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HELSINKI, Finland, 2 July 2025 – Seaber’s AI-assisted scheduling solution has been expanded across Neste's shipping operations in Europe. This move underscores the operational and financial value Seaber delivers to large-scale industrial charterers and commercial shipowners.
Since 2021, Neste, the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, has successfully used Seaber to optimize its products shipping out of Finland, improving vessel scheduling, reducing port wait times, and enhancing fleet utilization. Following such improvements, Neste is now rolling out Seaber across all its European shipping operations, with a long-term vision of enabling global fleet transparency and efficiency through digitalization.
As part of the expansion, Seaber and Neste are boosting their strategic collaboration. Beyond providing technology, Seaber contributes its domain expertise and advanced algorithms to actively identify opportunities for optimization and cost savings. Each of Neste’s shipping units is participating in joint studies to support the shared goal of maximizing fleet utilization.
Key outcomes driving Neste’s expansion:
- Higher fleet utilization: Through improved fleet utilization, Seaber enabled up to a 4% reduction in bunker and port-related costs and a 4% cut in emissions.
- Cost optimization: By comparing different scenarios, Seaber is helping Neste’s teams identify new ways to reduce costs across fleet scheduling and port operations.
- Enhanced transparency: Aiming for a global virtual position list through the work of scheduling and chartering teams, Neste is achieving a clear, transparent, and centralized view of its shipping operations.
- Scalability and flexibility: Seaber’s validated data model for planning and optimization adapts to the unique needs of each shipping division regardless of operational differences.
“We identified Seaber as the best solution for planning and pre-fixture optimization in bulk shipping,” said Sander Wilgenhof, Head of Chartering at Neste. “As a director, I highly value the transparency, visibility, and decision support Seaber delivers across our fleet. By scaling the solution to all our shipping operations, we’re able to streamline planning globally, improve capacity utilization, and reduce both costs and emissions."
“Neste is the ideal partner for us due to their commitment to finding new opportunities to optimize and streamline planning,” said Sebastian Sjöberg, CEO and Co-founder of Seaber. “Seeing them roll out Seaber across Europe shows how much of a difference AI-assisted optimization can make for planning, regardless of cargo types."
For shipowners and charterers seeking to increase vessel utilization, lower cost per ton-mile, and gain real-time visibility into operations, Neste’s continued partnership with Seaber demonstrates how digital tools can deliver a significant competitive advantage.
About Neste
Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.
Neste has high standards for sustainability, and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com
About Seaber
Born in 2017 to solve the inefficiencies and environmental impact of shipping through digitalization and data automation, Seaber is an independent Finnish maritime software-as-a-service company with a difference. United by our ambition to make impact at scale, our team combines deep maritime expertise, leading computer science and UX geeks, and a shared commitment to leaving the planet in a better place than we found it.
Seaber. Intelligent freight insights to maximize fleet performance and profit, to make the best chartering and scheduling decisions. Read more: www.seaber.io
For additional information
Sebastian Sjöberg
CEO & Co-founder, Seaber
+358 50 599 2553
sebastian@seaber.io
Elisa Hauhia
Marketing Manager, Seaber
+358 40 321 2590
elisa@seaber.io