Weather Data from Meteomatics Improve Route Efficiency

Meteomatics supports customers worldwide with uniquely high-resolution weather forecasts. These are becoming increasingly important in transport logistics. In particular, shipping companies and road transport companies can optimize their routes, save costs, and avoid damage with accurate and reliable weather data. Recently, Meteomatics has entered into a collaboration with ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). This particularly impacts sea freight.

(St. Gallen/Spring) In the future, ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) will improve planning efficiency, enhance safety for cargo and crew, and achieve significant cost and CO₂ savings – based on the collaboration with Meteomatics.

ABS is adding high-resolution, historical, and future weather data on demand to its risk management platform ABS My Digital Fleet™ in collaboration with Meteomatics. The addition of weather data to the ABS My Digital Fleet Alliance Program allows users to gain valuable insights into daily operations, enabling, for example, optimization of fuel consumption, reduction of berth costs, and minimization of CO₂ emissions. Furthermore, the structural impacts of weather influences during a ship’s journey are also highlighted, leading to an overall better understanding and a reduction in risk for cargo and crew throughout the entire voyage.

ABS My Digital Fleet is a customizable risk management platform that seamlessly integrates data to provide real-time insights for promoting sustainable operations and reducing operational risks. The ABS My Digital Fleet Alliance Program fosters an ecosystem of industry-proven information and technology providers, enabling integrated insights for customers on a unified platform.

Higher Reliability with Current Weather Data

“When it comes to voyage performance and compliance with charter contracts, current weather data plays a crucial role. We are now able to display the most up-to-date weather data on the map and provide forecasts for voyages on demand. This allows operations to respond by adjusting schedules and routes, resulting in more efficient fuel consumption, optimized order speed, higher reliability of arrival times, and improved navigational safety,” said Smarty Mathew John, ABS Vice President for Digital Solutions.

Meteomatics is the perfect complement for ABS due to its powerful hyper-local weather data with highly accurate forecasts, which, combined with the machine learning capabilities of ABS My Digital Fleet, will be a key factor for the shipping industry on its path to digitalization and reduced CO₂ emissions.

Integrating Weather Data into Existing Systems

This case is an impressive example of what is possible with high-quality weather data in the field of digital planning and artificial intelligence. The data can be integrated immediately and easily into existing systems, allowing AI or machine learning to be trained directly and efficiently. This quickly leads to noticeable improvements and efficiency gains in various areas. The case also highlights how relevant real-time weather data is during a journey to arrive at the destination as efficiently and safely as possible.

ABS is committed as one of the world’s leading classification organizations to setting standards for safety and excellence. In a constantly evolving industry, ABS works with its partners on the most pressing technical, operational, and regulatory challenges to ensure that the shipping and offshore industries can operate safely, securely, and responsibly.

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