Bunker fuel costs are always a significant proportion of ship operating costs, but in recent years escalating bunker costs make this still more critical.
The Marinestar Manoeuvring System can assist in improving fuel efficiency by monitoring fore and aft trim dynamically whilst the ship is at sea and also by providing a high accuracy heading reference source.
In ship or class of ships has an optimum trim range which varies with speed and draught. Our partners DNV can assist with specialist consultancy – see http://www.dnv.com/industry/maritime/servicessolutions/consulting/technicalconsulting/index.asp