SmartShip

What SmartShip does

Smart Ship Logistics Pvt Ltd (operating as SmartShip) is a privately held Indian logistics and maritime technology company headquartered in Balanagar, India, founded in 2020. The company positions itself as a multi-product platform offering supply chain solutions, shipping insurance, real-time tracking, and maritime digital solutions — a mix that combines operational logistics management, risk-transfer (insurance brokerage or agency) products, and visibility tooling for shippers, carriers, and other maritime counterparties.

Its stated product surface spans four distinct but adjacent lines: supply chain solutions (likely freight forwarding, coordination, or managed logistics services), shipping insurance (a regulated financial product requiring licensing), real-time tracking (visibility technology over vessels and shipments), and maritime digital solutions (broader software offerings for the maritime value chain). The technology stack, platform architecture, and proprietary components underlying these offerings are not disclosed in the source data; the company's website returned only a verification page during collection, and no API, SDK, integrations, or patent/trademark portfolio was available.

Business model mechanics — pricing, go-to-market, customer segments, and revenue mix — are similarly undisclosed. The inclusion of shipping insurance suggests commission or brokerage economics layered onto logistics services, while real-time tracking and maritime digital solutions could indicate subscription or SaaS revenue streams, but no evidence is available to confirm. Headcount of 501–1,000 implies a mid-sized operation for a five-year-old Indian private firm, which is the only quantitative scale signal present in the data.

Name

SmartShip

Website

https://thesmartship.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Smart Ship Logistics Pvt Ltd is a privately held Indian logistics and maritime technology company (founded 2020, Balanagar) offering supply chain solutions, shipping insurance, real-time tracking, and maritime digital solutions to shippers and maritime counterparties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Marine Cargo Handling (488320)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Cargo Visibility, Track & Trace & Port Analytics (ETA/ETD, Dwell, Predictive) (TLAHAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real-Time Operational Visibility & Exception Management (TLAEAKAC), Ocean Container Visibility (Vessel, Container, Demurrage/Detention) (TLAEADAF), Digital Documentation & Trade Facilitation (eBL, eDO, eManifest, eGate Pass) (TLAHAOAF)

Keywords

• Supply chain solutions
• Shipping insurance
• Real-time tracking
• Maritime digital solutions
• Logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Balanagar

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Smart Ship Logistics Pvt Ltd provides supply chain solutions, shipping insurance, real-time tracking, and maritime digital solutions to support shippers and cargo owners. The company focuses on enabling visibility and risk mitigation across shipping operations through digital tools and logistics coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supply Chain Solutions Logistics coordination and supply chain management services designed to help businesses move cargo efficiently through shipping channels. Targeted at shippers, cargo owners, and businesses requiring end-to-end logistics support.
• Shipping Insurance Insurance products that protect cargo and shipments against transit-related risks. Targeted at businesses and cargo owners seeking to mitigate financial exposure during shipping.
• Real-Time Tracking Digital tracking capability that provides visibility into shipment status and location during transit. Targeted at shippers and businesses needing continuous monitoring of cargo movement.
• Maritime Digital Solutions Digital tools tailored for the maritime shipping industry, supporting operations, coordination, and visibility across sea-based logistics. Targeted at maritime operators and shipping businesses.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• FourKites: FourKites is a leading real-time transportation visibility platform offering ocean, road, rail and air tracking plus predictive ETA. It is the most direct competitor to SmartShip's real-time tracking and supply chain visibility proposition.
• Flexport: Flexport is a digital-first international freight forwarder offering visibility, supply chain management and insurance-adjacent services. Comparable to SmartShip's bundled supply chain + insurance + tracking pitch, though at much larger scale.
• Kpler: Kpler provides maritime data, vessel tracking and commodity analytics for ocean trade. Comparable to SmartShip on the maritime digital solutions and ocean visibility axis.
• project44: project44 is a global supply chain visibility platform with deep ocean container tracking capabilities. Overlap with SmartShip is direct across multi-modal visibility and ocean ETA/milestone tracking.
• Vizion API: Vizion API specializes in ocean container visibility and integrates with major ocean carriers for track-and-trace and demurrage/detention analytics. Directly comparable to SmartShip's maritime tracking offering.
• MarineTraffic: MarineTraffic delivers vessel tracking, port activity and AIS-based maritime intelligence. Closely comparable to SmartShip on the maritime digital / ocean visibility axis.
• Beacon: Beacon (formerly Freightos) operates digital freight marketplace and ocean visibility tooling, including cargo tracking and freight rate benchmarks. Comparable to SmartShip on the supply chain + visibility combination.

Broad incumbents

• Descartes Datamyne: Descartes is a broad logistics technology incumbent with visibility, trade compliance and ocean data products. It overlaps with SmartShip on maritime digital and supply chain visibility, but as part of a much wider portfolio.

Emerging players

• Kontainers: Kontainers provides freight forwarding customer experience, tracking and digital tools for forwarders and NVOCCs. Comparable to SmartShip as an emerging digital freight-visibility platform for ocean shippers.
• Shipsgo: Shipsgo provides container tracking, schedule reliability and ETA tools for shippers and NVOCCs. Smaller and more niche than FourKites/project44 but a close functional parallel to SmartShip's container tracking.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smart-ship-logistics-pvt-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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