AI for Shipping and Marine.
One Operating Picture. Zero Surprise Breakdowns.
AI Surge unifies vessel telemetry, engine and machinery sensor data, spares supply chains and crew certification records into one intelligent fleet operations platform. We predict machinery failures 7 to 21 days before they strand a vessel mid-charter, and keep the intelligence running offshore where satellite bandwidth is thin. Australian and NZ based delivery, no offshore handoffs.
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In shipping and marine, a fragmented picture is what turns a fixable fault into off-hire.
Engine and machinery data lives in the planned maintenance system. Position, speed and fuel burn come off vessel telemetry. Spares and bunkers sit in procurement and ERP. Crew certificates, medicals and sea-time live in the crewing platform. And when a main engine exhaust temperature drifts, a purifier trips or a charterer queries an ETA, the superintendent or fleet ops manager coordinating the response is stitching it together from noon reports, WhatsApp messages, an email chain and a satellite call to the master.
You have already paid for monitoring, a planned maintenance system and a crewing platform. The tags, the noon reports and the certificate dates are all being captured. What is missing is the layer that fuses them into the single operating picture a shore team needs the moment something moves, and the predictive layer that flags the failing bearing, the expiring STCW certificate or the demurrage risk before it costs you a charter.
AI Surge closes that gap. We unify telemetry, machinery, supply-chain and crew systems into one intelligent platform, train models on your own engine and sensor history to predict failures 7 to 21 days out, and automate the AMSA, SOLAS and MARPOL reporting that buries your masters. Marine operations move from reactive to anticipatory, and off-hire stops arriving as a surprise.
The platforms we deploy for shipping and marine operators.
Selected for the actual conditions of maritime operations, including offshore environments and limited satellite connectivity.
Noon and voyage reporting, charter party and statement of facts documentation, AMSA and flag-state correspondence, SMS and MARPOL record keeping and crew certificate tracking. Best for high-volume, complex maritime documentation that normally lands on the master.
Machinery health models trained on your main engine, auxiliary, generator, purifier and propulsion data, reading exhaust gas temperatures, vibration, lube oil trends and fuel consumption to flag failures 7 to 21 days ahead. Plus bunker and provisioning models that cut carrying cost and waste across global routes. Built by AI Surge.
Models deployed on vessel hardware that run offline and synchronise to shore when VSAT, Starlink or port connectivity returns. Machinery alerts fire in real time at sea, no satellite link required. Designed for the real conditions of offshore and coastal operations.
Orchestrates multi-step crew rotation and STCW certification workflows, spares procurement and bunkering approvals, and maintenance scheduling across connected planned maintenance and crewing systems, so routine coordination runs itself and only exceptions reach a person.
For shore-based operations, technical superintendents and commercial teams on Microsoft 365. Voyage summaries, charter correspondence, port and agent coordination, laytime and demurrage workings and commercial reporting.
For corporate and commercial teams on Google Workspace. Fleet performance analysis, voyage profitability and coordination across distributed global operations.
Where AI delivers the biggest operational gains in marine.
Each capability is deployable independently or as part of a unified fleet operations programme.
Unified Fleet Operations Platform
Fuse vessel telemetry, machinery sensor data, planned maintenance status, spares and bunker position and crew records into one live operating picture for the fleet ops manager, technical superintendent and DPA. When a fault, a port delay or a crew situation hits, the shore team sees the whole vessel in one screen instead of stitching a response from five systems, cutting incident coordination from hours to minutes.
Predictive Mechanical Health
Models trained on your main engine, auxiliary, generator, purifier and propulsion data spot the drift in exhaust temperatures, vibration and lube oil that precedes a failure, and flag it 7 to 21 days out. Superintendents order the part and plan the repair alongside in port instead of scrambling mid-charter, protecting charter revenue and turning unplanned off-hire into scheduled maintenance.
