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Marorka is a company which specializes in marine energy management. Marorka's head office is in
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Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
along with its servers and data storage infrastructure are supplied with electricity generated using
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resources – geothermal and
hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
. Marorka has international offices in
Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
, London and Shanghai. Mororka has an ISO 9001:2000 quality system, and is certified by Det Norske Veritas.


Systems

Marorka has developed on-board and online
energy management Energy management includes planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units as well as energy distribution and storage. Energy management is performed via Energy Management Systems (EMS), which are designed with hardware ...
systems for the international
shipping industry Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it provi ...
. Marorka's products and services enable vessel operators to optimize fuel consumption by maximizing the energy efficiency of their vessels through the implementation of real-time monitoring and decision support. Marorka's systems have been installed on board vessels of various types and sizes;
Fishing vessel A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to fishing, catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial ...
s, Cargo vessels,
Bulk carrier A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially naval architecture, designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as Grain trade, grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrie ...
s,
LNG carrier An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). Overview The first oceangoing liquified natural gas tanker in the world was '' Methane Pioneer'', which entered service in 1959 with a carrying capacity of ...
s,
Cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...
s and Research vessels.


Overview of work

Marorka's field of work: * consultancy for vessel building * operational analysis of ocean vessels * development of Marorka Onboard (energy management system), the marine energy management system * development of Marorka Online and Marorka Online SEEMP


See also

* Marine energy management *
Fuel efficiency Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical energy, chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or Mechanical work, w ...
*
Energy Engineering Energy engineering is a multidisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on optimizing energy systems, developing renewable energy technologies, and improving energy efficiency to meet the world's growing demand for energy in a sustainable man ...


References

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Further reading

*Villemes, Katinka
Nature and Environment Prize 2008 goes to Iceland
''norden.org'', October 10, 2008 *Wilson-Roberts, Guy
Green award for emissions-reducing technology
''Sustainable Shipping News'', October 28, 2008
World Fishing
Electric power companies of Iceland Energy conservation Software companies of Iceland Companies established in 2002 2002 establishments in Iceland Companies based in Reykjavík