CATEGORY I –
SAFETY AT SEA
Award sponsored by 
Datema Delfzijl B.V., The Netherlands
– 45 employees
ENCTrack distribution system
ENCTrack – a revolutionary distribution system for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs). From 2012 onwards the use of ECDIS and electronic charts will be mandatory for many type of vessels. Up until now getting the right charts onboard and obtaining a licence has been complicated and cumbersome. With ENCTrack that is all set to change. Subscribers to the ENCTrack service automatically get a licence for all available electronic charts and payment is arranged afterwards based on the track of the vessel. For the mariner this means that they have unhindered access to all critical nautical data and they are free to plan using the latest up-to-date charts. Any change in plan is easily accommodated, as all charts are available and already loaded in the ECDIS. Significant cost savings are possible as only charts which the vessels travels over are charged and indirect cost savings are realised because of the ease of handling onboard and onshore. With ENCTrack the promise of increased safety at sea can be fully realised while saving costs at the same time.
Website address: www.datema.nl
Email address: sales@datema.nl
Honeywell Marine, France
– 12,000 employees
GASBAL DA400
Honeywell Gasbal DA400 is a stand-alone transmitter used for hydrocarbon gas detection through wave lengths, moving away from the traditional way of measuring.
Reliability and quick response time are critical issues in gas monitoring and can lead to significant safety and business implications. Honeywell Gasbal DA400 is an innovative approach to gas detection based on InfraRed light principle and temperature sensors to accurately distinguish gas from ambient air and determine the concentration of hydrocarbon gas. Based on a unique combination of protection modes, it is designed to be used in the Harzardous Area Zone 0 of the vessel.
This solution reduces overall operating costs and improves safety by eliminating the need for pipes between the safe and hazardous area: installation is simplified and costs reduced at the time of installation and throughout the lifecyle of the product.
Honeywell Gasbal DA400 represents a significant change for the marine industry at three levels:
- Safety: hazardous situations caused by gas ingress into the ship’s safe area was inherent to the previous system, therefore not applicable and inexistent in this new system
- Cost and time effectiveness: simplifying the process therefore reducing maintenance and installation costs and time
- Business implications: it is compliant with the enforced regulations and ATEX certified.
United Kingdom Maritime Component Command, Bahrain
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organisation
UK Maritime Component Commander is located in Bahrain, with the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) located in the British Embassy, Dubai. UKMTO was first deployed on 11th October 2001, as part of the UK’s response to the attacks on the USA, and have remained in theatre every since. UKMTO’s brief is to ensure the safe transit of shipping, from all nations within an area of over 2 million square miles. All ships transiting the Area of Operations are invited to report to UKMTO, and while reporting will receive advice and guidance of any threats to their safe passage. In recent years the terrorism threat has not diminished but the threat from piracy has increased, nevertheless statistically the threat of a pirate attack in the Horn of Africa/Somali basin remains almost minuscule. Since mid-2009 no ship reporting to UKMTO and contacting UKMTO when they were undertake attack have been successfully pirated. UKMTO is able to communicate directly with all warships in theatre (totally irrespective of their Chain of Command or Nationality) should an attack take place, and with all Merchant Ships in the vicinity of an attack, thus minimising the risk to the Sea Lane of Communications.
Website address: www.royalnavy.mod.uk
CATEGORY II -
PROTECTION OF THE MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Award sponsored by
Applied Weather Technology, Inc,. USA
– 100 employees
BonVoyage Marine Voyage Optimization System Version 6.0
AWT is the leading provider of fleet optimisation services and onboard voyage management software designed to help ship owners, charterers, operators, fleet managers and captains identify the safest, most time-efficient or fuel-efficient routes for their fleets, as well as reduce fuel consumption, costs and carbon emissions.
The BonVoyage System (BVS), the world's most popular onboard system for optimizing marine voyages, is used by Captains aboard more than 3000 vessels from the largest and leading shipping companies to obtain around-the-clock weather data and identify the safest, most time-efficient or fuel-efficient routes. With the release of Version 6.0, BVS offers new innovations to help ship Captains and fleet managers reduce fuel costs and curb CO2 emissions by planning the most fuel-efficient routes.
In Applied Weather Technology (AWT) studies comparing fuel usage by ships following AWT's recommended routes versus fuel usage following Captains' intended routes, fleets have realized savings of 5% to 10%.
AWT estimates that if every ship routed by AWT followed its recommended routes, they could achieve a combined fuel savings of approximately 450,000 metric tons of fuel oil per year. At current fuel rates that translates to potential cost savings of over $198 million USD per year and reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 1,400,000 metric tons annually, the equivalent of removing 320,000 cars from the road.
Founded in 1996, AWT is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with worldwide offices located in the UK, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Korea, Germany, New York, and New Jersey.
