AkzoNobel launches Intertrac Vision Lite

Intertrac Vision Lite aims to introduce Intertrac to wider audience and provide a new way to engage ship owners and operators in the hull coating selection process. It also enables them to explore the role of big data in supporting hull performance predictions and purchasing decisions.

Robert Wong, marketing director at AkzoNobel Marine Coatings, said: “This new development exemplifies the principles behind our Digital Voyage strategy, that we want to put as much of our technology and knowledge as possible into the hands of ship owners and operators, so that they can see for themselves the value that big data can bring to their decision-making processes.”

Launched in 2015, Intertrac Vision is a pioneering digital consultancy service for ship owners developed by AkzoNobel over a four-year period. It combines data on the fouling challenges of different trading routes data with hydrodynamic analysis to predict hull performance.

Users can input data covering a sample selection of vessel types, fouling routes and generic hull coating choices to create different coatings scenarios and then compare variations in the effect on power requirements, fuel costs and CO2 emissions.

AkzoNobel’s suite of digital tools includes Intertrac Perform, a tool that measures and monitors hull performance data and validates them against the predictions made by Intertrac Vision, using metrics that comply with the ISO 19030 standard on hull and propeller performance monitoring.