Name

Elane Inc.

Legal name

亿海蓝（北京）数据技术股份公司

Website

https://elane.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Data Technology Services: Provides maritime big data services including vessel tracking, cargo tracking, vessel archives, port data, route data, and schedule data to shipping industry participants
2. Collaboration Platform Services: Supply chain collaboration platforms (ElaneLink, TMS, 互联派车, 拖车宝) connecting shippers, logistics companies, fleets and drivers for digitalized logistics management
3. Logistics Supply Chain Platform Services: Multi-modal transport logistics supply chain service platform providing industry capacity pools, risk control data, freight rate information, and logistics visualization tracking services
4. Freight Financing Services: 引入第三方金融机构，基于平台数据及连接能力，以大型货主企业信用为基础，为广大小微物流企业提供运费融资服务

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elane Inc. provides maritime big data services, including AIS-based vessel tracking, cargo tracking, vessel archives, port data, route data, and shipping schedule data covering top 50 shipping companies and 97.47% of global capacity. The company also operates logistics coordination platforms (container logistics, TMS, fleet dispatch) and freight factoring financial services for shippers, logistics providers, and small carriers.

Product overview

亿海蓝 (Elane Inc.) is a maritime big data technology company operating a unified platform combining data services, coordination tools, and financial offerings. The core data products include 船讯网 (AIS vessel tracking), 货物跟踪 (cargo tracking), 船舶档案 (vessel archives), 港口数据 (port data), 航线数据 (route data), and 船期数据 (shipping schedules), supplemented by big data mining services. The coordination suite features CargoGo (international container logistics), 物流云 (logistics cloud/TMS), 拖车宝 (container transport digitalization), and互联派车/ElaneLink™ (fleet and logistics visibility). Financial services include 易航保理 (freight factoring) and RegTech (foreign exchange compliance). The company processes AIS data for 230,000 vessels daily, covers 10,000+ ports, and provides APIs for shipping schedule data delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 船讯网 (shipxy.com): Global largest AIS network for free vessel position tracking and online chartering services.
• CargoGo (cargogo.com)
• 物流云 (cttms.com)
• 拖车宝 (tuochebao.com)
• RegTech (regtech.shipxy.com)
• 易航保理 (baoli.elane.com)

Products and services

• 船讯网 (Shipxy.com)
• CargoGo
• 物流云 (Logistics Cloud / cttms.com)
• 拖车宝 (TuocheBao)
• RegTech
• 易航保理 (Yihang Factoring / baoli.elane.com)
• 互联派车
• ElaneLink
• ELANEDATA
• Vessel Schedule Data Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving over 1 million global shipping and related users
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MarineTraffic: MarineTraffic is the world's largest open AIS vessel-tracking community, providing real-time ship positions, port calls, and vessel data via a similar global receiver network — the most direct global comparable to Elane's Shipxy/AIS data franchise.
• FleetMon: FleetMon operates a global AIS vessel tracking platform and maritime data marketplace serving ship operators, ports, and traders — directly comparable as a vessel-tracking data provider competing with Elane's core Shipxy product.
• VesselFinder: VesselFinder provides real-time AIS vessel tracking and historical port-call data on a global map — comparable to Elane's Shipxy offering as a free/paid AIS-driven vessel tracking service.
• Kpler: Kpler is a global data and analytics provider for commodity, maritime, and energy markets (acquirer of MarineTraffic); its vessel-tracking and trade-flow intelligence products overlap Elane's ELANEDATA and schedule data offerings for trade and investment decision support.

Emerging players

• Windward: Windward is an AI-driven maritime analytics platform that layers predictive risk, sanctions, and trade-flow insights on top of AIS — comparable to Elane's predictive analytics (transport risk prediction, anomaly detection) capabilities.
• Xeneta: Xeneta provides ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market intelligence, overlapping with Elane's freight rate information, capacity pool, and route data offerings that serve shippers and forwarders on procurement decisions.

Broad incumbents

• Descartes Systems Group: Descartes is an established logistics technology vendor offering TMS, customs, and global trade management solutions — comparable to Elane's TMS / 物流云 and supply chain coordination suite for logistics enterprises.
• FourKites: FourKites is a leading multimodal supply chain visibility platform serving shippers and 3PLs with real-time tracking across ocean, road, rail, and air — comparable to ElaneLink's end-to-end container logistics visibility proposition.
• project44: project44 is a global multimodal visibility and logistics connectivity platform linking shippers, carriers, and LSPs — comparable to Elane's ElaneLink/CargoGo in providing supply chain connectivity and ocean container visibility to enterprise shippers.
• INTTRA (E2open): E2open's INTTRA is the dominant ocean carrier booking and container shipping collaboration network used by most of the top global shipping lines — comparable to Elane's CargoGo/CargoGoNet as a container logistics collaboration platform connecting shippers and carriers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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