Website address: www.awtworldwide.com/
Telephone: +1-408-731-8600
Eniram Ltd, Finland
– 40 employees
Eniram Dynamic Trimming Assistant (DTA)
Eniram’s DTA is a decision support system for optimizing the trim of large commercial vessels including cruise ships, container/freight carriers and tankers. Even small adjustments in the trim will have a substantial impact on the vessel performance, resulting in lower fuel consumption and reduced emissions.
DTA innovatively combines mathematics, statistical analysis, ship design and the insight of seafarers. Traditionally identifying optimal trim is complicated by factors such as speed, draft, depth and internal weight alterations. DTA measures the attitude of a vessel with high precision attitude sensors and collects other data - such as propulsion power and vessel movements - from the ship’s automation and navigation systems. This data is then integrated, filtered, logged and analyzed with multidimensional analysis to calculate and recommend the real time optimal trim for all prevailing conditions.
DTA uses standard interfaces and has integrations to the vessel automation systems from the principle manufacturers. Installations can be carried out while the vessel is at sea, and customers typically see a ROI of less than 6 months, with a single vessel achieving savings of €300k per year– about 1000 tons of fuel and 3000 tons of carbon emissions.
Website address: www.eniram.fi
Email address: info@eniram.fi
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Germany
– 12,000 employees
VTA (Variable Turbine Area)
A conventional turbocharger with fixed nozzle rings is usually optimised for a pre-determined engine load point. At any other engine load, the turbocharger does not work with optimal efficiency, which results in poorer combustion, and higher fuel consumption and emissions.
In the case of the VTA, the volume of charge air is automatically, continuously and precisely matched to the quantity of injected fuel-oil at any operating point of an engine’s load and speed range. This is reflected in an improved engine response, fuel savings and reduced HC, CO2, soot, smoke and particulate emissions. Based on fuel savings of 4 g/kWh made possible by the VTA, and assuming that every ship in service worldwide used this upgrade, accumulated savings of up to 7,895,160 tons carbon dioxide could be made annually.
With the VTA, MAN Diesel has successfully introduced this technology to large turbochargers with both axial and radial turbines for installation on large diesel engines burning heavy fuel oil (HFO), probably the most technically challenging engine fuel in daily use. Compared to its simple counterpart from the automotive sector, the VTA produces about 100 times more power and has double the lifetime.
Website address: www.mandiesel.com
Email address: joerg.albrecht@man.eu
CATEGORY III –
INNOVATION IN SHIP OPERATIONS
Det Norske Veritas AS, Norway
– 9000 employees
Synchronized ship and port operations (Synchroport)
The berthing policies at many major ports, which admit vessels on a first-come, first-served basis, represent an incentive for ships to sail at full speed to the port. Upon arrival, the master will usually be asked to wait – maybe for days.
The result of such a policy is unnecessarily high fuel consumption and the associated economic and environmental impact. Port congestion and waiting at anchor can also constitute a serious safety issue.
Synchroport, a new concept developed by DNV together with Grieg Shipping Group and Christian Michelsen’s institute, introduces an alternative policy of adjusting the ship’s speed en route and arriving at the port just in time. Synchroport consists of a simulation tool to assess the economic and environmental impact, and a demonstrator tool supporting the port planning process.
Synchroport is easy to use and efficient. The ship reports an estimated time of arrival when leaving port. The next port then calculates a preferred arrival time based on current traffic. This is reported back to the ship, which can then adjust its speed accordingly.
Most standard shipping contracts require the vessel to proceed at “utmost dispatch” to its destination port. An assessment of the clauses in the shipping contract which should be changed to support the system has also been carried out as part of Synchroport.
Website address: www.dnv.com
Telephone: 0207 357 6080
Fred Wetzel Architecture Agency, France
– 5 employees
TRIDOCK Hospital Ship (THS)
The Tridock Hospital Ship (THS) is a vessel designed to provide a real medical & logistic solution to Non-Governmental Organisations by solving transportation problems encountered during humanitarian disasters. Jointly developed by Fred WETZEL ARCHITECT and TRIDOCK Company, the vessel is capable of reaching remote places on long distances and land directly onto the beach without any external support nor port infrastructures!
The innovative concept proposed to achieve these outstanding performances is a catamaran with a multi-configuration setting. Through a combination ballast transfers, it changes simultaneously to:
1 - A fast slender hull catamaran able to transit on long distances
2 - A barge with shallow draft to access devastated coastline (landing craft)
From the simplicity of its concept based on Archimedus principles and use of conventional technologies, this innovative design presents numerous advantages:
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• Transportation of medical assistance & equipment directly to the shore in shallow draft areas
• Avoid load transfers during voyage thus reduces transit time through intermediate ports
• Access to port even if handling facilities have been destroyed
• Reduces mobilisation of specific tools, no need for assistance in remote areas
• Extend coverage of devastated areas thus increase life saving potential
• Offers new possibilities in humanitarian assistance & rescue operations worldwide - This innovation clearly opens a new era in the overall strategy of Non Governmental Organisations
Website address: www.tridock.com
PSM Instrumentation Ltd, UK
– 20 employees
Clearview
To comply with MARPOL most vessels are fitted with oil/water separation plant. (O.D.M.E). However, Coastal Authorities still report a large number of overboard oil pollution violations. In the USA alone the Department of Justice has issued $200 million of fines over recent years and currently 17 years of custodial sentences are being served by officers and crew.
