CalMac project uses Royston fuel management

The Scottish island ferry operator is installing the new second generation Eginei fuel management systems on its vessels as part of a Project Ecoship policy to improve fuel consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“This contract win shows how flexible Enginei can be in successfully meeting the fuel monitoring needs of different vessels,” said Damian McCann, Royston’s Enginei product manager.

The recently upgraded Enginei system uses Coriolis flowmeters and sensors to accurately monitor the fuel being consumed by each of the vessel’s engines. This is tracked against GPS data, voyage details and operational mode.

Real time data is collected, processed and relayed to bridge and engine room monitors to enable the ship’s master to adjust vessel speed and take action to reduce fuel consumption.

Peter Breslin, CalMac’s technical director, said: “The fuel monitoring systems have only recently been installed on our vessels and the project is in a bedding-in phase.”

“But both early data and anecdotal feedback from the ships is encouraging and we expect to see significant benefits in due course both to our carbon footprint and our bottom line,” he added.

Installation of the Enginei systems on the selected CalMac ferries began this summer and eight of the vessels have already had the systems installed.

“Environmental kindness and major shipping vessels may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but we are committed to taking steps to improve our green credentials. We pass through some of the least polluted and most unspoilt areas in Europe during our day-to-day work,” concluded Mr Breslin