Wärtsilä Voyage, component of the innovation team Wärtsilä, and also ship supervisor Anglo-Eastern are honored to reveal a considerable landmark in their joint task to enhance safety and security and also ecological sustainability mixed-up. As of April 2022, greater than 500 vessels in Anglo-Eastern’s fleet have actually been fitted with Wärtsilä Voyage’s Fleet Optimisation Solutions (FOS), a sophisticated choice assistance software application system for trip preparation, charter-party conformity, gas performance, and also fleet efficiency monitoring.
“Wärtsilä Voyage has invested heavily in new digitally enabled strategies, and by partnering with them, we gain capabilities that assist us and our shipowner clients to be the leaders in digitalisation, safety, and sustainability. Wärtsilä Voyage is leading in the digital journey of the maritime industry, which makes them the ideal partner for us and our own digital journey,” stated Bjorn Hojgaard, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Anglo-Eastern
“By working in close cooperation, Anglo-Eastern and Wärtsilä have been able to create a valuable and much needed software solution that greatly benefits merchant fleet operations. With our input incorporated in product development, the result is a fantastic, holistic solution that helps us with every aspect of fleet management,” commentedCapt Pradeep Chawla, Managing Director of Group QHSE and also Training, Anglo-Eastern
Wärtsilä Voyage’s FOS is a common electronic system that aids to keep track of, take care of and also optimize day-to-day procedures aboard and also onshore. By incorporating cloud-based analytics and also expert system, FOS minimizes work and also gives all stakeholders with a clear summary of their fleet’s efficiency.
“One of the key advantages of our FOS platform is that it’s flexible and scalable, remaining responsive to the maturity of each shipping company’s own digital journey. We believe in digitalisation as the path towards decarbonisation, and that means delivering a solution that can future-proof a fleet and optimise not just the ‘right now’, but also the long-term,” stated Sean Fernback, President, Wärtsilä Voyage, and also Executive Vice President, Wärtsilä. “Passing the 500 installations milestone with Anglo-Eastern is an important step in the mission of both companies to drive sustainability through cutting-edge technology. We look forward to continuing to steer industry transformation in collaboration with Anglo-Eastern.”
Anglo-Eastern is a leading worldwide carrier of independent ship monitoring solutions, with 650 vessels under complete technological monitoring, over 250 under staff monitoring, and also a technological solutions department that has actually supervised greater than 450 newbuildings and also conversions. Anglo-Eastern and also Wärtsilä have a long-lasting collaboration covering practically 3 years.
The initial order for the FOS distribution was positioned in October 2019 and also was reported to be the maritime market’s biggest software application agreement ever before at the time.
Sea News, May 31
