Bureau Veritas Smartship Certified Research Contract · European Space Agency USPTO Patent-Pending Trusted by major Greek-owned fleets Presenting at SNAME · September 2026

The Routing Intelligence Layer for Commercial Fleets

Learned patterns from millions of nautical miles, paired with the hard constraints of physics, regulation, and vessel limits. Specialized agents weigh weather, fuel, compliance, and risk on every voyage and explain every recommendation, mile by mile.

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Fuel Optimization Live Consumption forecasting, bunkering & voyage-wide cost minimization.
Emissions & Compliance Live CII rating, EU ETS cost & FuelEU intensity, scored per voyage.
Weather Intelligence Live Multi-source weather fusion with AI wave modelling and risk scoring.
Certified, backed, and integrated
BV Bureau Veritas
ESA BIC
USPTO Patent-Pending
IMO Compliant
SOC 2 Type II
EU ETS Ready
BV Bureau Veritas
ESA BIC
USPTO Patent-Pending
IMO Compliant
SOC 2 Type II
EU ETS Ready
How it works

Predict. Sail. Prove.

Every other routing tool stops at the suggestion. We follow through to the end of the voyage and show you the receipts.

01

We Predict

Five AI agents analyze weather, fuel, emissions, safety, and trade to find your optimal route. You get a pre-voyage report with forecasts and confidence levels.

Weather-validated for first 3 days
Fuel, emissions, CII projections
Printer-ready PDF for the bridge
02

You Sail

The captain follows the optimized route. Real-time telemetry tracks actual weather, fuel consumption, and route adherence throughout the voyage.

ECDIS-compatible waypoints
Re-routing as conditions change
50+ telemetry data points per voyage
03

We Prove

After arrival, the claims report compares predicted vs actual data. Weather, fuel, emissions, route — side by side. This is your proof of value.

Predicted vs actual comparison
94% average accuracy score
Audit-ready for insurers & regulators
See a Claims Report
Proven results

Verified voyage outcomes

Real routes, real telemetry. Every result is the optimized track measured against that vessel’s own historical AIS replay — documented and independently verifiable.

9.3% average fuel saved
7 verified voyages
255MT fuel cut
32,496nm documented
  1. 01 Sture Tetney Terminal Tanker 2019 14.51%
  2. 02 Tubarão Port Louis Tanker 2022 14.34%
  3. 03 Tubarão Gulf of Mexico Tanker 2022 13.67%
  4. 04 Sikka Niterói Tanker 2023 13.31%
  5. 05 Porvoo Skaw STS Area General Cargo 2020 6.67%
  6. 06 Tubarão Pascagoula Tanker 2018 1.67%
  7. 07 Persian Gulf South Atlantic Bulk Carrier 2023 0.94%
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Each voyage, a verdict

Routing Performance that Follows Your Objectives

Multiple optimization modes and side-by-side comparison let you route each voyage your way. After fuel reduction? See our Sikka — Niterói case study.

Voyage Report — Sikka → Niterói · 2023
Verified
Sikka Niterói
7,922.12 nm 2023
Metric Historical Optimized Delta
Fuel Consumed 668.31 MT 579.38 MT -13.31%
Distance 8,127.52 nm 7,922.12 nm -2.53%
Sea State 5+ 36.0% 22.8% -13.2pp
Sea State 6+ 6.4% 3.4% -46.9%
Duration — -2.47% Faster
CII Compliance — VLSFO only No ECA switch
13.31%
FOC Reduction
579.38 vs 668.31 MT
−2.53%
Distance Saved
7,922 vs 8,128 nm
−13.2pp
Sea State 5+
22.8% vs 36.0%
−2.47%
Voyage Duration
vs historical AIS
Why it holds up

Built to be trusted

VesselFront’s Weather Routing and Voyage Planning platform pairs purpose-built neurosymbolic AI with rigorous maritime engineering. Trained on proprietary live-voyage data spanning diverse fleets, vessel types, and trade lanes — refined alongside the operators who run them.

Connected

Live fleet visibility through AIS, noon reports, and onboard telemetry ingested into a single operational view.

Explainable

Executive summaries, emissions reports, and route events you can query in natural language — with notifications and calendar integration.

Accurate

Maritime knowledge and neural networks combined for fast, accurate route options. Follow global best practice or impose your own constraints.

Certified

SMART EnE3-Em-W certified by Bureau Veritas, 2026. Charter-party compliance with a segment-by-segment Route Analyzer.

Read the Sikka → Niterói case study
Vol 01 Technical Research

Insights: Historical Voyage Validation

A snippet of the research that underpins our approach to voyage intelligence, weather modelling, and emissions compliance.

VFWR_Validation_2026.pdf
1 / 12 · arXiv-pending
Research Paper 2026 Submitted

VFWR: Charting the Optimal Voyage

Karampasi · Kouvaras · Stavropoulos · Artikis (Univ. of Piraeus)

“VFWR is validated against a dataset of 100 historical voyages using hindcast weather data — consistently producing shorter distances and durations than real-world trips across all tested voyages.”

