10ure
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
California-based workforce management solutions provider 10ure helps maritime professionals to automate processes including onboarding and credential management, manage certifications, track time at sea, and search and apply for jobs.
Notable for:
- Allowing users to store, validate, manage, and share their skills and credentials with maritime organisations.
- Simplifying talent acquisition and employee compliance by ensuring that candidates meet specific job requirements and hold verified licences and certificates.
- Integrating with Helm CONNECT in May 2023 to boost services by helping employees and employers to verify and share licences and credential data in real-time.
40Seas
HQ: Israel
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2022
40Seas is an Israeli financial services platform provider. It uses data-driven technology to provide simple financing for cross-border trade.
Notable for:
- Providing flexible payment terms for international commerce, without reliance on legacy financial institutions.
- Backed by global venture firm Team8, which helps technology companies in the fields of cyber, data, digital health and fintech.
- In January 2023, 40Seas secured US $11 million in seed funding and US $110 million in credit, led by venture capital firm Team8 and liner operator Zim.
ACUA Ocean
HQ: United Kingdom
Employee Count: 4-10
Year Founded: 2020
Acua Ocean has developed marine hydrogen systems, autonomous ocean monitoring and protection vessels, and control systems to monitor and protect the ocean environment.
Notable for:
- Developing the world’s first long endurance zero-emission uncrewed surface vessel powered by liquid hydrogen (H-USV).
- In February 2023, ACUA Ocean-led consortium and Unitrove were awarded GB £3.8 million for the H-USV. The project will also create a maritime corridor between Aberdeen and the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
- The surface vessel has a flexible payload to suit various operational needs, lasts 40-60 days offshore at 4 knots and is monit ored 24/7.
Alicia Bots
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
Houston headquartered Aliciabots has developed robotics and other remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that assist with a variety of tasks and help to reduce a vessel’s fuel consumption.
Notable for:
- Its Roverclean 1.0 and Propclean 1.0 robotics. These assist with a variety of processes including corrosion detection, propeller polishing, data collection, hull cleaning, and many more.
- Attractive ROI – Roverclean 1.0 has proven to achieve US $600k direct savings in hull cleaning costs.
- Being selected to join the Eastern Pacific Accelerator powered by Techstars programme, which helps start-ups to get their solutions off the ground.
Amogy
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 51-250
Year Founded: 2020
Amogy launched in 2020 with its carbon-free energy system that uses ammonia as a renewable fuel. The company’s goal is to reduce more than five billion metric tons of CO2-eq emissions by 2040.
Notable for:
- Its carbon-free energy system, which has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries.
- Securing a total of US $150 million in funding to commercialise and begin manufacturing its ammonia-to-power technology.
- Plans to scale its powerpack to 1MW for a tugboat demonstration in late 2023. This will initiate the commercialisation of Amogy technology.
Arinto
HQ: Germany
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2023
Arinto is a software company that facilitates just-in-time arrivals using real-time data analysis and machine learning technologies. The solution identifies optimal arrival times for vessels, helping stakeholders to make informed decisions that support efficient fuel consumption and reliable planning.
Notable for:
- Its machine-learning solution, which analyses data to identify optimal arrival times based on the virtual lineup of the port.
- The software differs from other voyage optimisation tools in that it does not optimise the route itself, but rather the arrival time of the vessel. This helps shipowners, charterers, and ports to decrease emissions thanks to optimised arrivals.
- The software evaluates millions of data points to identify specific optimisation potentials. Parameters assessed include port congestion, shipping traffic, and current port waiting times.
Attender
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
Attender is a Rhode-Island headquartered digital marine services company. It is helping to simplify maritime procurement and operations, and boost supply chain visibility.
Notable for:
- Acting as a matchmaker by using AI to recommend service providers to vessels, owners, or fleets.
- Its unified AI platform provides end-to-end management of service jobs on ships. Using problem definition, its AI engine visualises, categorises and matches the skills required for the job. It manages the entire P2P process.
- In April 2023, Attender secured its latest round of investor funding. Current users include Crowley and Foss Maritime.
