Mojo Maritime has added a new feature to its marine operations planning and weather risk analysis tool, Mermaid, allowing it to address technical breakdown on marine operations.
Mojo Maritime, a subsidiary of James Fisher and Sons, says that Mermaid now allows the modelling of the breakdown of critical components and their repair process, in a predictable and deterministic way.
When repairs require a return to port, Mermaid harnesses its geographic awareness to automatically schedule the transits, and where repairs are a complex operation requiring certain weather limits to be met, the tool utilises its metocean awareness to ensure that the repair can be completed.
In case when repairs are a sophisticated series of operations, Mermaid uses its nested grouping and repeating capabilities to allow realistic modelling of the situation, and where replacement components are on a lead time, or require transport from a distance, Mermaid uses its ability to model multiple vessels and ports to provide a realistic and weathered component delivery time.
“Weather is a critical and difficult-to-control risk on marine operations; and for many years, Mermaid® has been providing us with accurate measurement of this risk,” said Dr Rich Walker, Mojo’s Senior Marine Operations Analyst.
“With this latest development, Mermaid® can now report on the impact of technical breakdown. As it integrates seamlessly with the measurement of weather risk, I believe that this adds unrivalled sophistication to our risk analysis capabilities.”