Rainmaking’s Hamburg trade and transport accelerator session in January 2020 matched five maritime giants with eight start-ups.

Cargotec, HHLA, Inmarsat, Shell and Wartsila were paired with technology firms from eight countries to work on 13 separate projects aimed at accelerating innovation that delivers genuine business results.

As well as i4Sea, the other start-ups are:

Bigyellowfish is a Netherlands and India-based digital platform providing games for behavioural skilling, real-time collaboration for situational awareness, and crew well-being and engagement.

CyberOwl is a UK firm that develops security analytics products to address cyber security challenges for the maritime, critical national infrastructure sector and is working with Inmarsat.

Jujotech is a US software system developer that offers actionable intelligence for connected workers using augmented reality wearable and mobile devices.

KoiReader Technologies from the US is working with HHLA to unlock artificial intelligence-based data capture for transportation companies.

Scoutbase from Denmark is working with Shell on a digital tool that helps companies gather real-time data on what is experienced as problematic on board in real time and across fleets.

Signol has developed the world’s first software, which uses behavioural economics to motivate fuel-efficient employee decisions in the UK.

Teqplay is a Netherlands-based context broker providing information and tools to empower the shipping industry to make better-informed decisions.