EURONAV has converted its first vessel to Sertica. Coming up next, is the entire EURONAV fleet consisting of more than 50 vessels. The roll-out is expected to be completed in four months.
EURONAV has offices in both Antwerp and Athens. The tanker vessels are managed from the Athens office whereas the FSO and VPLUS vessels are managed from Antwerp. It is therefore essential that SERTICA can be operated from both offices without any problems.
Rudi Vander Eyken, Group IT Manager at EURONAV says, “It is our ambition to be in greater control of our processes by creating an overview of the entire fleet in SERTICA. We follow an ambitious project plan and on top of this, we have just added six additional vessels acquired recently. However, converting to SERTICA on the first vessel has been very efficient, so I am confident that SERTICA is live on all vessels in 4 months as planned.”
As EURONAV is expanding and adding vessels on a regular basis, they need to control internal processes centrally. To align their processes, the tanker company is using the newly developed Master Data Management module. This module allows EURONAV to administrate data on jobs, spare parts, documentation and components.
Maria Roussou, Technical Superintendent at EURONAV tells, “Today, the seafarers must comply with regulations, follow specific processes and deliver reports. To do this, they need a simple tool for reporting and for gathering all this data. Luckily, SERTICA is a user-friendly system, so the seafarers spend limited time on reporting and more time on performing their tasks.”
SERTICA is used across the maintenance, procurement and safety department, which creates a positive synergy at EURONAV. Compared to the previous system, many new features have been added, which means that the users need training to operate SERTICA optimally.