Clearview® was developed by PSM Instrumentation to answer a call by USCG and concerned owners to find a preventative solution with the specific requirement of USCG for realtime distance monitoring. The innovation of Clearview® comes from its unique remote link and routine uploading of on-board logged data, enabling ships owners and PSC access to real-time and historical data, gathered from existing plant, providing composite overview of OWS, OCM, Bilge, Sludge and Incinerator process . The Clearview® System provides both onboard display/inviolate ORB logging and simultaneous data transmission via the Ships existing IT or LRIT for retrieval via the internet. A dedicated D+ link provides a GPS and UTC stamp for every log record. “Geofence” exclusion zones can automatically inhibit discharge in excluded areas. Critical alarms are transmitted and turned into SMS / email alerts. The system is accepted by USCG, meeting all criteria and undergoing seatrials on six vessels of Clipper and Zodiac.
Website address: www.psm-sensors.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1444 410040
CATEGORY IV –
INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE
Anglo Eastern Maritime Training, India
– 120 employees
Recruitment and training of ship’s crew
The Group has been in the fore-front of ship management, leading the way by being the 1st in Asia and 8th in the world to obtain Safety and Quality Management certification from Det Norske Veritas in the year 1991. One of the key factors for Anglo-Eastern’s remarkable success has been its strong belief that training of the ship staff is one of the most critical factors in achieving safe, economical and profitable operation of a vessel. In this regards Anglo Eastern has been one of the few Ship Management companies to have invested heavily into the prime resources – its crew.
Anglo Eastern had the vision of promoting Indian seafarers through quality. Recognizing the need to provide a long term career opportunity to its crew, Anglo – Eastern was the first private ship manager to commence specialized training for its sea – staff in Mumbai, in the year 1994. Its training centre has since expanded to over 22,000 sq feet. To enable ensure that its Training Standards are amongst the best in the world. Anglo Eastern Maritime Training Centre underwent DNV SeaSkill Bench marking audit and became the 2nd in the world to have secured a distinction grading. Since then Anglo Eastern has opened Training Centres in Manila, Odessa and New Delhi. It also carries out off-campus training in Riga, Jakarta, Guangzhou and Tianjin.
Website address: http://aemtc.aegroup.biz
Email address: aetr.bom@angloeasterngroup.com or debookn@angloeasterngroup.com
Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), Greece
– 12 employees
Voluntary, refresher training for the Greek Shipping Community
HELMEPA's mandate is to raise environmental awareness, cultivate safety culture, eliminate adverse effects of the human factor on all aspects of ship operations and expand this philosophy throughout world shipping.
Through its Maritime Training Center, 26 annual refresher training programs ashore and onboard were conducted between 1983 and 2009, attended by over 15,000 mariners. Officers of Marine Environment and Maritime Safety Divisions of IMO audited, in 1992, the shore based training and reported to the STW Sub-Committee/IMO which recognized with appreciation HELMEPA’s contribution to safer shipping and cleaner oceans. The Hellenic State, in 1998 and 2007, praised HELMEPA for continuously offering refresher training to Greek shipping. This training complements mariners’ experience by upgrading their level of knowledge, information and motivation. Seafarers themselves assess it as very important, especially in an era of complicated environmental challenges. The Center offers timely information on regulations pertaining, among others, to reduction of GHG emissions, invasion of harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water, protection of air quality and climate change together with explanations on why these regulations were adopted. MEPAs in Australia, Cyprus, Turkey, North America, Ukraine and Uruguay, all members of INTERMEPA, cooperate among them ensuring the establishment of a common spirit within the wider shipping society.
Website address: www.helmepa.gr
Email address: helmepa@helmepa.gr
MISC Berhad, Malaysia
– 7,500 employees
Sea-going Professionals Development Strategy
Notwithstanding the global shortage of quality seafarers, MISC Group (which includes MISC Berhad and AET Inc. Ltd.) continues to produce, recruit and retain highly skilled and trained crews through a combination of strategies that differentiates MISC from other shipping companies in the market where it sees MISC nurture, promote and encourage the younger generation to embark on a maritime career, which ultimately sees MISC developing a pool of sea-going professionals to meet industry needs.
At the centre of MISC’s human resource philosophy is our belief in nurturing the growth of our own talents. Thus, we have devised a strategy that focuses on developing a pool of qualified sea going professionals, providing them with a structured and distinctive training and development system that begins from cadetship through to Master Mariner and Chief Engineer level. This strategy also encompasses a strong career progression plan for seafarers to further develop their career onshore with the company.
Website address: www.miscbhd.com.my
Email address: caffairs@miscbhd.com