Fleet Data gives owners control

Developed by Inmarsat and Danelec Marine, Fleet Data collects data and uploads it to a cloud-based database equipped with a dashboard and application process interface. NAPA will then use this data to offer services for vessel performance monitoring, analytics and optimisation.

“We are delighted that NAPA will be our first certified application provider for Fleet Data,” said Stefano Poli, vice president of business development at Inmarsat Maritime.

“The partnership will allow ship operators and managers to access, control and analyse their own data, through the NAPA application on Fleet Data and via a secure platform that is fully scalable, fleet-wide and now commercially available on both Fleet Xpress and FleetBroadband,” he added.

Research published last year by Inmarsat indicated that, on average, ship operators and managers plan to spend US$2.5 million on IoT-based solutions within three years and expect average IoT-driven cost savings of 14% over the next five years.

However, the research strongly suggested that a greater maritime appetite for IoT-based solutions would emerge if more data could be delivered and analysed in real-time.

“The most accurate performance evaluations and predictions need both good quality and high frequency data, which is just what Fleet Data provides,” explained Pekka Pakkanen, director of development at NAPA Shipping Solutions.