Advanced weather forecasting

ABS is adding on-demand, high-resolution historical and forecast weather data to the ABS My Digital Fleet, together with weather service provider, Meteomatics.

This unlocks weather data that enables actionable insights for users to help them understand and lower fuel consumption, improving bunker costs and carbon intensity levels. Additionally, the potential structural impacts from weather exposure during a ship’s voyage are also surfaced, helping to better understand and reduce risk.

“When it comes to voyage performance and charter party compliance, up-to-date weather data plays a key role,” said Smarty Mathew John, ABS vice president of digital solutions. “We are now able to overlay the most up-to-date weather data on the map and have on-demand forecasts for voyages. This allows for operations to react by adjusting timetables and routes, providing efficiencies in fuel consumption, optimising ordered speed, increasing reliability in arrival times and improving navigational safety.”

ABS said ABS My Digital Fleet is the only customisable risk management platform that seamlessly integrates data to provide real-time insights for driving sustainable operations and reducing operational risks. The ABS My Digital Fleet Alliance Programme nurtures an ecosystem of industry-trusted intelligence and technology providers, enabling integrated insights for clients on one unified platform.