MOL,MES upgrade next-generation vessel monitoring system

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) informed that the current data collection and monitoring systems of the “next-generation ship management support system” have upgraded the functionality, providing the basis for an advanced new system.

The two companies have been jointly developing practical use applications and commercialization of the “next-generation ship management support system”, after an agreement signed in late June.

In this way, the initiative will allow enhanced operating support from shore-side systems and personnel, reducing environmental impact of vessel operation by preventing problems and reducing the consumption of oil consumption, such as bunker fuel oil.

The system allows, more specifically, to clearly identify and display abnormal values, enhance display of bunker oil and lubricant consumption by displaying the correlation between the ship’s operational status and consumption rates, and to determine the ship’s operating status for sure and in a moment and prevents problems by displaying a list of abnormal values in onboard instruments over the past 12 hours.

In addition, this is expected to boost MOL efforts to achieve the “prevention of marine incidents”, the “prevention of equipment failure”, and “optimized vessel routing” through the integration of ICT related components such as AI (artificial intelligence).

This step is part of MOL’s “ISHIN NEXT – MOL SMART SHIP PROJECT -” announced in November 2016, aiming to promote safer vessel operation and reduction of its environmental impact through information and communications technology.