ABB and shipping company - Wallenius Marine have opened the doors of the first OVERSEA Fleet Support Centre, a major milestone in their collaborative strategy to help shipping companies improve environmental, technical and voyage performance.
One of the maritime industry’s first digital and fleet support centres to be developed as a service, OVERSEA provides recommendations to help vessels, across all types and fleet sizes, achieve measurable performance improvements, pioneering to reduced fuel consumption and emissions.
ABB Ability™ Genix Industrial Analytics
Stockholm Centre also working on pilot projects to always develop and enhance the OVERSEA offering
OVERSEA leverages ABB’s extensive expertise in ship technologies and the ABB Ability™ Genix Industrial Analytics and AI IoT platform, combined with ship management and vessel performance management knowledge from Wallenius Marine.
Located in Stockholm, Sweden, the OVERSEA Fleet Support Centre allows ship managers, onboard crew, and the OVERSEA Centre experts to use the same platform and data to work jointly on problem-solving and improving operational efficiency.
Shipping companies can rely on OVERSEA centre experts for daily advice, periodic performance reviews and reporting, with the effectiveness of decisions made transparent to all parties. The Stockholm Centre will also be working on pilot projects to continuously develop and enhance the OVERSEA offering.
OVERSEA ‘Technical’ optimisation module
“OVERSEA is fully aligned with our sustainability ambitions, taking the marine industry towards truly sustainable shipping. We are very satisfied to see the organisation grow, and the OVERSEA centre in Stockholm inaugurated, ready to support customers and provide them with world-class service and support,” said Johan Mattsson, CEO of Wallenius Marine.
Ongoing pilot projects include the OVERSEA ‘Technical’ optimisation module (hull & propeller, main engine efficiency/condition) and the monitoring, forecasting and breakdown function, which is in line with the International Maritime Organisation’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII).
Integrated system for tasks
The projects will also establish the ‘integrated system for tasks’ to keep track of all interactions between the Oversea Fleet Support Centre and the customer vessels and office. This will deliver more structured workflows for distributing, approving, and closing requests/recommendations to ensure that actions for improving operational performance are executed.
“We look forward to many ship owners and operators utilising OVERSEA in the efforts to improve the operational performance of their fleets,” said Jyri Jusslin, Head of Marine Service and Digital, ABB Marine & Ports, adding “We are excited to invite our customers to the newly opened OVERSEA Fleet Support Centre and show them what we do, how we work and how we can best support them in making their shipping operations more efficient and, ultimately, more sustainable.”
