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Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for the marine bunker segment. The company will be merged into weather intelligence software and decision support services frim StormGeo, now part of Alfa Laval.<\/p>\n
Headquartered in Denmark, BunkerMetric helps ship operators and bunker procurement departments find the best bunker procurement plan and improve voyage margins. Using sophisticated algorithms, the company\u2019s procurement optimization tool uncovers bunkering strategies and market insights that let shipping companies improve their bottom line.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acquisition of BunkerMetric will further strengthen the StormGeo suite of software products and services,\u201d said Soeren Andersen, CEO of StormGeo. \u201cBunkerMetric\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to become part of StormGeo and the Alfa Laval family,\u201d said Christian Plum, CEO of BunkerMetric, who helped found the innovative start-up in 2018. \u201cCombining BunkerMetric\u2019s state-of-the-art optimization algorithms and data platforms with StormGeo\u2019s cutting-edge data science will mean valuable synergies for existing and future customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christian Plum, CEO of BunkerMetric (Photo: BunkerMetric)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n BunkerMetric\u2019s procurement optimization tool will become a subscription service within StormGeo\u2019s existing s-Suite. It will support well-considered decisions when purchasing bunkers, such as the selection of ports, volumes, and fuel grades for bunkering. Global shipping companies can use it to minimize costs while taking relevant operational, commercial, and environmental factors into account.<\/p>\n \u201cBy leveraging BunkerMetric\u2019s deep expertise and proven optimization tool, StormGeo customers will be able to streamline their operations,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cAs well as reducing their bunker procurement costs, they will gain significant fuel savings through optimized real-time decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n Plum added, \u201cLike StormGeo, BunkerMetric is committed to digitalization and decarbonization. We look forward to joining forces in a way that shrinks both customer expenses and carbon footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for the marine bunker segment. The company will be merged into weather intelligence software and decision support services frim StormGeo, now part of Alfa Laval. Headquartered in Denmark, BunkerMetric helps ship operators and bunker procurement departments …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/31011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}