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DIGITALIZATION TRACKING CARGO updates, operational alerts, and a verifed record of voyage tional dashboard. The result: less time spent chasing up- activity — all critical for safety compliance, contract ac- dates, more time making proactive decisions that cut idle curacy, and optimizing feet utilization. days and boosted throughput.

With recent investment from maritime-focused backers,

Case Studies in Efficiency OpenTug is doubling down on AI-driven document pro-

One Gulf Coast carrier previously spent hours pricing cessing, live tracking infrastructure, and collaborative tools voyages for customers, factoring in unpredictable river designed to bridge operators, shippers, and terminals. Aris- conditions, water levels, and lock delays. OpenTug’s auto- tides’ vision is clear — make barge transport as accessible mated quoting engine, part of BargeOS, turned that into and predictable as road or rail, and in doing so, unlock its an instant process, improving margin accuracy and helping potential to move more cargo at lower cost without the close deals faster. need for new vessel construction.

For a major oil and gas shipper, the challenge was coor- For oil and gas players seeking to tighten control over dinating multiple stakeholders who needed to know when high-value barge shipments, BargeOS is designed to be barges would be ready for loading. By integrating GPS more than a logistics tool: if deployed it can provide a tracking, voyage management systems, and automated competitive advantage in a sector where timing, cost cer- email data capture, OpenTug created a real-time opera- tainty, and asset effciency directly impact the bottom line.

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