Shell Marine is introducing its Marine Integrated Lubrication and Expert Solutions (MILES) program to optimize lubricants management. It includes combining purchasing options, services and an extensive range of lubricant products in a multi-faceted strategy.
To maximise scale and[ds_preview] benefits of MILES, Shell is working with external experts to develop digital solutions utilising greater connectivity, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science. This will allow the company to offer a wide range of new services, from building recommendations about optimal volume/port lifting as well as creating ways to reduce purchasing costs to the extent of managing the entire lubrication management for the vessel. Such method of combining stock levels, demand planning and supply costs, will certainly lead to greater synergies between customers and Shell Marine the company said.
Different payment solutions
In addition to the new lubricant solutions, Shell will be offering different payment solutions which should help ship owners to optimise their working capital and budgeting. For example, »Flexi pay« or »pay as you consume« schemes from other industries have been considered and Shell believes that helping customers flatten their operating expenses as well as budgets will benefit them over time.
Continuous product development is critical in meeting the industry’s technical challenges. Shell Alexia 140, a BN 140 cylinder oil that addresses issues related to corrosive wear in some highly-tuned two-stroke engines. According to the developer it also supports blend on board mixing and blending such as MAN Diesel & Turbo’s automated cylinder oil mixing (ACOM), to find the optimal feed rate for customers’ engines. Shell Alexia 140 will be available in Q3 2017 at selected ports.
