What in the name of Maritime is going on?
The question I keep hearing with a disturbing answer.
The ocean is arguably one of the last frontiers left.
We know more about Space than we do the ocean. Ironically — we also know more about the things we put in space (and their current state) than we do about our monstrous assets at sea.
I think that’s disturbing. Especially given the impact ships at sea have on our livelihood.
At Nautilus Labs — nautiluslabs.co — we’re starting to change that.
We’re putting the right software tools into the hands of people on shore so they can actually make significant, cost-reducing modifications to a ship’s operation while it’s still on a voyage.
We’re connecting the ship and shore in a completely modern, web-based way. We’re taking something that was previously very retroactively explored and enabling reactive action that leads to $$ saved.
I’ve been getting a consistent question lately: What the hell is actually going on in the maritime world?
We’re starting to hear about ships colliding off the coast of Japan.
A strange hijacking off the coast of Yemen.
Tales of NYC banana import insanity. Surprising — even if you’ve looked into it before.
Ships steering into concrete walls.
Ships blatantly colliding with other ships.
Another large ship, casually forgetting to turn to port and running aground
And rightfully so — people are starting to realize something is very off.
It’s almost hard to imagine that in a world where facebook/google/amazon exist that this completely avoidable sort of nonsense still happens.
Frequently.
Way more than what’s reported in the news.
If you want the “real scoop” into this world you have to subscribe to a publication called Tradewinds. And even they don’t have full insight.
So the question I keep getting over and over again is - WTF is going on in the maritime world?
The short answer is — people don’t really know.
While the industry is starting to get better systems in place — there’s still a long way to go.
Based on the limited view I’ve gotten to see over the past year, the maritime industry seems to have hit an inflection point.
It is on the brink of a major, transformative change. The structure, methods, and composition of the business are changing. Shipping will become more profitable for those that understand and adopt these changes.
If you’re interested in being a part of it — we’re expanding our integrations team with Linux Network Admins as we scale up our ability to integrate more ships into Nautilus Platform.
All in all, I’m frustrated by the answer I have to give people. It doesn’t make sense to me. Hundreds of millions — wasted every year for avoidable reasons.
We’re excited we’re getting to start fixing some of these with select shipping companies. Hopefully in not too long — I’ll have a better response.
