High frequent data collection of the relevant sensors on board of various vessels of a fleet usually results in unmanageable large amounts of raw data. Converting these large amounts of data into relevant reports and analysis requires advanced data management.

For this VAF has developed the VAF IVY®, propulsion performance monitoring solution. IVY® automatically collects all data, performs powerful analyses, visualises dedicated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and provides insight with full graphical display of sensor data, automated analysis reports on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and voyage performance for any individual vessel. In addition, performance of sister vessels can easily be compared in the fleet overview.

With IVY®‘s powerful analysis, visualising raw sensor data and performing time consuming manual data analysis is no longer necessary. IVY® coverts data into KPIs and reports which are presented to the vessel and fleet performance decision maker through a clear visualisation dashboard. As a bonus IVY® is also prepared to exchange data with other cloud solutions from 3rd parties via dedicated APIs.

Automated data reports
To report all the details per vessel and per voyage, made obligatory by legislation such as EU ETS, EU MRV and IMO DCS, requires a lot of extra paperwork and handling. There is an easier way though. The automatic data collection and automated voyage reports by IVY® are the answer to push back the extra work and to be in compliance with the regulations. This IVY® solution for voyage reporting includes automatic berth & anchorage detection, automatic fuel oil consumption monitoring and automated voyage, EU ETS, EU MRV and IMO DCS reports. With this solution, IVY® eliminates human error in voyage reporting, due to automatic data collection, automated voyage reporting without manual input.

Insight in operational performance
Besides creating insight from the data on the propulsive performance of a vessel, IVY® can also reveal potential improvements in operational performance. Its powerful reporting capabilities allow to get a helicopter view over all operations to reveal possible savings and improvements. After spotting an anomaly, further detailed inspections in IVY® on a minute by minute data basis will show exactly what happened, when it happened, why it happened and how it can be improved. Browse through key figures per day or per voyage, either in IVY® or in exported spreadsheets, to reveal what went wrong and what went right on each vessel.

By performing advanced data analyses it becomes easy to spot potential improvements in speed optimization and power management, and will allow to evaluate the effectiveness of the voyage planning. IVY® gives all the advanced data management tools to monitor the activities of the vessel and to verify how effectively policies are being implemented within the fleet.

With the long legacy of VAF in the maritime business, the inhouse expertise on vessel (fuel) performance measurements, it’s related sensors, data collection and digitalization, VAF is your digital solution provider for supporting in your high frequent data collection and data management. Whether you want to discuss on data analysis and reporting, or cloud to cloud data exchange via APIs, VAF has the expertise in house to think along with you and to come together to the solution that suits your needs.