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ZeroNorth
Voyage optimisation, bunker procurement and emissions reporting for shipping, priced per vessel per module
As of 1 September 2026, ZeroNorth's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. ZeroNorth is a Copenhagen platform for voyage and bunker decisions that reported a net loss of around $65m in 2024. Softwr lists it under Maritime. ZeroNorth is available on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
Overview
What ZeroNorth does
ZeroNorth builds software for commercial shipping decisions: voyage optimisation that trades speed against fuel and charter economics, bunker procurement and price intelligence, vessel selection, emissions monitoring and regulatory reporting for EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime and IMO carbon intensity requirements. It tracks a large population of vessels and sells to owners, operators, charterers and cargo owners, with Maersk Tankers among its long-standing customers and its origins in that group. The distinguishing product argument is that ZeroNorth ties the technical and commercial sides of a voyage together. Most vessel performance tools optimise fuel; most chartering tools optimise the fixture; ZeroNorth attempts to price the trade-off between them, so that slowing a vessel is evaluated against the freight market rather than against fuel alone. Its bunker pricing and procurement modules extend that into the largest controllable cost line a ship operator has. The fact that should change a shortlist is financial. ZeroNorth's reported net loss deepened by around 57 per cent to roughly $65m in the 2024 financial year, it liquidated a Norwegian subsidiary and consolidated into regional hubs during 2025, and it raised a further $20m in February 2025 explicitly to fund acquisitions. That is a company growing through consolidation while burning substantial cash. For a shipowner committing a fleet to per-vessel, per-module subscriptions over three years, that is a due diligence question to put in writing, not a reason to walk away, but it belongs in the evaluation alongside the demo.
What people use it for
- A tanker operator wanting speed decisions that account for the freight market rather than optimising fuel in isolation
- A bunker buyer testing supplier quotes against independent fair value pricing before fixing a stem
- An owner needing EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime reporting derived from the same voyage data that drives operational decisions
- A charterer evaluating which vessel to take on a cargo based on projected voyage economics rather than on nominal specifications
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about ZeroNorth.
- ZeroNorth reported a net loss of roughly $65m for the 2024 financial year, deepening by around 57 per cent, so a multi-year fleet commitment should include contractual protection on continuity and pricing.
- The company consolidated operations during 2025, liquidating a Norwegian subsidiary, which is prudent cost control but means local presence and account continuity may not be what was originally sold.
- Pricing is per vessel and per module, so the headline vessel figure understates the cost of an owner who wants voyage, bunker and emissions capability across a fleet.
- Recommendation quality depends on the quality of noon reports and vessel data supplied, and an owner with poor reporting discipline will get poor optimisation regardless of the algorithms.
- It sits between technical performance tools and chartering systems and fully replaces neither, so most owners run it alongside an existing voyage management system and pay for overlapping capability.
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What people choose instead of ZeroNorth
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- ZeroNorthvsVeson Nautical
Veson Nautical: For chartering, voyage accounting and commercial management, which ZeroNorth does not replace.
- ZeroNorthvsKpler
Kpler: If the requirement is market and cargo flow intelligence rather than operating your own vessels more efficiently.
Pricing
What ZeroNorth costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
ZeroNorth platform
On request
- Subscription per vessel and per module
- Voyage optimisation, bunker and emissions modules priced separately
- Multi-year agreements typical
- Onboarding and data integration quoted as services
- No published price list
Capabilities
Features
Voyage optimisation
Speed and routing recommendations evaluated against freight economics rather than fuel alone
Bunker procurement
Tender management and execution for bunker purchasing across ports and suppliers
Bunker price intelligence
Fair value pricing to test supplier quotes against market data at the point of purchase
Emissions compliance
EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime and CII monitoring and reporting from the same voyage data
Vessel selection
Matches vessels to cargoes on projected voyage economics
Agentic voyage automation
Propel, launched in 2026, automates routine voyage management decisions
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How is ZeroNorth priced?
Per vessel and per module on subscription, typically multi-year and quoted. Nothing is published.
Is ZeroNorth financially stable?
It is well funded, raising $20m in February 2025, but reported a net loss of roughly $65m for 2024. Treat continuity terms as a contractual issue.
Does it replace my voyage management system?
No. It complements commercial voyage management platforms; most owners run both and accept some overlap.
Does it need onboard hardware?
No. It works from noon reports, AIS and existing vessel data feeds rather than requiring its own collection box.
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