Aventra Group
HQ: Malaysia
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2019
The Aventra Group deploys advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, to help customers better understand their data and use it for informed and predictive decision making. The group serves multiple industries, including maritime.
Notable for:
- Helping users to transform data into an asset with its data orchestration expertise.
- Partnering with Innovez One, a digital solutions for port management provider, in September 2022. The partnership is developing an analytics dashboard to improve digital Port Management Information Systems (PMIS), providing ports with greater operational visibility.
- The launch of its fleet emissions performance management software package, AG Carbondex, in November, 2022. This software uses AI to predict vessel Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) scores.
Avikus
HQ: Korea, South
Employee Count: 51-250
Year Founded: 2021
Founded in January 2021 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, Avikus develops autonomous navigation solutions.
Notable for:
- In 2020, the company commercialised the first deep-learning based navigation assistant system.
- Since February 2021, Avikus has been supplying navigation assistant systems to ships contracted by HHI Group.
- The company plans to supply navigation assistance solutions to more than 100 vessels annually.
Azane Fuel Solutions
HQ: Norway
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2021
Azane Fuel Solutions is a technology company providing solutions for small-scale ammonia fuel bunkering. The company is a joint venture between ECONNECT Energy and Amon Maritime.
Notable for:
- Providing a range of solutions including onshore-based bunkering solutions, floating bunkering solutions, ammonia cargo handling solutions, and integrated ammonia safety solutions.
- In August 2022, Azane secured approval from DNV for ammonia bunkering terminals, marking a major milestone in enabling the safe uptake of ammonia in the maritime industry.
- In June 2023, Azane partnered with Equinor to begin a project demonstrating clean ammonia’s potential to decarbonise the Norwegian offshore sector.
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Bearing.ai
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 4-10
Year Founded: 2019
Bearing.ai uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help shipping transition to greener and more sustainable operations. The company’s solution helps shipping companies to predict their Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating and ensure compliance.
Notable for:
- Helping users to track their CII rating in real-time, forecast end of year ratings, and identify problematic vessels.
- In August 2022, Bearing secured US $7 million from Mitsui and AI Fund to support the development of its CII optimisation tool.
- In December 2022, the company joined forces with Veson Nautical to analyse and predict CII performance.
Breeze AI
HQ: United Kingdom
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2021
Breeze AI is a fully automated and digital insurance solution. It uses artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and a machine learning platform to ensure up to date, accurate, and efficient cargo coverage.
Notable for:
- Providing a tailored and easily integrated technology with freight forwarders’ and shippers’ operational systems, with z ero implementation cost.
- Partnering with logistics software provider Ceedbox and freight forwarding giant Cardinal Global Logistics to develop an instant all-risk cargo insurance solution. The aim is to tackle the current underinsured freight issue. Cardinal now uses Ceedbox’s technology and Breeze’s APIs to automate and optimise quote generation, policy binding, and claims processing.
- AI and machine learning provide complete cargo coverage, transparency around risk to cargo, instant coverage, and automated end-to-end rapid claims processing with instant payouts.
Clearbot
HQ: Hong Kong
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2021
Clearbot is a Hong-Kong based start-up that has developed artificially-intelligent, self-powered robots that can be used for various tasks including pollution clean up, water quality monitoring, surveillance & rescue, and cargo delivery.
Notable for:
- Reducing costs and improving safety. Clearbots can operate in dangerous or hard to reach environments without the need for humans to be onboard, cutting costs and reducing risk to human life.
- Clearbot robotics can operate 24/7 delivering round the clock service. It also provides complete transparency and accountability to sponsors through a custom dashboard.
- In September 2022, Clearbot secured a seed funding round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF) with participation from CarbonX Global. This funding is being used for R&D and to improve operational efficiency in different environmental conditions.
Decentriq
HQ: Switzerland
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2019
Decentriq provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) data clean rooms that enable companies to collaborate with other organisations on sensitive datasets. It aims to address more complex data-sharing processes in scenarios where data is required from more than one contributor.
Notable for:
- Enabling secure data collaboration. According to Decentriq, the technologies that are applied make it impossible for anyone, including Decentriq, to see the sensitive data.
- In April 2023, the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) announced the completion of a proof-of-concept with HSBC to use Decentriq Data Clean Rooms to boost global trade finance.