Abstract. VFWR is an optimization framework for ship weather routing with a weather-aware heuristic incorporating real-time forecast, wave-height threshold, maximum-latitude constraint, no-go areas, and minimisation of time within emission control areas. Validated against a 100-voyage hindcast dataset, the model consistently shortens both distance and duration relative to actual AIS trajectories.

  • 01 Weather Routing
  • 02 A*
  • 03 Optimization
  • 04 ECA
Read full paper
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Under the hood

Not a routing tool. A routing model.

Five specialized agents collaborate per voyage using neurosymbolic AI — combining ML patterns with hard-coded physical and regulatory constraints.

1 Core Engine

Five agents collaborate per voyage

Not one model — five specialized agents that negotiate, score, and converge on the optimal route through structured communication protocols.

Route Generator
FOC Estimator
Emissions
Safety
Trade
They negotiate, score, and converge on one optimal route.
2 Architecture

Neurosymbolic Reasoning

ML patterns + hard-coded physics. Every decision has an auditable chain.

ML Predicted 6 Bf headwind zone
↓
RULE Max wave 4.5m exceeded
↓
OPT Re-route south via Benguela
↓
Route B selected · +12.4% fuel saving
3 Transparency

Weather confidence you can see

95% accuracy days 1-3, degrading transparently. You see exactly where certainty ends — no other routing tool shows this.

4 Data Lineage

Auditable Source Lineage

Every data point traces to its source — IMO-keyed vessel records, flag state registries, classification databases, timestamped sensors. Full audit trail, no black boxes.

IMO Registry Flag State Class DB Sensors
5 Explainability

LLM-Readable Outputs

Natural-language justifications for every decision. Captains, charterers, and auditors get answers — not black boxes.

6 Certification

Certified Infrastructure

Not a prototype. Production-grade, certified, patent-pending.

BV SMART USPTO ESA BIC
Engine

Five agents. Eight modes. One verified voyage.

Select an optimization mode to see how agents collaborate across the routing infrastructure.

VesselFront Engine v2.4
All 5 agents operational
1 Voyage Input
vessel_imo: "9315800" from: "HAIFA" to: "RIO DE JANEIRO" depart: "2026-03-14" optimize: "fuel_efficiency" cii_target: "A" max_wave_m: 4.5
2 Agent Collaboration
Route Generator
3 candidate trajectories
FOC Estimator
Fuel cost per route scored
Emissions Estimator
CO2 per trajectory quantified
Safety Estimator
Wind, wave, current risk
Trade Optimizer
Market timing & port costs
3 Verified Output
distance_nm5,847
duration_hr287.4
fuel_saving12.4%
co2_reduction_t18.7
cii_ratingA
accuracy_score94.1%
AI Insight Route Reasoning

Route diverts 40 nm south of original rhumb line to exploit the Benguela counter-current and avoid a 6 Bf headwind zone forecast for March 16-18. Net fuel saving offsets the added distance by 2.3x. Weather confidence: 95% for days 1-3, 88% for days 4-7.

How We Help

Six roles, one routing layer.

Fleet operators buy it. Masters trust it. Charterers prove it. P&I clubs defend with it. CTOs embed it. Principals own the moat.

Fleet Operators

A unified command layer across your entire fleet: CII trajectories, fuel forecasts, EU ETS exposure, and emissions reporting — refreshed every three hours.

3–14% fuel saved per voyage
Masters & Navigation Officers

Transparent decision support: natural-language explanations, full raw weather at every waypoint, and a complete audit trail that defends every call.

16% better wave-height prediction
Maritime CTOs

A RESTful API returning structured JSON, LLM-readable explanations, and compliance documentation. Drop into your stack — no hardware, no onboarding.

0 installs to integrate
P&I Clubs

A fleet-risk view across insured members — anonymized routing safety data that prices coverage more accurately and reduces claims frequency before disputes reach arbitration.

−25% fewer claims
Charterers

Counterfactual route analysis — what would have happened under optimal routing. The evidence you need when large demurrage claims land on your desk.

$18B annual industry waste
Principals

Founded in Piraeus, built around trust with the owner networks that set the global standard. The earlier you start, the deeper the moat around your own data history.

~20% of global DWT, Greek-owned
Compliance

Built-in regulatory intelligence

Every route is optimized against current and upcoming maritime regulations. Every report documents compliance.

11% CII reduction required by 2026 · EU ETS at 100% coverage from January 2026.
CII

Carbon Intensity Indicator

Automatic rating prediction and optimization. Maintain A or B ratings. Claims report proves the achieved rating.

IMO 2023+
Active · Enforced
ETS

EU Emissions Trading

Route-level cost calculation with carbon credit optimization. Financial impact documented per voyage.

EU 2024+
Active · Phase 2
FEU

FuelEU Maritime

GHG intensity compliance built into every decision. Pool management, penalty avoidance, verifiable reporting.

EU 2025+
Active · Year 1

The infrastructure
commercial shipping runs on

One route. Verified before you sail. Proven after you arrive. Every service in maritime built on top.

94%
Avg route accuracy
12%
Avg fuel reduction
5
Specialized agents
Trusted by Greek-flag fleets · ESA-validated weather models · Claims-ready by design