Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will partner with Sofar Ocean for its Wayfinder platform, which it claims could reduce emissions by around 6 percent per voyage.
The Wayfinder platform intends to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by providing the optimal speed and route for safe and efficient navigation to each ship daily.
Suggestions are made using real-time weather forecasts based on data from Sofar’s global network of ocean sensors, the vessel’s fuel efficiency calculated using a data-driven model and market and safety restrictions.
Developed by Sofar, the ocean sensor “spotter buoy” collects ocean data such as wave spectra, wind, sea surface temperature and atmospheric pressure in real-time, and is used by various government agencies.
Using 40 of MOL’s operating vessels, Sofar’s trial found an average fuel/GHG emission reduction of around 6 percent per voyage.
