Infoplaza For Marine Weather Operations

What Infoplaza For Marine Weather Operations does

Infoplaza Marine Weather Operations, the B2B marine and offshore arm of Dutch weather intelligence group Infoplaza Group BV (founded 2009, headquartered in Houten, Netherlands), provides marine weather forecasting, metocean consultancy, and decision-support tools for offshore energy, maritime, and marine construction operators. Its core product set centers on the Marine Weather Dashboard (hourly updates with 50+ parameters and 24/7 monitoring by marine meteorologists), the AI-based i-nav voyage optimization and compliance platform, the Weather Expert service for customized risk monitoring, Metocean Weather Planning for historical and climate statistics, and Ice Charting for the Caspian, Baltic, and Arctic seas. Underlying the offering is a multi-model forecasting platform that combines global numerical weather models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, Wavewatch III) with proprietary in-house modeling (SWAN, SWRT, WRF) and a continuous validation loop driven by client observations.

Infoplaza operates across four primary vertical segments — Marine & Offshore (its core), Construction & Infrastructure, Outdoor Events & Festivals, and Rail — alongside government weather services and a Consumer/Media business that monetizes the Weeronline, Buienalarm, Weerplaza, and Meteovista brands through advertising and premium subscriptions, reaching over 10 million users. The company also runs a Mobility segment bundling weather with traffic and public-transport data. Revenue is generated through B2B subscription-based weather services, metocean consultancy engagements, consumer advertising, and premium consumer subscriptions. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales for large marine and offshore clients with self-serve dashboards and mobile apps for mid-market and event customers.

The company serves 36+ international marine and offshore enterprises, including Boskalis, Van Oord, Jan de Nul, DEME, Peterson, Spirit Energy, Wintershall, Tennet, and OMEXOM, as well as ProRail, BAM Infra, the Province of Groningen, and major Dutch festival organizers (MOJO, ID&T). It employs 100+ specialists across meteorological, marine, ice-charting, and consumer disciplines, holds ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certifications, and is structured through wholly-owned subsidiaries including INFOPLAZA BUSINESS B.V. and INFOPLAZA NETWORK B.V. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

Infoplaza For Marine Weather Operations

Legal name

INFOPLAZA GROUP BV

Website

https://infoplaza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Infoplaza Marine Weather Operations provides marine weather forecasting, AI-based voyage optimization, metocean consultancy, and ice charting for offshore energy, maritime, and marine construction operators, serving 36+ international enterprise clients globally from Houten, Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Weather Forecasting Software

NAICS

Navigational Services to Shipping (488330), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (1382)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Sensors, Instrumentation & IoT (Condition Monitoring) (IMAJAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Safety, Alarm & Monitoring Systems (Fire/Gas, IAS, PA/GA) (IMAJAJAG), Ice Pilots (Arctic/Seasonal Ice Navigation) (TLAHAGAE)

Keywords

• Marine weather forecasting
• Offshore voyage optimization
• Metocean consultancy
• Weather intelligence services
• Ice charting

Headquarters

HQ city

Houten

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Weather Services: Subscription-based weather forecasting services for marine offshore companies, construction firms, rail operators, and event organizers. Includes Marine Weather Dashboard, WeatherSupport, and customized forecasting solutions.
2. Advertising (Media): Revenue from displaying advertisements on consumer weather platforms including Weeronline, Weerplaza, Buienalarm, and other consumer brands. Free content monetized through targeted advertising.
3. Premium Subscriptions: Paid premium services without advertisements and with extra features and capabilities offered to consumers.
4. Metocean Consultancy: Consultancy services for various budget, project planning and design applications including climate statistics, persistence analysis, and extreme climate information.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Infoplaza provides professional marine weather forecasting, metocean consultancy, and voyage optimization services for offshore and maritime operators. The company combines proprietary software platforms (i-nav, Marine Weather Dashboard, WeatherSupport) with 24/7 monitoring by marine meteorologists to deliver route planning, operational weather windows, and sea ice intelligence to dredging, offshore wind, oil and gas, and government clients.

