EuroAfrica has deployed Syroco Live across its fleet of four multipurpose vessels, following a pilot programme aboard M/V ESL Australia that began in mid-2025.
The voyage optimisation platform combines vessel performance modelling with operational data and weather and ocean forecasts to recommend routes and engine power settings, with recommendations available to crews on the bridge and shore-based operations teams.
EuroAfrica said fuel savings and crew adoption during the pilot had supported the decision to extend deployment across the fleet.
A trial voyage from Gdynia, Poland, to the Polish Antarctic station in late 2025 provided an example of the system’s weather-routing capabilities, according to Captain Tomasz Szatkowski, master of M/V ESL Australia.
“The Syroco Onwatch support team has been particularly helpful in assisting the crew with monitoring and interpreting recommendations, which has made a real difference in confidence and efficiency at sea,” he said.
Syroco, which is headquartered in Marseille, France, uses a digital twin of each vessel to assess voyage options against operational conditions and forecast data. The company says the platform delivers average fuel savings of 10% per voyage, with a stated range of 5–25%, or average voyage time savings of 5%.
