Maritime Resources

What happened last week in the Suez canal?

We’re pulling our weather forecast and AIS data and taking a closer look at last week’s event in the Suez Canal.

Port of Holyhead sees traffic plummet due to Brexit

Challenged by COVID, the cruise industry looks to vaccine for relief

How Enhanced Satellite AIS provides situational awareness of possible sanction violations

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

Charter Party Agreements and TCE - Why Data Matters

AIS data and weather data are changing the way charter party agreements and TCE rates are determined. Predictive modeling, routing tools, and reliable weather forecast data are leading the way.

The impact of weather on the Time Charter Equivalent and emissions

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

Trends and Solutions for IMO 2030

Since the announcement by The International Maritime Organization (IMO) that compliance standards would change in 2020 to support emissions reductions, shipowners, ship operators, and bunker buyers sought alternatives to meet these new standards. Here are a few of the ways Maritime enterprises are achieving emissions compliance.

Reducing shipping carbon emissions with ZeroNorth

Learn more about how the road to decarbonization can be paved with data partnerships – and how incredible data insights are unlocking a more sustainable future for shipping.

Leveraging open ocean weather data to improve sailing conditions

Learn more from our expert meteorologists about the challenges of collecting accurate weather forecasts in open ocean, why this is the case and how to solve them.

Five Reasons to Add Data to your Operations

The maritime industry continues to leverage data to build more efficient operations. We created a free e-book that examines the many ways that data can be used to save on costs, build more efficient operations, and manage risks. In this blog we take a look at a few of the reasons using data has become so popular in Maritime.

Maritime data: Why it's vital to set a goal when working with data

When embarking into the ‘data economy’, not setting the right goals may mean that you find yourself in a data swamp.” Simon van den Dries, our GM, explains why goal setting is the secret sauce to succeeding with data.

What if weather forecasts could be optimized for ports?

The maritime industry continues to embrace digitalization with a new focus this year on port weather forecasts.

Infographic: 2020 in Maritime data

Spire Maritime data tells a year of records and milestones in pictures. As we look back at a year of unprecedented events, our data tracked miles travelled and port calls across the planet. Here’s what we found.