Vale and Kongsberg Digital Join Forces to Reduce Emissions

After implementing the vessel-to-cloud Vessel Insight technology to Guaibamax Bulk Carriers in 2020, Vale, iron ore producer and charterer of one of the world's largest fleet of ore carriers, has signed with Kongsberg Digital to install Vessel Insight on four Valemax vessels.

Over the last years, Vale has invested heavily in technology to develop more efficient vessels, such as the Valemax and Guaibamax freighter classes. These vessels are considered the largest and most efficient ore carriers in the world as they emit up to 41 percent less greenhouse gases and transport 2.3 times more than Capesize, the standard freighter. An important goal when developing these vessels was to invest in innovative technologies to make these vessels greener.