MARITIME ROUTE INTELLIGENCE
Velum builds data-driven routing systems for tankers and commercial vessels — turning ocean currents, weather, and vessel performance data into faster, safer, more fuel-efficient passages.
PLATFORM
Stitches three real NOAA ocean current models (AMSEAS, USEAST, GoMOFS) by priority into one continuous field, so a route from the Gulf to Maine has real data the whole way — not extrapolation past a model's edge.
Routes obey traffic separation schemes, particularly sensitive sea areas, and safety fairways verified section-by-section against 33 CFR Parts 166 and 167 — not inferred from summaries.
Runs a time-dependent search over a current-aware mesh to find the fastest track, then compares it honestly against the shortest safe rhumb line — so you see the real benefit in hours, not just nautical miles.
Plots the result as an annotated navigational chart: colorized current streamlines, TSS and fairway overlays, numbered waypoints, and a route summary — console output plus a saved chart image.
APPROACH
Most routing tools are built by software teams that have never stood a watch. Velum starts from operational reality — voyage planning, current behavior, and the judgment calls that happen on deck — and layers data science and AI-assisted analysis on top of that experience, using AI to accelerate research, verification, and modeling while every routing decision still has to hold up against real charts, real regulations, and real seamanship.
Route models grounded in real oceanographic data, not generic APIs.
Designed around how deck officers actually plan and adjust a voyage.
AI-assisted analysis used to move faster and verify sources — never a substitute for operational judgment.
Focused on tankers and commercial vessels first — depth over breadth.
ABOUT
Velum was founded by a licensed deck officer working aboard oil tankers, who built the routing engine from the ground up — starting with live NOAA current models, real navigational chart data, and the federal regulations that govern where a tanker can and can't go. The goal is simple: give mariners a routing tool that reflects the way voyages actually work at sea, not a generic shortest-path approximation.
CONTACT
Whether you're evaluating routing tools for a fleet or just want to see the platform, reach out below.
contact@velumtech.com