Tag: Navigational safety
Data powering safety: NAPA’s tailored solutions enhance risk monitoring for MOL’s 800-vessel fleet
How one of the largest shipping companies in the world is using NAPA’s cloud-based Fleet Intelligence solution to monitor and mitigate navigational risks. We recently met with Takeru Suzuki, General Manager, Smart Shipping Division, at Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), to discuss how collaboration with NAPA reduces the risk of grounding for the company’s 800+ vessels. […]
Read ArticleNovember 24, 2022
How understanding your operational patterns can help prevent groundings
Groundings are one of the most frequent types of navigational accidents, and they can lead to dramatic consequences for people and the environment. The latest advances in digital technology can help prevent such incidents, and NAPA has pioneered a system which uses operational patterns to detect ship grounding risk. The key conclusions of our research […]
Read ArticleOctober 10, 2022
How a new way of monitoring flooding risk increases safety onboard passenger ships – case studies
In a previous blog, we described how NAPA has developed an innovative framework to conduct a rapid assessment and real-time monitoring of operational flooding risks for passenger ships. In this article, we go beyond theory and look at two case studies that showcase how this new approach will work in practice and improve the safety […]
Read ArticleAugust 11, 2022
How vulnerable is your vessel to flooding? A new framework to monitor risk proactively
Taking ship safety to new heights, NAPA has developed an innovative framework to enable passenger ships to assess and monitor operational flooding risks rapidly and proactively. Building on NAPA’s experience with the development and deployment of its Emergency Computer, this new framework is a significant development as it enables risk to be calculated more accurately […]
Read ArticleJuly 13, 2022
New method developed to assess risk of a flooding accident on ships
As part of the ongoing FLARE project, NAPA is collaborating with other experts to find better ways to assess the vulnerability of ships in emergencies. One of the most important questions for us to answer is how to assess and evaluate a ship’s current level of risk, as comprehensively as possible. One gap that we’ve […]
Read ArticleFebruary 10, 2022
NAPA and MOL have rolled out digital Navigational Risk Monitoring Solution on MOL’s 700+ ships
Following joint development and testing with ClassNK, NAPA and MOL have rolled out a cloud-based solution on over 700 of MOL’s ships to intelligently monitor and mitigate navigational risks Helsinki, Finland and Tokyo, Japan January 26, 2022: NAPA, the leading maritime software, services, and data analysis provider, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), one of […]
Read ArticleJanuary 26, 2022
NAPA, MOL, and ClassNK agree to joint further development for a comprehensive navigational risk monitoring system
The grounding risk monitoring system, based on the NAPA Fleet Intelligence platform, has proven successful in its proof-of-concept stage and will provide new capabilities for mitigating and monitoring navigational risks Helsinki, Finland and Tokyo, Japan 25 March 2021 – NAPA, the leading maritime software, service and data analysis provider, alongside leading classification society, ClassNK, […]
Read ArticleMarch 25, 2021
NAPA, MOL, and ClassNK co-operate on a new vessel grounding risk monitoring software
MOL is taking part in proof-of-concept for the grounding risk monitoring system using the NAPA Fleet Intelligence platform, aiming to reduce the risk of vessel grounding and increase operational safety across the maritime industry NAPA, MOL, and ClassNK issued a joint press release originally in Japanese on December 21, 2020. See the original version here. […]
Read ArticleDecember 22, 2020
NAPA tackles grounding risk with Big Data in the FLARE project
by Teemu Manderbacka, Lead R&D Engineer, NAPA Shipping Solutions How can Big Data help us understand – and, importantly avoid – grounding accidents? To answer this question and more, NAPA is participating in the FLARE project, a European Commission-funded collaboration between key stakeholders from industry, academia, and policymakers, involved in ship flooding risk research. FLARE […]
Read ArticleNovember 17, 2020