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Orca AI joins GCC to boost fleet safety across 22 vessels

Orca AI has signed a multi-year agreement with Gram Car Carriers (GCC) to implement its AI-powered navigational safety and fleet analytics platform across GCC’s 22 owned vessels.

Building on Orca AI’s existing collaboration with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the partnership expands GCC’s digital transformation programme and reinforces its focus on operational safety, compliance, and efficiency.

The agreement is structured as a collaborative alliance rather than a conventional supplier contract, featuring joint business reviews, shared learnings, and co-developed improvements.

Børre Mathisen, COO of GCC, said: “At Gram Car Carriers, safety is a deeply rooted part of our culture, and improved navigational safety is a core focus area. Orca AI provides the visibility and analytical foundation to continuously raise standards, empowering our crew and shore teams with accurate, real-time information.”

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Yarden Gross, CEO and Co-founder of Orca AI, added: “GCC chose Orca AI not only for our technology but for our proven ability to turn safety data into meaningful, measurable action at both bridge and fleet level. This marks a pivotal moment for digital safety for the whole vehicle carrier segment.”

The alliance will establish GCC’s first standardised AI safety model, embedding AI-enabled situational awareness and data-driven decision-making across its operations.

Orca AI’s dual-solution platform combines the SeaPod digital lookout onboard — which detects, classifies, and tracks nearby vessels and objects to provide real-time risk alerts — with the FleetView analytics dashboard ashore, offering fleetwide visibility into bridge behaviour, near-miss trends, and policy compliance.

Together, these tools aim to foster an evidence-based safety culture, replacing subjective reporting with objective insights, strengthening accountability, decision-making, and crew training across GCC’s global fleet.

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