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Digitalization

OpenTug CEO Jason Aristides

Case Studies in Ef? ciency “With recent investment

One Gulf Coast carrier previously spent hours pricing from maritime-focused voyages for customers, factoring in unpredictable river backers, OpenTug is conditions, water levels, and lock delays. OpenTug’s auto- doubling down on AI-driven mated quoting engine, part of BargeOS, turned that into document processing, live an instant process, improving margin accuracy and helping tracking infrastructure, and close deals faster.

collaborative tools designed

For a major oil and gas shipper, the challenge was coor- to bridge operators, dinating multiple stakeholders who needed to know when shippers and terminals.” barges would be ready for loading. By integrating GPS track- – Jason Aristides, founder and CEO of OpenTug ing, voyage management systems, and automated email data capture, OpenTug created a real-time operational dashboard.

The result: less time spent chasing updates, more time making

Watch the full interview with Jason proactive decisions that cut idle days and boosted throughput.

Aristides, on Offshore Engineer TV:

With recent investment from maritime-focused backers,

OpenTug is doubling down on AI-driven document pro- sion — this information gap can cause costly idle time and cessing, live tracking infrastructure, and collaborative tools disrupt downstream operations. designed to bridge operators, shippers, and terminals. Aris-

OpenTug is ? lling that gap with a multi-pronged ap- tides’ vision is clear — make barge transport as accessible proach. The company tracks over 3,500 active barges each and predictable as road or rail, and in doing so, unlock its month, deploying GPS devices to deliver live location potential to move more cargo at lower cost without the data, integrating voyage orders and traf? c updates via AI, need for new vessel construction.

and consolidating this information into a single source of For oil and gas players seeking to tighten control over truth. For oil and gas operators, that means real-time ETA high-value barge shipments, BargeOS is designed to be updates, operational alerts, and a veri? ed record of voyage more than a logistics tool: if deployed it can provide a activity — all critical for safety compliance, contract ac- competitive advantage in a sector where timing, cost cer- curacy, and optimizing ? eet utilization. tainty, and asset ef? ciency directly impact the bottom line.