Sofar Ocean unveiled Wayfinder Explore, a suite of tools for fleets that manage voyage optimization themselves. Masters and shore teams get access to the same weather and vessel data that powers routes
Sofar Ocean unveiled Wayfinder Explore, a suite of tools for fleets that manage voyage optimization themselves. Masters and shore teams get access to the same weather and vessel data that powers routes generated by Sofar’s own routing experts. Initial fleet trials are scheduled to begin in Q4.
Voyage routing may be handled by specialist providers or in-house teams. Wayfinder Explore gives operators that keep routing decisions in-house the tools to optimize, edit, and compare voyages themselves.
When a voyage plan changes, fleets need to know what each option costs in fuel and time before they commit. Explore gives these teams that information by putting Wayfinder's optimization and simulation tools in their hands. Captains and routers can optimize a route in one click, edit any waypoint or engine input like RPM or power, compare options side by side, share them between ship and shore, and review every decision after the fact. Fuel, time, and cost update with every change.
Wayfinder Explore runs on Wayfinder Core, the same foundation behind every route Sofar's own routing team delivers.
Explore's routes are built on Sofar's wave forecasts. Those forecasts draw on direct measurements from Sofar's global Spotter network, which Sofar owns and operates. It
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