What Maritech does

Maritech is a privately held Norwegian software company, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Molde, Norway, with wholly owned subsidiaries in Halifax (Canada), Reykjavik (Iceland) and operations in Chile, Sweden, the Netherlands and India. It is part of the diversified CAI Software Group and provides a cloud-based, Microsoft Azure-hosted SaaS platform — Maritech Cloud — purpose-built for two adjacent verticals: seafood producers/traders/processors and logistics operators. The platform serves more than 500 enterprise customers including the largest Norwegian salmon companies (Mowi, Grieg Seafood, Lerøy, SalMar, Nordlaks, Nova Sea, Samherji) and major logistics players (ASCO, Bring Intermodal, Nor-log Group).

The product portfolio is modular and organized around two core suites: Seafood Sales & Production (anchored by Purchase & Sales ERP, with Processing, Packing & Labelling, Landing/Fishing, Catch Certificate, Claims, Quality Tracking, Document Service, Control & Insight IoT, Maritech Eye™ hyperspectral scanning, and Maritech Linsight MES) and Logistics (anchored by Maritech TMS Cloud, formerly Timpex, plus Connect, Confirm, CMS customs, and WMS). Cross-cutting platform capabilities include Maritech Analytics (Power BI dashboards), Maritech Sustainability Reporting (per-trip emissions), the Nasdaq Benchmarking Report, and the Maritech Friends electronic-document exchange network. Maritech Eye™ is the technological centerpiece — a hyperspectral imaging system, jointly developed with Nofima (16+ years of research) and NEO, that performs species sorting and objective quality inspection of both whitefish and salmon at industrial speed.

The company monetizes through multi-tenant SaaS subscriptions delivered via Maritech Cloud (no upfront capital costs, monthly billing) complemented by implementation and professional services from global project teams. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with regional sales coverage in EMEA and North America, supported by self-serve digital demos, an annual Customer Days event, and a user-driven Maritech Community. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is concentrated on enterprise and mid-market accounts in seafood and logistics, with deep integration into operational workflows creating switching-cost lock-in.

Name

Maritech

Legal name

Maritech AS

Website

https://maritech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Maritech is a Norwegian SaaS provider, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Molde, offering the Maritech Cloud platform — built on Microsoft Azure — for seafood producers, traders, processors, and logistics operators, with proprietary hyperspectral quality-inspection technology (Maritech Eye™) and ERP/TMS/analytics modules serving 500+ enterprise customers across Europe, North America and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood & Logistics Industry Software

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

akta.pro primary industry

Manufacturing ERP (Discrete, Process, Batch) (HDAEAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smoked, Cured & Salted Seafood (Lox, Kippers, Bacalao) (AFANADAF), Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Seafood ERP software
• Logistics TMS software
• Cloud SaaS platform
• Hyperspectral quality inspection
• Transport management system

Headquarters

HQ city

Molde

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscriptions: Multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) delivered through Maritech Cloud platform. Subscriptions for seafood and logistics software solutions including Purchase & Sales, TMS, Analytics, and other modules. No upfront capital costs with ongoing subscription fees.
2. Implementation & Professional Services: Global project teams provide implementation support, process optimization, and consulting services during system deployment. Ongoing support services included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Maritech provides cloud-based enterprise SaaS software on Microsoft Azure for the seafood and logistics industries. Its Maritech Cloud platform unifies seafood ERP (Purchase & Sales, Processing, Packing, Quality Tracking, Document Service, Sustainability Reporting, Nasdaq Benchmarking), seafood production technology including the proprietary Maritech Eye™ hyperspectral quality scanning solution, and logistics software (Transport Management System, Customs Management, Warehouse Management, Connect, Confirm). The offering is sold to enterprise and mid-market seafood and logistics companies across Europe, North America, and beyond, with 500+ customers.

Product overview

Maritech is a cloud-based business software company serving the seafood and logistics industries, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Molde, Norway. Its primary offering is the Maritech Cloud platform (built on Microsoft Azure), which provides a modular SaaS portfolio comprising two core suites: (1) Seafood — anchored by DigitalSeafood™ Purchase & Sales (ERP for seafood trading), supplemented by Processing, Packing & Labelling, Maritech Eye™ (hyperspectral quality scanning), Control & Insight / Linsight (IoT and MES), Quality Tracking, Document Service, Analytics (Power BI-based BI/analytics), Sustainability Reporting, and Nasdaq Benchmarking Report; and (2) Logistics — anchored by Transport Management System (TMS), supported by Connect, Confirm, Customs Management (CMS), Warehouse Management (WMS), and Maritech Friends (supply chain data exchange). Maritech also maintains and is migrating legacy brands Timpex, EDI-Systems, and LINSiGHT acquired in 2019. The platform serves 500+ companies across Europe, North America, and beyond, with offices in Norway, Iceland, Canada, and support operations in North America and Chile.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maritech Eye™: Hyperspectral camera solution for automated, objective quality inspection of salmon and white fish at industrial speed. Detects and documents blemishes within fillets and quality challenges.
• Maritech TMS
• Maritech Purchase & Sales
• Maritech Analytics

