New Spire and AXSMarine partnership

(Posted on 18/04/19)

Spire Maritime, a leading Satellite AIS data analytics company, and AXSMarine have announced a strategic partnership to create a new level of accuracy in maritime intelligence for chartering and commodity markets. For the past 18 years AXSMarine solutions has provided state-of-the-art technology to monitor chartering activity in Drybulk, Container, and Tanker markets. With the addition of Spire’s AIS data, AXSMarine will now offer deeper support to chartering solutions and Trade Flows module for micro and macro analysis of both ships and commodity movements.

“We are delighted to further enrich our comprehensive package of AIS derived Maritime Intelligence, with the addition of the satellite AIS data feed by Spire,” says Jacques Goudchaux, CEO at AXSMarine. “Their fast-growing and promising constellation of nanosatellites will add value to the over 10,000 individual users, relying our analytical and chartering solutions on a daily basis to support a fair number of strategic decisions.”

“We are extremely excited to add AXSMarine to the growing family of companies using our maritime data to increase their service offering and reach,” said John Lusk, General Manager, Spire Maritime.

Spire Maritime and AXSMarine deliver real-time data and insights that raise the bar in the maritime world. In addition to the predictive data available today, users can expect features that detect vessel ownership and provide historical data on vessel usage or cargo patterns. Spire Maritime is a newly created division of space data analytics firm, Spire Global. The company behind developing the world's largest Earth observation constellation of satellites for advanced weather data, maritime analytics, and aircraft tracking.

Launched in late 2018 as a division of Spire Global, Spire Maritime is on a mission to become the global leader in capturing, mining, refining, and analyzing AIS-related data and information.

Founded in 2000, AXSMarine is a global provider of online software solutions to the international shipping industry and is trusted by more than 10,000 users worldwide. Its software solutions deliver remarkable efficiency to commercial chartering processes in Dry, Tanker, and Containership chartering. These products provide a suite of modules, which allow shipping executives to fully analyze their commercial and operational activities. All web-based, services are accessible from any computer, anywhere; without additional downloads or installation. AXSMarine online tools are secure, fast and easy to use. With AXSMarine, professionals work faster, manage more efficiently and plan better. The company is headquartered in Paris, France and operates offices in London, Singapore, Sofia and Stamford, CT.

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