CSM’s Port Optimization Control Room
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) is once more aiming to push business boundaries by creating a very SMART and absolutely digitized “twin” of a jack-up barge beneath its administration. The mission is as a part of a digital twinning course of designed to massively optimize vessel efficiency.
The digital vessel twinning course of was undertaken by the group at Columbia’s Performance Optimization Control Room (POCR) headed up by Captain Pankaj Sharma.
Using non-invasive subsequent technology Internet of Things expertise through a wi-fi eco-system with full machine studying functionality, the linked vessel benefited from equipment well being monitoring in addition to enhanced engine diagnostics.
Transforming the SMART vessel into an efficient digital twin, the method was one step forward of pre-existing, usually fragmented, ship-to-shore connectivity options.
What makes it a SMART vessel? According to Captain Sharma, it’s as a lot about maximising IoT expertise and minimising human enter as it’s about specializing in Artificial intelligence for predictive purposes.
“The vessel is fully digitized and digitalized in a totally cyber secure environment. SMART cameras onboard the ship take analog images of the systems that are then digitized,” says Captain Sharma. “By combining and analyzing data from the sensors, the crew and the onshore technical department have direct access to all information about the health of specific items of equipment. The smart vessel solution capitalizes on the machine learning, self-correcting and early warning systems for asset preservation and the solutions are scalable, modular and OEM agnostic,” he mentioned.
With sensor expertise and information processing, the vessel makes use of superior analytic methods to establish information traits and anomalies, offering early indicators to keep away from potential failures or downtime and assist with resolution making for crew and shoreside personnel. By utilizing non-invasive sensors, the good system on the vessel appears to be like for any anomalies whereas monitoring the vessel’s diagnostics and predictive warning methods.
The mixture of applied sciences onboard the vessel has a confirmed observe document within the aviation, wind power and marine industries.
Optimizing engine and vessel efficiency by means of the ingenuity of the POCR may help to cut back emissions in addition to improve the life of apparatus onboard ship, boosting the return on funding for the proprietor in addition to offering correct tools upkeep and situation information which may help to spice up a vessel’s resale worth. It may scale back gasoline consumption by between 2% and 5% in addition to generate different advantages reminiscent of lowered dry docking prices; improved insurance coverage charges and the potential for close to zero down time of the vessel. Optimizing lubrication may scale back vessel by vessel lubrication prices by as much as 45%.
“While vibration and temperature monitoring have been used successfully on ships for many years to reduce breakdowns and improve equipment functionality and reliability, our vessel links sensor data to an onboard server from which the crew can immediately spot any abnormalities or problems,” says Captain Sharma. “The generator condition monitoring technology installed onboard, for instance, constantly takes measurements and can recognise abnormalities in the generators as well as the engines and gearboxes.”
Mark O’Neil, president and CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement, mentioned: “I am very proud that our POCR has been designed by the experts at CSM with our clients’ needs at the forefront of our minds. Our POCR optimizes all areas of vessel operation, maintenance, bunker and lube oil purchase/consumption. This is monitoring and performance optimization at scales never before seen in our industry. We are proud to deliver this service to our customers Saudi Aramco and BGMS who are driving change and demanding efficiencies and levels of optimization and safety which were previously thought impossible to achieve. Welcome to the future of vessel/asset management.”