- Privacy, security, and auditability throughout the data lifecycle are delivered using blockchain and confidential computing technologies.
e-Port Pte Ltd
HQ: Singapore
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
e-Port Pte is a maritime-dedicated supply chain start-up that aims to solve the visibility challenge that currently exists in global supply chains. It’s doing so with its artificially intelligent-enabled ship-in-port information & disbursement payment gateway.
Notable for:
- Providing streamlined and digitalised data flow from port services to cargo owners through its online port data visibility platform, eLSA (e-Leveraging Ship Agents). The platform provides real-time data capture on every port event, enabling the cargo manager and ship operator to make informed and timely decisions.
- Launching its cash-to-master (CTM) digital platform and delivery service in January 2023. CTM by eLSA offers a new way for ship managers to digitise and streamline their CTM activities.
- In March 2023, ASP Ships Group adopted eLSA CTM digital platform and delivery service. On March 6, the first successful end-to-end digital platform order and physical delivery of CTM occurred in the Port of Singapore with one of ASP’s managed vessels.
e1 Marine
HQ: Canada
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2021
e1 Marine has developed a methanol to hydrogen generator system that enables the safe delivery of hydrogen onboard a vessel and facilitates compliance with IMO 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets. The company is a joint venture between Maritime Partners LLC and Element 1 Corp.
Notable for:
- Solving the current challenges associated with hydrogen storage and transport, Its generator technology produces pure fuel-cell grade hydrogen from methanol, anywhere, at any time.
- Securing interest from industry players including tanker company Ardmore Shipping, PowerCell Group, Maritime Partners, and RIX Industries.
- In June 2023, the companies demonstrated a successful string test of their respective technologies for a 200kW propulsion chain. The chain can reportedly be multiplied and scaled to a megawatt level and proves that a methanol-to-hydrogen power chain is ready and can deliver renewable power to a range of maritime applications.
Exail
HQ: France
Employee Count: 1K-5K
Year Founded: 2022
Exail is a tech company specialising in robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies. It is a subsidiary of Exail Technologies, a family owned
that specialises in high-technology.
Notable for:
- Creating technologies for civil and defense clients operating in challenging and severe environments.
- Securing certification from Lloyd’s Register (LR) and approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas (BV) for its DriX maritime drone. The DriX uncrewed surface vessel (USV) is operated by major hydrographic institutes and energy companies.
- In July 2023, Exail opened a new innovation hub focussed on marine autonomous operations. It will deliver a USV for the US and house a remote operation centre to conduct global remote autonomous operations. It will also be used to provide training on the use of autonomous vessels.
eyeGauge
HQ: France
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2019
eyeGauge is a start-up focussing on helping maritime’s digital transformation. It helps to unify fleet operations by connecting charterers and owners.
Notable for:
- Its fleet data platform that collects data to measure performance, consumption and condition. The platform facilitates data sharing to create transparency between owners and charterers, and helps users to improve safety, reduce emissions, and comply with regulations by providing actionable insight from the data.
- Helping to prolong the life-cycle of maritime assets through non-invasive digitalisation, condition monitoring, and anomaly detection.
- In July 2023, eyeGauge’s technology was piloted by Cargill to capture and consolidate vessel data from both analog and locked-down digital equipment. The technology helped Cargill to avoid the complexities associated with manual data collection.
FourKites
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 251-1000
Year Founded: 2014
FourKites is a supply chain intelligence platform, delivering real-time visibility and execution. Its platform enables automated tracking of shipments for more efficient operations.
Notable for:
- Its patented artificial intelligence (AI) tool that calculates shipment arrival times, enabling customers to lower operating costs, improve on-time performance, and strengthen end-customer relationships.
- Tracking over 3 million shipments each day. FourKites’ platform provides a single view of the entire supply chain and is equipped with high-level end-to-end security.
- Raising US $30 million in August 2022 as part of an ongoing financing round. The company expects to close the round with $80 million in capital.
FuelTrust
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2020
FuelTrust’s digital technology platform provides visibility and transparency around the supply of marine bunker fuel. It provides insight on the quality, quantity, and compatibility of fuel.
