be used by owners and operators to make better decisions and improve maintenance and operations, as well as crucially identifying potential issues before failure.
Caterpillar Marine, for example, offers technology-enabled services and solutions using data analytics and expert advisory services to predict and avoid equipment
failures, optimise maintenance procedures and reduce fuel and energy consumption. The technology automatically collects data from existing on-board sources, such as sensors, the ship’s control system or from the equipment itself. Automated analytics then qualify, validate and analyse this data to identify potential problems and provide potential solutions.
Caterpillar’s technology originated from ESRG Technologies Group, a company that for 15 years had installed sensors on board US Navy ships that not only collected data, but also had a processing system to make a prognostic evaluation of what was actually happening within the system. At the time, this was new territory for the maritime sector. Realising its potential, Caterpillar acquired ESRG in 2015 and integrated it into the company as Caterpillar Marine Asset Intelligence (AI).
On-board analytics are valuable for the maritime sector because they provide crew with real-time information about the condition of their equipment and what they should do about potential issues that have been identified. Qualified data can also be sent ashore, where additional automated analytics are used for further analysis – from both an individual vessel and fleet perspective – and where experts are on hand to review the analytic output and apply their experience to it. Therefore, fleet advisors can monitor this information and help owners and operators use it effectively.
Importantly, the technology can monitor any range of equipment that has electric sensors. For Caterpillar’s AI, this means both Caterpillar and non-Caterpillar equipment. Therefore, the monitored equipment can range from diesel engines and generator sets to propulsion systems, fin stabilisers, ECDIS, HVAC and refrigeration – essentially any critical
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