VPS Maress software application updated for offshore shipping market.

16 Feb VPS Maress software application updated for offshore shipping market.

(Oilandgaspress) -] Maritime decarbonization legislation and directives continue to increase and diversify. This places elevated demands upon shipowners and operators to provide meaningful, transparent and traceable data to legislative bodies, in order to substantiate their hopefully decreasing carbon-footprint and increasing compliance performance.

Since its launch in 2016, the VPS Maress software application has led the drive to assist in the decarbonization of the offshore shipping market. This cloud-based system, where no hardware installation is required, seamlessly connects with leading providers of data collection and ship-to-shore technologies. The aim is to significantly reduce fuel and energy consumption, offering environmental, financial, and strategic benefits to its users, delivering tangible business value through its functionality and insights.

With more than 700 offshore vessels currently utilizing Maress to reduce their fuel consumption, emissions and costs, via the proven energy efficiency solutions Maress provides, has seen this software application go from strength to strength.

The proof of the impact Maress can provide, has been seen through three successive Annual Summer Campaigns 2023-25, where VPS invited numerous offshore shipping companies and their vessels to participate in a three-month programme (June-August), each year. With each vessel using Maress, the campaign is a competition to see how much carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced per vessel and as a collective fleet, utilizing the tools Maress provides.

The results have been very impressive:
2025 – 300+ vessels from 12 leading shipping companies saved approximately 12,000mt of carbon dioxide emissions. On average the participating vessels improved their efficiency by more than 10%. That kind of progress doesn’t happen by chance – it is the result of practice, dedication and crews continuously refining how they operate. Post-campaign, VPS highlighted the vessel, Volantis, a CSV operated by Havila Subsea & Renewables, and its dedicated crew. Throughout the campaign Volantis spent ~75 % of her days in DP or Transit, modes that account for >85 % of total fuel use. Yet the crew still delivered significant savings through relentless, real time optimization.

2024 – 303 vessels from 12 leading shipping companies saved over 7,000 mt of carbon dioxide emissions. Back in 2024,

2023 – 133 vessels from 8 leading shipping companies saved 10,000mt of carbon dioxide emissions.

Maress has and continues to evolve, to lessen the workload on ship operators, when it comes to monitoring, verifying and reporting, vessel performance and efficiency, plus providing actionable insights at every level, from fleet-wide trends to the performance of individual vessel operations.
And now, the evolution continues through the recently launched Maress 2.0. This enhanced and advanced version, allows users to instantly compare vessels, or track a single vessel’s progress over time, helping to identify opportunities for efficiency and cost savings. Integrated data validation and smart notifications support in ensuring the vessel data remains trustworthy, so operators and their crew can respond to issues before they impact operations or compliance.

Existing users of Maress will have peace-of-mind as they see that the new Maress works seamlessly alongside their existing version, allowing the continuation of all previous functionalities. All the key features from legacy Maress have been transferred and enhanced within the new Maress 2.0 platform, with the addition of new key features.

Key Highlights of Maress 2.0:

Improved analytics and reporting with great flexibility on time periods
Weather information per day in-map provides more insights
Understand the effect of your initiatives by baseline comparison year on year
Support for alternative fuels such as Biofuels
Useful voyage replay with weather, activities and efficiency meters
Enhance your data quality with the new Data QA and Validation module
Optimize your energy utilization with advanced Energy Analytics
Future-proof technology and adaptive user interface

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