Norway-based Kongsberg Maritime’s “Integrated Vessel Concepts” puts it all together for shipowners grappling with power management for disparate handling, operations and energy systems.

The new portfolio leverages existing and new Kongsberg technology to achieve improved operational efficiency in a variety of vessels, including containers, forage carriers, FPSO units, inspection maintenance and repair, research, ro-pax, shuttle tanker, small-scale LNG, superyacht, trawler and wind farm support.

Kongsberg is further developing its product line for the global shipbuilding industry with a focus on electrical systems, including switchboards and drives. Those systems will be fully integrated with onboard technology, ensuring optimal power consumption for dynamic vessel operations. The integration will allow enhanced data sharing onboard and ashore, which will improve the decision-making process across the operational chain.
The integration ties vessel dynamics into the power management layer. This distributes control functions closer to consumers with fast-acting sensors to bolster efficiency.
“A primary driver for the development of our integration strategy and Integrated Vessel Concepts is conservation and predictable utilization of energy, resulting in lower fuel consumption and the associated environmental benefits,” said Srinivas Tati, vice president, business development, in a statement. “However, we also want to create ‘free’ energy for hybrid or even fully electric power configurations, which are now becoming more viable due to less expensive batteries and more sophisticated power management.”

“Our approach to integration goes much deeper, though,” he said. “We have studied in-depth how different vessels operate to understand how the unification of on board technologies can change how we think about and conduct maritime operations at every level.”

—Staff & Reuters Reports

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