Monitoring issues

In a market where margins are tightening and environmental regulations are intensifying, inconsistent engine monitoring is quietly eroding vessel performance. Unseen machinery inefficiencies contributes not only to higher costs but also to excess CO ₂ output, now penalised under schemes like EU ETS. In a recent study by OneLink, 13 per cent of vessels across a European mixed cargo fleet with poor routine machinery maintenance showed progressive sludge accumulation in just three to six months. This buildup leads to rising operational inefficiencies like increased fuel consumption and exhaust temperature anomalies, it said.