How to Establish a Culture of Energy Efficiency by Utilizing the Potential of Fleet Data
Fleet data has enormous untapped potential for energy efficiency — but only if it changes day-to-day decisions. This talk covers how to move from collecting data to building an energy-efficiency culture around it.
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A presentation given at the 1st CSN Greek Shipping ICT Conference at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens, on the practical steps between owning fleet data and getting energy-efficiency results from it.
What the talk covers
- Fouling's hidden bill: marine fouling raises roughness, drag, fuel use and emissions — large vessels burn 100+ MT/day, and industry-wide fouling losses were put at ~USD 30 billion/year (Hempel 2015, citing DNV GL).
- Regulation is forcing the agenda: EU & UK MRV, IMO DCS, Sulphur Cap 2020, China MSA, EEXI — and CII as the operational "game changer."
- Data is the key: "take care of your data so it takes care of you" — robust filtering and validation, with high-frequency data for fast, reliable results.
- Two approaches: the transparent, trusted ISO 19030 standard alongside big-data/AI methods (ANN, XGBoost) — powerful, but only with human expertise and models that never defy physics.
- Culture is the hard part: traditional owners are hard to convince, so transparency, plain-language explanation, sustained proof, and a strong financial incentive matter — and crew support (routing, auxiliary-engine thresholds) is decisive.
The topic was also discussed in a panel — you can watch the panel discussion on YouTube.