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Ascenz is a provider of premium, end-to-end solutions for the maritime industry. Its smart shipping solutions and services are tailored for offshore, ocean-going, bunkering and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vessels. Ascenz helps ship owners and ship operators increase fuel savings and optimise vessel performance by providing real-time key metrics on vessel activities.

The company is part of the GTT Group, an international frontrunner in technological solutions for storage and shipping of liquefied gas, particularly LNG.

History
Ascenz was co-founded by Chia Yoong Hui and Sia Teck Chong in March 2008.

The idea of creating a system for vessels to monitor fuel usage chanced upon Chia Yoong Hui when he was trying to sell a shipowner an entirely different product. Shipowners then were still using primitive ‘sounding’ methods for fuel measurement – the act of inserting sounding tapes into the fuel tank to estimate fuel volume which was easily prone to human errors. At that time, oil prices were also at its peak, and oil price fluctuations coupled with high fuel consumption by vessels posed a major concern for the maritime industry.

Knowing based on experience that there should be an automated way to better monitor fuel usage, Chia and his former navy buddy, Sia, seized the opportunity to develop a system capable of monitoring fuel consumption remotely.

Since 2008, Ascenz has enabled shipowners, ship operators, and diverse industry players achieve operational efficiency and save fuel costs through its Shipulse solution that delivers smart shipping insights. In 2017, Ascenz was acquired by Gaztransport & Technigaz, an international frontrunner in technological solutions for storage and shipping of liquefied gas, particularly LNG, and Ascenz is part of the GTT Group.

Shipulse
Shipulse is Ascenz's flagship smart shipping solution.

It provides complete vessel and fleet management on one single platform. The solution delivers comprehensive and insightful information from fuel consumption, bunkering monitoring and other vessel activities such as hull and propeller efficiency and emission compliance, enabling ship owners, ship operators and commercial representatives to make proactive decisions on vessel efficiency that results in increased opportunities for fuel savings.

How it works
Shipulse seamlessly integrates between hardware sensors, software systems and various interfaces and applications to provide performance analytics capabilities.


 * Data is collected from onboard sensors through the Shipulse DAS (Data Acquisition System) and the data may be viewed real-time across onboard and online interfaces such as the Shipulse Dashboard, Shipulse Onboard and BunkerXchange.
 * Data is then transmitted back to shore via satellite and GSM networks and transformed into performance insights using marine data analytics.
 * Insights captured by Shipulse provides crew onboard with an overview of vessel performance during actual operations, enabling them to make a timely response on benchmark deviations to achieve optimised fuel efficiency.
 * At the same time, onshore staff can remotely monitor fuel usage and track vessel and fleet performance during operations.

Singapore Hub
In April 2019, it was announced that GTT together with Ascenz would be creating a Digital Hub of Excellence in Singapore.