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Ship Efficiency Review Strategies
CONSORTIUM TO DRIVE SHIP EFFICIENCY AND SAFE NAVIGATION RESEARCH A consortium of companies has gathered with the aim of improving ship efficiency and driving safer navigation through a two-year research project called iSea. The project is to be led by Danelec Marine and will include other participants such as Vessel Performance Solutions ApS (Denmark), i-Marine Technologies and Research Inc. (Turkey) and Deniztekno Danismanlik Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Bilgisayar San. Tic. Std. Sti (Turkey). The iSea project principal objective is to increase fuel efficiency in open waters and enable better near-shore navigation, focussing on the reduction of human error, particularly in challenging waters. The team will do this by delivering a set of low-cost and low-risk telematics Expert Decision Support Systems (EDSS) that will provide real-time data transfer of data from ship to shore to further enhance the performance and navigability of vessels. The project has been approved for funding by the Eurostars program, which supports international innovation projects by R&D-performing small- and medium-sized enterprises. Hans Ottosen, CEO of Danelec Marine commented: “A critical element for an Expert Decision Support System for ship navigation is the availability of real-time data from
shipboard sensors and systems. As a part of the iSea initiative, Danelec Marine is investigating an alternative type of communication which would give a subscriber access to real-time data within limits set by the system administrator.” The real-time data solution will leverage Danelec’s VDRConnect technology, which enables remote push-through and pullthrough data retrieval from shipboard systems and sensors, according to Ottosen. The R&D program will commence in January 2017 and will run for two years and will include sea trials of the EDSS solution. ∎
DNV GL ISSUES FIRST “CLEAN LAY-UP” DECLARATION
Bluewater’s Munin FPSO became the first recipient of DNV GL’s new “Clean Lay-up” declaration under its newly released classification guideline. This new guideline allows ship owners to demonstrate that they have laid up their ship in an environmentally responsible manner. It takes into account noise, emission and environmental concerns, while fulfilling all safety requirements. Ship owners and managers are increasingly facing the need to put their vessels into lay-up due to current market conditions. The demand for laying up vessels in a way that respects the local environment and the communities around these sites was the driver for the development of DNV GL’s new declaration. The classification society say that the new declaration can be obtained alongside their current lay-up declaration. The DNV GL declaration addresses a broad spectrum of issues including noise, air emissions (NOx and SOx), onboard waste and hull cleaning. In order for a vessel to receive a “Clean Lay-up” declaration, the following aspects are to be evaluated and assessed in line with the detailed requirements illustrated in the new guideline: mooring arrangement, the safety and security of the vessel lay-up, emergency preparedness, the procedures in place to prevent pollution, air and noise pollution, as well www.fathommaritimeintelligence.com
as the antifouling coating treatment and marine growth. Pieter Dofferhoff, Regulatory Compliance Engineer and Project Manager Cold Lay-up for the Munin FPSO explained the process that they undertook: “We selected a DNV GL approved lay-up provider to carry out the lay-up preservations and maintenance routines during the lay-up to ensure that the integrity of the hull, machinery and other systems are maintained in the best way possible with the least impact on the environment in both normal situations and emergencies.”∎