Products and services

• Maritech Cloud Multi-tenant SaaS cloud platform built on Microsoft Azure, serving as the unified backbone for all Maritech seafood and logistics solutions with real-time data access, collaboration, EDI connectivity, and integration across the seafood and logistics value chains.
• Purchase & Sales (DigitalSeafood™) Cloud-based ERP system for seafood trading covering import/export, wholesale, inventory management, customer/vendor relationships, purchase and sales orders, margins, and documentation — the core tool of the DigitalSeafood™ platform.
• Processing (Seafood Production) Module within Seafood Production for managing processing workflows, transforming raw seafood through production stages with full traceability.
• Packing & Labelling Module for seafood packing and labeling operations, integrated with Purchase & Sales and ERP systems, supporting quality tracking and customer specifications.
• Control & Insight / Maritech Linsight (MES) IoT-driven smart production module providing real-time monitoring and decision support for seafood processing operations; Manufacturing Execution System (MES) using sales orders to generate daily production suggestions.
• Maritech Eye™ Hyperspectral camera-based quality scanning system for automated, objective quality assessment of salmon and whitefish at industrial speed, detecting blood spots and blemishes through fish skin, and sorting by species and quality — first of its kind in the world.
• Maritech Analytics BI and analytics platform built on Power BI, collecting and visualizing data from all Maritech modules; provides dashboards for market insights, customer analysis, cost analysis, Nasdaq Benchmarking reports, and sustainability reporting.
• Nasdaq Benchmarking Report Automated analytics report comparing achieved seafood prices against the Nasdaq index, delivered through Maritech Analytics, eliminating manual Excel-based processes and enabling pricing strategy optimization.
• Maritech Sustainability Reporting Sustainability reporting tool for tracking and reporting transport-related emissions (per trip, leg, vehicle) combined with production and farming/fisheries data; available for both seafood and logistics customers.
• Maritech TMS (Transport Management System) Cloud-based transport management system for logistics companies, providing real-time transport tracking on interactive maps, margin/emissions dashboards, customer portal, EDI integration with suppliers, and ERP connectivity.
• Customs Management System (CMS) Cloud-based customs management module for handling customs declarations and compliance across the logistics workflow.
• Warehouse Management System (WMS) Warehouse management module within the logistics suite for managing storage, terminal operations, and inventory in logistics environments.
• Landing / Fishing Module for recording and managing landings at fish reception sites, supporting traceability from catch to processing.
• Catch Certificate Module for generating and managing catch certificates, supporting traceability and regulatory compliance in seafood supply chains.
• Scanning (Quality Scanning Module) Quality scanning module within Seafood Production, encompassing the Maritech Eye™ hyperspectral scanning technology and supporting documentation workflows.
• Quality Tracking Module for tracking quality metrics and parameters throughout seafood production, supporting food safety and regulatory compliance.
• Document Service Module for electronic exchange and management of purchase and sales documents and information throughout the supply chain, enabling seamless document flow between Maritech Cloud users.
• Claims Management Module within Purchase & Sales for managing and tracking quality and commercial claims throughout the seafood trading and production process.
• Transport Planning Module for planning and coordinating seafood logistics transport, integrated with the broader seafood trading and production workflows.
• Connect Module within the Timpex/Logistics suite for connecting and coordinating logistics operations and data exchange.
• Confirm Module within the Timpex/Logistics suite for confirming and validating logistics assignments and shipments.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 500 seafood and logistics companies across Europe and North America use Maritech software
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability7 records

Feature9 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Akva Group: Norwegian-headquartered global supplier of aquaculture technology, software, sensors, and feeding systems. Akva Group serves the same salmon and aquaculture customer base as Maritech and competes in farm management software and traceability through its Steinsvik acquisition — the closest direct vertical peer.
• Marel: Icelandic-headquartered global leader in food processing equipment, software, and services for meat, poultry, and seafood. Marel's Innova Food Processing Software directly competes with Maritech's Processing, Packing & Labelling, and MES modules for high-volume seafood processors, targeting the same top-tier global customers.
• ScaleAQ: Norwegian aquaculture technology supplier offering fish farming software, sensors, and feeding systems. ScaleAQ competes with Maritech in the Norwegian salmon farming vertical with overlapping offerings for production planning, traceability, and operational data, serving the same primary customer segment.
• Optimar: Norwegian seafood processing equipment and software company specializing in preprocessing, weighing, grading, and packing solutions. Optimar competes directly with Maritech's Processing and Packing & Labelling modules in the same Northern European seafood processing customer base.
• Descartes Systems Group: Canadian-headquartered logistics technology company offering TMS, customs management, and trade compliance software — directly comparable to Maritech's TMS and CMS modules. Descartes targets similar freight forwarders, carriers, and logistics providers, including temperature-controlled seafood logistics operators.

Broad incumbents

• TOMRA: Norwegian sensor-based sorting and processing equipment leader with a major food sorting division. TOMRA's vision-based food inspection systems are an adjacent competitive threat to Maritech Eye in seafood quality inspection and serve overlapping global food processing customers.
• JBT Corporation: US-listed global leader in food processing and air transport equipment, with extensive seafood processing solutions (freezing, coating, packaging, portioning). JBT serves many of the same large seafood processors as Maritech and competes for processing software and equipment budgets within those accounts.
• SAP: Global ERP software leader with broad penetration in food processing and logistics. While not seafood-specific, SAP competes at the high end of large seafood producers (some of whom are also Maritech customers) for finance, supply chain, and procurement modules, forcing Maritech to stay differentiated on seafood-native functionality.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365: Microsoft's ERP and CRM platform, which serves as the underlying Azure infrastructure foundation for Maritech Cloud. Dynamics 365 competes at the horizontal level for general ERP workloads within seafood customers and is a potential threat if Microsoft builds seafood-specific extensions to its cloud stack.

Regional players

• Visma: Nordic-headquartered ERP and business software provider serving SMB and mid-market customers across Northern Europe. Visma's vertical ERP solutions (including food and wholesale modules) compete with Maritech in the smaller seafood and logistics customer segment, particularly in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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