Rolls-Royce Opens First Ship Intelligence Experience Space
Rolls-Royce has opened the first in a series of ship intelligence experience spaces to show its customers, suppliers and partners how the latest digital solutions can transform the marine industry.
The first Intelligent Asset Management (IAM) experience space, opened today in Ålesund, Norway, demonstrates how ship intelligence systems can harness the “power of data” to optimise fleet operations, reduce operating costs and improve maintenance procedures.
The IAM space provides an area for Rolls-Royce customers to validate the advantages of using IAM systems, such as the Rolls-Royce Energy Management (EM) and Equipment Health Management (EHM) portals in real-time, operational environments.
Mikael Makinen, Rolls-Royce, President – Marine, said: “I am delighted to officially pronounce the Ålesund IAM Experience Space open for business. It is often difficult to convey the many commercial and operational benefits of new cloud-based digital technologies. But now, with the opening of this, the first in a number of planned Ship Intelligence Experience Spaces around the world, we can fully demonstrate for our customers the very tangible benefits of what is often considered an intangible technology.”
Split into two distinct areas – an “Intelligent Analytics Centre Collaborative Canvas area” and a “Fleet Management Command Centre” – the IAM Experience Space will showcase the Rolls-Royce range of digital products designed to support its customers in the management of their vessels and fleets.
The facility also provides a work space in which Rolls-Royce and its customers can hone existing digital solutions and collaborate on the development of new ones to meet their individual requirements.
“Essentially, the Intelligent Analytics Centre is a ‘digital factory’, where data is transformed into insights that facilitate and support more informed decision-making,” said Jan Chirkowski, Rolls-Royce, Intelligent Analytics Centre Manager. “The Intelligent Analytics Centre Collaborative Canvas space allows us to visualise this data, co-develop product features with our customers to make better use of that data and give them a complete digital picture of the current and potential operational performance of their fleet.”
The Fleet Management Command Centre area, meanwhile, is a proof-of-concept for a future product that puts all the information a fleet manager needs at their fingertips. The command centre is fitted out with an intuitive touch interface and a floor-to-ceiling, six-metre-wide curved screen to display collected ship data via systems such as the Rolls-Royce EM and EHM portals.
“The EM display gives the fleet manager a complete overview of the fleet’s energy footprint, providing the comprehensive information needed to optimise or adjust operating parameters to achieve better energy and environmental efficiencies,” said Chirkowski.
The EMH portal, to be officially introduced next year, uses “Machine Learning” algorithms to flag-up any anomalies in the sensor data coming in from machinery and systems onboard a vessel, in a real-time, live operating environment. This information can then be used to make informed decisions to take more effective and pre-emptive action.
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