys-
European Commission will publish annual existing fleet of several thousand vessels in ities, and we trust that it will uphold the high- tem NAPA supports, NAPA Shipping
aggregated data per ship covering fuel the DNV GL EU-MRV verification plat- est levels of service that we strive to deliver. Solutions, ClassNK-NAPA GREEN and
consumption, CO2 emissions and average form is a clear sign of the digital transfor- The Liberian Registry offers its shipown- NAPA-DSME Power, we have enabled
energy efficiency indicators, alongside mation that is taking shape globally in the ers the choice to use either an independent simple, one-click report generation for
other relevant findings. maritime industry. It is exciting to witness EU MRV verifier or an IACS classification MRV, enabling voyage-by-voyage or
EMSA notes that the MRV rules apply this while partnering with such dynamic society that has obtained EU MRV accredi- annual reporting to be completed as sim-
only to ships above 5,000 GT, which it says companies, and to lead in digitalisation. tation as a verifier. Both the independent ply and quickly as possible. This function-
accounts for around 55 per cent of ships In Germany, Leer-headquartered gener- EU MRV verifier and the IACS classifica- ality has also been designed to meet
calling at EU ports and yet represents al cargo, multipurpose and heavy lift ves- tion society would be required to enter into reporting criteria and be compatible with
around 90 per cent of the total share of sel operator Briese Schiffahrt is also enlist- a cooperation agreement with the Liberian the IMOs fuel consumption data collection
related emissions. ing help in its MRV preparations, appoint- Registry before delivering combined EU system from 2019. DS
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emissions monitoring system for use in Bureau the inclusion of better port data following a
new partnership with Shipping Guides Ltd.
Veritas surveys The integration of port information
www.martek-marine.com third generation, has been installed on from Shipping Guides online service,
approximately 260 ships to date and has www.rims-bv.com FindaportAPI, into the NaviPlanner voy-
Hyundai Heavy Industries has agreed a been supplied to Hyundai for more than age planning system should enable users
deal with Martek Marine in the UK to 12 years. The system can be configured for RIMS BV (Robotics In Maintenance to benefit from the best data available
install EVOLUTION emissions monitoring use with any number of engines and for Strategies) has been named as an regarding ports and port operations, the
systems on the worlds first LNG fuelled multiple gas types. approved service supplier by Bureau companies said.
Aframax tankers, being built for Russian The 114,000 dwt Ice-class IA Aframax Veritas (BV) Marine & Offshore, which Following the integration of
shipping line Sovcomflot. tankers under construction are scheduled will allow RIMS drones to be used during FindaportAPI, the next step will be to
The EVOLUTION system, now in its to be delivered from the third quarter of surveys of the hull structure of ships and develop a feedback module for port infor-
2018 and to be chartered to mobile offshore units classed with BV. mation so that users of NaviPlanner can
Shell. The four-vessel order RIMS is a provider of surveying and evaluate and update information. This will
is valued at US$240 million. maintenance systems, including smart allow us to give feedback to Shipping
To enable IMO Tier III drones and robotic technologies. Guides directly, allowing them improve
compliance on liquid fuel It is anticipated that the use of drones to and update the port information, said
operating mode, the con- carry out inspections of enclosed spaces Nautisk head of innovation, Kjetil Bentsen.
tract specifies the supply of will reduce the time required to carry out Software will be built into the
a low-pressure selective cat- scheduled survey work and improve visu- NaviPlanner system with the aim of inter-
alytic reduction (SCR) sys- al records. acting with the user. This method of
tem. The EVOLUTION To receive approval from Bureau crowdsourcing is becoming more com-
emissions monitoring sys- Veritas is a real breakthrough for us in the mon for land-based information systems,
tem will monitor vessel shipping industry. To be acknowledged by but we have yet to see it in the maritime
emissions to verify the per- one of the largest established and respected industry. By introducing this into
formance of the SCR class societies shows that we are on the NaviPlanner we are looking to start a
through analysis of NOx, right track to deliver safe and approved trend within the sector.
The EVOLUTION system monitors emissions SOx and CO2 using infra- drone surveys for the marine industry,
for NOx, SOx and CO2 red analysers. said David Knukkel, CEO of RIMS.
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Wrtsil and ABB deal to improve engine optimisation efforts Royal Caribbean
www.wartsila.com
mance of the equipment on board.
Under the terms of the six-year service
service data under the new arrangement,
with ABB turbochargers to now be includ-
Cruises to add
www.abb.com agreement, Wrtsil will become an
Authorised Service Provider for standard
ed in the Wrtsil Online Services offering
for digital monitoring.
