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Maersk Vessel Adds Bunker Fuel Monitoring System
A Maersk Supply Service anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel will use one of Royston Ltd (Royston)'s Enginei systems to monitor its fuel consumption in an effort to find optimal patterns of engine use to save fuel, industry news site The Motorship reports.
The vessel, Maersk Logger, was built in 2009 under Clean Design class notation.
The Enginei system uses data from existing fuel flow meters on each of the ship's four MAK 9M32C main engines, along with additional meters on the auxiliary engines, to determine exactly how fuel is consumed.
Crew members can view the data on onboard displays, and it is also shared with technical staff on shore.
The system combines the fuel use data with a route projection, creating a graphic presentation of how fuel is consumed at various points on the voyage, and Royston also developed custom systems for the Maersk Logger that log fuel consumption in each of the vessel's operating modes: dynamic positioning, standby, transit, and anchor handling.
"It has been very satisfying for us to be working with Maersk Supply Service," said Lawrence Brown, managing director of Royston.
"It is a blue-chip company that has an enviable reputation for the quality of its service, training, the professionalism of its personnel and for its approach to environmental issues."
Royston said earlier this year that ship operator James Fisher Everard has been able to reduce fuel consumption on a product tanker by 3 to 4.5 percent using the Enginei system.
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