Knowledge sharing on vessel condition monitoring

Class, shipowners & MAN Diesel shared views, goals & experience

All seats were sold out when Rovsing Dynamics gathered key players in the maritime industry for seminars during the SMM trade fair tin September to exchange views and experiences on Vessel Condition Monitoring for Condition Based Maintenance – What to gain and how to get there.”

 

Three of the ship owners who have implemented OPENpredictor™ monitoring solutions from Rovsing Dynamics – PRISCO, Scandlines and Reederei F. Laiesz - shared their goals and experience.

MAN Diesel explained why they now recommend ship owners to omit regular open-up inspections of the crank-train bearings of certain engine types and only conduct Condition Based Maintenance supported by various types of monitoring.

Three classification societies - DNV, Germanischer Lloyd and Lloyd’s Register – shared their views and guidelines for a successful implementation of Condition Monitoring and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM). Each of the three societies has developed guidelines which seem to follow the same necessary seven steps for implementation of CBM. They presented their experience from field test of various monitoring solutions as well as success factors and barriers for adoption.

The high attendance and lively discussions confirmed that the potential of vessel condition monitoring and Condition Based Maintenance is widely recognized. More and more ship owners request and implement this approach, now actively supported by the first equipment manufacturer, MAN Diesel, and several classification societies.

The knowledge sharing sessions showed that a considerable step change has taken place in the maritime industry since last SMM two years ago.

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