Meeting Global Needs

hile it often refers to ground vehicle coordination and management these days, fleet management is a concept that began in the shipping industry. Fleet Management Pvt Ltd. (FMPL), a registered company in Chennai which was formed in March 2001 as part of Transcoastal Cargo and Shipping Ltd, is one ship management company offering technical and manning services to ship owners for all types of ships. FMPL states that it is committed to achieving market leadership through innovations in systems and technology in all of its processes.

The company further states that it "ensures that all ship managed by the company comply with the ISM Code per given guidelines [and] in its commitment to the marine industry has developed a Safety Management System (SMS) in accordance with the International Safety Management Code." 

The ISM Code is an international maritime policy that among other things was established to protect the oceanic environment as well as provide a code for right conduct with regards to the management and operation of ships. 

Outsourced shipping fleet management companies typically are employed to handle the detailed aspects of ship management including crewing, mechanical maintenance, vessel inspections, the implementation of ashore-monitored software systems to be used to monitor a ship's performance and optimize a vessel's speed and consumption performance, and daily routine operations. This frees up the mind and time of the ship owner to concentrate on cargo, booking passengers or cruise tours, and so on and so forth.

Ashore computers can contact a seagoing vessel's onboard computer and help regulate the ship from afar via ever more advanced over-the-air (OTA) transmission technology. 

Remotely controlled engine ignition and RPM limits, banked injection, water temperature correction, transient fueling, low fuel pressure modification, closed loop lambda probing (oxygen sensor technology), waste gate control, and gear control are all made possible with modern fleet management technology.

This fleet management remote control technology can be used not only for freeing up crew and economic efficiency purposes, but can also be used to slow or stop vessels in times of emergency even if crew or onboard mechanical systems are disabled or interfered with.

Fleet Management Pvt Ltd. is one of the new companies that has arisen at a time when global shipping demands and needs are dramatically increasing and piracy is thriving.