Maritime Software Options 2026

Maritime software and technology is big business. Across the Viewpoint Analysis Technology List, there are a significant number of vendors focusing on this crucial area. Shipping runs on thin margins and tight regulation, and the software choices behind a fleet rarely get the attention they deserve until something goes wrong - a missed drydock window, a compliance gap, or a voyage that burned far more fuel than it should have. That is changing. Carbon intensity regulation, EU ETS exposure, and volatile fuel prices have turned voyage and vessel decisions into cost and compliance levers that owners and operators are under real pressure to measure and manage properly.

This guide sets out the leading maritime software platforms covering fleet and technical management, and voyage optimisation and vessel performance, across enterprise and mid-market operators. Viewpoint Analysis is a Technology Matchmaker, helping shipowners, operators, and maritime technology buyers find and select the right technology fast - aiming to be the place buyers go to understand the software and technology market before speaking to vendors.

Included Maritime Software Vendors

This guide covers the following maritime platforms, evaluated independently across fleet and technical management, and voyage optimisation tiers. Our viewpoint on each vendor follows below.

Veson IMOS | DNV ShipManager | ABS Wavesight | SpecTec AMOS | SERTICA | Helm CONNECT | ZeroNorth | StormGeo | Nautilus Labs | DeepSea

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What is Maritime Software?

Maritime software covers the systems shipowners, operators, and technical managers use to run vessels safely, efficiently, and in compliance with regulation. It spans fleet and technical management (maintenance, procurement, crewing, drydock, and HSQE compliance), commercial and voyage management (chartering, voyage economics, and claims), and a fast-growing layer of AI-driven voyage optimisation and vessel performance tools that reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Most fleets run several of these systems side by side rather than a single platform covering everything, since technical management, commercial chartering, and voyage optimisation are genuinely different disciplines with different buyers. For wider context on how maritime technology fits into supply chain and logistics operations, see our Supply Chain Technology area page.

How to Find Maritime Software

The right starting point depends on which gap you are filling - technical maintenance and compliance, commercial voyage management, or fuel and emissions optimisation are three different buying decisions that often involve different stakeholders within the same organisation. The free, personalised Longlist Builder, powered by HUEY, our AI Technology Analysis Agent, generates a tailored longlist matched to your fleet size, vessel type, and requirements in minutes. If you would rather have vendors come to you, the Technology Matchmaker Service brings the leading vendors directly to you to pitch - like Dragons' Den or Shark Tank. Viewpoint Analysis interviews your team, writes a Challenge Brief, and invites relevant vendors to present their platform.

Fleet and Technical Management Software

Veson IMOS

Veson IMOS is the dominant commercial platform for chartering, voyage operations, and risk management, used primarily by shipowners, operators, and charterers running tanker, dry bulk, and LNG fleets. Its single-database architecture gives commercial and operations teams a unified, real-time view of voyage economics, from fixture through to laytime, demurrage, and claims. The platform primarily serves large commercial shipping operators and charterers managing complex, high-value voyage portfolios rather than smaller coastal or workboat fleets. Veson has continued to expand its data and analytics capabilities, adding deeper freight market intelligence and scenario modelling on top of its core voyage management engine. It typically operates alongside a separate technical management system rather than replacing one.

Our Viewpoint: A strong choice for commercial shipping operators and charterers who need a single, unified view of voyage economics across a complex, high-value fleet.

DNV ShipManager

DNV ShipManager is a technical ship management platform covering maintenance, procurement, dry-docking, and fleet compliance, built by DNV, one of the world's leading classification societies. Its close integration with DNV's class and survey data is a distinguishing feature, giving technical managers a direct link between class compliance status and day-to-day maintenance planning. The platform primarily serves shipowners and technical managers operating DNV-classed fleets, though it also supports vessels classed elsewhere. Modules cover planned maintenance, spare parts and procurement, crew certificate tracking, and regulatory reporting in one connected system. DNV has continued to expand cloud deployment options and mobile access for crew onboard.

Our Viewpoint: Worth prioritising for shipowners and technical managers who want tight integration between class compliance status and everyday maintenance planning.

ABS Wavesight

ABS Wavesight is the digital software arm of the American Bureau of Shipping, providing Nautical Systems, a full marine ERP covering maintenance planning, procurement and inventory, crew management, and drydock execution. The NS Enterprise product, formerly branded NS5, has one of the longest track records in the market, with newer browser-based NS-Web modules removing the on-premise server requirement that older versions relied on. The platform primarily serves shipowners and technical managers running larger, complex fleets that need broad coverage across maintenance, HSQE, crewing, and drydock in one system. A separate NS Core product targets the workboat sector specifically. ABS Wavesight's class society backing gives the platform a natural strength in compliance and audit-ready documentation.

