Maritime players strike digital optimization partnership

Switzerland-based turbocharger producer Accelleron and South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution, a marine technology provider operating under HD Hyundai, have entered into an agreement aimed at ‘boosting’ the integration of ship management and optimization tools.

Under the terms of the contract the parties have signed, Accelleron and HD Hyundai Marine Solution are to explore closer integration as well as “further efficiencies” across digital tools, including the latter’s ship management solution, the Integrated Smart Ship Solution ISS 2.0, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based emissions monitoring system OceanWise.

The deal also reportedly includes the former company’s engine performance optimization system called LOREKA360° Tekomar XPERT Engine and the Turbo Insights monitoring tool. As disclosed, the agreement encompasses both newbuild and aftermarket projects.

Acelleron’s LOREKA360° system, said to have been engineered to assess engine performance and offer related advisory onboard, has already been delivered to around 100 vessels in Hyundai Marine Solutions’ user pool, the Swiss company’s representatives have shared.

However, under Hyundai’s licenses, including units that are in service and to be built, it is predicted that the number could rise to approximately five hundred ships in