BMT Launches New Bunker-Saving Fleet Performance Management Solution

BMT SMART has launched SMARTNOON. Image: BMT

BMT Group subsidiary, BMT SMART (BMT) today announced that it has launched SMARTNOON, a new bunker-saving solution that delivers higher resolution vessel performance data based on noon reports.

SMARTNOON brings metocean data, AIS information, and BMT analytics together with a vessel’s noon report in order to provide ship owners and operators with vessel performance insights without the need for onboard installations, additional sensors, or changes to operating procedures.

"We recognise that there are various motivations for vessel performance management," said Peter Mantel, Managing Director at BMT SMART.

"Whether it be centred around fuel efficiency, voyage performance or better reporting across the fleet, SMARTNOON is the perfect first step in the digital revolution for ship owners and operators who may be looking to implement a fully automated fleetwide data collection system."

The SMARTNOON application uses AIS data to provide a framework for noon report information, enabling vessel performance to be modelled over the noon to noon period, incorporating metocean factors - such as wind, waves, and currents - into the performance analysis using BMT's SMARTFLEET product.

"By using existing ‘small data’, namely the traditional noon reporting process and aligning with BMT SMART’s unique functionality, we can now bring top-tier performance analysis to new market segments, at near-automatic data logging system resolutions," said Mantel.

"Our focus is very much centred around outcomes – working closely with the customer to deliver valuable and tangible data insights that they can action. We are launching this product at a price of $50k for 50 vessels giving owners and operators the opportunity to explore the benefits of performance management at an extremely attractive price."

In April, Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co KG (Oldendorff) announced it had signed an agreement with BMT that would see the two companies work together to implement bunker-saving fleet performance management technology onboard Oldendorff vessels.