AI is ending shipping’s copy-and-paste era

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AI technology is transforming maritime shipping by automating data processes that were previously manual and disconnected. This evolution shifts competitive advantage to platforms facilitating decision-making over traditional data repositories in the shipping industry.

Maritime software has forced commercial teams to act like clerks, moving data between disconnected systems. AI is starting to change that, writes Will Robinson, the founder of HelmOS, shifting the battle from who has the best database to who controls the surface where decisions are made. No broker or commercial manager thinks in terms of …