Our Viewpoint: A strong fit for larger fleets that want maintenance, crewing, HSQE, and drydock coverage in one connected marine ERP with class society backing.

SpecTec AMOS

SpecTec AMOS is one of the longest-established maritime asset management platforms, built around maintenance, procurement, and inventory control for shipowners, operators, managers, and yards. Owned by SpecTec, part of Volaris Group, AMOS has an installed base of several thousand vessels worldwide and a reputation for CMMS depth built up over four decades. The platform primarily serves technical managers and superintendents who need detailed maintenance planning and procure-to-pay control tightly integrated with equipment records. Its 2025 AMOS-X relaunch consolidated maintenance, inventory, and procurement into a single architecture with tiered editions, letting a growing fleet move up without a full migration. AMOS is generally regarded as lighter on integrated finance and analytics than some full marine ERP competitors.

Our Viewpoint: A dependable choice for technical managers who want deep, purpose-built maintenance and procurement control backed by a long track record in the sector.

SERTICA

SERTICA is a maritime fleet management platform covering maintenance, procurement, HSQE, crewing, and vessel performance, built by Logimatic and used onboard several thousand ships worldwide. Its modular structure lets operators combine maintenance planning, spare parts and inventory, safety and quality management, and crew administration within one digital ecosystem shared between vessel and office. The platform primarily serves mid-size and large shipping companies, including tanker and ferry operators, that want a single system spanning technical and compliance functions. SERTICA's development includes digital twin capability for vessel asset management, giving technical teams a virtual model of equipment condition alongside maintenance records. The vendor pairs its software with in-house consultancy and implementation support drawn from maritime specialists.

Our Viewpoint: Worth considering for fleets that want maintenance, HSQE, and crewing combined in one platform, backed by hands-on maritime implementation support.

Helm CONNECT

Helm CONNECT is a fleet management platform built for the workboat, tug, ferry, and offshore support sectors, covering maintenance, compliance, logistics, personnel, and analytics in one modular system. Built by Helm Operations, it is widely used across commercial marine operators who need broader operational coverage than a pure maintenance CMMS, including scheduling, dispatch, and crew qualification tracking. The platform particularly suits mid-market fleets and workboat operators in North America and beyond, rather than the largest deep-sea commercial shipping operators. Helm CONNECT Logbook has received official recognition from the US Coast Guard for digital logbook compliance, reflecting the platform's regulatory focus in that market. Its modular pricing lets operators start with core maintenance and compliance modules and add logistics and analytics as needed.

Our Viewpoint: A strong fit for workboat, tug, and offshore support operators that want maintenance, compliance, and crew scheduling covered in one accessible platform.

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Voyage Optimisation and Vessel Performance Software

ZeroNorth

ZeroNorth is a maritime technology platform focused on decarbonising shipping through data-driven voyage, vessel, and fuel optimisation, combining weather forecasts, vessel-specific fuel models, and charter party constraints to recommend routing and speed decisions. Its Voyage Optimisation module continuously recalculates routes as conditions change, while a separate Vessel Optimisation module tracks hull fouling risk and machinery efficiency to flag maintenance opportunities. The platform primarily serves shipowners, operators, and charterers who need to balance fuel cost, emissions reporting, and commercial performance across a fleet. ZeroNorth has moved into agentic AI with its Propel product, which automates repetitive voyage optimisation tasks such as generating plans and coordinating route updates rather than only recommending them. It integrates with existing fleet management and performance monitoring systems rather than replacing them.

Our Viewpoint: A strong option for operators who want voyage and vessel optimisation with a growing agentic AI layer, built specifically around fuel cost and emissions compliance.

StormGeo

StormGeo is a global weather intelligence and voyage optimisation provider, combining meteorological forecasting with route planning to help operators choose the safest and most efficient voyage plan against objectives such as ETA, fuel consumption, or emissions. Its service model blends software with a team of routing experts available around the clock to support ship-to-shore communication during voyage execution. The platform primarily serves shipowners and operators across tankers, bulkers, and container ships who want weather routing built on decades of meteorological expertise rather than a purely algorithmic approach. StormGeo's fleet monitoring tools give shore teams real-time visibility of vessel position, performance, and compliance data alongside the voyage optimisation service. Its speed optimisation tools help operators evaluate alternative voyage speeds against commercial return.

