V. Ships to pilot Wave reliability software
V.Ships Group Ltd, the world's largest independent ship management
company, has agreed to pilot the Wave equipment optimisation system
onboard a portion of its technically managed fleet. Wave, a ship
equipment reliability analysis tool that helps owners and operators
to manage their fleets' maintenance more efficiently, is produced
by US-based software supplier Resurgence Software, Inc and jointly
marketed with Lloyd's Register.
Arild Farbrot, Divisional Technical Director of V.Ships, says:
"V.Ships is always looking for ways to make fleet management more
efficient. We hope to prove with this pilot that Wave's unique
focus on benchmarking and criticality analysis will allow us to
operate vessels more reliably and efficiently and at lower
cost."
The agreement, which covers both software and services, will
allow V.Ships to carry out an analysis on a portion of its
technically managed vessels. The pilot will require the integration
with planned maintenance systems including V.Ships' own ShipSure
Maintainer system.
Jacqui Knight, Product Manager for the Wave system at Lloyd's
Register, comments: "Wave offers owners and operators enormous
potential benefits. It can help to impact positively a substantial
portion of operating costs, in particular working towards
optimising maintenance strategies. The piloting of Wave by a
quality leading ship management company like V.Ships indicates the
significance of this new reliability analysis tool to the
industry."
Tom Bubrig, President of Resurgence Software, says: "We are
extremely pleased to be working with V.Ships and look forward to
building a strong business relationship focused on delivering
tangible results to V.Ships' clients. Our Wave system combined with
the technical expertise of V.Ships' managers will be a powerful
combination for delivering value."
Ends.
Notes to editors
- Lloyd's Register is an independent risk management
organisation. The Lloyd's Register Group works to help improve its
clients' quality, safety, environmental and business performance
throughout the world. Its expertise and activities cover shipping,
railways, other land-based industries and oil and gas.
- V.Ships is the world's largest provider of independent
shipmanagement and related marine services to the shipping
industry. It is an international company with 44 offices located in
26 countries around the world, employing 1,100 office staff and
22,500 sea staff and servicing a fleet of over 600 vessels
encompassing most major ship types. In addition to its core
shipmanagement activities, V.Ships offers a broad range of maritime
services, including crewing, leisure, financial, consulting and
agency.
- Resurgence Software, Inc is an equipment reliability and
benchmarking software company headquartered in the University of
New Orleans' Research and Technology Park. Its Wave software
system, designed exclusively for the shipping industry, is an
outgrowth of the RAM/Shipnet project jointly developed by the
University of New Orleans Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology
Center (GCRMTC) and the Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP),
under the guidance of the US Office of Naval Research.
For more information visit
www.resurgence-software.com
or call +1 504 304 2510.
- The Wave software system is available to owners, operators and
shipyards through Lloyd's Register, irrespective of main
classification society employed. The agreement between Resurgence
Software, Inc and Lloyd's Register, signed in October 2002, grants
Lloyd's Register worldwide exclusivity within the ship
classification sector, and geographic exclusivity in Europe, the
Middle East, Africa, Asia and Canada.
For more information
Dolly Robinson
Marine Media Manager
Lloyd's Register
T +44 (0)20 7423 1682
F +44 (0)20 7423 2069
E
dolly.robinson@lr.org
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