Marine telematics

Marine telematics for sea and river vessels management
Monitoring of tank refuelling and fuel draining
Monitoring of tank refuelling and fuel draining
Record amount of consumed fuel
Record amount of consumed fuel
Route and location tracking
Route and location tracking
Preventing fuel thefts
Preventing fuel thefts
Machine running time tracking
Machine running time tracking

Applications

Fuel consumption monitoring and GPS location tracking of sea or river vessels (ships, boats, dredges, fishing trawlers, etc.) allows shipowners and ship operators to reduce operation costs by minimizing idling time of fleet, preventing fuel theft and improving crew discipline. Wagencontrol’s telematics system for sea and river watercrafts is based on accurate tools for fuel consumption measurement – DFM and DFM Marine fuel flow meters that are mounted in fuel line of main engine, auxiliary engines, diesel generators and boilers/heaters. It can also include DUT-E fuel level sensors, which are installed in fuel tanks, and MasterCAN DAC i/o modules for gathering signals from standard analog sensors of a ship/boat. The equipment supports NMEA 2000 (but also MasterCAN S7 NMEA data converter can be used for integration fuel consumption data from DFM S7 and DFM Marine S7 wireless flow meters into the NMEA 2000 ship bus), CAN J1939/S6 as well as other digital and pulse protocols.

Monitored parameters

  • fuel level in tank
  • hourly fuel consumption
  • total fuel consumption, L
  • fuel temperature
  • total fuel consumption in “Idling”, “Optimal” and “Overload” mode of engine operation
  • total fuel consumption in “Negative” mode of flow meter operation (return exceeds supply)
  • Moment hours (operating time)
  • total operating time in “Idling”, “Optimal” and “Overload” engine operation mode
  • coolant temperature
  • engine oil pressure
  • current engine operation mode as per fuel consumption rate
  • operating time of Supply and Return chambers in each mode of engine operation
  • Events «on/off power supply», “Tampering”, “Interference” modes
  • engine operating time in “Tampering”, “Interference” mode, h
  • current engine operation mode as per fuel consumption rate
  • vessel location
  • data from standard and additional analog sensors (via digital-to-analog converter MasterCAN DAC2113)

Teсhnical options

Wagencontrol products support NMEA 2000 protocol, what allows to integrate data into standard data bus of a ship/boat.

Marine telematics system based on using DUT-E, DUT-E GSM and DFM flowmeter is suitable for vessel location monitoring, as well as for real-time monitoring of the main parameters: fuel level in main and secondary tanks, actual fuel consumption and engine operating time in different modes and other.

This solution ensures:

  • Informing by SMS or email about important events occurring with the vessel, for example, fuel drain, sensor tampering, minimum balance, etc .;
  • Remote diagnostics and sensor configuration via SMS commands;
  • Control of fuel level in the tank;
  • Location control by GPS;
  • Control of actual fuel consumption;
  • Monitoring of engine operating time in total and by operation modes: “Idle”, “Optimal”, “Overload”.

Features

  • Route, course and speed monitoring
  • Monitoring of hourly and total fuel consumption of each engine consuming fuel
  • Distinguishing fuel consumption in different work modes – idle, optimal, overload
  • Post-trip analysis: distance, idle time, fuel consumption per trip, compliance with schedule, etc.

Usage cases

Ventspils port, Latvia

Task: monitoring of fuel consumption and prevention of manipulations with fuel.

Solution: DFM 250 AK fuel flow meters for gensets and DFM 250 DK for engines.

River transportation company, Eastern Europe

Task: fuel consumption monitoring of river vessels and optimization of routes. Solution: DFM 250CCAN fuel flow meters, DFM 100CCAN fuel flow meters, GPS-trackers.

Large logistics companies

Task: fuel consumption monitoring of sea vessels, composition of efficient fleet monitoring system for multimodal transportation.

Solution: DFM Marine, DFM 250CCAN and DFM 100CCAN fuel flow meters. Data can be sent to telematics service and dashboard.

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