Anchoring marine sustainability with eMarine

Through a strategic partnership with Beijer Electronics, eMarine has successfully enhanced its energy management solutions, significantly reducing fuel consumption and emissions for shipowners and operators. Beijer Electronics' advanced hardware and software solutions, and seamless integration capabilities have been crucial in achieving these sustainability goals.

The challenge

eMarine, a leader in marine energy efficiency management, faced the challenge of providing shipowners and operators with a comprehensive solution to reduce fuel consumption and waste emissions while ensuring regulatory compliance. They needed a partner who could offer:

• Real-time overview of operational status
• VPN connectivity for seamless integration with control systems
• Access to detailed and historical vessel performance data
• Support for different APIs for data retrieval and implementation
• A scalable platform for flexible data presentation
• An easy-to-use reporting function with export capabilities

The solution

eMarine developed the eMarine Control™ Software, a holistic energy management system that integrates hardware, software, and analytics for fleet-wide optimization. This solution includes advanced energy management systems that enable real-time data integration and optimization across fleets. Additionally, the emarine.cloud platform provides a powerful dashboard for real-time monitoring and analysis of energy usage. Tailored recommendations are also offered to provide operational efficiency insights, helping to reduce energy consumption and waste emissions.

Screen picture with the data overview from a single vessel

Beijer Electronics CloudVPN gateways provide remote VPN connectivity and the CloudVPN API, enables detailed data retrieving flexibility for visualizations data utilization on energy management system. Modular PLCs and remote I/O systems enhance the technological offering with reliable operation control and processing, while marine switches enable local communication between devices for controlling and maintaining critical systems such as HVAC, pumps, and engine ventilation.

Screen picture with the data overview from a fleet

Why Beijer Electronics?

eMarine chose Beijer Electronics for its advanced hardware and software solutions, seamless integration capabilities, and superior support. These elements were essential for the success of eMarine’s energy management systems.

"The eMarine Cloud platform leverages the reliable technical foundation of the Beijer Electronics CloudVPN and uses the API to process the data to the front-end. Working with Beijer products has been a great experience. Their solutions have provided us with seamless connectivity, efficient data processing, and a reliable infrastructure that enhances our daily operations. We appreciate the robustness of their technology and how it continues to meet our evolving needs.”

Petter Enoksson, System Developer, eMarine

With Beijer Electronics' support, eMarine has successfully implemented 50 sets of energy management systems offering seamless system integration and ensuring robust functionality of eMarine Control™ Software across critical systems. Enhanced visual capabilities are achieved through the utilization of data streams facilitated by Beijer’s solutions, providing users with actionable insights and fleet-wide overviews. The energy management system allows eMarine to tailor offerings to customers’ needs and scale them for fleets of all sizes. After implementing the eMarine system, energy consumption decreases significantly, and the customer can expect an ROI in 9 to 18 months.

Control box with Beijer Electronics PLC, distributed IOs, CloudVPN gateway and Ethernet switch (left). Close up of CloudVPN gateway and Ethernet switch (right)

Reliable remote access and control are ensured through the CloudVPN gateway and API, enabling secure connectivity for remote monitoring and optimization from anywhere in the world.

Future vision

Looking ahead, eMarine is committed to advancing maritime energy management through continued innovation. The integration of technologies such as machine learning and advanced analytics will further enhance the capabilities of eMarine Control™ Software and emarine.cloud. Collaboration with Beijer Electronics remains central to this strategy, ensuring a solid foundation for future developments supporting shipowners and operators in achieving their sustainability goals and contributing to a greener future for the marine industry.

Read more about the CloudVPN solution here.