Bunkering, Spares and Provisioning Intelligence
AI that models bunker price differentials across ports, optimises stem timing and quantity, and keeps critical spares and provisions at the right port without the manual chase. Operators typically trim 3 to 8 per cent off bunker and spares spend and stop emergency air-freighting parts to meet a vessel.
Crew Rotation and Certification Intelligence
Workflows that track STCW certificates, medicals, visas and sea-time and manage rotation across global routes, flagging every expiry 60 to 90 days out. No more discovering a lapsed certificate at port state control, and no vessel detained or delayed because a relief crew could not sign on in time.
Voyage, Charter and Noon Report Automation
AI ingests noon reports and voyage data, drafts charter reports, statements of facts and laytime workings, prepares operational documentation and routes it for sign-off. Reporting that took days of re-keying is ready the same day, freeing masters from admin and charterers from waiting.
AMSA, SOLAS and MARPOL Reporting
Claude drafts and cross-checks AMSA documentation, ISM Code Safety Management System records, MARPOL oil record book entries, near-miss reports and port state control preparation, reconciling certificate and survey dates so nothing lapses unseen. Compliance admin that consumes a master's week shrinks to a review-and-sign task.
Port, Berth and Voyage Optimisation
AI aligns weather routing, speed and ETA with berth and port scheduling to cut waiting time and demurrage exposure, and to burn less fuel getting there. Commercial and operations teams see the trade-off between arrival time, bunker cost and laytime clock before they commit, not after.
What shifts when your fleet operations are unified and predictive.
Measurable improvements from the first months of deployment.
| Metric | Before AI Surge | After AI Surge |
|---|---|---|
| Machinery failure lead time | Discovered when it breaks at sea | Predicted 7-21 days ahead |
| Cross-system incident response | Hours across PMS, email and a sat call | Minutes in one operating picture |
| Bunker and spares spend | Unmanaged port to port | Optimised, 3-8% lower |
| Crew certification gaps | Caught at port state control | Flagged 60-90 days before expiry |
| Noon and voyage reporting | Days of manual re-keying | Same-day, automated |
| Charter and demurrage exposure | Reactive and disputed | Evidence-rich and defensible |
"We used to find out the main engine had a problem when the master called us at 2am. Now the model flags the exhaust temperature drift two weeks out, we land the part and the fitter at the next port, and the charter never even knows. That is the difference between a scheduled job and lost off-hire."Technical Superintendent, Australian Commercial Shipping
From strategy session to live fleet platform.
A clear engagement model designed around how marine operators make decisions, including the constraints of offshore connectivity and global operations.
Discovery Conversation
Understand your fleet type, current systems, the operational risks that concern you most and the connectivity conditions you actually operate in. No obligation, no jargon.
Systems Assessment
Inventory your telemetry, planned maintenance, crew and supply-chain platforms and design the integration and edge architecture. We design for your actual operating environment, not an idealised one.
Strategy and Roadmap
Prioritised deployment plan and ROI model designed around your operational profile: fleet size, route mix, connectivity conditions and regulatory obligations.
Platform Build
Unified fleet operations platform with predictive models, deploying edge AI on-vessel and central systems on shore. First working version within 90 days.
Continuous Optimisation
Model improvement as more voyage data accumulates, and expansion as new fleet or route use cases emerge. The platform compounds in value over time.
Australia, New Zealand, Europe and global routes.
We are Australian and NZ based, with reach into European operations via Italy and Monaco, covering Australian coastal and trans-Tasman trade, offshore support and supply vessels, super-yacht and charter operations, and commercial shipping fleets on global routes. AMSA and coastal trading compliance is built into every Australian maritime engagement, with no offshore handoffs.
Questions marine operators ask us.
Marine operators that invest in AI capability now are better positioned to build lasting operational resilience.
Book a no-obligation strategy session with an AI Surge marine specialist. We will map your fleet, systems and operational risk profile before any commitment is made.
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