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Marcura is showing how maritime AI really works: smart agents built for contracts and voyage handovers that save chartering and operations teams time and reduce risk. By Janani Yagnamurthy, VP, Analytics, Marcura

LONDON, 27 August 2025 – Maritime companies are stuck in the early stages of AI adoption, unable to scale beyond small experiments as widespread optimism collides with implementation reality, according to new industry research.

By Saurish Nandi, Group Solutions Head, ShipServ

Manual coordination and invisible costs are holding your operations back. Here’s how a smarter approach can help.

Combined entity will serve more than 150,000 seafarers a month globally across commercial shipping and cruise operations

Watch how Marcura AI generates comprehensive voyage instructions from a charter party, including all the detailed operational information masters need for effective port call execution.

Learn how Marcura’s AI agent generates a comprehensive tanker cargo handover in under 40 seconds, including all the vessel-specific topics and operational details needed for effective port call execution. 

Learn how Marcura AI calculates specific financial exposure from charter party risks—turning abstract contract concerns into concrete dollar amounts that inform your fixing decisions.

Learn how Marcura AI compares your working charter party against your base template, systematically identifying missing clauses, modified terms, and potential conflicts, giving you instant visibility into what's changed and what risks those changes might create.

Port time represents a significant portion of total voyage expenses, yet it remains one of the least effectively managed costs in maritime operations. Marcura provides an elegant solution to address this challenge through two integrated digital solutions: PortLog Pro and Marcura Claims (formerly ClaimsHub).  

Lauritzen Bulkers is unlocking a new level of voyage planning accuracy and operational profitability thanks to a partnership that combines advanced weather routing from Weathernews Inc. with data-driven insights into port conditions, congestion, laytime and operational performance from Marcura’s PortLog platform.

Integration adds predictive port cost and wait time data into Dataloy’s VMS, reducing system-switching for chartering and operations teams.

New partnership gives maritime teams access to Marcura’s ClaimsHub and AI Console inside Sedna, with PortLog integration set to follow, supporting smoother workflows, fewer systems, and faster decision-making.

Difficult to track and often underestimated, Scope 3 emissions are one of shipping’s biggest challenges and also one of its greatest opportunities on the journey to decarbonisation. Saurish Nandi, Solutions Head for Compliance & Sustainability at Marcura, explains why these emissions matter, where current methods fall short, and how digital platforms can turn complexity into competitive advantage. 

Bruno Deszczynski, CEO, Marcura Claims & Intelligence, explores how Agentic AI is reshaping maritime operations, moving beyond basic generative tools toward intelligent systems capable of contextual decisions and real-world actions. While highlighting the game-changing benefits, Bruno also addresses critical pitfalls such as hallucinations, compounded errors, and messy data. Drawing on Marcura's practical experience, he shows how pairing advanced AI models with human expertise delivers faster, smarter, and safer maritime workflows.

Andrei Grigoras, SVP of Compliance Solutions at Marcura Compliance, emphasises that regulatory challenges are nothing new in maritime, but the latest surge in sanctions enforcement is reshaping compliance at extraordinary speed. From intensified crackdowns on illicit oil trade to the expiration of key regulatory exemptions, Andrei highlights that businesses must be able to adapt quickly - or risk being caught off guard.