Wärtsilä to supply FOS to Anglo-Eastern

The Wärtsilä Fleet Operations Solution (FOS) will be rolled out to the Hong Kong-based ship manager’s global fleet of more than 600 vessels.

“We are keen to leverage the advantages of the latest digital solutions to maximise the efficiency of our voyages and the performance of our fleet,” explained Captain Bjorn Hojgaard, chief executive of Anglo-Eastern.

“Realising the opportunities made possible by the Wärtsilä Fleet Operations Solution, we look forward to contributing to the further development of the solution as an early adopter,” he added.

The Wärtsilä FOS integrates individual processes that are otherwise discrete to optimise the planning, weather routing, fuel consumption, and speed of a vessel. It also helps ship-to-shore reporting and fleet performance management to reduce fuel consumption, taking into consideration charter party compliance, speed management, as well as the hull, propeller and engine condition.

Key benefits include a platform that integrates with a ship’s planning station and electronic chart display and information system, cloud computing power, machine learning, data analytics, and onboard/onshore mobile applications.

“Our Fleet Operations Solution is exactly what we mean when we at Wärtsilä talk about utilising a Smart Marine approach to raise efficiencies, improve safety, and reduce the carbon footprint of shipping,” said Dr Torsten Bûssow, managing director of Wärtsilä Voyage Solutions/Transas.