ABB and shipping company Wallenius Marine have formally established a new joint venture (JV) based in Stockholm, Sweden, to expand their Oversea collaboration. The JV offers future-proof vessel performance management capabilities.
Launched in September 2022 as a collaboration between ABB and Wallenius Marine, Oversea is a combined digital solution and “fleet-support-centre-as-a-service” designed to help shipowners, operators, and managers enhance the efficiency and sustainability of maritime operations. Oversea combines ship operation expertise with advanced analytics to enable measurable performance improvements.
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Decision-making support
The solution leverages ABB Genix Industrial internet of things (IoT) and AI Suite, which integrates industrial analytics and artificial intelligence into an enterprise-grade digital suite. It collects and analyses data on board of several vessels worldwide, with shore-based experts providing advanced decision-making support and tailored recommendations from the Oversea Fleet Support Center in Stockholm. As a result, operators are able to propose operational changes that can reduce fuel consumption and emissions while optimising safety and reliability across their fleets.
‘Through our partnership and close collaboration with ABB, we can now bring our innovative fleet support service to a global market, and we look forward to continuing to drive maritime development together,’ says Johan Mattsson, CEO of Wallenius Marine.
Tomas Arhippainen, Business Line Manager, Marine Service & Digital, ABB Marine & Ports, adds: ‘With Oversea, customers can transform data into actionable insights, enabling them to not only improve their performance, but also sustain it over time. Consequently, both vessels and customer offices can adopt sustainable improvements, enhancing energy efficiency, safety, and reliability.’
Picture: From left to right – Johan Mattsson, CEO of Wallenius Marine, and Tomas Arhippainen, Business Line Manager, Marine Service & Digital, ABB Marine & Ports (photo by Karin Röse, Soya Group).
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