Category: Ship Operations
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Read ArticleFebruary 14, 2019
INPEX selects NAPA to deliver performance monitoring for all of its LNG carriers servicing its Ichthys project
Helsinki, Finland – 12 February 2019 ClassNK-NAPA GREEN provides continuous real-time data to monitor and improve safety and performance NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, today announced that after a competitive tender, INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX), Japan’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, has chosen to install NAPA’s comprehensive solution […]
Read ArticleFebruary 12, 2019
Using operational data, 3D product models, and digital structure analyses to estimate a ship’s life cycle
by Tapio Hulkkonen and Teemu Manderbacka For most of maritime history it has been difficult to assess the real environmental history of a ship. Its classification society records will give you information about any mechanical or structural defects that have had to be fixed. What those records won’t tell you are the storms it has […]
Read ArticleFebruary 12, 2019
Making weather-routed voyage planner openly available
by Pekka Pakkanen, Director, Development, NAPA Shipping Solutions NAPA and MarineTraffic partner to deliver a Voyage Planner offering accurate, algorithm-driven Weather Routing Two months ago MarineTraffic signed an MOU with NAPA, the global maritime software, services, and data analysis provider to work together to create a voyage planner with a cloud-based Weather Routing solution. This […]
Read ArticleFebruary 8, 2019
Visions on autonomous ship stability management
by Jussi Siltanen, NAPA Safety Solutions After a recent closing meeting of an autonomous vessel project group, I was encouraged to vision the role of stability management in an era where ships will be unmanned and most of the ship functions are controlled or monitored from ashore or by machine. Views on unmanned or autonomous […]
Read ArticleFebruary 4, 2019
Norsepower and NAPA collaboration scoops 2018 DIMECC Prize
Helsinki, Finland – 25 October 2018 NAPA and Norsepower partnership in data verification and analysis of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution awarded 2018 DIMECC Prize NAPA, the leading maritime data analysis, software and services provider, and Finnish engineering company Norsepower have won the DIMECC Prize 2018, for their partnership in data verification and analysis of Norsepower’s […]
Read ArticleOctober 25, 2018
MOL chooses NAPA’s Performance Monitoring and Analysis Solution for 80 of its time-chartered bulk carriers
Helsinki, Finland and Tokyo, Japan – 23 October 2018 NAPA today announced that it has signed an agreement with MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.) to provide performance analysis and reporting for 80 of MOL’s time-chartered bulk carriers with NAPA Fleet Intelligence. NAPA Fleet Intelligence combines NAPA’s naval architectural expertise and proprietary data modelling with open […]
Read ArticleOctober 23, 2018
NAPA brings digital logbooks within reach of more ships
Helsinki, Finland – 28 August 2018 NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider today announced that its industry-benchmark electronic logbook, NAPA Logbook, is now available as a monthly service solution. This reduced barrier to entry will bring the connectivity and job automation benefits of digital logbooks to more of the maritime market. NAPA […]
Read ArticleAugust 28, 2018
Metocean forecasts as component in reducing shipping emissions
Vessel optimization is built upon the compound benefits of data. And at NAPA we’re constantly looking for new sources of reliable data that we can use to improve the results we can achieve for ships using NAPA’s voyage optimization software. NAPA has been working with Tidetech for many years, and its tidal, wave and wind data has helped us […]
Read ArticleAugust 2, 2018
The biggest challenges to IoT adoption have been overcome say NAPA, Danelec Marine, ClassNK and Inmarsat
Helsinki, Finland – 02 July 2018 The technology already exists to avoid accidents and deliver business benefits, conclude shipping tech leaders – but perceived cost and wariness of data sharing remain barriers to adoption NAPA, global maritime software, services and data analysis provider, teamed up with Danelec Marine, the manufacturer of Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs), […]
Read ArticleJuly 2, 2018