Notable for:
- Digitally verifying data from shared sources and validating compliance, while also identifying potential fraud.
- Tracking when, where, and from whom fuel is supplied and helps users to reduce regulatory risk and alleviate the financial impact of bad fuel.
- Collaborating with Ridgebury Tankers in March 2023 to analyse fuel and operations data using virtual engine models. Further analysis is expected to assess the impact of bad fuel choice and different behaviours on emissions.
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Groke Technologies
HQ: Finland
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2019
Groke Technologies provides digital solutions to help improve situational awareness and safety at sea, even in the most challenging environments. Its object recognition system, Groke Pro improves situational awareness of vessel crew, boosting safe navigation.
Notable for:
- Providing real-time vessel movement using AIS and machine learning. It also delivers precise distances of objects relative to vessels to avoid collisions.
- Its machine-learning camera system which can track fast vessels or vessels without AIS — then determine if they are a risk. The camera sensors also track vessels in day, low-light and night conditions.
- Securing Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions from ClassNK in February 2023 for Groke Pro.
Groundup AI
HQ: Singapore
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2020
Groundup.ai provides industrial AI solutions for machine maintenance and workplace safety. Its core solutions focus on predictive maintenance, computer vision and forklift safety monitoring for a wide range of industries, including maritime and ports.
Notable for:
- Its AI and IoT platform, which provides an overview of a vessel’s health. Predictive maintenance is deployed to help vessel owners and operators to optimise maintenance and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Participation in the Smart Port Challenge thanks to its predictive maintenance system that uses sound to predict and identify machine failure.
- Closing a US $1.8 million seed funding round led by Wavemaker Partners to grow its in-house AI and software team and capabilities. The company also plans to expand into international markets, including Qatar, Australia and Japan.
Harbor Lab
HQ: Greece
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2020
Harbor Lab is helping to reshape the way port operations and the disbursement process works by connecting buyers, agents, and vendors through a secure cloud-based platform.
Notable for:
- Its shipping disbursements account analysis software that automatically calculates and evaluates port expenses against real-time port tariffs.
- Digitising the port management process to reduce time and manual effort, and increasing visibility between shipowners, management companies, charterers, and third-party players.
- Raising €6.1 million in December 2022 for its software to acquire talent to scale up its core products.
HAV Group ASA
HQ: Norway
Employee Count: 251-1000
Year Founded: 2021
HAV Group is a provider of technology and services for maritime and marine industries. It comprises four companies with expertise in digitalisation, energy efficiency and zero-emission solutions in the marine and maritime industry.
Notable for:
- HAV Design, which delivers safe, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly ship designs, and HAV Hydrogen, which has developed a hydrogen system that enables even larger ships to sail long distances emission free.
- It also includes Norwegian Electric Systems, which has developed smart control systems and energy designs to improve the environmental efficiency of ships, and Norwegian Greentech, which delivers compact, energy efficient ballast water treatment systems and water treatment systems.
- In June 2023, HAV Group partnered with Pherousa Green Technologies, which is developing an ammonia cracker capable of converting ammonia to fuel cell quality hydrogen.
Kaiko Systems
HQ: Germany
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2020
Kaiko Systems has developed a mobile-first app that helps crews to streamline maintenance and inspections. The company provides real-time insights to improve the efficiency of technical operations and reduce maintenance time and costs.
Notable for:
- Digitising onboard operations to help crew save time on deck operations. Administrative work is automated, which according to Kaiko can help crew to cut their time on deck operations b y 50%.
- Simplifying inspections and maintenance processes by eliminating paperbased operations. Advanced data analytics and intelligent decision support also help to prevent incidents and optimise operational efficiency.
- Raising €2 million in September 2022 to further develop its software system and expand into new locations.
Kaleris
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 251-1000
Year Founded: 2019
Kaleris’ logistics platform connects ports, terminals, shipping lines, inland facilities, and shippers to one consolidated ecosystem.
Notable for:
- Helping to reduce supply chain inefficiencies by increasing visibility and transparency through its cloud-based solutions.
- Its carrier and vessel solutions help to reduce industry silos by connecting all team members and external stakeholders with real-time data throughout all vessel operations.
