Maintenance Case Studies

Scenario

Manual input into maintenance programs and engine room logs can be time consuming and show issues with accuracy. There are several mistakes that happened between crew change, pencil whipping, and not collecting the right data. Different departments will need to have access to different data points including accounting, operations, maintenance, and the executive team.

Outcome

MarineInsight will automatically generate summary reports on a 12- or 24-hour frequency and deliver to the proper personnel. These summaries will allow all stakeholders to answer the questions regarding performance, engine hours, average load, fuel burn, and many other data points. Reports can also be customized to show parameters of interest such as Z-Drives, vibration, and fuel accounting.

Scenario

Customers have asked us to notify the shoreside team when vessels are running in idle for over two hours to reduce wasted fuel, carbon buildup in the exhaust, and unnecessary hours on equipment.

Outcome

MarineInsight will send an alert when a vessel is sitting in specific idle RPM bands. When operators are sitting in idle for two hours or more, MarineInsight will automatically send an alert to the captain and shoreside personnel and will highlight the alert on the MarineInsight platform for the two hours leading up to the idle event.

As a result, the idle alert has created a change in behavior across the fleet to shut engines down when operators know they will be waiting for extended periods of time. This has led to reduced idle times, which is unnecessary hours to decrease the duration between maintenance, reduced unnecessary fuel burn, and prevents engines from running in their worst RPM bands to optimize the reliability-centered maintenance plan.

Scenario

Idle time is a huge cost among all operators. Idle time creates higher emissions, unnecessary or wasted engine hours causing excessive maintenance to be done in shorter cycles, all because running in idle is the most inefficient operating mode.

Outcome

In order to manage a fleet-wide initiative to reduce idle time, MarineInsight generates a monthly report to identify vessels that are running less optimal. By comparing different vessels, ship managers and operators can identify the outliers operating in less-than-optimal conditions. Operators have used this report to reduce idle time fleet-wide by 63% in just six months developing new standard operating procedures to reduce idle, waste, and implement their reliability-based maintenance plan.

Scenario

Industries all over the world are transitioning to a reliability-centered maintenance plan to prolong maintenance schedules and reduce failures while in operation. With this practice, companies such as Delta Airlines have reduced their cancelations from 5600+ maintenance-related canceled routes in 2010 down to only 55 maintenance-related cancelations by 2018 by changing to a reliability-centered maintenance program. RCM is being promoted in maritime by manufacturers, class societies, and insurance companies by instituting predictive maintenance schedules. There needs to be data-driven information to show when vessels need to have maintenance performed.

Outcome

Different operating modes on assets require different levels of maintenance. When engines are operating in less-than-optimal RPM bands, such as idle time, there will be a heavier maintenance burden and higher risk for unplanned maintenance. MarineInsight gives operators their first actionable insight on how frequent the engines are running in different operating bands. By utilizing the Vessel RPM vs. Time Report, operators can now drive their RCM with more analytics to extend maintenance periods and reduce the likelihood or unscheduled downtime and failures.

Scenario

Operators, maintenance managers, engineers, and executives would like to see a macro-view of how their fleet is operating at any time. Customers have asked us to assist with their RCM to identify equipment that is performing less than optimal.

Outcome

The Number of Alerts by Asset Report shows which vessel and equipment is experiencing the most alert conditions while in operation. This report helps maintenance managers and port engineers plan their RCM execution. Since onboarding the RCM with number of alerts by asset, companies have changed from having hours-based or calendar-based maintenance schedules to an RCM, allowing for more uptime and fewer delays or cancelations increasing the reliability of vessels.

Scenario

When building the RCM, operators, maintenance managers, chiefs engineers, and port engineers need actionable insight to see which pieces of equipment require maintenance more frequently. The number of times a piece of equipment goes into an alert, represented by the Number of Alerts per Vessel Report, will give a comparative analysis of different vessel performance. Drilling down to the vessel performance was a request to build a micro-view of how much time the asset was in an alert.

Outcome

The Percent of Time in Alert Report gives vessel managers, fleet managers, port engineers, and chief engineers a micro-view of which pieces of equipment will need more time and resources. The number of alerts will indicate the number of alerts on each vessel, but the duration in which each asset was operating under an alert. This report has helped develop a more robust RCM to pinpoint which assets need maintenance.

Scenario

Engineers, managers, and executives have requested to see a report that will help identify when vessels go into alert condition or alert status. Not only when the vessel was in alert state, but what conditions the vessel was operating in and where on the trip the vessel was traveling.

Outcome

MarineInsight will generate custom reports to show operators and managers where the vessels were operating to generate and alert. The Alert Report will give a summary of what piece of equipment on which vessel went into alert. This will help identify trouble areas on the water and help understand why vessels may go into alert and how to help operators and captains reduce their likelihood of operating in dangerous conditions.