Owners and charterers believe voyage efficiency savings of 28pc.

A survey has found that shipping sees a vast potential reduction in fuel consumption. Responding to a survey by NAPA and BLUE Insight, owners, managers, operators and charterers felt that on average, it was possible to reduce 28 percent of their fuel consumption - a figure that that aligns with some recent studies on voyage optimization.

The same respondents saw validation of data and cost as the biggest obstacles to their adoption of digital optimisation solutions. While actual estimates of ship performance improvements vary widely, and depend heavily on vessel type, this estimate of potential performance improvements aligns with some recent studies.

For example, a recent study by Miika-Matti...