Marine & Shipping – Vessel Efficiency & Optimisation
On board a ship, there is only one place to measure where reductions in ship energy use are being successful.
But understanding new regulation, new technologies, immense data complexity and successfully navigating a sea of software solutions are the biggest challenges we are hearing from ship owners and operators as they progress the unavoidable need to decarbonise their fleet.
As a result, we’ve recognised an essential need for our clients to somehow progress from data gathering to practical operational insight as painlessly as possible. Shaft Power Meters tell you exactly what power is actually being delivered to the water. At all times, regardless of any other influence. When hooked up to fuel flow meters, it is very possible to make simple comparisons to immediately refine operational practices.
But beyond such quick wins, we also recognise that the are many factors which can affect what you can see in the data. The effect of ever-changing sea state and currents make a considerable difference when fine tuning operations. Understanding what is really happening can sometimes need some smart thinking. We have created ways to address this.
Hardware, software and sensor integration choices can often seem overwhelming. Uniquely, we design and make all our own hardware and write our own software. As a result, we are uniquely able to both bring new ideas to life or integrate with the widest possible existing or newly specified optimisation equipment.
Furthermore, independent approval can be essential to validate new ideas, ESD/EED test methods and fuel testing plans. Datum Electronics operates immediate working relationships with all the large class societies to help you achieve your independent verification goals.
Vessel Owners and Operators and Managers
Never before have shipowners and managers faced such complexity in terms of choices to make:
- How to set in place practical means to optimise one’s fleet when faced with overwhelming choice, usually data heavy, and often insight short.
- Data is not the problem nowadays – developing it into credible insight is. Consultants abound and immense software choices exist.
- How to be compliant with ever increasing and complex regulatory requirements remains an ever present challenge.
With our uniquely flexible, and carefully selected partnerships we are able to help plot your course through to attaining the insight you need.
Innovators and Suppliers of Energy Saving Devices (ESD) /Energy Efficiency Devices (EED)
The urgency in the need to innovate is driving immense levels of creativity and collaboration.
- During ESD design and development, there is much excitement about available gains. But an ability to understand how to progress from simulation to objective measurement can remain challenging.
- Being able to offer credible ROI for first application sales and subsequent in-fleet adoption is something we hear about regularly.
We are able to help.
Alternative Fuel and Fuel Additive Innovators and Suppliers
New fuels bring new challenges.
- Ships operate in a very dynamic environment meaning that gains can be challenging to see in enormous amounts of data.
- Ships are often designed for one efficient speed and one kind of fuel and have been designed with propeller and hullform to suit. Changing fuels can introduce considerable testing challenges which require deep Resistance & Propulsion and hydrodynamic experience when it comes to creating tests procedure to prove both ROI and fuel performance.
We have recognised these factors and are ready to help.
Total Fleet Management System Providers, Optimisation Software Suppliers and System Integrators
Top needs in for our integrators include:
- Ease of fitting
- Equipment reliability
- Availability at scale and with short lead times.
- Able to integrate with other suppliers systems
Our rotor belts are simple and adjustable and do not need bespoke, time consuming manufacture.