Orca AI, maritime technology provider, celebrates a milestone as Seaspan Corporation, a global containership company, integrates its SeaPod digital watch-keeper across its entire fleet, to support significant safety improvements and operational cost savings.
As part of its digitalization strategy, Seaspan began using Orca AI’s SeaPod digital watch-keeper on select vessels to enhance situational awareness for navigation. An analysis of Seaspan’s fleet performance from 2023 to 2024 revealed positive results: a 35 percent increase in the minimum average distance between vessels in open waters and a 37 percent decrease in close encounters.
By using Orca AI, Seaspan crew managed to minimize extreme maneuvers and unnecessary course changes during navigation. As a result, Seaspan has been able to achieve annual fuel savings of US$100,000 per vessel, preventing the release of 500 metric tons of CO2 per ship.
Orca AI leverages advanced computer vision technology to integrate data from Radar, AIS, and GPS, providing continuous monitoring of the maritime environment. Its SeaPod platform alerts watch-keepers to high-risk targets in real-time — day or night, in any weather — enabling early course adjustments and significantly reducing close-encounter incidents.
Additionally, Seaspan benefits from Orca AI’s FleetView dashboard, which transforms its vessels into connected, floating offices. FleetView delivers real-time performance insights, allowing shore-based teams to analyze trends, ensure regulatory compliance, and implement best practices fleet-wide.
Photo credit: Orca AI. Orca AI’s SeaPod lookout unit.
