Finnish oil and energy group Neste has tied up a deal to use maritime technology company Seaber.io’s logistics planning systems to make fleet scheduling and port calls more efficient.
Neste, which is aiming to be a major producer of renewable and sustainable fuels, is using Seaber’s software, which is designed for bulk ship and cargo owners, for optimising scheduling efficiencies and transparency across its maritime activities.
Finland’s Seaber said its intelligent technology provides data-led decision support to fleet time charter equivalent operations to reduce costs per tonne-mile and bring down environmental impacts.
In addition to single-cargo voyages, it supports multi-parcel and multi-port voyages where unnecessary ballast voyages and low utilisation rates are common.
Neste shipping asset and sustainability manager Paavo Kojonen said its aim is to find new ways to reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere, and optimising maritime logistics is one step towards this.
Seaber co-founder and chief executive Sebastian Sjoberg said: “This collaboration enables Neste to optimise their processes, increase vessel utilisation and reduce emissions and cost per ton-mile.”
Last year, Seaber tied up a cooperation deal with vessel management software firm Shipnet.
Neste aims to make the Porvoo oil refinery in Finland the most sustainable in Europe by 2030 and help customers reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20m tonnes a year by then.
