Nortech AI Review: turning HQ data into live KPIs
November 26, 2025
Nortech AI sits where a lot of owners are stuck: too many signals, not enough usable insight. From its roots in Bergen and a growing presence in Lisbon, the company plugs into vessel control systems, pulls out high-quality data and turns it into live KPIs, alerts and decision support, so superintendents and crews can see performance issues early, tune fuel and power use, and cut the manual grind of reporting while staying on top of emissions and CII exposure.
Nortech AI: Location
Harald Hårfagres gate 29, 5007 Bergen, Norway
Shipowners save by:
- Turning scattered signals into one performance layer: Nortech’s IIoT connectors pull real-time data from engines, auxiliaries, fuel systems and control rooms into a single platform, so superintendents and crews see the same KPIs instead of juggling screenshots and local logs.
- Cutting fuel waste with live efficiency trends: Custom dashboards and trend analysis highlight off-design consumption, hull/propeller deterioration and poor operating windows, helping trim daily fuel burn and emissions without waiting for month-end reports.
- Reducing reporting workload and errors: Automated vessel reporting and emissions/KPI exports replace much of the manual copy-paste work behind noon reports, CII follow-up and ESG packs, freeing staff time while improving data quality.
- Strengthening maintenance decisions: With high-frequency data feeds (and partnerships with predictive maintenance specialists), the platform can surface abnormal behaviour in critical equipment earlier, helping avoid expensive breakdowns and off-hire days.
- Benchmarking vessels and routes: Intra-fleet benchmarking lets owners compare sister ships and trades on like-for-like KPIs, backing up decisions on where to deploy new tech, retrofit packages or operational changes first.
- Accelerating digital projects: Pre-built connectors, APIs and cloud infrastructure shorten proof-of-concept cycles and avoid one-off “IT science projects”, so performance and sustainability teams can get to a working dashboard faster.
- Leveraging connectivity partnerships: Collaboration with maritime connectivity providers means vessel data flows securely to shore with fewer integration headaches, which is critical when rolling out performance monitoring across a larger fleet.
Planning note: real savings depend on fleet size, trade, data quality and
how consistently crews and shore teams act on the insights. Use Nortech’s
tools together with your fuel models, hull performance data and charter
constraints.
Notable mentions and references
Public references where Nortech AI’s platform, funding and impact are highlighted.
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€2.5m seed round • 2023 Climate-tech investorsCoverage in European startup media on Nortech AI’s €2.5 million seed round, backing its Industrial IoT and AI platform to support data-driven operations and lower greenhouse gas emissions in maritime and other asset-heavy industries. See: EU-Startups and Tech Funding News.
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Thetius Top 150 2025 Innovation index listingNortech AI is included in the Thetius Top 150 2025 list of maritime innovators, in the Startups & Scaleups segment, highlighting its work on predictive analytics and AI-driven operational insight for vessel operators. Listing: Thetius Top 150.
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“Reshaping the maritime industry with AI” Innovation Origins profileInnovation Origins covers Nortech AI as part of a feature on climate tech and maritime digitalisation, focusing on how its platform supports a data-driven approach to sustainability and operational efficiency in shipping. Article: Innovation Origins.
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“Norwegian Nortech AI raises €2.5m” ArcticStartup coverageArcticStartup highlights Nortech AI’s specialisation in optimising fuel consumption, navigation and equipment maintenance for maritime operators using AI and real-time vessel data. Article: ArcticStartup.
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Jungle AI collaboration Predictive maintenanceNortech AI’s partnership with Jungle AI combines high-frequency vessel data collection with predictive maintenance analytics, creating a joint offering aimed at earlier detection of machinery issues and more efficient operation of critical equipment. Overview: Nortech × Jungle AI.
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Industry podcasts and commentary Founder perspectiveCEO and co-founder Francisco Roque appears in industry podcasts and interviews discussing how industrial data acquisition and AI can make complex machinery more manageable and support better performance decisions on board and ashore. Example: AI in the Maritime Industry.
Selection is indicative, not exhaustive. Use these links to sanity-check
claims, understand who is backing the company, and see how others frame
the business case for data-driven operations.
Data and AI savings (simple planner)
Estimate fuel, maintenance and admin savings from treating vessel data as a proper performance layer.
Conservative values (1–3%) are typical starting points for voyage optimisation and better follow-up.
Applied to machinery/hull maintenance where data and prediction change timing or scope.
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| Category | Calculated value |
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| Baseline fuel at sea (per vessel, per year) | 0 mt |
| Fuel saved (per vessel, per year) | 0 mt |
| Fuel saving value (fleet) | $0 |
| CO₂ avoided (per vessel, tCO₂/year) | 0 t |
| CO₂ avoided (fleet) | 0 t |
| Maintenance saving (fleet) | $0 |
| Reporting/analysis time saved (fleet, hours/year) | 0 h | Value of time saved (fleet) | $0 |
| Total annual saving (fleet) | $0 |
| Total annual platform cost (fleet) | $0 |
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