Shipping Lines Tap Weather Data to Rewrite Rules of Ocean Routing
Some firms are building in-house teams of meteorologists and route analysts to make sense of their vast troves of data to make voyages more efficient.
An A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S cargo ship.
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Shipping companies sitting on vast troves of weather and route data are crunching their numbers to save millions, as they seek to enhance an ancient industry that still relies on periodic updates from mariners at sea.