- Having more than 91,000 connected carriers in over 80 countries connected to its supply chain execution platform.
Kpler
HQ: United Kingdom
Employee Count: 501-1000
Year Founded: 2014
Kpler is a data and analytics firm that provides comprehensive and transparent commodity tracking. Its proprietary data and insights are delivered through agile solutions, relying on a mix of artificial and human intelligence.
Notable for:
- Offering a range of products from tools to better understand global trade to actionable analysis, forecasts, and news.
- Acquiring two ship tracking brands – MarineTraffic and FleetMon – in February 2023. In the 18 months prior, Kpler made five acquisitions and secured over US $200 million investment funding.
- Optimising voyages by providing access to wait times for every vessel at any port, canal or transit point. Alerts help to minimise demurrage and idle costs, and improve transparency.
Maqta Gateway
HQ: United Arab Emirates
Employee Count: 1K-5K
Year Founded: 2016
Maqta Gateway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports. It is helping Abu Dhabi to become a competitive, global trade and logistics hub that is supported by an advanced digital infrastructure.
Notable for:
- Its range of solutions including a digital marketplace that facilitates the exchange of products, services, and information across stakeholder groups in a single space.
- Its digital services, including digital transformation road-mapping and technology strategy consulting and auditing.
- Acquiring TTEK, a developer of border control solutions and customs systems, in April 2023. The acquisition expands its portfolio of digital trade solutions, including the addition of border optimisation management solutions that use AI, machine learning and advanced analytics.
Mythos AI
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
Mythos AI is developing advanced automation and self-driving for vessels using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Mythos AI aims to improve the health and productivity of ports and keep global commerce moving as efficiently as possible.
Notable for:
- Providing up-to-date depth data. Mythos AI’s chart visualisations are sent to the cloud in real-time during surveys.
- Its autonomy-aided hydrographic survey vessel, Archie. Archie provides go/no-go depth visualisation of navigation channels and port approaches. According to Mythos AI, Archie makes it 30x more efficient to transfer depth data from the seabed to the ship’s helm.
- Launching a new 23-metre semi-displacement monohull autonomous hydrographic survey vessel design, named Merlin, in March 2023. Merlin has been developed in collaboration with Boatbuilder SAFE Boats International, Echo81, and World Marine Design.
NextVoyage
HQ: Singapore
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2020
Nextvoyage provides voyage management systems (VMS). The company has been developing the system for the last four years and is already in use by several clients including those operating in the dry bulk and tanker market.
Notable for:
- The company’s freight and voyage management system. It has numerous features for chartering, risk management, voyage operations, and voyage accounting. It is built on Microsoft Azure.
- Quick software implementation thanks to near-zero initial configuration, end-to-end workflow management, and data visualisation to help businesses streamline their development and make decisions more efficiently.
- Securing investment from software-as-a-service company AXSMarine in February 2023. The partnership aims to streamline and optimise business processes.
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Ocean Technologies Group
HQ: United Kingdom
Employee Count: 251-1K
Year Founded: 2020
Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) provides a range of e-Learning, crew, and fleet management solutions for the maritime industry. In the last few years, six maritime software companies have joined OTG to create a comprehensive portfolio of solutions.
Notable for:
- Its Ocean Learning Platform (OLP), which consists of more than 850 titles to help seafarers learn and progress their training. OTG partnered with Japanese ship manager Temm Maritime in February 2023. Temm Maritime will implement OLP across its full fleet of bulkers and container vessels.
- Entering into a partnership with Navguide Solutions, a specialist in vessel inspection performance. Navguide will introduce a range of e-Learning programmes to help prepare crew for inspections.
- Its Ocean Fleet fleet management solution, which supports maintenance, procurements, and the management of quality and environmental standards.
Oceanly SrL
HQ: Italy
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2022
Oceanly has developed a cloud-based fleet performance solution, Oceanly Performance, that helps users to improve their energy efficiency and meet the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements. The system helps users understand the potential energy savings that can be achieved from installing different energy saving devices (ESDs).
