Bureau Veritas and Ascenz Ink Agreement to Provide Bunker-Saving Performance and Monitoring Solutions

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday July 19, 2017

Bureau Veritas S.A. (Bureau Veritas) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Ascenz Pte. Ltd. (Ascenz) to provide ship performance and monitoring solutions to shipowners globally to support bunker savings.

"By joining forces with Ascenz we are able to provide solutions to shipowners that connect compliance with performance management to help ensure efficiency and environmental performance as well as safe operations," said Tihomir Kezic, Bureau Veritas' Regulatory Services Director.

Specifically, the agreement will enable Bureau Veritas to offer Shipulse, Ascenz's solution for real time ship performance and monitoring, which captures critical shipboard data, including fuel consumption, bunkering activity, engine, hull, and propeller performance, in order to provide insights for better decision making, fuel savings, and optimised vessel performance.

"The key value of Shipulse is to bring critical performance information as accurately and seamlessly as possible to shipowners. We are excited that through this co-operation agreement we will be able to enhance our offering and leverage BV's expertise in vessel performance," said Chia Yoong Hui, CEO at Ascenz.

Shipulse's CarbonComply module is noted to support European Union (EU) Maritime Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) requirements, and has been verified as such by Bureau Veritas.

"Ultimately, CarbonComply makes the monitoring and reporting process for EU MRV compliance more efficient for shipowners and helps shipowners address their risk of non-compliance," explained Bureau Veritas.

As Ship & Bunker has reported, the MRV regulation requires shipping companies to submit ship-specific monitoring plans to verifiers for approval by the end of August 2017, with per-voyage monitoring set to start on January 1, 2018.