Seaspan Implements ECO Insight solution

 

Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. will implement the DNV GL fleet performance management solution ECO Insight to improve their fleet monitoring. ECO Insight will also enable Seaspan to increase their vessel’s performance and energy efficiency.

“Seaspan has spent considerable effort to develop its capabilities around fleet performance. Close monitoring of the performance of our fleet is in line with our mission of safe, reliable and economical operations. The ability to measure hull degradation very accurately was what made this performance management solution interesting for us,” says Peter Jackson, Director of the projects and technology department at Seaspan. “We also welcomed the fact that ECO Insight uses the data we already collect on board our vessels. It uses our existing vessel reporting system and enriches the information we provide with industry data such as AIS benchmarks or satellite weather and full CFD baseline computations,” adds Jackson.

“I am very pleased to welcome Seaspan to our ECO Insight community. Fleet performance management is the next wave in energy management and offers significant benefits to owners, managers and operators. For example, vessels of the same age and size can differ 20 per cent and more in terms of their yearly fuel oil consumption. ECO Insight can help customers understand why this may be the case,” explains Torsten Büssow, Head of DNV GL’s Fleet Performance Management unit.

ECO Insight provides a comprehensive and easily accessible way to manage the performance of a fleet, including voyage, hull & propeller, engine & systems performance. Advanced engineering methods, for example hull fouling prediction based on CFD, or performance data normalizations are also packaged into the portal.

ECO Insight ensures high quality data collection on board through smart plausibility checks against specific vessel particulars. The portal comes with an optional on-board vessel reporting system called Navigator Insight. DNV GL new fleet performance portal has attracted some 600 vessels since its launch in September 2014, making it one of the largest performance solutions in the market.