AI agents and software for maritime and shipping companies
Port agencies, ship managers, charterers and freight forwarders run on email threads, PDFs and spreadsheets.
Where the money leaks
Our document-to-structured-data pipeline was built for hospital contracts and claims; charter parties.
- Port-call coordination across agents, terminals and owners is manual and time-critical
- Laytime and demurrage calculations start from statements of fact buried in PDFs
- Charter party clauses differ per fixture; disputes come from what was missed
- Crew documents and certificates expire on schedules nobody tracks centrally
- Bunker, port and agency invoices arrive in every format and get reconciled late
Six agents, each with a human gate and an audit trail.
Port-call coordinator
Reads arrival notices, pro-forma DAs and terminal updates; keeps every party on one timeline and escalates delays.
Laytime & demurrage agent
Extracts statement-of-fact events, applies the charter's laytime terms and drafts the demurrage claim with a rationale trail.
Charter party extraction
Turns each fixture into structured clauses, laycan, laytime, demurrage rate, notices, searchable and comparable.
Crew compliance agent
Tracks STCW certificates, medicals and visas per seafarer; flags expiries before crew change, not after.
Invoice reconciliation
Matches bunker, port and agency invoices to voyage budgets and DAs; routes exceptions to a human.
Enquiry-to-quote agent
Answers cargo and chartering enquiries on email or WhatsApp with a first quote drafted from your rate logic.
Fixes for maritime & shipping teams
Questions maritime and shipping teams ask
AI agents for maritime · shipping software development India · laytime and demurrage automation · port agency software · charter party clause extraction · ship management software · maritime document automation · freight forwarding AI
Do you have maritime domain experience?
We have built document-heavy revenue systems in healthcare and sales; for maritime we pair that engineering with your operators, who know the trade.
Which systems can the agents connect to?
Email (Outlook, Gmail), shared drives, ERP and accounting exports, and any system with an API or a CSV export.
How is accuracy controlled on demurrage claims?
Every extracted event carries its source page and a confidence score; the claim is drafted, never sent, until an operator approves it.
Maritime and Shipping Software: Frequently Asked Questions
Can laytime and demurrage calculations be automated?
Yes, a laytime and demurrage agent extracts events from statements of fact, applies the laytime terms of the relevant charter party and drafts the claim with a rationale for each calculation. Exceptions such as weather, shifting and notice of readiness are handled according to the clauses you confirm. An operator reviews and approves the claim before it goes anywhere. A pilot on your recent voyages typically takes three to four weeks.
How does charter party clause extraction work?
Charter party extraction turns each fixture into structured clauses, including laycan, laytime, demurrage rate, notice requirements and special terms, so they become searchable and comparable across voyages. The agent works from PDFs and email recaps and keeps the source page attached to every extracted field. Your chartering team can then compare terms quickly and spot unusual clauses before they cause disputes. Setup typically takes three to five weeks.
Can software coordinate port calls across agents, terminals and owners?
Yes, a port-call coordinator reads arrival notices, pro-forma disbursement accounts and terminal updates, and keeps every party on one shared timeline. It flags delays and missing documents to the responsible person and drafts updates for approval. Teams stop reconciling several email threads to find the current status. A first version connected to your mailboxes typically goes live in three to four weeks.
How can ship managers track crew certificates and expiries?
Ship managers can track crew compliance with an agent that records STCW certificates, medicals and visas for each seafarer and flags expiries well before the next crew change. It reads uploaded documents, warns the crewing team in advance and lists what is needed for each planned rotation. The data can live in your environment or a dedicated portal. Most crew compliance builds take four to six weeks.
How much does maritime software development cost?
A single maritime agent pilot, such as demurrage drafting or invoice reconciliation, usually falls in the USD 5,000 to 20,000 band. A connected set covering port calls, charter parties, crew and invoices typically sits between 20,000 and 50,000. Larger platforms for ship managers or port agencies can reach the 50,000 to 200,000 band. We give a fixed quote after reviewing a brief and sample documents.
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