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Star Bulk and Eagle Bulk enhance voyage optimization capabilities with Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder platform

Leading dry bulk carriers Star Bulk (NASDAQ: SBLK) and Eagle Bulk (NYSE: EGLE) will use Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder voyage optimization platform to reduce emissions and increase efficiency across their fleets.

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Quileute Tribe deploys first buoy of Backyard Buoys program

The Quileute Tribe deploys the first buoy of the Backyard Buoys program in La Push, Washington.

Events & Webinars

Sofar Ocean at Nor-Shipping 2023

Sofar Ocean attends Nor-Shipping 2023, a leading maritime shipping conference held in Oslo, Norway.

Events & Webinars

Webinar: Venture into the Harsh, Data-Sparse Arctic with The National Ice Center

USNIC Operations Officer CWO2 Mike Latin joins Sofar Ocean’s Government Lead Tosca Lichtenheld for a conversation about the mission of the USNIC, how it uses wave data, CWO2 Latin’s journey in the Arctic, and the data collected by the Spotter buoys that he deployed during his trip.

Product Updates

How GPS Sleep increases Spotter’s battery life and deployment duration at high latitudes

Spotter’s GPS Sleep feature turns off its GPS sensor during sampling dwell periods, increasing battery life by at least 25% and extending its deployment duration at high latitudes.

Ocean Science

How accounting for instability in the lower atmosphere improves forecasts of extreme waves

Sofar’s global ocean weather forecasts now account for local air density variability and wind gustiness. Incorporating these variables increases forecast accuracy of moderate to extreme waves during strong winds.

Ocean Science

An Ocean Scientist Explains... Vessel Performance Models (VPM)

Sofar Ocean Data Scientist Galen Egan, PhD provides an in-depth explanation of Vessel Performance Models (VPM) and breaks down the key components of our Wayfinder voyage optimization platform's AdaptiveVPM™.

Product Education

White paper: The key components of an effective voyage optimization platform

The time to implement a leading edge voyage optimization platform is now. Before you invest in a solution, make sure to understand the key differentiators that make a platform exceptional.

Product Education

Wayfinder Voyage Optimization Demo

To demonstrate how Wayfinder's proactive and continuous guidance is superior to one-off, reactive guidance, we built an in-depth routing demo using real voyage data.

Ocean Science

An Ocean Scientist Explains... the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

Sofar Ocean CEO Tim Janssen, PhD provides an in-depth explanation of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), a major maritime shipping decarbonization regulation.

Success Stories

Customer Stories

Quileute Tribe deploys first buoy of Backyard Buoys program

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Customer Stories

How The Ocean Cleanup Uses Sofar’s Metocean Data to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Customer Stories

Backyard Buoys Awarded $4.98M Cooperative Agreement With National Science Foundation to Improve Ocean Data Access For Indigenous Communities

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Product Updates

Product Education

Ocean Trends

Star Bulk and Eagle Bulk enhance voyage optimization capabilities with Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder platform

Quileute Tribe deploys first buoy of Backyard Buoys program

Sofar Ocean at Nor-Shipping 2023

Webinar: Venture into the Harsh, Data-Sparse Arctic with The National Ice Center

How GPS Sleep increases Spotter’s battery life and deployment duration at high latitudes

How accounting for instability in the lower atmosphere improves forecasts of extreme waves

An Ocean Scientist Explains... Vessel Performance Models (VPM)

White paper: The key components of an effective voyage optimization platform

Wayfinder Voyage Optimization Demo

An Ocean Scientist Explains... the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

Quileute Tribe deploys first buoy of Backyard Buoys program

How The Ocean Cleanup Uses Sofar’s Metocean Data to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Backyard Buoys Awarded $4.98M Cooperative Agreement With National Science Foundation to Improve Ocean Data Access For Indigenous Communities

How GPS Sleep increases Spotter’s battery life and deployment duration at high latitudes

Send More Ocean Data for Less Using High Data Rate (HDR) Mode

What's New in Spotter 3?

White paper: The key components of an effective voyage optimization platform

Wayfinder Voyage Optimization Demo

Data Access: Dashboard, API & SD Card

How to Reduce a Vessel's Carbon Intensity

Decarbonizing the Shipping Industry: the Role of the IMO

Everything You Need To Know About The Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)