Wärtsilä is joining the ‘TwinShip’ initiative aimed at improving access to reliable data to enable smarter shipping decisions related to decarbonising fleet operations.
The TwinShip project is sponsored by the European Union (EU) and will run from 2025 until 2028.
It will involve over a dozen technology and service providers, ship design and shipping companies, classification societies, ports, software developers, and research and academic bodies.
Utilising the expertise of these partners, the project will develop a Decision Support System (DSS) which can be used when planning different setups of machinery, propulsion and energy-saving devices for newbuilds and retrofits.
The intention is to provide reliable cost, performance and emission data, based on the best possible domain knowledge. This, in turn, will be further improved through advanced AI-based algorithms that can analyse vast amounts of real test data.
The project results will be validated through four pilot vessel demonstrations.
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TwinShip will set ambitious benchmarks for supporting the industry with its target of reducing GHG emissions, in line with the 2023 International Maritime Organization (IMO) GHG Strategy.
A central element will be providing access to reliable data and predictive insights that will have a significant impact on optimising fleet efficiency leading to improved performance, lower costs, and reduced emissions.
The initiative will utilise and build further upon the outcomes of Wärtsilä’s previous and ongoing EU-funded projects, such as SeaTech, CHEK, Green Ray and Ammonia2-4. SeaTech, CHEK, Green Ray and Ammonia2-4.
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“Industry collaboration is essential if the shipping industry is to meet its emissions reduction goals, and this TwinShip project is an extremely important initiative that we at Wärtsilä are keen to support,” said Anders Öster, General Manager, Research Coordination & Funding, Wärtsilä Marine.
“By working together under this project’s cooperative umbrella we can make a real contribution to a decarbonised future.”
