Frigates and Helicopter Carriers: MRO Contract Monitoring Tool, Chantiers de l’Atlantique (CdA), Toulon
In the first half of the 19th century, under the impetus of the State, Saint-Nazaire, then a small port with less than 1,000 inhabitants, modernized its port facilities to become the head of the transatlantic postal traffic.
In parallel, on the same site, the construction of a shipyard was entrusted by the shareholders of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to John Scott, a Scottish engineer who was then the director of the Greenock shipyard. He and his team trained the workforce of the Nazaire shipyard, which delivered L’Impératrice Eugénie in 1864, the first paddle steamer of exceptional size for that time.
The history of the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, known as Chantiers de l’Atlantique following the merger of Chantiers de la Loire and Chantiers de Penhoët in 1955, then Aker Yards in 2006, STX France in 2008, and again Chantiers de l’Atlantique (CdA) in 2018, is marked by a series of technological leaps, sometimes dictated by a difficult global context.
With over 150 years of industrial history, the company puts its expertise in managing major projects, from design to delivery, at the service of the extended circle of actors in the maritime world, also ensuring ship maintenance.
The Project: An Efficient Technical, Financial, and Contract Monitoring Tool
The Toulon service began its MRO activities in September 2009 (creation of the service). After working on MRO for Refueling Tankers, the Toulon agency, in partnership with Naval Group, won the MRO contract for Helicopter Carriers until 2022. In January 2017, the Toulon agency also secured the MRO contract for Frigates (LaFayette – FLF).
ENNOVIA collaborated with CdA teams to implement an efficient tool for technical, financial, and contract monitoring, based on the IBM Maximo application, to support this contract implementation.
The main objective was to consolidate all the functions necessary for proper MRO contract management into a single tool without any specific development.
Furthermore, the interfaces were designed to be simple and tailored to the tasks performed by different users.
ENNOVIA‘s Missions
Consulting Services in Maintenance Engineering
Outsourcing IT, Information System Management, and Cybersecurity Services
This solution is hosted in the ENNOVIA virtualized infrastructure on IBM CLOUD PARIS. It is managed by ENNOVIA.
The server is supervised and maintained by ENNOVIA’s IT department. High availability is guaranteed by IBM Cloud hosting.
ENNOVIA installed the Windows server, middleware, and web applications on the virtual server provided by the IBM CLOUD platform.
A local backup solution (script, application solution, etc.) was installed by ENNOVIA on the above server. This server is part of the overall backup outsourced to ENNOVIA.
A QBOX system is installed on the client’s OPC server. It allows the direct transmission of equipment usage times to Maximo via an IPSEC VPN set up at the beginning of the project by ENNOVIA and SBGE.
ENNOVIA accesses the servers via IPSEC VPN. A firewall manages access permissions to this infrastructure.
An external public HTTPS access is provided for the client’s access to the Maximo application.
Accesses are authorized through the application access system. Several “anti-attack” solutions are deployed on this server.
In conclusion, thanks to the successful collaboration between Chantiers de l’Atlantique (CdA) and ENNOVIA, an efficient tool based on IBM Maximo and QUICKBRAIN software has been implemented for the MRO contracts of Frigates and Helicopter Carriers for the French Navy. This solution centralizes data, streamlines operations, and ensures the reliability of the Navy’s vessels serving France.
ENNOVIA’s expertise in maintenance engineering and information system management was crucial for the configuration, setup, and data integration into IBM Maximo, providing optimal control of MRO contracts. Additionally, the use of QUICKBRAIN facilitated precise management of technical data and informed decision-making through indicators provided by Grafana and COGNOS.
Thanks to this tailored tool and the rigor of the processes put in place, Chantiers de l’Atlantique and the French Navy can guarantee the availability and performance of their vessels, thereby contributing to maritime security, national defense, and support for France’s essential missions worldwide.
