In recent years the lack of replacement actuators for larger diesel engines and, in some cases, turbines has been a growing problem for shipowners and land-based facilities. Qtagg has launched new actuator units to replace the installed base of obsolete and unsupported models that have reached end of life. With two marine-approved replacement actuators now … Read more
Today we are very proud to announce that Jacob Mygind Pedersen has decided to join Qtagg! Jacob has a solid maritime background which will benefit him in his new role as the COO of Qtagg. His last few positions include Head of technical management at OneOcean, Head of sales at GreenSteam and Head of projects … Read more
Next week is the start of the UN Climate Change conference COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. One of the speakers will be Qtagg’s CCO Per Österberg who will brief the participants on how EcoPilot™ can decrease emissions from the vast fleet of diesel engine powered ships. At COP 29 the goal is to advance concrete … Read more
We are just back from another successful installation of DEGO IV engine governors and ASAC actuators, this time on the crude oil tanker Petrosamudera in Hong Kong. Petrosamudera, that mainly operates in the South China Sea, is a 20-year-old ship, so it was time to replace the older Kongsberg governor and actuator with new units … Read more
Qtagg recently secured an order on a digitalization of M/S Danielle Casanova’s propulsion control system, that will reduce the ship’s fuel consumption by an estimated 6-8%. The order includes power routing with EcoPilot and retrofit of governors, actuators and the pitch control system. Danielle Casanova is the largest of Corsica Linea’s nine cruise ships that … Read more
This is not our first encounter with Corsica Ferries‘s Mega Regina. She already has a previous version of the Qtagg DEGO engine governors installed, but it is time to replace the ASAC 70 actuators, supplied with the governors, with the newer ASAC 120 version. As the name indicates, they can deliver 120 NM torque continuously. In … Read more
To fully realize the potential of weather routing, it must be used in combination with automated propulsion control, ensuring that minimum power is used for the whole voyage. EcoPilot™ integrates with the propulsion control system for continuous optimization, throughout the voyage, to achieve the best fuel economy based on your target ETA or CII value. … Read more
Can you enhance the fuel efficiency of a 4-year-old ship? Gotlandsbolaget answered this question by deciding on an implementation of the EcoPilot Bridge system on M/S Gotland, a Ro-Pax ship that operates between the island of Gotland and the Swedish mainland. This will result in fuel savings as well as reductions on greenhouse gas emissions. M/S Gotland … Read more
We are adding a new partner! This is Mr. Manfred Spickmann from ELDATA Elektrotechnik und Service in Germany. Mr. Spickmann will provide DEGO engine governors and ASAC actuators as part of company’s solutions for power plants to customers worldwide. Mr. Spickmann was recently in Sweden for a training day at the Qtagg office, hosted by Tomas … Read more
To achieve and improve CII ratings shipowners will have to find ways to decrease CO2 emissions, in relation to the transport work performed. In our previous CII article, we explained how the rating is calculated. The algorithm for attained CII describes the core issue: Simplified, the attained CII for a ship is calculated as emissions … Read more
