Kpler is a global leader in maritime and trade intelligence, tracking the movement of the world’s merchant fleet through AIS data, satellite imagery, and proprietary analytics. Every day, our platform processes more than 1.5 billion AIS messages, giving us one of the most complete pictures available of where ships are, where they are heading, and how traffic patterns shift over time and across seasons. That same visibility is exactly what whale conservation needs. Many of the

Since 1961, Weather Routing Inc. (WRI) has maintained a proud tradition of optimum voyage routing, marine weather forecasting, and performance monitoring services. We supply all forms of maritime transportation and offshore installations with vital weather/routing information to ensure safe and efficient transits and operations. Our services combine the best of technology with experienced marine meteorologists and performance analysts, and are customizable to meet the specifi

Jasivi Arcos Díaz was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, a mountainous city where it is often said that all four seasons can be experienced in a single day. At the age of six, when her parents were able to subscribe to cable television, she began watching documentaries on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel. She was fascinated by everything related to animals, and it was during this time that she decided she wanted to study biology. A few years later, when she was around nine years ol

"Wah Kwong Maritime Transport is a global integrated shipping company based in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen, London, Genoa, Singapore, and Dalian. For over 70 years, we have been investing in, owning, and operating shipping assets through market cycles. Established by T. Y. Chao and now in its third generation of Chao family leadership, Wah Kwong currently has four main business streams: ship owning, ship management, dry bulk operating, and energy - combining a proud s

Better routing decisions could prevent many of the thousands of whale deaths caused by ship strikes each year. That is why Acceleron is partnering with Whale Guardian to bring whale‑protection data directly into voyage optimization. Together, the two organizations are working to incorporate Whale Guardians' routing recommendations into Accelleron's OptiNav AI solution. Built on years of scientific research, these recommendations will help ship operators avoid areas where wh

Founded in 2018, SEA.AI is a European maritime technology company developing AI-powered vision systems designed to detect objects at sea that conventional tools simply miss. Where radar and AIS fall short, covering unlit vessels, floating debris, persons overboard, and marine animals surfacing briefly, SEA.AI's combination of optical and thermal cameras, driven by deep learning algorithms, steps in to provide real-time awareness, day and night. Originally born out of the dema

Retired from business life, Julio has dedicated himself since 2004 to navigating and monitoring whales and dolphins along the north coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. The ocean has always been his greatest passion, and even before retiring, he always found time to go out to sea in his boat. Julio began undertaking longer voyages with friends for blue-water fishing (billfish expeditions), but one day in 2003, he experienced something like an epiphany - a true revelation. While

Ana M. Garcia-Cegarra is a marine scientist from Spain. She arrived in Chile in 2014 to pursue her PhD at the University of Antofagasta, focusing on the conservation of cetaceans along the southeast Pacific Ocean. When she first arrived in Mejillones, her advisor told her that sightings of fin whales occurred occasionally during the summer, and that the bay had intense marine traffic, with seven major seaports supplying the mining industry. At that time, there were no studies

BNP Paribas, one of Europe’s largest banks and a leader in financing a sustainable blue economy, is engaging with Whale Guardians to support collaboration across industry, science, the public and private sector. This has included closely working together on the UN Ocean Conference in Nice where the bank and Whale Guardians' team convened expert roundtable discussions across the shipping sector to discuss how industry and marine scientists can share best practices and support

Cetus Maritime Joins The League Of Whale Guardians™ in a Landmark Conservation Effort

The Team Welcomes Transpetrol to the League of Whale Guardians™ in Support of Global Whale Conservation Efforts

Whale Guardianstm proudly announces their partnership with Bogerd Martin and Luxspace. The partnership sets out to provide shipping lines, p