Serafeim Katsikas, METIS Cyberspace Technology, Greece, explains how a recent commercial breakthrough adds specialised gas carrier operations to the range of vessels benefitting from AI-based data acquisition, real-time performance monitoring, and intelligent analytics solutions.
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loud-based and using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the METIS analytics platform enjoyed exceptional uptake through 2020, with over 250 vessels of different types now using the integrated performance monitoring and evaluation solution. In early 2021, another breakthrough was achieved after a well-known Asian ship manager became the first gas carrier operator to select a new METIS cargo handling and energy efficiency option for its ships, having upgraded to the Inmarsat Fleet Data IoT platform. Functionality specifically developed for LNG and LPG vessels has resulted in METIS monitoring and evaluation now enhancing operations for four gas carriers.
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As a cloud-based platform, the solution is specific to the gas ship data acquisition and analytics needs of the ship’s owner/manager, but agnostic as far as the original maker of the equipment monitored and evaluated on board is concerned. Data acquired from shipboard sensors is uploaded for application program interface (API) exchange with the METIS analytics hub. The data is stored securely alongside information from other sources, such as weather providers and traffic monitoring services including AIS, as well as corporate and maintenance planning systems. All of this data is immediately available to the micro-service functionality interacting with end users.
