- DNV said the upgrade is intended to promote cross-industry collaboration and provide greater visibility on alternative fuel uptake.
- The platform displays alternative fuels usage trends, including the number of vessels in operation, on order or contracted using the fuels.
- By expanding the data provision and gradually increasing the scope of the data, the company sees the platform as a great enabler for industry collaboration.
DNV has upgraded its Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) data platform, adding new fuel types, improving fuel price monitoring supported by Argus, and adding a crowdsourcing feature to gain input from its users.
AFI platform upgrade
The AFI platform allows more than 12,000 users to evaluate and analyze the uptake of alternative fuels and technologies for ships and bunkering facilities by using data visualization tools.
DNV said the upgrade is intended to promote cross-industry collaboration and provide greater visibility on alternative fuel uptake.
“Our aim is to facilitate business decision-making that will support our customers and the industry on the journey towards zero-carbon shipping,” said DNV senior consultant in the Maritime Advisory business, Kristian Hammer.
Alternative fuel usage trend
The platform displays alternative fuels usage trends, including the number of vessels in operation, on order or contracted using the fuels.
Overview and information on bunkering infrastructure and data insights into the various fuel technologies are also available.
“Comprehensive and up-to-date information on the entire value chain is necessary to support investments by shipowners in alternative fuels and facilitate the development of bunkering infrastructure by fuel suppliers,” said Mr Hammer.
Updates will expand the range of fuel types featured on the platform to include methanol, ammonia, hydrogen and LPG, in addition to the existing data on LNG, batteries and scrubbers.
AFI’s fuel price module enhanced
By collaborating with market intelligence specialist Argus on marine fuel prices, AFI’s fuel price module has been enhanced to provide new information on alternative fuel prices on a weekly and monthly basis, with regional benchmarking for comparisons with conventional fuels. Users can now find overviews for selected biofuels, including bio-methanol and green ammonia.
Expanding data provision
Until now, most of the information on the platform has been updated by DNV’s own team. However, by expanding the data provision and gradually increasing the scope of the data, the company sees the platform as a great enabler for industry collaboration.
Through participating in crowdsourcing of information verified by DNV, contributing entities such as research institutes and universities will receive access to premium content on the AFI platform.
Cleaner and greener shipping
Mr Hammer concluded, “We are further opening up the platform because collaboration and data transparency are essential in achieving cleaner, green shipping.
As a digital and structured framework for collaboration and data sharing, we believe AFI can help the industry work together and make informed decisions. As we say about collaboration here at DNV, it is the fuel of the future.”
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