NavBox to 49 ships
Wrtsil and ABB have signed an agree- maintenance of ABB turbochargers Being able to look at the whole instal-
ment to expand their cooperation in lifecy- installed with Wrtsil 4-stroke engines, to lation increases its availability and efficien-
cle service offerings, covering ABB tur- support engine performance optimisation cy, optimising service speed and agility. www.navtor.com
bochargers installed with Wrtsil 4-stroke over the lifecycle. Customers can reduce their operational
engines, to assist in optimising the perfor- Wrtsil and ABB will share specific risk, ensure optimal tuning and save time Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCC) has
by being able to overhaul their ABB tur- signed a deal with NAVTOR to install
bocharger at the same time as the engine, the NavBox system across its entire
said Tomas Hakala, vice president, 4- corporate fleet of 49 vessels, spanning
stroke engine services at Wrtsil Services. the six different operating companies
Wrtsils aim is to expand its leader- within RCC.
ship as a global provider of quality ser- NavBox, launched in 2013, automatical-
vices also to turbochargers. Thanks to this ly downloads, distributes and updates all
agreement, we are now able to serve our vessel navigational charts and publica-
customers even better by offering them tions, and is usually used alongside
ABB turbocharger services coupled with NAVTORs range of ENC-based services.
our engine knowhow across 25 locations. The full extent of the agreement covers
The new deal is an evolution of a coop- the delivery of all official digital charts and
eration agreement between the firms that publications to RCC vessels across the
stretches back to 2005. ABB has the largest brands Royal Caribbean International,
turbocharger population in the Wrtsil Celebrity Cruises, TUI Cruises,
Performance data from ABB turbochargers will be exchanged under the agreement installed base with 27,000 ABB turbocharg- Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises and
ers on Wrtsil 4-stroke engines. Skysea.
The deal also includes the soon-to-
launch Symphony of the Seas, which will
Alphatron upgrades
ECDIS training lab Hyundai launches smart ship systems hold the title of the worlds largest cruise
ship when it embarks on its maiden voy-
age on 21 April 2018.
www.jrc.am
www.hhi.co.kr technologies in 2011, and has applied vari- The benefits of this innovative concept
Alphatron Marine has upgraded the ous elements of the current system to across our portfolio of advanced vessels
ECDIS training facility at its headquarters Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy around 300 ships so far. Additionally, in are compelling. We will now be able to
in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with new Industries (HHI) has launched its new May this year HHI signed a memorandum drastically reduce our navigators admin-
systems for seafarer training. Integrated Smart Ship Solution (ISSS), a of understanding with the National istrative workloads, allowing them to
The facility has been in operation for collection of information technology sys- Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia focus on important operational tasks and
five years, training and certifying seafar- tems aiming to optimise navigation pro- (Bahri) to establish a partnership in the optimal safety, while ensuring compliance
ers for the ECDIS IMO model course cesses by collecting and analysing real- smart ship sector. with automatic updates, said Paul
alongside Type Specific Training (TST) for time information on navigational opera- ISSS will provide a wide range of ship Kingsbury, manager of nautical assets,
various manufacturers. tions. information to operators, including opti- safety, and programmes at Royal
The latest upgrades will allow for HHI claims that navigation optimisa- mal navigation routes and navigation Caribbean Cruises.
ECDIS Type Specific Training on the latest tion using the range of technologies being speed, along with trim optimisation data. At the same time the synergy between
equipment versions from both Transas developed could lead to annual operating On the machinery side, the system will our vessels and land-based teams will
and JRC to be performed on the same cost efficiency savings of up to 6 per cent. also collect and analyse energy data and enable us to have a complete overview of
classroom navigation simulator, which is The shipbuilding company says that monitor the status of engines and pro- fleet-wide operations and navigational
capable of switching between the different development has been inspired by IMO pellers. needs. NavBox is another innovative
sets of software and applications. plans to introduce its e-Navigation strate- HHI says that the ISSS system has development for a company that, as we
Alphatron says that it expects training gy in the next few years, which will likely already completed field tests ahead of this know from working together for the past
to be further expanded to non-seagoing require more effective data management launch, as well being installed on Glovis four years, is dedicated to driving forward
personnel, such as staff in offices of crew- on board vessels, thus creating an Challenge, a 6,500 vehicle PCTC (pure e-navigation and adding value for its cus-
ing agencies, superintendents, shipping increased demand for smart ships. car/truck carrier), and a 250,000 dwt tomers. We look forward to seeing its ben-
companies and harbour authorities. HHI first began developing smart ship VLOC (very large ore carrier). efits across the fleet.
he ongoing research into technolo- determine the optimal routing to reach the DIMECC says it is already in discus-
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