Maritime Case Studies

Spire Partners with Pole Star to Illuminate Dark Waters and Improve Search and Rescue Operations

Published June 2, 2021

Pole Star partnered with Spire to improve visibility in dangerous waters in support of search and rescue (SAR) and safety of life missions for a branch of the U.S. military.

How Enhanced Satellite AIS provides situational awareness of possible sanction violations

Published February 15, 2021

How Geollect use Enhanced Satellite AIS to provide an accurate picture of the marine environment, including possible sanction violations.

The impact of weather on the Time Charter Equivalent and emissions

Published February 10, 2021

How VesselBot integrated Spire Weather forecast data to determine the optimal route and drive efficient operational planning.

How Oceanbolt use Enhanced Satellite AIS to detect bulk trade at ports

Published December 3, 2020

Intelligence Platform Provider, Oceanbolt, leverages Enhanced Satellite AIS to deliver real time insights into global dry bulk trade flows.

Better, More Accurate Wind Forecasts

Published November 23, 2020

How PredictWind compared wind observations from weather stations and weather models to create two proprietary weather prediction models.

Transparent shipping of perishables thanks to AIS tracking data

Published May 11, 2020

Dockflow combines real-time temperature data with accurate location tracking through AIS data to provide the perishable goods industry with greater transparency.

The new era in chartering

Published April 15, 2020

VesselBot leverages Spire’s satellite data, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to provide the dry bulk shipping market with a digital platform that optimizes the chartering process.

AIS data applied to dry cargo

Published April 6, 2020

How Shipfix uses Spire AIS data to generate powerful trade flow insights in one easy to use interface.

Improving Fuel Usage Estimates With Better Weather Data

Published February 21, 2020

Oldendorff was able to improve their fuel consumption simulation model and calculate paths that consumed the least amount of fuel with Spire Weather

Using satellite AIS Data to track maritime supply chain

Published June 19, 2019

How Gravity Supply Chain uses AIS to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility for greater management control.

How AIS Data refined wave loading

Published May 16, 2019

Insights into a Vessel’s Structural Condition and the route its taking can have a major impact on operations.

Predicting port berth arrivals

Published January 19, 2019

How Clearmetal created a machine learning engine to provide port alerts 31 hours faster to help optimize operations and costs.