Optiship

OPTImization of Life Cycle in the SHIPping industry

A) Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a state-of-science and an Operational Decision Support Tool (interlinked models and algorithms) for economic and environmental optimization of maritime structures and ships. An “LCA for Shipping” must consider all “Three-Phases” of the life-cycle of a ship (1) design/construction (phase-I), (2) operation/maintenance (phase-II), and (3) end-of-life/scrap (phase-III). The LCA can be used for optimal design of the ship, its optimal operation, and can deliver decision for “what to do” in multiple cases (e.g. scarp or no-scrap). Clients are shipyards, shipping companies, brokers, banks, insurance companies, engineering houses and others. Clients of the Platform can be the shipyards, shipping companies, brokers, banks, insurance companies, engineering houses and others. B) Today there is no international web-platform available (in 2019) that is certified and patented technologically and that can deliver “LCA web-services” as a new service for multiple reasons (e.g. MRV regulations). Thus, we took advantage as follows: (1) The Consortium works together for years (2010+) in shipping LCA and has ample of RTD and commercial expertise in “Phase-I” analyses, (2) It now proposes to fully develop the “Phases II & III”, (3) to deliver an Industry ready “Class-certified” Platform as a Business, and (4) to commercialized the platform via an EEIG (DANAOS, EPSILON) as a NewCo (TRL9), whist (5) funding is sought, to privilege its “prestige” in this world-wide business. C) Technologically from TRL6 and after, the project plan includes development of algorithms, of a DSS, of the platform, applications and validations, certification, a marketing and business plan and a strategy for sales the first day of project closure.