Maritime Resources

Maritime Data Analytics: Why data storytelling matters

We all have a story to tell and at Spire Maritime we like to tell our stories with our data using numbers, charts, and graphs in a way that is easy to access, quick to understand, and actionable. Meet Spire Analytics, our newest tool that provides actionable insights for your maritime data.

Has Climate Change Opened The Northern Sea Route Year Round?

Our AIS data tracked the Chris. De Margerie as it traveled the northern route this winter. Do the fuel savings on this route outweigh the harmful impact it could have on the environment? Get the data.

Here is one thing you should do to lower your shipping emissions

There are a number of strategies to consider for achieving lower emissions. Cleaner fuels, efficient hardware and above all data.

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.