Emperor penguins

On the coverEmperor penguins. Warm-blooded in the coldest place on Earth. They huddle to keep their heat through the Antarctic winter.

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Cargo Heating Management

Proper planning and monitoring of cargo heating can save 20–30% of boiler consumption on heated cargo voyages.

Cargo Heating Management Service aims to optimize boiler consumption on cargo heating through proper planning and monitoring of cargo heating operations onboard to assist the vessel staff and voyage operators. Having managed more than 4000 cargo heating voyages managed till date, Blue Water pioneers in providing a data-driven solution to optimum cargo heating management.

Cargo Heating Management

Penguins are warm-blooded animals of the coldest climate on Earth, where few other animals can survive. The animal body is often called the best living machine on Earth, and our team took its lesson to shipping: conserve energy. Cargo Heating Management optimizes boiler consumption through careful planning and monitoring of heating operations on board, supporting both vessel staff and voyage operators. Read more to see how proper planning and monitoring can save 20–30% of boiler consumption on cargo heating.

Cargo temperature on a heated voyage
45°50°55°60°LoadDay 6DischargeDischarge temperatureMinimum temperatureExtra heat lost
Heated early and held, without a plan With Cargo Heating Management
24%less boiler fuel on heating
On timeat discharge temperature

Cargo Heating Apportioned Log Service

Cargo Heating Apportioned Log Service(CHAL) splits consumption logically and reasonably between Owners and Charterers in the case of cargo heat up. This application was devised to scientifically segregate per day consumption between grade(s) duly taking into account cargo quantity, temperature, and ambient conditions.

Blue Water, through a customized application, splits the consumptions billable into reasonable Heat Up and Maintain fractions. This service supports the vessel manager in voyage P/L calculations and also avoids expensive claims or disputes among the stakeholders. For the vessels enrolled under Cargo Heating Management Service, it is provided as an add-on service without any additional service cost.

Apportioned heating log for three grades
Grade 1: fuel oil41.2 t 62%38%
Grade 2: crude28.7 t 35%65%
Grade 3: bitumen55.9 t 74%26%
Heat-up, rebilled to the charterer Maintain, on the owner's account

CHAMP (Cargo Heating Advanced Marine Process)

CHAMP is an interactive and secure web application which gives our clients access to data of heated cargo voyages enrolled under Cargo Heating Management Service. It assists users to monitor/ compare their voyages at different levels of abstraction.

CHAMP fuel estimator
Cargo
Heavy fuel oil · 82,000 t
Load → discharge
42 °C → 58 °C
Ambient
Sea 14 °C · air 9 °C
Passage
12 days
Estimated heating fuel 312 t
  • ●Voyage A: on heating plan
  • ●Voyage B: on heating plan
  • ●Voyage C: tank 3 below instruction

Bring your next heated cargo voyage to us

Share the cargo, quantity and heating instructions, and we'll help plan the voyage before it starts.