AI team-up automates vessel and cargo matching

Spot Ship is a platform for brokers, charterers, and operators that uses AI and machine learning tools to automatically extract key market data points from emails. The partnership will see this solution integrated into Sea’s platform, giving users automatic sight of vessel availability and reducing admin time.

This partnership brings Sea an important step closer to digitising chartering workflows and pre-fixture documentation, says the company. “Inboxes are overloaded with updates and communications when matching cargo to vessels, and hours are spent creating and maintaining intelligence lists to capture these insights,” said Peter Schroder, chief executive at Sea.

“Through our collaboration with Spot Ship, we’re not just giving those hours back to our customers, we’re also equipping them with the tools they need to make data-driven decisions.

James Kellett, co-chief executive at Spot Ship, said the two companies shared the same vision regarding the importance of digitising processes in freight workflows. “The automation of previously manual processes around vessel and cargo matching will save precious hours, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver additional insights that can support market competitiveness for Sea’s customers as we sail together into the data age,” he said.