Sofar announced that global shipping leader Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has deployed Sofar’s Wayfinder dynamic voyage optimization platform across its fleet to reduce emissions significantly. In a trial with 40 of its vessels, MOL Group found that Wayfinder reduces fuel consumption and emissions by an average of 6% per voyage.

Wayfinder provides dynamic route and RPM guidance that accounts for variations in weather, market, and vessel performance. Wayfinder leverages the most accurate marine weather forecasts—powered by Sofar’s global network of ocean sensors—and data-driven vessel performance models that are continuously calibrated using the best available weather and vessel information.

Sofar’s Wayfinder platform. The Dashboard shows a vessel’s current route (black line), the suggested route optimized by Wayfinder (pink line), and real-time weather and voyage information.

MOL Group will also use Wayfinder to accelerate its longer term decarbonization strategy, including its push to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Wayfinder streamlines compliance with evolving environmental regulations, and helps measure and optimize the impact of new decarbonization technologies such as wind propulsion on fleet performance.

A Sofar Spotter buoy floating in the ocean.