Jeppesen partnership with BP Shipping

Under the contract, which was recently finalised, Jeppesen’s Vessel and Voyage Optimisation Solution (VVOS) will be installed on a total of 52 BP vessels carrying crude oil and LNG shipments globally. The contract will also result in the integration of Jeppesen’s FleetManager shoreside component into BP Shipping operations, used to track the company’s owned and chartered vessels.

Dan Read, global voyage operations manager, BP Shipping, said: “After a thorough tender process and onshore/offshore trials, we determined Jeppesen’s quality weather data and forecasting models, combined with its advanced user interface for both vessels and shore staff, made the company’s solutions a good fit for BP Shipping.”

Jeppesen’s VVOS will assist BP’s vessels in improving ship routes according to speed, ETA, fuel consumption and ship motions. It will also help optimise engine settings to increase efficiency, minimise risks including cargo loss and weather damage and reduce fuel costs.

The FleetManager component will also enable shoreside managers to monitor performance and receive detailed reports on any vessel’s current operating environment.