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RCM and Pole Star launch Voyager

Pole Star has led the way in the provision of ship tracking and telematics systems to the shipping industry over the last decade. The company’s portfolio of products was, until recently, designed primarily to assist ship operators: mainly ship owners and 3rd party ship managers. Pole Star’s has now turned its attention to providing tools and systems for the commercial managers and operators of today's global fleets. Creating strategic partnerships with leading sector specialists has allowed us to create high specification solutions to enable global, real-time monitoring and exception-based reporting for a range of operations-critical applications.

Powered by Purplefinder™, RCM Marine Limited’s RCM Voyager product is the first system to provide real time, exception-based condition monitoring for rotating marine machinery. The system monitors operational and safety-critical machinery, such as turbochargers, inert gas fans and cargo machinery. Through vibration analysis, early pre-alarm and main-alarm warnings are triggered indicating possible or even imminent failure.

By integrating advanced satellite communications, alarms indicating the potential failure type are given to the crew on the vessel, and also transmitted via satellite links to an RCM Voyager web-based notification system configurable to be accessible to the owner, superintendent or RCM-engineer as desired.

The RCM Voyager system has application across a range of vessels and associated equipment types. Utilisation of RCM Voyager will significantly increase critical equipment uptime and so reduce operational delays and consequential damages, reduce emergency equipment maintenance costs, and allow the adaptation of planned maintenance schedules. Typical examples include the reduction of:

· Severe delays or re-routing due to a failed main engine turbocharger
· Loading delays or schedule disruptions due to a damaged ballast or other critical pump
· The inability for a tanker to unload at the terminal because of a failed Inert Gas fan
· The inspection, failure and repair of equipment that was already in good working order

For further information on how RCM Voyager can benefit you, please contact RCM at:

Email: stephen.evans@rcmmarine.com
Website: www.rcmmarine.com