Humans have been using maps for thousands of years. It is therefore not surprising that ‘Cartography’ as a subject exists, which is the...

In 2015 a company operating in a niche area with a unique use-case approached us with a specific request. They wanted to know if we could...

The terms autonomous and automated are often used interchangeably in the marine industry. This is not unique to the marine industry, but...

Looking ahead, there is an avalanche of regulations headed our way. While some are truly international coming from the IMO or applicable...

The European Union (EU) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation is something we discussed in 2013 in our blog MRV more...

Although generally accepted as a promising fuel saving solution, there are only a handful of vessels fully installed with the Air...

The shipping industry appears to be transmuting and adapting to the current world scenario. We find ourselves with fuel prices still low,...

With sensor information on board LNG vessels and enrichment using the laws of physics and mathematics, companies have developed the...

Virtually every shipping company today uses noon reports to understand and monitor what is happening on their ships. These reports are...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their mind, cannot change anything – is a saying that we must...

The industry-wide trend of digitalisation means many companies now find themselves overwhelmed with large amounts of data. When the data...

In the past data was only collected if it was required and most likely by whoever needed it. Therefore the amount of data being collected...

To understand the significance of a third umpire in the shipping industry one must first understand what brought about the advent of the...

Like the hot tropical sun ‘Big Data’ seems to have appeared on the horizon of several new industries. Industries such as Shipping,...

Planned Maintenance System (PMS) PMS allowed ship owners or operators to carry out routine maintenance (predominantly by the ship’s crew)...

Performance Based Maintenance System (PBM) In the current economic climate Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) appears deficient as it only...

The Shipping industry has progressed a great deal over the last century. In the last few decades we have progressively made merchant...

Early in my career I was called into a meeting along with all other employees to be addressed by the new head of the company. He...

A product Eniram intuitively developed several years ago precisely for the monitoring and recording of vessel performance is come to the...

The future of shipping lies in having the technological expertise to measure vessel performance in order to achieve optimal fuel...