Tag: Voyage planning
Ta-Ho invests in digitalization to reduce emissions and improve fleet management
Agreement with NAPA follows a successful pilot that demonstrated 4% fuel saving potential through operational profile optimization, enabling Ta-Ho to accelerate its sustainability journey. Helsinki, Finland; 31 January 2024 – Ta-Ho Maritime Corporation, one of the leading bulk shipping companies in Taiwan, strengthens its commitment to digitalizing operations by installing NAPA’s performance monitoring, voyage optimization […]
Read ArticleJanuary 31, 2024
Beyond Fuel Reduction: Sustainable and Efficient Ferry Operations Without Losing Sight of Safety
How digital tools and data can help operators to predict, test, plan and even make strategic decisions to sail safety, more efficiently and sustainably . During “Optimizing Operations and Safety” at the 47th Interferry Conference 2023, our Account Director for Ferry & RoPax Business, Tuomas Häkkinen spoke about “Beyond Fuel Reduction: Sustainable and Efficient Ferry Operations […]
Read ArticleNovember 9, 2023
Enabling safer voyages with ship data and cloud connectivity
For a successful green transition, voyage safety and sustainability must go hand-in-hand. At International Maritime Organization’s 107th Maritime Safety Committee meeting, Jussi Siltanen, our Go-to-market Lead, presented on “Enabling safer voyages with data and cloud connectivity”. Ensuring there is no trade-off between these priorities, Jussi explains how greater ship data collection and sharing are allowing […]
Read ArticleJune 12, 2023
What if you could simulate your fleet’s safe alternative fuel future?
Preparations for alternative fuels not only require having the right systems onboard or ensuring energy supply, but also understanding how these new systems might affect other aspects, such as ship design, operational stability as well as voyage planning. NAPA’s solutions can help take some uncertainties away by simulating those aspects, making your fleet’s transition smoother. […]
Read ArticleJanuary 25, 2023
NAPA Voyage Optimization software integrated into Furuno Planning Station to boost shipping efficiency and sustainability
Integration of route planning software will improve operational performance, reduce fuel costs and CO2 emissions while contributing to safe and efficient navigation. Nishinomiya, Japan and Helsinki, Finland – May 26, 2022: Maritime electronics equipment provider FURUNO will incorporate NAPA Voyage Optimization, a solution developed by NAPA, the leading maritime software, services, and data analysis provider, […]
Read ArticleMay 26, 2022
How to systematically slice down short sea shipping bunker costs and ensure safe navigation
by Teemu Manderbacka, Lead R&D Engineer, NAPA Shipping Solutions In our team at NAPA, we’ve recently looked at opportunities for better routing, by delving into data of past sailed voyages, running retro-optimization on them, and comparing where the most potential for better routing can be found. On ocean-crossing voyages, we’ve seen quite considerable savings potential, […]
Read ArticleMay 7, 2021
Don’t plow against sea currents!
by Ossi Mettälä, Customer Success Manager, NAPA Shipping Solutions Our team has recently been looking into data from past voyages of the global merchant fleet and conducting retro-optimization to find out where there would be most potential for better routing. In addition to these retro-optimization studies, real-life case examples offer valuable insight for better routing. […]
Read ArticleApril 29, 2021
Surf along with the Kuroshio current on the Pacific
by Kimmo Laaksonen, Director, Product Development, NAPA Shipping Solutions Ocean currents are relatively stable, so you would think ships know how to take advantage of them or avoid sailing against a strong ocean current, right? To find out how well ships accounted for currents, we took a year of tanker voyages crossing the Pacific to […]
Read ArticleApril 20, 2021
Neste increases sustainability with NAPA Voyage Optimization
Sustainable fuel supplier Neste Corporation achieves a significant increase in fuel efficiency and subsequent reduction in emissions using NAPA Voyage Optimization software Neste Corporation Neste is an advanced refiner of high-quality, sustainable oil products from renewable sources and the world’s largest renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel producer. It aims to help its customers reduce […]
Read ArticleApril 15, 2021
Why dodging ECAs doesn’t always pay off
by Claus Stigler, Product Owner of NAPA Voyage Optimization, NAPA Shipping Solutions Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are sea areas with stricter limits to airborne emissions from ships as ruled in MARPOL regulations. There are Emission Control Areas on many coastal seas worldwide: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the English Channel, the North American ECA, […]
Read ArticleApril 13, 2021