Notable for:
- Oceanly Performance’s Data Collector (DC) system. The system can connect to any data source onboard. Its main data sources include automation and navigation systems, on-board sensor systems, and other systems such as ECDIS, Gyro and others.
- Its Vessel Reporting Tool (VRT), which is an alternative to automated data collection. It is ideal for vessels that are older or do not have access to sensor data.
- Oceanly Performance has many other features including trim optimisation, a control room, alarms, emissions monitoring software, analytics, route optimisation, an LNG and green fuel manager, hull and propeller performance optimisation, and many others.
OneLearn Global
HQ: Cyprus
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2021
OneLearn Global has developed a portfolio of digital interactive online e-learning training solutions. The company is a division of One Net.
Notable for:
- Its Learning Management System (LMS), which aims to reduce the skills gap by creating an engaging learning ecosystem. LMS can be integrated into a company’s existing platform.
- In November 2022, OneLearn Global launched its Seafarer Evaluation App (SEA), a digital evaluation system to allow organisations to gather a range of information and evaluate seafarer competency from a centralised location. Companies can use the system to generate reports that summarise candidates’ competencies, measure seafarers against industry standards, produce certificates for each seafarer, and customise the assessments.
- Its hologram service, Proto, that lets people beam themselves into locations and interact with others from thousands of miles away.
OrbitMI
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2019
OrbitMI is a maritime software company that offers a variety of solutions to help customers to optimise vessel performance and make each voyage more profitable, safer for seafarers and less harmful to the environment.
Notable for:
- Orbit – the complete vessel performance management platform that incorporates all solutions from OrbitMI. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enrich data from voyage management systems (VMS) and other systems.
- Its modular architecture, which makes it easy to add new features as and when required.
- In June 2023, OrbitMI’s reporting tool was integrated with Veracity by DNV to enable emissions data to be shared between shipowners, operators, regulatorts, and other stakeholders.
Ouster
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 201-500
Year Founded: 2015
Ouster provides high-resolution scanning and solid-state digital lidar sensors, Velodyne Lidar sensors, and software solutions for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries.
Notable for:
- Detecting and identifying objects, movement patterns, and even specific incidents. Ouster digital lidar captures precise representations of real-world scenarios that can be used to both understand the present and plan for the future.
- In a maritime context, this technology can be deployed in ports to prevent collisions and improve safety. Ouster lidar helps safe and reliable ship loading.
- In March 2023, Ouster signed a multi-year supply agreement with LASE for laser-based sensor applications for industrial equipment. This will see the further automation and retrofitting of container terminals and crane systems at ports with 3D digital lidar sensors.
PortPro Technologies
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 51-250
Year Founded: 2019
PortPro is a technology company that offers transportation management software for drayage carriers, freight forwarders, beneficial cargo owners, and brokers.
Notable for:
- Bridging the gap between port truckers and their shipper customers. The system creates a paperless environment making customer invoicing and driver payment processes more efficient.
- DrayOS – drayage software for trucking companies. Users can dispatch and manage each load and streamline their communication and fleet management via the mobile app.
- DrayOS Track – delivers container tracking, per-diem auditing, import availability and empty returns. DrayOS Track can be used as a stand-alone product or directly within drayOS to track containers, manage per diem, view import availability and empty return information in real-time.
PortXChange
HQ: Netherlands
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2019
PortXchange provides a centralised platform for sharing real-time information to align all players in the maritime logistics chain during a port call. PortXchange is a spin-off of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
Notable for:
- Driving collaboration between stakeholders involved in a port call, thereby reducing delays and making port calls more predictable, efficient, and sustainable.
- In February 2023, PortXChange launched EmissionInsider, a platform created in collaboration with BigMile. The Port of Rotterdam is using the tool to identify all transport-related emissions in the port.
- Its participation in a two-year study that found just-in-time arrivals dramatically cut emissions.
project44
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 1001-5000
Year Founded: 2014
project44 operates a real-time end-to-end supply chain visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually. It provides a global view of port, terminal and vessel activity for fast decision making.
Notable for:
- Helping to avoid costly port delays by tracking port congestion, blind spots, and black swan events using real-time data.
- Increasing supply chain predictability and customer satisfaction by delivering real-time visibility of goods.
