Within a couple of months of its acquisition of climate intelligence specialist StormGeo, Alfa Laval has signed an settlement to accumulate BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software program firm that develops superior choice help instruments for the marine bunker section. The firm might be merged into StormGeo, enhancing its route advisory and voyage optimization providers for the delivery trade.
Headquartered in Denmark, BunkerMetric helps ship operators and bunker procurement departments discover the very best bunker procurement plan and enhance voyage margins. Using subtle algorithms, the corporate’s procurement optimization device uncovers bunkering methods and market insights that allow delivery corporations enhance their backside line.
“The acquisition of BunkerMetric will further strengthen the StormGeo suite of software products and services,” says Soeren Andersen, CEO of StormGeo. “BunkerMetric’s advanced procurement optimization tool is a welcomed addition to our route advisory services, giving shipping customers timely data for choosing the best bunkering options. It will help optimize scheduling, fuel and voyage performance.”
“We are excited to become part of StormGeo and the Alfa Laval family,” says Christian Plum, CEO of BunkerMetric, who helped discovered the revolutionary start-up in 2018. “Combining BunkerMetric’s state-of-the-art optimization algorithms and data platforms with StormGeo’s cutting-edge data science will mean valuable synergies for existing and future customers.”
BunkerMetric’s procurement optimization device will turn out to be a subscription service inside StormGeo’s current s-Suite. It will help well-considered choices when buying bunkers, such because the choice of ports, volumes, and gas grades for bunkering. Global delivery corporations can use it to attenuate prices whereas taking related operational, industrial, and environmental elements under consideration.
“By leveraging BunkerMetric’s deep expertise and proven optimization tool, StormGeo customers will be able to streamline their operations,” says Andersen. “As well as reducing their bunker procurement costs, they will gain significant fuel savings through optimized real-time decision-making.”
“Like StormGeo, BunkerMetric is committed to digitalization and decarbonization,” says Plum. We look ahead to becoming a member of forces in a manner that shrinks each buyer bills and carbon footprint.”