Propel is ZeroNorth's agentic partner for maritime operations with AI agents that carry out the routine work of operations, while people focus their judgement where it creates the most value.
Propel is purpose-built for the operational reality of shipping: it works continuously, across domains. It starts working when something happens. Not when you log on.
The moment a voyage needs a plan, the agent builds one on ZeroNorth's trusted data. Review, inquire, accept.
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The agent sends the plan, reads the master's reply and works the feedback into an updated plan. Hours of back-and-forth, done in moments.
Find out moreThe weather turns. Routes change. The agent re-optimises immediately and shows operators the choice, so opportunities are acted on before they pass.
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Hear from the people building Propel: why agentic AI is possible now, how it was proven on live voyages, and where it takes maritime operations in the years ahead.
Today, Propel takes on voyage planning, shipping's most coordination-heavy task. Overnight it works at a fixed, supervised level of autonomy, so an operator's day starts with a prioritised list of what needs attention: tasks listed by deadline and filterable by vessel.
Builds the plan the moment it's needed, on ZeroNorth's trusted data foundation.
Handles the back-and-forth with the master and keeps every stakeholder aligned.
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Re-optimisations ready for the operator when weather or routing shifts. The operator decides when the plan is ready to send to the master.
When a decision is needed, Propel tells you why, with a recommendation already prepared.
Data is the starting point. The outcome loop is the compounding advantage: what was decided, what actually happened, and whether it improved the outcome. ZeroNorth uses this loop to build and train models. Without it, a model can only advise. With it, a model can decide, and it improves with every voyage it sees.
Propel by ZeroNorth. Always on Duty.
Every capability Propel ships goes through three-layer validation before it reaches an operator's desk.
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Built, iterated and tested: the same process, the same rigour, applied to agentic capability as to every fuel and voyage model ZeroNorth has successfully built before.
Run by ZeroNorth's Professional Services team on live voyages, on vessels actively sailing at sea.
Opened to launch partners under early access, so each new agent is validated by real operational conditions across different shipping segments before wider release.
Propel is being built with the industry. Early access is given to leading fleets, and wider commercial availability is coming later in 2026. Interested in early access, click find out more or download the white paper.
Engineering the future of sustainable trade, technology to help shipping operate at its full potential.
