Arundo Analytics Joins SHIPPINGInsight 2018 as Presenting Partner

Leading Enterprise Software Company Will Work Closely with Conference Organizers to Shape Critical Discussions on Digitalization and Big Data for Shipping Companies

STAMFORD, Conn. — Aug. 22, 2018 — SHIPPINGInsight today announced a strategic partnership with Arundo Analytics for the 2018 Fleet Optimization and Innovation Conference and Exhibition.

Founded in 2015, Arundo is a software company enabling advanced analytics in heavy industry. The company’s proprietary software for asset-intensive industries like shipping enables edge-state streaming and analytics, rapid cloud deployment of machine learning applications and fleet-wide management of numerous applications.

“One of the signature features of SHIPPINGInsight is how the application of forward-leaning technologies contribute to not only optimizing operations but also creating value for the enterprise,” stated SHIPPINGInsight’s Chief Evolution Officer Carleen Lyden Walker. “Having Arundo as our presenting partner underscores the key role of data in the maritime industry today and into the future.”

“The maritime industry, which accounts for 80 percent of global trade volume, is just beginning its digital transformation,” said Stuart Morstead,  Arundo co-founder and Chief Operating Officer. “We see SHIPPINGInsight as an industry-leading forum for bringing together shipping companies and other stakeholders to explore the opportunities and challenges for the coming data revolution. Increasingly, smart ships will use intelligent software to analyze voyage data, equipment data and network structures to optimize overall operational performance for shipowners, partners and customers. We look forward to meeting with shipping companies and technology suppliers at SHIPPINGInsight to help manage that transformation.”

Morstead will deliver opening remarks at the conference.

Earlier this year, Arundo signed an agreement to provide streaming data analytics and machine learning applications for the DNV GL Veracity platform, enabling owners and operators of ships and floating installations to deploy and manage enterprise-scale machine learning applications and integrate advanced analytics into business decision systems and processes.

Now in its seventh year, the SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization and Innovation Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut, October 16-18. Attendees are encouraged to register soon using the online portal to take advantage of early-bird discounts, and to book rooms at the Hilton’s special discounted rate.

About SHIPPINGInsight

Originally established in 2012, SHIPPINGInsight has grown steadily each year. Focusing on fleet optimization and innovation, the event provides a forum for shipowners and solution providers to exchange ideas and discuss challenges in facing the transformation of the industry. More than 240 delegates from 15 countries attended the 2017 event, including 43 shipping company executives. For more information, please visit www.shippinginsight.com.

About Arundo Analytics

With offices in Oslo, Houston and Silicon Valley, Arundo Analytics provides cloud-based and edge-enabled software for the deployment and management of enterprise-scale industrial data science solutions. Arundo’s software allows industrial companies and other organizations to increase revenue, reduce costs and mitigate risks through machine learning and other analytical solutions that connect industrial data to advanced models and connect model insights to business decisions. In 2016, Arundo graduated from Stanford University’s StartX accelerator program, and subsequently received investment from the Stanford-StartX Fund. In 2017, Arundo was named to the MIT STEX25 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Startup Exchange (MIT STEX). MIT STEX25 recognizes select companies from a pool of more than 1,000 MIT-connected startups as being particularly well-suited for industry collaboration based on technical and commercial success. Follow Arundo Analytics on Twitter @arundoanalytics.

Photo:  Stuart Morstead, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Arundo Analytics