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Using advanced technologies to reduce costs and improve quality & safetyVicky J. Machera – Director Southern Europe, Maritime Software

Tanker Operator Conference

April 3rd 2012

Athens

How much scrutiny / pressure are you under?

How easy / difficult has it become to secure charters / fixtures?

� Charterers can afford to be more selective for many trades

� Customers / charterers / stakeholders want to

minimize their risk

How can you improve your competitive position?

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Using advanced technologies to reduce costs and improve quality


▲ Increase Safety / Quality

▼ Reduce Costs




How can modern software technologies help you?

▼ Reduce Costs

� Additional measures to better manage and control risk

� Increase safety of voyages (reduce navigational risk)

� Better transparency of processes

� Easily prove condition of hull and structure

� Less structural stresses on vessel

� Early detection of damage / defects

� Reduce steel replacement

� Better planning / preparation for dry-dock

� Increase availability of vessels



▲ Increase Safety / Quality

Modern software systems can support the implementation of your management systems

But only if they ...

� Improve process quality

� Enable transparency gains

� Improve information flow

� Are easy to use / do not overburden crew



A typical conflict for tanker operators?

� Possible at the same time?

� What role modern software technologies can play?

� Lets look at two areas:

� maintenance decisions

� navigational decisions



Increase

Safety /

Quality

Reduce

Costs

Ag

en

da

A Maintenance decisions

B Navigational decisions

Using advanced technologies to reduce costs and improve safety



Maintenance effort is often focussed on machinery items

Well, if the engine fails you still

have an anchor...

How about structural failures?



Minimize risks, ensure compliance

� Reduce the probability of structural failures

� Reduce the risks for pollution and water ingress due to structural failures

� Reduce risk of reputation damages

Comply with

� Flag states and classification (IMO, IACS)

� Cargo owners (TMSA, CAP surveys)



Common practice today exists but is cumbersome

Visual

inspection

(by crew)

Thickness

measurements

(by provider)



The Challenge …

� Can you easily locate problem

areas in hull structure again?

� Can you easily evaluate trends

over time - e.g. in severity of

corrosion or extent of coating

breakdown?

� Can you analyze inspection results

and / or compare results across

sister vessels?

� Can you combine thickness

measurement data with results of

visual inspections in one platform?



This is feasible through…

� Standardization of inspection process (inspection strategy, schedule – scope, reporting criteria)

� Establish common terminology between office and crew

� Crew guidance through the use of 3D vessel model (hot spots)

� Control mechanisms to avoid user mistakes

Systematic monitoring and assessing the condition of a ship’s hull - e.g. tanks, cargo holds and coatings - throughout its entire lifecycle



What if you could reduce repair costs?

� Avoid costly repairs through timely maintenance

� Early detection of problems through systematic monitoring and reporting procedures

� Support for planning and assessment of hull inspections

Examples:

Early detection of pitting damages

� Use of filler by crew instead of welding

by repair team

Early detection of anode consumption

� Prevent high corrosion rates

Early detection of coating failure

� Prevent engagement of riding crews for

blasting / recoating



A picture is worth a thousand words...

� Mark failure or observation

� Attach photo to exact location in

model where it was taken



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Hull Condition visualization with a mouse click...

� Quick access of hull condition throughout the fleet

� Comparison of inspection results between sister vessels, e.g. corrosion, cracks, coating breakdown, etc.

� Evaluate trends

� Take the right decisions



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Thickness Measurements integration...

� Detailed Thickness Measurements available in the context of vessel model



Increase process efficiency and information flow

Printout

Choose compartment

Execute inspection

ReportAssess

Define inspection strategy

Only once at system implementation



Does advanced hull integrity management help you…



… Increase Quality and Safety?

YES …

� Better transparency of management

processes

� Easily prove condition of hull and structure

� Minimization of risk of structural failure and

resulting safety or pollution incident

� Standardization of inspection process (inspection strategy, schedule, scope, reporting criteria, common terminology)

Does advanced hull integrity management help you…

• 4 additional deck boys for 2 month: USD 15.000(including travelling, provision, insurance, paint)

• 1 tank cleaning gas-free for preparation of steel repair: USD 22.500(500 cbm capacity, excluding pumping and storage)

• 1 scaffolding for preparation of steel repair: USD 7.500(5 m height, 5 m width, including transportation to compartment)

• 1 steel repair for shell and structural elements: USD 37.500(2 m height, 3 m width, including longitudinal high tensile steel and web frame)

• 1 inflated steel repair invoice: USD 15.000(around plus 30 % on “correct” price due to imprecise specification)

• 1 day off-hire: USD 12.000(depending on charter market)

• Be able to compute remaining strength even if thickness all of the above measurement indicate repair need



… save costs? … YES!

