Class society Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched a new smart hub system designed to integrate various maritime digital applications, to allow users to manage fleet data from a single interface throughout the ship’s lifecycle, including early design, construction and operation.
Named MOVE, the system is customisable and will have the ability to continue to evolve with the asset as more sophisticated digital tools and processes are introduced to the vessel in the future. Through its app drawer, users can access all of the society’s classification, statutory and technical advisory applications, as well as partner software systems.
The new platform builds on BV’s existing VeriSTAR Info offering with two new applications for shipowners. Fleet in Service provides a visual real-time fleet compliance overview to allow operators to quickly take action specific to the asset’s needs, such as requesting surveys and taking post-corrective steps, while Connect your Systems facilitates the connection of client networks to accelerate the flow of high volumes of data between shipowners and BV.
MOVE is currently available to shipowners and Flag Authorities, and will be progressively expanded to other profiles, including shipyards, designers, and equipment manufacturers. New functionalities are also planned to be added over the coming months.
“MOVE is a means for shipowners and BV M&O to rise to the challenge of complying with increasingly complex regulations. It enables a data-centric approach, empowering shipowners to act more effectively, supported by reliable data from a single source,” said Laurent Hentges, Vice President – Digital Solutions & Transformation at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore.
“We aim to offer the right tools, at the right time, for a digital transformation that suits our clients’ business. Today, MOVE is tailored to shipowners, allowing them to manage their assets in operation, but our vision is that MOVE will go much further in the near future. We want to provide our clients with a truly asset-centric tool, from which they can follow their assets from design throughout in-service life.”
BV notes that it will now begin a process of phasing out its VeriSTAR Info system to replace it with the MOVE Fleet in Service app.