Product overview

Infoplaza Marine Weather Operations offers a comprehensive platform for maritime weather intelligence with four core products: the Marine Weather Dashboard providing hourly updated forecasts with 24/7 expert monitoring; i-nav, an AI-based voyage optimization platform featuring the world's first commercial multi-objective genetic routing engine for fuel savings and regulatory compliance; Weather Expert services for customized forecasting and risk monitoring; and Metocean Weather Planning offering historical data analysis and climate statistics. Additional modules include Ice Charting for worldwide ice forecasts and WeatherSupport for event monitoring. The platform serves 36+ international offshore companies with support for operations in North Sea, Baltic Sea, Caspian Sea, and Arctic Sea areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WeatherSupport: Weather monitoring dashboard for event organizers with real-time weather alerts and limit monitoring
• i-nav
• Weeronline
• Weerplaza
• Buienalarm
• Meteovista
• WeatherSupport App
• I'm Weather
• WaveClimate

Products and services

• i-nav
• Marine Weather Dashboard Customizable weather forecasting platform providing marine weather forecasts for offshore operations, with continuous 24/7 monitoring by marine meteorologists.
• WeatherSupport Cloud-based professional weather intelligence platform used by clients in construction, rail, marine, offshore, and events sectors, integrated with site-specific dashboards and notifications.
• Weather Expert Service offering expert on-demand consultations with senior meteorologists for ad-hoc weather decisions in marine, offshore, construction, and infrastructure projects.
• Metocean Weather Planning Metocean consultancy service delivering hindcast, nowcast, and forecast data using models such as SWAN, SWRT, WRF, and Wavewatch III to support budget, project planning, and design applications for offshore clients.
• Ice Charting Sea ice analysis and charting service provided by specialist ice chartists for navigation, offshore operations, and government ice services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 10% fuel savings through voyage optimization
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TheyrcoreTechnology or IntegrationTheyr is a key development partner for the i-nav voyage optimization platform, contributing to the world's first commercial multi-objective genetic routing engine for maritime operations.
• The Alan Turing InstitutecoreTechnology or IntegrationAcademic partnership for i-nav development, contributing research expertise to the AI-based routing engine for balancing fuel savings, emissions, safety, and arrival time.
• Southampton UniversitycoreTechnology or IntegrationAcademic partner in i-nav development, providing maritime expertise and research capabilities for voyage optimization algorithms.
• BG EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership to combine Infoplaza's meteorological expertise with BG Engineering's GMS data and strooimanagement solutions. Launching joint portal in winter 2026-2027 for integrated slip resistance services.
• Huidfonds (Skin Fund)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on UV-index awareness. Huidfonds partnership brings expertise on sun protection to WeatherSupport dashboard for event organizers.
• ANP (Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLong-term partnership where Weeronline provides weather content to ANP news agency for distribution across Dutch media channels.
• KWbN (Koninklijke Wandelsportbond Nederland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to increase safety for the Avond4Daagse walking event through weather information and alerts.
• AgroVisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership combining Infoplaza's weather expertise with AgroVision's agricultural knowledge for advanced weather advisory services for the agricultural sector.
• NWEA (Nederlandse WindEnergie Associatie)minorOthersMember of Dutch Wind Energy Association for industry networking and sector representation.
• NOF (Northern Offshore Federation)minorOthersMember of NOF supply chain directory for offshore energy sector.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Weathernews Inc. Japanese global weather information company providing marine weather routing, voyage optimization and offshore forecasting services worldwide. Comparable as a vertically integrated B2B/B2C marine weather specialist.
• BMT Group: UK-based maritime engineering and consulting firm offering metocean services, voyage optimization (through legacy Applied Weather Technology) and offshore environmental consulting. Comparable as a technical services provider to offshore and marine operators.
• StormGeo: Norwegian-based maritime weather routing and voyage optimization company (now part of DTN). Direct competitor serving the same shipping and offshore customers with overlapping voyage optimization, fleet performance and metocean services.
• MeteoGroup: European weather forecasting company (part of DTN) providing marine, offshore, media and road weather services across Europe. Comparable as a European-headquartered multi-vertical weather services provider.
• DTN: US-based environmental intelligence provider with a dedicated marine division offering weather routing, vessel ETA and compliance tools. Strongly comparable as a global provider of marine weather forecasts and decision-support tools.
• Fugro: Dutch offshore geo-data specialist providing metocean measurement, site characterization and marine surveys. Comparable as a Dutch-headquartered provider of technical offshore intelligence services to similar marine and energy customers.
• KISTERS: German IT vendor for hydro-met and water resources data, including metocean data platforms and environmental monitoring systems. Comparable as a software/data platform provider serving maritime and offshore weather customers.

Broad incumbents

• Wärtsilä: Finnish marine technology major offering vessel optimization, route advisory and lifecycle services to global shipowners. Comparable as a much larger incumbent shipping-services provider now layering digital voyage-adjacent capabilities.
• AccuWeather: Large US-based weather forecasting company with consumer reach and enterprise/marine forecasts. Comparable as a broad incumbent in weather forecasting with overlapping marine and enterprise offerings.

Emerging players

• Spire Maritime: Satellite-data-driven provider of ship tracking, weather routing and offshore data products. Comparable as a technology-led marine weather and routing specialist targeting similar vessel operators, but with a different data-acquisition backbone.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/infoplazamarineweather

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 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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