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FLEET OPTIMISATION

Maria Tsompanoglou discusses the multifaceted approach to fleet optimisation
and highlights the potential of digital platforms to streamline decision-making
processes and enhance operational efficiency in the shipping industry.

COMMERCIAL

COMPETITIVENESS

REMAINS THE MAIN

DRIVER FOR FLEET

OPTIMISATION

What are the practical steps involved in a company’s fleet
optimisation?
The optimisation of any activity commences with the
regular and diligent monitoring of its components.
For shipping companies, optimisation begins with the
collection and analysis of data from the ship, service
providers, and manufacturers. Voyage optimisation
always requires the assistance of the crew and the
input of a weather provider, while the assistance of
Office Operators may also be necessary. Practically,
fleet optimisation cannot be achieved without data or
the necessary tools to analyse said data. Receiving,
filtering, analysing, storing, and using data for deci-
sion-making is the starting point for fleet optimisation
and is a process that applies to all shipping companies.
However, optimisation fundamentally starts with
the strategic decisions made during the design and
construction of a newbuild. When negotiating a new-
build specification contract, shipowners have the
opportunity to improve ship design in many ways,
both hydrodynamically, with improvements on the
hull design, and technologically, by applying perfor-
by Maria Tsompanoglou, mance improvements on systems and machinery.
Energy Performance Manager For instance, the readiness of a ship to use alterna-
at Pantheon Tankers Management Ltd.
tive fuels for its propulsion and electrical needs is a

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