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Saudi Arabian shipping giant, Bahri, has launched the first phase of its new Fleet Performance Monitoring Center (FPMC). The centre, equipped with HD video walls along with other advanced equipment and software, is expected to evolve into a central hub for data and analytics-driven guidance to support decision-making for technical, safety, and crewing operations across the Bahri fleet, gathering information from each vessel’s alarm monitoring, navigation and cargo systems.
Eng. Ahmed Ali AlSubaey, CEO of Bahri, said: “With this first phase now underway, our day-to-day focus at the FPMC will be on improving the overall performance of our vessels through high-frequency data collection and monitoring systems. This comes as part of our long-term digital transformation strategy that will take our operations to unprecedented levels of efficiency.”
Using the information provided by the FPMC, crew onboard and the operations teams ashore will be able to monitor the condition of various equipment and systems more easily. Analytics-driven, timely interventions and machine learning anomaly detection tools will also help to pre-empt breakdowns, minimise downtime, enhance predictive maintenance, monitor regulatory compliance and help with overall decision-making. Historical trends and cross-sensor analytics can be used for troubleshooting and investigations into defects if they occur, Bahri points out.
Phases two and three in the FPMC’s development, which are set to commence in the next two years, will further expand the scope of the centre’s operations, integrating various systems and developing and refining its analytical dashboards.
