Höegh Autoliners invests after MAN PrimeServ Assist and Vessel Insight trial

After Kongsberg Digital and MAN Energy Solutions entered into a strategic digitalization partnership in May 2020, they undertook the delivery of a joint digital infrastructure combining Kongsberg’s Vessel Insight and MAN Energy Solutions’ PrimeServ Assist to Höegh Autoliner’s Horizon class sister-vessels Höegh Trotter and Höegh Traveller.

The pilot project has ended successfully, and Höegh has decided to install Vessel Insight, the MAN PrimeServ Assist app and Vessel Performance on four additional vessels. MAN Energy Solutions and Kongsberg will begin delivery of Vessel Insight and MAN PrimeServ Assist to the additional vessels immediately.

Andreas Jagtøyen, EVP Digital Ocean, Kongsberg Digital described the benefits of the service, noting that the joint digital infrastructure allows the operator to monitor vessel assets and check the running conditions of the engines remotely from shore. “The Vessel Performance application from the Kognifai Marketplace gives Höegh tools for reducing fuel consumption and unnecessary running of equipment, as well as benchmarking performance between vessels.”

The Vessel Insight data infrastructure solution was easy to implement, reflecting Kongsberg’s focus on making it a low-cost solution for the wider market. An important aspect of this is that installation can be carried out by vessel crews while at sea. The Vessel Insight hardware is sent to the vessel and the crew connects it. Immediately, all data is sent to the Kognifai cloud and contextualized. Using learnings from the first installation, the installation time on the second Höegh vessel was cut to just one day.

Stig Holm, Digital Business lead Two-Stroke at MAN Energy Solutions, commented: “With the connecting of four more vessels, Höegh is a good example of the potential that the Kongsberg-MAN partnership delivers. Digitalization allows our customers to fully leverage MAN’s expertise on engine as well as on maritime customer needs.”