TIDE Preparation project.

Docmap AS will enter a partnership with the German companies Load-Line and Skysails and the German Hochschule Bremen, University of Applied Sciences. It is the goal of the partnership to conduct an R&D project under the ERA-Net MARTEC Call for Proposals 2 013 and to apply for funding for this project. This transnational project will be called TIDE. The acronym TIDE stands for "Taking Informed Decision on Efficiency". The project objectives are as follows: TIDE is developing a solution that drastically re duces the fuel consumption of maritime transport, thereby targeting two effects: 1) increase the competitiveness of maritime operators; 2) contribute to a sustainable and efficient use of fossil fuels. The project addresses both environmental impact and p rofitability. TIDE will come up with the design of an integrated energy management system that brings together data, KPIs, performance models and planning tools into a well-functioning whole. It addresses all factors of fuel consumption and creates a con sistent framework for energy management decision support based on ISO 50001. In the TIDE project Docmap AS would like to research on interface and integration issues for the energy management of maritime vessels. Docmap AS will be responsible for condu cting research on how to efficiently capture source data on board of vessels and its transfer to a land based database. It will further be Docmap's task to deliver information and commands produced by the land based "energy simulation" to the vessels. It is Docmap's goal in the Pre-Project to contribute to the request for funding under the ERA-Net MARTEC Call for Proposals 2013 and in particular to - identify and further define roles and responsibilities of the project partners - define and provide mean s of knowledge transfer among the project partners - identify/define technical interfaces to partners - determine means of communications, set agendas and fine-tune the general project plan.