Ocean Insights

Ocean Insights was a specialized provider of ocean freight intelligence, established in Rostock, Germany, in 2012. The company was founded by Konstantin Borek, who also served as its CEO. Other key figures included CEO and CTO Felix Richter, CCO Robin Jaacks, and COO Josh Brazil. The firm carved a niche in the logistics market by delivering data-driven visibility into the movement of containerized ocean shipments.

The core of Ocean Insights' business was a software platform that aggregated and analyzed data to monitor container movements with high precision. It did this by combining carrier data, live vessel tracking, and sailing schedules into a single, data-rich interface. A key differentiator for the company was its use of native integrations with shipping lines to source data directly, rather than relying on third-party aggregators, which provided clients with more granular and reliable visibility. The platform was capable of tracking 350,000 containers daily across the majority of shipping lines, 700 seaports, and over 5,000 vessels, while also processing more than five million sailing schedule changes per day. This enabled clients to receive real-time track and trace functionalities and advanced analytics on unforeseen events and shipping trends.

The company catered to large shippers and logistics service providers across various industries, including automotive, manufacturing, food and beverage, and freight forwarding. Notable clients included Sysco International Food Group, Pernod Ricard, FourKites, DB Schenker, and Kuehne + Nagel. The business model was centered on providing access to its data and analytics platform, presumably through a subscription or licensing fee structure, allowing clients to integrate the data into their own transport management systems via an API. In March 2021, Ocean Insights was acquired by project44, a US-based supply chain visibility platform. The acquisition was a strategic move for project44 to expand its ocean visibility capabilities and create a comprehensive, multi-modal, end-to-end visibility solution.

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