Our Viewpoint: Worth prioritising for operators who want voyage optimisation backed by expert routing support rather than a purely self-service software tool.

Nautilus Labs

Nautilus Labs is a machine learning platform focused on optimising vessel performance, combining voyage optimisation with carbon intensity intelligence to help operators reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Its platform blends commercial considerations, such as time charter equivalents for specific port rotations, with technical routing factors including individual hull geometry and propeller configuration. Nautilus primarily serves fleet operators managing commercial vessels who want highly specific, vessel-level operating recommendations delivered to both crew and shore-based teams. Its CII Intelligence Package works alongside the core voyage optimisation product to help customers manage regulatory carbon intensity ratings proactively rather than reactively. The platform draws on high-frequency vessel data to refine its recommendations over time.

Our Viewpoint: A good fit for operators who want machine learning-driven voyage recommendations that account for both commercial constraints and vessel-specific technical factors.

DeepSea

DeepSea is a vessel performance and emissions optimisation platform that monitors operational data and shares performance insights with owners, operators, and charterers. Its models analyse vessel-specific performance trends to identify fuel-saving opportunities and support compliance with carbon intensity regulation, giving technical and commercial teams a shared view of vessel efficiency. The platform primarily serves shipping companies looking for an AI-driven alternative to more established weather routing providers, with a focus on data transparency between the parties involved in a charter. DeepSea's approach centres on making performance data usable by both owners and charterers, reducing the disputes that can arise from inconsistent performance reporting. It sits within a closely watched group of AI-native vessel performance vendors alongside ZeroNorth and Nautilus Labs.

Our Viewpoint: Worth evaluating for owners and charterers who want transparent, shared vessel performance data as part of their emissions and efficiency strategy.

How to Select Maritime Software

Be clear about which discipline you are buying for before comparing vendors. Technical management, commercial voyage management, and voyage optimisation are genuinely different categories with different buyers and workflows, and most fleets end up running one platform from each rather than a single system covering everything. A shortlist that mixes these categories together rarely compares like with like, so scope the requirement to one discipline first.

Confirm how the platform performs in low-connectivity environments at sea. Maritime software has to work onboard with intermittent satellite connectivity, syncing with shore systems when a connection is available, and a platform that assumes constant connectivity will create real problems for crew trying to log maintenance or safety data mid-voyage. Ask vendors directly how offline working and synchronisation are handled across every module you intend to use, not just the headline maintenance function.

Check how the platform supports class compliance and carbon intensity regulation. A class-approved technical management system should structure tasks around class survey intervals and produce documentation in the format surveyors expect, while voyage optimisation tools should show their working on CII and EU ETS exposure rather than presenting a single black-box recommendation. This matters more each year as carbon intensity rating becomes a genuine commercial and reputational factor, not just a compliance exercise.

Weigh crew adoption as heavily as head-office functionality. A system that shore-based superintendents love but crew find cumbersome onboard will not deliver the data quality the platform depends on. Ask for references from operators of a similar fleet type and size, and where possible, get feedback from crew who have actually used the system day to day rather than relying solely on a shore-side demo.

Once you have a shortlist, our Technology Selection Services can help you run a structured Rapid RFI, Rapid RFP, or 30-Day Selection process to compare vendors on a like-for-like basis. For a deeper reference on selection methodology, see our Enterprise Software Selection Playbook 2026.

Summary

Maritime software in 2026 spans three genuinely distinct disciplines - technical and fleet management, commercial voyage management, and voyage optimisation and vessel performance - and most operators buy into each separately rather than expecting one platform to cover everything. The established technical management vendors, several with roots going back decades, remain the backbone of most fleets' compliance and maintenance operations, while a newer generation of AI-driven voyage optimisation platforms has moved from a nice-to-have into a genuine cost and compliance lever as fuel prices and carbon intensity regulation have tightened.

For larger commercial operators, the priority is usually integrating technical management, voyage economics, and optimisation tools around existing workflows so shore and vessel teams are working from consistent data. For workboat, offshore, and mid-market fleets, a more consolidated platform covering maintenance, compliance, and crew scheduling in one system is often the more practical route.

Whichever category you are buying in, treat offline and low-connectivity performance as a non-negotiable technical requirement, and be clear about how any AI-driven optimisation recommendations are grounded before you rely on them for fuel and emissions decisions.

Maritime Buyer Help - Next Action

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