Maersk Supply Service has selected Fleet Data IoT platform from Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, to help optimise the performance of its first vessel battery installation onboard Maersk Minder Offshore Supply Ship, in a solution which will also allow the owner to evaluate how best to optimise the use of zero-emission energy storage systems across its fleet.
An end-user API seamlessly gathers data from onboard equipment, automatically organises it with time-stamps, synchronises it, and uploads it to the customer’s visualisation tools, all presented in a user-friendly format.
Beyond streamlining in-house reporting and analytics, the API makes data available to original equipment manufacturers(OEMs), such as VPS, whose data-driven decarbonisation system, Maress, provides real-time insight into vessel performance to support fuel savings and emissions reduction. Crucially, Maress will help Maersk to evaluate the effectiveness of the battery system in terms of peak shaving and energy efficiency and determine the requirements for future battery installations for the rest of the fleet.
With complete visibility into the performance of the vessel and its hybrid battery system, Maersk can adapt its operations swiftly to keep pace with evolving environmental regulations. Notably, one of Maersk’s clients has already stipulated the use of battery power in certain offshore operations. This underscores the competitive advantage gained by sharing real time data on the impact of the Electric Storage System(ESS) on vessel efficiency and emissions with the charterers.
Automating data flows also frees seafarers up from manual NOx emissions reporting, added Vange, saving time and money, while yielding more accurate and consistent information. Vessels operating in Norwegian waters must reconcile NOx emissions data against a record of the type/location of offshore work done and ports called to establish their obligations under Norway’s NOx tax scheme.