Start of the MariData Research Project

FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS is one of the research partners in the MariData R&D project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

The MariData project provides impor­tant con­tri­bu­tions to improv­ing the energy effi­ciency of ship oper­a­tions and reducing emis­sions. Together with other asso­ci­ated shipping com­pa­nies, a future-oriented energy man­age­ment and decision support system based on rational methods is to be devel­oped, taking into account current oper­a­tional status data as well as geo-infor­ma­tion. The energy con­sump­tion of merchant ships is largely deter­mined by their hydro­dy­namic prop­er­ties and the systems on board. In some cases, up to 90% of the primary energy con­sump­tion is used for propul­sion and must be opti­mally managed.

The aim of MariData is there­fore to develop, improve and classify sim­u­la­tion-based modules for ship energy man­age­ment using a care­fully selected com­bi­na­tion of state-of-the-art maritime tech­nolo­gies and expe­ri­ence as well as AI-based tools and methods for a ground­break­ing product for holistic ship energy and oper­a­tions management.

Together with geo-infor­ma­tion and a Decision Support System (DSS) that brings together tech­ni­cal, envi­ron­men­tal and economic data, energy con­sump­tion infor­ma­tion will be inte­grated into a platform that can be used both on board the ship and shore-side by a shipping company. The platform will provide on-line sim­u­la­tions for decision support to the ship’s man­age­ment, as well as assis­tance with short‑, medium- and long-term fore­casts and deci­sions related to ship operation.

More Infor­ma­tion

For more infor­ma­tion and an overview of our ongoing and past research projects visit our Research & Devel­op­ment section.

More detailed infor­ma­tion on the MariData project is avail­able on the official project website maridata.org.