- Raising US $80 million led by Generation Investment Management and A.P. Moller Holding. In November 2022, the round valued project44 at $2.7 billion.
Routescanner
HQ: Netherlands
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2020
Routescanner is a container logistics platform that provides the carbon footprint of shipments. It allows operators to share their schedules in one place, providing reliable, accurate and accessible information.
Notable for:
- Optimising the entire supply chain by delivering a visualisation of intermodal networks to help drive fast, competitive, and sustainable trade lanes.
- Recently, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges chose to offer Routescanner’s Direct Connections to shippers and freight forwarders around the world. The Port of Gothenburg, Logistics Overijssel and Haeger & Schmidt al so announced plans to offer Routescanner in order to visualise their entire container transport network for their customers.
- Its large portfolio, which includes 858,269 schedules, 4,579 connected terminals, and 216 operators.
Seabound
HQ: United Kingdom
Employee Count: 1-3
Year Founded: 2021
Seabound builds carbon capture equipment for ships. The start-up targets the dry-bulk sector but plans to include container shipping.
Notable for:
- Catching up to 95% of CO2 emissions per ship with its technology. The onboard device traps emissions from a ship’s exhaust. Captured CO2 is unloaded when the ship docks and then sold for utilisation or sequestration.
- Being selected by Crestchic Loadbanks, a specialist in the provision of load bank testing equipment, to test its prototype in January 2023.
- Collaborating with Lomarlabs and Lomar Shipping in April 2023 on a new project to develop novel maritime technologies that accelerate shipping’s decarbonisation.
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Secro
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2021
Secro has a vision to enable frictionless global trade with its electronic bill of lading (eBL) platform.
Notable for:
- Enabling real-time and secure collaboration between parties involved in cross-border commodity trade and transportation.
- Completing a first end-to-end transaction without a private rulebook agreement with Nitron Group in March, 2023. The buyer received a signed eBL in less than one minute.
- Raising an oversubscribed US $3.6 million in seed funding in April, 2023. The round was led by Augment Ventures alongside TMV, with participation by Kluz Ventures and Grit and Gumption Ventures.
SkeyDrone
HQ: Belgium
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2020
SkeyDrone is developing software-based services allowing drone operators and authorities to manage drone flights in a safe, efficient and secure way. It is a subsidiary of skeyes, the Belgian Air Navigation Services Provider (ANSP).
Notable for:
- Joining forces with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, DroneMatrix, and Proximus to create the D’Hive drone-in-a-box’ network that will see six autonomous drones perform daily flights in the Antwerp port area. The drones will be used for berth management, monitoring, infrastructure inspections, oil spill, floating waste detection, and other tasks.
- Helping to build a European drone ecosystem by shaping safe and secure solutions for authorities, operators, and companies.
- Developing a risk mitigation framework that makes use of common airspace structures and rules to mitigate the risk of mid-air collisions. Known as the BVLOS enablement framework, it aims to help drones to operate in complex missions.
Smart Maritime Network
HQ: Ireland
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2019
Smart Maritime Network has developed a platform to promote the benefits of enhanced integration and data.
Notable for:
- Leading the Smart Maritime Council, a cross-industry membership group focused on technology harmonisation, standardisation and interoperability.
- Releasing a new set of best practice guidelines for data ownership and access in the maritime sector in November 2022. This provides a recommended list of data control issues for shipping companies and technology providers to consider when discussing contracts for the supply of shipboard systems.
- Launching a standardised vessel dataset (SVD) for noon reports in February 2023 via its Smart Maritime Council. This followed the completion of a proof-of-concept project involving vessel operations OSM Maritime, Thome Group, and V.Ships.
Starlink
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 251-1000
Year Founded: 2015
Space’x Starlink is known for launching advanced rockets and spacecraft. It provides global maritime coverage for boats of all sizes.
Notable for:
- Its high-speed, low-latency connectivity service that delivers speeds of up to 220 Mbps download while at sea.
- Securing contracts with major shipping companies including Costa Cruises, Anglo-Eastern, MOL, Seaspan, and others.
- Teaming up with Marlink, OmniAcess, and Speedcast in September 2022. The companies now act as global authorised Starlink integrators for maritime and enterprise customers.
