NAPA Wins Bourbon OSV Loading Computer Contract
Software house NAPA Group contracted to supply Bourbon with loading computers for 55 offshore support vessels (OSV's). The latest software will enable Bourbon to improve safe loading and unloading with maximum cargo intake while improving assistance to stability, longitudinal strength for operational efficiency. NAPA has begun and will continue to provide Bourbon OSVs with the most versatile and sophisticated 3D systems on the market; providing “real time” onboard loading calculations and ship stability analysis, as well as an emergency response system during loading.
AET Orders NAPA-DSME Power Software
Helsinki - AET has ordered NAPA-DSME Power® for installation on four newly-built 319,000 deadweight ton (DWT) VLCC vessels. A collaborative software from NAPA and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), NAPA-DSME Power® can save up to 5 percent of a tanker’s fuel costs. Using sensors integrated with DSME’s energy efficient tanker designs, NAPA-DSME Power® monitors energy efficiency, emissions, fuel consumption and trim. This data is immediately accessible to officers onboard, along with weather updates, arrival times and other key performance indicators to inform decisions and enable efficiency optimization in ‘real-time’.
Heikinheimo New President of Napa Group
Juha Heikinheimo (54) was appointed President of Napa Group (Napa Ltd), a leading provider of software solutions for the maritime industry. The appointment takes effect on September 1, 2011. Mr Heikinheimo assumes the position from Matti Salo, who successfully served as President of Napa Group for eleven years. Mr Salo will continue as President of the subsidiary, Onboard-Napa Ltd. He will focus his attention on customers and boosting the growth of the NAPA for Operations business. Heikinheimo has extensive experience of the shipbuilding industry.
