The intelligence layer for bunkering
Most systems record the day. Bunker Agent steers it.
Nominations by email. ETA changes and delayed stems by WhatsApp. Port notices by the hour. Bunker Agent checks it all and turns it into a plan you can deliver.
The intelligence layer for bunkering
Nominations by email. ETA changes and delayed stems by WhatsApp. Port notices by the hour. Bunker Agent checks it all and turns it into a plan you can deliver.
Intelligent dispatch
When a vessel runs late, a berth changes at the last minute or the weather turns, Bunker Agent weighs barge capacities, fuel grades, terminal slots, transit times and crew hours together and proposes the best available schedule. It shows exactly what has changed: which barge has changed hands, which stem has moved and what is now at risk. Your planner approves or declines it with one click.
1 new message · ETA change due to bad weather
MT Pacific Ardent, inbound Singapore – now alongside 14:20, four hours late.
The reality today
Bunkering is inherently dynamic. When an ETA slips or the weather turns, a spreadsheet can’t tell you what has changed, and your team spends hours rekeying nominations and chasing paperwork instead of directing the fleet.
How it fits
Bunker Agent reads from your inbox, systems, delivery records and AIS, and sends a plan back to your team. Nothing is migrated and nothing is retired – and if you have no systems yet, it can run the whole process.
Your sources
Bunker Agent
The intelligence layer
Your team receives
Port conditions
Port authority notices, weather, traffic and water levels feed straight into the plan. Here is one afternoon in Rotterdam.
Each change is proposed to your planner, or applied automatically within the controls you set. Example notices for illustration.
The assistant
Ask about any stem, barge or claim. The assistant reads across schedules, contracts, BDNs and email threads, including the PDFs nested inside them, and answers with its sources. It prepares the work. You decide how much it may do: routine steps run automatically, anything commercial waits for approval.
Stems, grades, tolerances and laytime are defined in the model, so answers come from the same record your planners use.
It understands nominations, surveyor reports and the shorthand of a bunker desk.
Every capability is measured against a library of real bunkering cases before it reaches your team.
The BDN shows 1,494 t delivered against 1,500 t nominated, a difference of 0.4%. The meter record agrees with the BDN to within 0.02%, and the contract allows ±0.5%, so the delivery is within terms.
The buyer’s surveyor used the ordered density rather than the loaded density. Their report is the PDF attached to a forwarded email from Tuesday.
I have drafted a reply to the buyer setting this out.
The fuel transition
Different segregation rules, extended transfer durations, boil-off clocks that won't wait for a free berth. Bunker Agent models them alongside your existing grades, on the same schedule.
Solve today's schedule. Be ready for tomorrow's.
Inside the intelligence layer
Start with planning, add the operational modules when you are ready, or run the full set.
Planning
Optimised fleet planning, including river-network routing.
ISO 8217 spec solvers and giveaway pricing.
Multi-customer splits, calculated and reconciled automatically.
Catch slipping ETAs and weather risks instantly.
Notices, weather, traffic and water levels modelled as constraints for each port.
Operations and data
Emails and PDFs read and checked against the contract.
Live tracking and depletion forecasting.
Document OCR and automated sanctions screening.
eBDN tablet signatures and instant loss flags.
Measure real transfer speeds and utilisation.
What it’s worth
Across a thirty-barge fleet, ten points of utilisation is the operating time of three barges. Today it is lost in waiting, repositioning and gaps between jobs. Delivery windows and crew rest stay where they are; the plan works around them.
Small gains, every day, on every barge. Modelled over a year: c.$250k per barge, and one more delivery a month from each.
Model it on your fleetAn illustrative day. Base case: thirty barges at 60–65% utilisation and $8/t contribution, no double counting. Rebuilt on your own fleet data in the assessment.
And that is the schedule alone. Fuel and crew hours, chartered tonnage, disputes and demurrage follow. Book a 30-minute working session and we'll model it on your fleet, your ports and your P&L.
