AI operations for shipping and multimodal logistics

Client-owned AI operating systems for transport.

OceanFlow begins with shipping and extends across the connected logistics chain—building supervised AI agents around commercial, operational, contractual, and financial workflows.

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The operating reality

Transport does not suffer from a lack of software. It suffers from fragmented work.

Critical decisions are spread across inboxes, spreadsheets, PDFs, portals, messaging apps, and the experience of individual operators—from vessel and terminal to truck, rail, and air. Generic automation misses the judgment, exceptions, and accountability that make the chain work.

Across the connected chain

Shipping depth. Multimodal reach.

Each mode has different documents, contracts, systems, and exceptions. OceanFlow learns those operating realities instead of forcing every business into one workflow.

01

Ocean & maritime

Shipowners, managers, operators, charterers, dry bulk, breakbulk, and bunkering

  • Charter-party obligations
  • Voyage instructions
  • Laytime & demurrage
  • Bunker procurement
02

Freight forwarding

Ocean, air, multimodal, project-cargo, and specialist forwarders

  • RFQ & rate sourcing
  • Booking coordination
  • Document readiness
  • Customer updates
03

Road & rail

Trucking, drayage, intermodal, rail operators, and transport coordinators

  • Dispatch & appointments
  • Tracking & POD
  • Capacity exceptions
  • Carrier settlement
04

Ports & terminals

Port operators, terminals, agents, depots, and cargo-handling businesses

  • Vessel-call readiness
  • Cargo & gate status
  • Berth coordination
  • Exception reporting
05

Air cargo

Air-freight teams, cargo handlers, GSAs, and multimodal operators

  • Quote & booking
  • Air waybill checks
  • Screening readiness
  • Irregularity handling

Our approach

We begin with the operation, not the model.

Explore our approach
01

Observe

the real workflow

02

Model

decisions, data, and exceptions

03

Build

the client-owned foundation

04

Deploy

supervised agentic loops

05

Improve

with evidence and feedback

From workflow to operating loop

Agents that work within defined boundaries.

Every loop combines a goal, business context, approved tools, verification, and human authority—then records what happened.

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Fragmented operational context
OceanFlow operating layer
Client context · permissions · evidence
01Extract
02Verify
03Review
04Act
05Learn

Human control

Consequential work stays accountable.

OceanFlow systems can prepare, verify, and recommend. Your team keeps authority over uncertain, sensitive, or high-impact actions.

  • Source-linked evidence
  • Explicit approval thresholds
  • Structured corrections
  • Auditable action history
Transport enquiry / OF-2048 Human review

Proposed action

Request missing lift-plan details

Draft a clarification before advancing the multimodal enquiry to sourcing and planning.

Source evidence

RFQ_0714.pdfPage 3 · Cargo details

Missing data

Centre of gravityRequired by client SOP 4.2
Evidence coverage
82%

What we connect

One operating layer across modes and functions.

Explore solutions
01

Commercial & contracts

Turn fragmented enquiries, rates, contracts, and margin decisions into controlled commercial workflows.

  • RFQ and tender intake
  • Rate sourcing
  • Contract review
  • Obligation tracking
02

Transport operations

Keep bookings, movements, documents, milestones, and exceptions connected across modes and handoffs.

  • Booking and dispatch
  • Document readiness
  • Milestone monitoring
  • Exception escalation
03

Finance

Connect operational facts to cost, invoice, accrual, and collection workflows.

  • Invoice extraction
  • Cost matching
  • Margin leakage
  • Dispute preparation
04

Management

Surface the operating signals leaders need without another reporting burden.

  • Daily operating brief
  • Shipment risk
  • Client profitability
  • Office performance

Ownership by design

Your operation.
Your data.
Your system.

OceanFlow deploys into an environment controlled by the client. Every consequential action can be governed by permissions, evidence, approval rules, and an audit trail.

InfrastructureOperational dataWorkflow rulesClient-specific IP
Understand ownership

How we engage

From operating blueprint to managed improvement.

01

Blueprint

Map the operation before writing software—workflows, systems, approvals, risk, and the highest-value place to begin.

02

Build

Deploy the client-owned foundation and the first supervised production loops into your environment.

03

Managed operations

Monitor exceptions, evaluate performance, improve rules and tools, and expand into additional workflows.

Illustrative workflow

From an incomplete transport enquiry to a review-ready next step.

An anonymized multimodal example of how a loop could operate. Not a customer claim.

  1. 01
    Ingest

    Read the email, attachments, route, cargo, and mode requirements.

  2. 02
    Verify

    Check required details, contract terms, and contradictions against the SOP.

  3. 03
    Review

    Present missing facts, source evidence, and a drafted clarification.

  4. 04
    Advance

    Move the approved enquiry into sourcing and planning with a complete record.

A practical first step

Start with one workflow that matters.

Bring us a workflow that is slow, fragmented, or dependent on too much manual coordination. We’ll help you see what a controlled agentic loop could look like.

Discuss a workflow