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Kasturi Datta |
Shipping technology provider Alfred Maritime has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that integrates with its flagship product, the Meyer Energy Management System (MEMS), to provide passenger vessel crews with AI advice on energy efficiency.
Alfred Maritime and Meyer Turku’s energy efficiency team co-developed MEMS in April 2024 to help ships increase energy efficiency using simulation models and real-time data from multiple onboard systems. Alfred AI complements MEMS’ capabilities with reasoning that draws from both sensor data and the knowledge of shipyard experts.
Alfred AI provides answers to questions about energy efficiency (Photo: Alfred Maritime)
The firm has been developing this solution since the end of 2024. “While we already presented AI functionality to some customers in 2025, we were still unsure about the model’s answers,” said Paul Meyer, managing director at Alfred Maritime. By 2026 the system was able to provide voyage summaries, and now its capabilities are further expanded. “It took us a lot of sweat and tears to advance to the stage where we fully believe in it,” adds Meyer. “That stage is now reached!”
Alfred Maritime will release more details about Alfred AI soon and says the platform represents a further step towards digitalising fleet operations and advancing energy efficiency, compliance, safety and maintenance for onboard and onshore teams.