Orca AI expands deployment with Eastern Pacific Shipping following successful operational validation

Orca AI has expanded its partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) following a successful pilot involving five vessels and over 130,000 nautical miles of operations. EPS plans to roll out Orca AI's maritime operations platform to numerous additional vessels, demonstrating faith in the platform's capacity to enhance navigational awareness and decision-making in real-world scenarios.

This expansion comes after the pilot demonstrated significant improvements in navigational safety, including a 48% decrease in close encounter events per 1,000 nautical miles and a 10% increase in average minimum passing distance.

During the five-vessel trial, one vessel, the Pacific Sentinel, recorded an impressive 84% reduction in open-water close-encounter events and a 50% boost in minimum passing distance within six months of installation. Orca AI's platform boasts a combination of onboard situational awareness and shore-based analytics. The SeaPod system, installed on the bridge, employs computer vision to identify and categorize surrounding vessels and objects, including non-AIS targets such as fishing vessels and buoys.

This feature aids bridge teams in maintaining awareness in crowded waters and low-visibility conditions. Meanwhile, FleetView provides shoreside teams with navigational insights, enabling the examination of operational events, trend identification, and support for data-driven training and continuous improvement.

Sachin Saharawat, Technical Director at EPS, commented, "Our seafarers are at the heart of everything we do. Our objective is to equip our Masters and bridge teams with practical technologies that enhance situational awareness and support safe decision-making. The pilot provided us with objective data on how navigational risk evolved over time, and the results gave us the confidence to expand deployment across our fleet."

Yarden Gross, Orca AI's CEO and Co-Founder, stated, "EPS has adopted a disciplined, data-driven approach to integration. These results illustrate how AI-based situational awareness can reinforce good seamanship – reducing high-risk situations, supporting calmer decision-making, and delivering quantifiable improvements both on the bridge and ashore."