Revolutionary system for environmentally friendly shipping

Trust-Ocean

Chris-Marine

Chris-Marine develops, manufactures, and sells precision tools and machines used for monitoring and maintenance of marine diesel and gas engines in commercial vessels and power plants. As a market leader, Chris-Marine operates globally through sales and service teams, subsidiaries, and sales representatives. The company’s customers include engine designers, engine manufacturers, power plant owners, shipowners, service workshops, and shipyards. Chris-Marine is globally recognized for its high-quality products and professional service and is recommended by all leading engine manufacturers. The company’s headquarters are in Malmö, with production facilities in both Copenhagen and Malmö. Additionally, Chris-Marine has well-equipped workshops in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Shanghai, and the USA.

Challenge

New legal requirements and directives within the maritime industry are continuously updated, particularly regarding carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from ships. To meet these changes, Chris-Marine, a company that sells precision tools for ship engines, wanted to offer a solution that simplifies emissions measurement and reporting for shipowners. Additionally, the company aimed to ensure that collected data could be managed and visualized in the cloud for easy access and analysis.

– Being part of a project that actively contributes to reducing environmental emissions through groundbreaking technology has been an incredible opportunity. Collaborating with such a passionate and skilled customer as Chris-Marine has made the journey even more inspiring, says Fredrik Mannerstedt, Project Manager at Consid.

Solution: Trust-Ocean

Chris-Marine needed an advanced solution to handle continuous collection and analysis of ship data from across the globe. Together with Consid, Trust-Ocean was developed—an intelligent performance and monitoring system that enables real-time reporting, fuel consumption optimization, and ensures compliance with international regulations. The system collects and reports data to meet regulatory requirements for:

CII (Carbon Intensity Indicator): Monitoring and improving ships’ carbon intensity.
MRV (Measurement, Reporting, and Verification): Greenhouse gas emissions reporting in accordance with EU requirements.
IMO DCS (International Maritime Organization Data Collection System): Global fuel data registration.
EU ETS (European Union Emissions Trading System): Accurate emission calculations and emissions trading.

Trust-Ocean is an integrated hardware and software solution that continuously collects high-quality sensor data in a unique digital ship-to-shore platform. Built on .NET Framework and implemented in Azure, the system enables a seamless data flow to the verifier and provides a secure, cloud-based infrastructure for storing validated and reliable data. The collected data includes everything from current fuel consumption and positioning to reports covering one or multiple years of emission values. By leveraging specific Azure services, data is received, stored, analyzed, and presented to users in the Trust-Ocean web application.

Image of a ship's bridge with multiple screens and navigation equipment. A large central screen displays a digital nautical chart, while another screen on the left shows monitoring data. On the desk, there are tools, papers, and a mobile phone. Through the windows, the sea, ships, and a coastline are visible in the background.

Results

With this new solution, Chris-Marine and Consid contribute to a more efficient and environmentally friendly commercial shipping industry. The benefits of Trust-Ocean include:

Improving operational efficiency for ships and fleets
Strengthening regulatory compliance processes
Unlocking valuable insights from quality-controlled data
Raising crew awareness and enhancing decision-making
Reducing fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions
Optimizing workflows and minimizing manual work for the crew

– The reason we chose Consid from the very beginning was that they presented a competitive offer and were able to set up a project organization very quickly, says Anders Gustafsson, Technical Manager at Chris-Marine.

He continues:

– I believe the organization we have today together with Consid works very well. Fredrik, Szilveszter, Alexander, Julia, and Ali are skilled, responsive, and collaborate effectively with our team at Chris-Marine.

Chris-Marine has now begun working on further developing Trust-Ocean, focusing on integrating customer-specific needs and requests.