Ag

en

da

A Maintenance decisions

B Navigational decisions

Using advanced technologies to reduce costs and improve safety



How to balance safe, on schedule and efficient routing decisions?

Safety- with no harm to cargo, crew or vessel -

Schedule integrity- be on time regardless of circumstances -

Efficiency- at the lowest possible consumption -



Onboard Navigational Decision Support System

Continuous monitoring of vessel behaviour

• warn navigator of dangerous motions and loss of stability

• warn navigator of too high stresses and forces acting on the vessel

• provide instantaneous guidance what to counteract as well as what consequences this action has

Route planning

• assess vessel behaviour for entire planned route - more than “just” weather routing as vessel’s hydrodynamic characteristics and mass distribution / tank fill levels are considered

• ensure that planned route is safe to sail – or learn under which conditions it is

• combine real safety, efficiency and time considerations in route planning



Advanced Computations displayed in a simple form

Actual mass distribution from loading computer

Hydrodynamic characteristicsfrom pre-calculated database

Onboard computation

of ship responses and display

on the bridge

Seaway: measured,forecasted or observed

1

2

3



Example: Sloshing occurrence

Ship dynamics• large motions• frequencies of

• motions• fluids in tanks

• risk assessment

Waves• measured (e.g. via x-

band wave radar)• forecasted (e.g.

weather routing data)• observations

Ship• hydrodyn.properties• tank geometries• loading condition

- displacement- tank fill levels

� Sloshing likelihood for all vessel speeds and all headings

� Identification of safe and hazardous speed and course combinations



Does advanced onboard routing decision support …



1 Reduce Risks

2 Protect Vessel

3 Protect Cargo

4Protect Crew /

Passengers

5 Save fuel and costs

6Please operators /

customers

of navigational incidents in heavy weather /

severe seas with all its consequences

by warning when critical values for structural

stress, slamming, etc. are being approached

by predicting / warning of parametric and/or

synchronic rolling as well as sloshing occurrence

by reduced likelihood of extreme vessel motion

by active route planning, more constant speed

profiles, less stresses and repairs

by higher schedule integrity and early warning of

potential delays

… help you increase quality and safety ? … YES!

Does advanced onboard routing decision support …

• Cargo damages (Deductable for freigt insurance) 100.000 € per damage

• Ship damages (deductable for H&M insurance) 150.000 € per damage

• Less steel repair by less weather induced stresses 10.000 € p.a.

• Less fuel consumption by fewer detours / balanced speed 50.000 € (1%) p.a.

profile:

• Better chances of enforcing speed claims 15.000€ per claim

• Higher schedule integrity in a network and for the clients priceless



… help you save costs ? … YES!

A solvable conflict for tanker operators!

• Modern software technologies can play a key role



Increase

Safety /

Quality

Reduce

Costs

Ship management Ship operations

GL is driving software technology innovations for shipping

GL CrewManager

Supports your complete

crewing activities

GL HullManager

Supports your hull integrity

process based on 3D ship model

GL FleetAnalyzer

Gets you information out of

your different operational

data

GL ShipManager

Supports all key ship-mgmt. processes (maint., proc.,

compliance, etc)

GL SeaScout

Helps you navigate through bad weather

without damages

EcoAssistant

Save fuel without

modifying your vessel by optimal trim

by Futureship

GL MachineryManager

Enables condition based

maintenance

GL FleetManager -Finance module

Accounting, Controlling Cash,

Intercompany for shipping CFOs

GL EmissionManager

Solution to harmonize all

voyage reporting and compute Emissions from

that basis

GL PortClearanceAssistant

Supports port clearance procedures and docu-

mentation incl. eNOAD



www.gl-maritime-software.com

Thank you for your attention!

[email protected]

Vicky Machera

Director Southern Europe

Maritime SoftwareEmail: [email protected]

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