Proper paint maintenance can extend asset life, and the right coating on a vessel hull can save up to 8% in fuel costs. SteelCorr's Digital Paint Report application featured on Kognifai enables centralized management of all paint maintenance data of an asset on a secure collaborative platform. It promotes communication among the stakeholders and empowers them with actionable insights to optimize paint performance and reduce maintenance costs.
At Nor-Shipping last week, KONGSBERG launched Vessel Insight, a new subscription-based data infrastructure solution for vessels. Through the subscription, Vessel Insight customers get access to the Kognifai Marketplace with a number of value adding applications available in the cloud. Now, SteelCorr will offer their Digital Paint Report application in the Kognifai Marketplace.
“Maintenance is one of the most significant cost factors for maritime industries. The ability to plan, report and monitor according to constantly changing external factors is crucial for increasing efficiency, safety and accuracy of operations at sea. By joining the Kognifai Partner Program SteelCorr can offer their solution to customers on Vessel Insight and get access to a growing set of Kognifai services which will enable them to develop new functionality over time. This will lead to more and better applications for customers,” says Vigleik Takle, senior vice president of digital solutions in Kongsberg Digital.
“The Digital Paint Report is a simplified quality assurance and performance monitoring tool at a very reasonable cost. Everything from the maintenance plan to coating application to performance surveys can be documented and optimized on a single platform”, states Leroy Dias, Founder, SteelCorr, and continues “Making the application available on Kognifai enables customers to easily unlock its value enhancing potential.”
About Kognifai
Kognifai is an open and collaborative digital ecosystem that improves integration between the world of information technology and operational technology to accelerate business transformation in established industries. Through the Kognifai Partner Program, partners can share expertise, widen market reach and accelerate innovation and development – all with the objective of helping the industrial world unlock the potential that lies in better use of data and new software tools.
About Kongsberg Digital
Kongsberg Digital is a provider of next-generation software and digital solutions to customers within maritime, oil and gas, and renewables and utilities. The company consists of more than 500 software experts with leading competence within the internet of things, smart data, artificial intelligence, maritime simulation, automation and autonomous operations.
About SteelCorr
SteelCorr DMCC is a Dubai based Paint consultancy start-up founded in 2014; with the aim of supporting Asset integrity. The founder, Leroy Dias is equipped with a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, NACE Protective Coating Specialist certification, NACE Sr. Corrosion Technologist certification and a FROSIO Paint Inspector Certification and over 2 decades of experience in the Corrosion & Coating industry. He has previously served as the Membership Chairman and Secretary of the NACE UAE chapter and is the current Vice-Chair of the SSPC UAE section.