By evaluating deviations and quantifying potential fuel oil savings, ABB’s Tekomar XPERT offers an excellent value proposition, delivering accurate advice that mitigates high fuel costs and reduces the environmental footprint, the company claimed.
The upgrade of the sustainable propulsion performance monitoring solution, already used by over 1,000 ships, includes a dynamic new interface with essential information in an intuitive display.
Beat Güttinger, head of Tekomar for ABB Turbocharging, said, “With this new upgrade, Tekomar XPERT offers marine customers an instant overview of their entire fleet. Whether an operator oversees five ships or many more across an international fleet, the benefits are evident. Customers can quickly pinpoint vital data, such as vessel reporting activity and savings potential, and select criteria including engine and ship type to filter results. This saves time and money by making it faster and more convenient for customers to identify and analyse essential data for optimal performance monitoring.”
XPERT analyses the performance of any 2-stroke diesel main engines, auxiliary engines and any turbochargers for whatever configuration is found on the vessel. Advanced diagnostics, combined with intelligence, allow ship operators to immediately focus on fixing potential problems, rather than initially spending many hours analysing them.
Connectivity is claimed to be a key benefit, with a fleet manager able to overlook crew to respond immediately based on smart insights. The software also provides a platform for engine licensors and builders to co-operate.
“This upgrade of Tekomar XPERT supports a new level of quality control,” said Güttinger. “With the new overview screen, a fleet operator can instantly get a sense of priority actions required across a fleet and sub-fleets, 24/7.”
Tekomar XPERT was incorporated into ABB’s comprehensive digital portfolio in 2017. Extending the ABB Group offering in digitalisation, the performance monitoring of ship propulsion, including turbochargers, falls under the patented ABB Ability umbrella.
Looking ahead, XPERT will be further integrated, enabling shipmanagement companies to know more about vessel operations and achieve more from their fleets for better business performance, ABB said.