SynMax
HQ: United States
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2021
Synmax is a data analytics company that combines satellite imagery, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring transparency and actionable insight to its customers.
Notable for:
- Its geospatial intelligence software as a service that helps maritime and energy customers to improve the safety of their operations. AI enables maritime event detection at strategic and tactical levels and detection of true dark ships.
- SynMax – Hyperion, a near real-time frac crew monitor that makes daily observations of frac activity in every major oil and gas play in the US.
- Closing a seed round at US $6 million with an oversubscription of US $2 million in November 2022 to expand its suite of energy products and advance development of its maritime domain awareness product, Theia.
TECO 2030
HQ: Norway
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2019
TECO 2030 is a clean-tech start-up that develops hydrogen fuel cells and other solutions such as exhaust gas cleaning and carbon capture systems. The company aims to help ships and other heavy duty applications to become emission-free.
Notable for:
- Building hydrogen PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cells stacks and modules in Narvik, Norway, with a targeted output of up to 120 MW of fuel cells in 2024 and 1.6 GW in 2030.
- In March 2023, TECO 2030 secured NOK 50 million from Innovation Norway to accelerate the development of its PEM fuel cell technology.
- TECO 2030 is a spin-off from TECO Maritime Group, which has provided technology and services to the shipping industry since 1994.
Tidalis
HQ: Netherlands
Employee Count: 51-250
Year Founded: 2023
Tidalis provides maritime solutions around the world for ports, terminals and waterways. Its offerings include vessel traffic services, port management, terminal operating systems, and others.
Notable for:
- Its MaritimeControl Vessel Traffic Service, which tracks any target, from small boats to large ships and high-speed ferries, to maximise situational awareness. The Port of Tyne in the UK went live with the system in July 2023.
- Integrated AI-based monitoring can predict routes and detect potentially dangerous situations before they become critical.
- PortControl, a modular port management tool that helps ports to better align the needs of different stakeholders. It provides an overview of what is happening in port, complete functionality to plan and perform services, and fast and accurate invoicing.
Zeabuz
HQ: Norway
Employee Count: 26-50
Year Founded: 2019
Zeabuz provides Autonomy as a Service to urban ferry operators. It recently unveiled the first emission-free autonomous passenger ferry in partnership with Norwegian shipping company Torghatten.
Notable for:
- Its solutions, which include ZeaWatch for decision support, ZeaMate for autonomous navigation, and ZeaMaster for full autonomous operation.
- Delivering a human-centred approach to autonomous navigation. The company has a strong focus on producing systems that follow the same cognitive principles as a human captain.
- Partnering with the Port of Stockholm, Torghatten, DNV, and other organisations to explore and develop the safety aspects of autonomous shipping in an urban city environment.
zero44
HQ: Germany
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2022
Zero44 is a Berlin based software company that is helping the shipping industry to manage its CO2 emissions, understand their EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) exposure and optimise performance.
Notable for:
- Providing carbon monitoring and reporting, voyage planning to reduce CO2 emissions, and trusted data to agree on which charter party will bear the CO2 costs. The company uses existing data sources for the daily vessel data, meaning no additional hardware or specific software is required.
- Securing support from Flagship Founders, a company builder dedicated to digitising the maritime industry.
- Raising US $2.67 million in May 2023 to expand the development of its software and its team, and acquire new customers.
Zinus
HQ: Norway
Employee Count: 11-50
Year Founded: 2019
Zinus is a supplier of shore power products and autonomous solutions for ports and vessels. It has secured support from owners including the LOS Group, DSD and BKK Spring.
Notable for:
- Its Telescopic Autonomous charging solution, which can connect automatically to a vessel in just 20 seconds. It features a telescopic arm that is controlled by the operator. It can be adjusted for different vessels.
- Partnering with Seaspan Ferries in April 2023 to supply three Zinus Autonomous Solution units, consisting of three ZPP700 Automatic Telescopic Charging Towers and three SWC100 Autonomous Onboard Receiver systems.
- Securing contracts with Norwegian ports including the supply of shore power to the Port of Oslo and delivering cable management systems to Tromsø Port.
