ABB Turbocharging and Kongsberg Digital have signed a co-operation agreement on edge data collection and ship engine performance analysis. The agreement was signed on 21 August and enters into effect immediately.
The companies will work towards a common data infrastructure, according to a statement, and accelerate the development of value-added digital applications and services.
The agreement will enable ABB Turbocharging to use Kongsberg Digital’s data infrastructure solution for vessels, Vessel Insight – which runs on Kongsberg Digital’s Kognifai ecosystem. It will be used as an additional data infrastructure service for ABB Turbocharging’s digital solutions.
Such exchange of data between cloud platforms is fundamental to enabling remote diagnostics on vessel engines, said ABB in an announcement.
The recent introduction of continuous performance evaluation functionality in ABB’s advisory software for engines, ABB AbilityTM Tekomar XPERT, allows timeseries engine data to be transferred between platforms.
“Partnerships between major players are key in bringing about high value digital solutions to the maritime sector at a lower cost and faster pace,” said Hege Skryseth, president of Kongsberg Digital.
The partnership will enable performance analysis of engines, through fully automated solutions supported by sensors, that will give transparency and confidence in data and can then be easily shared with other parties and OEMs to help generate more value, which translates into less workload for the crew.
“This co-operation will help to deliver the tools and insights into engine performance needed to make shipowners’ vessel operations better, their fleet management more efficient and their businesses more profitable and sustainable,” commented Cristian Corotto, vice president Digital Customer Solutions, ABB Turbocharging.
Vessel Insight is an out of the box solution to solve the ship-to-cloud data transmission and combined with Tekomar XPERT, ABB and Kongsberg’s customers benefit from a fully automated engine performance diagnostics system, added the announcement.
Although both systems are fully independent and able to integrate with other data sources or share data with other parties, the package works seamlessly and comes tailor-made for each ship, applying the highest cyber security standards, according to a statement.
The co-operation will focus on keeping projects as lean as possible and delivering results within short lead times.
