We are happy to announce that we have signed up with a promising Norwegian (Oslo) based tech start up; Oceanbolt. Oceanbolt is an online market intelligence platform for the dry bulk industry. It provides real-time insights into trade flows, tonnage flow, fleet speed, dry docking and congestion. The insights available in the platform are based on analyzing AIS data in real-time, and utilizing geospatial analytics algorithms in combination with a comprehensive polygon database. “Western Bulk sees great potential in the context that such a system provides, and going forward aims to blend this real-time & historical data with our other data sources and proprietary systems to allow for greater market insight and knowledge for our Chartering, Operations, and Analytics teams.

Oceanbolt’s primary focus on minor dry bulk, cloud based systems with open APIs and combined with a shared desire to extract the full value of data in the shipping industry, made this a natural partner selection for us. We look forward to working closely with them going forward.” Oceanbolt had the following to say about our partnership: “We are very excited to announce that Western Bulk, a leading global dry bulk operator, has joined the Oceanbolt Data Platform to leverage our real-time insights into the dry bulk market. Western Bulk joins our platform as a data partner and will provide valuable domain expertise and data which will allow us to train and further improve the accuracy of our historical and predictive algorithms. With Western Bulk’s focus on business intelligence, cloud infrastructure and open APIs, we are proud to become partners with a front-runner in data-driven shipping operations. Western Bulk will leverage Oceanbolt’s Data API and web-based Analytics Dashboard to further strengthen the analytical efforts of their in-house data scientists and analysts and to aid the commercial and operational understanding of the chartering and operations teams. The partnership commenced on 01 May 2020 and marks a milestone for Oceanbolt in our quest for participating to create a digital and data-driven shipping industry.”