Name

Gale Force Blasting

Legal name

Gale Force AB

Website

https://galeforcesweden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Intelligence Software

NAICS

Navigational Services to Shipping (488330), Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Deep-Sea / Coastal Pilotage (Non-Harbor Coastal Transits) (TLAHAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Automation, Control & PLC/SCADA Systems (IMAJAJAC), Marine Service Provider Coordination (Diving, Inspection, Class/Survey Support) (TLAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Weather routing services
• Vessel performance optimization
• Maritime emission reporting
• Fleet monitoring software
• MetOcean intelligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Norrköping

HQ country

Sweden

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. SaaS Subscription (Fleetweb): Fleetweb available as Software as a Service subscription providing access to online platform for fleet monitoring, performance analysis, and emission reporting. Used both by customers and internally by Gale Force Operations Team.
2. Route Services: Tiered route services including Route Weather, Route Optimisation, Route Advice, Weather Routing, Route Forecast, and Route Comment. Service levels range from basic route weather information to comprehensive routing with engine setting recommendations.
3. Performance Reports: Performance calculations available via Fleetweb with exportable PDF reports. Verified Performance Reports manually prepared by specialists for claim purposes or complex C/P criteria.
4. Investigations & Consultancy: In-depth investigations for vessel performance discrepancies, historical weather data analysis, and customized consultancy services for specific incidents or events.
5. Training Courses: Customized system training for crew and office staff, basic and advanced weather courses, and weather routing education delivered online or on-site.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gale Force provides MetOcean-based weather routing, vessel performance optimization, and emission reporting services for maritime operators. The core offering is the Fleetweb SaaS platform for global fleet monitoring paired with human meteorologist-led Route Services, complemented by Performance Reports, Investigations, Vessel Reporting, and regulatory-compliant Emission Reporting.

Product overview

Gale Force is a MetOcean maritime intelligence company offering a platform-plus-services architecture. The core product is the Fleetweb SaaS online platform, which provides fleet monitoring with AIS vessel positions, weather and ocean current data, performance calculations, and emission reporting. This platform is complemented by modular services including Route Services (Weather Routing, Route Advice, Route Optimisation, Route Weather), Performance Reports, Investigations, Vessel Reporting via Report Creator, and Emission Reporting & Compliance services. The Route Advice service combines automated algorithmic optimisation with human Marine Meteorologist expertise for route recommendations and propulsion settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fleetweb: SaaS (Software as a Service) online platform for monitoring global weather, ocean currents, real-time vessel positions, reported data and calculations. Available by subscription for use on shore and on board.
• Report Creator

Products and services

• Fleetweb SaaS online platform for global fleet monitoring, providing real-time AIS vessel positions, global weather and ocean current visualization, reported data tracking, and continuously updated performance calculations. Used by shore personnel, crew, and the Gale Force Operations Team for weather routing, performance analysis, and emission reporting.
• Route Services Tiered route services delivered by trained Marine Meteorologists, ranging from basic route weather information (Route Weather, Route Forecast, Route Comment) to comprehensive routing with engine and propulsion setting recommendations (Weather Routing, Route Advice, Route Optimisation). Service levels address ETA, C/P Speed, fuel consumption, and rolling warnings for vessel operators.
• Performance Reports Performance calculations available in Fleetweb with summarized and detailed sea passage data compared against established references, instructed values, and Charter Party criteria, including Good Weather analyses. Includes verified Performance Reports manually prepared by specialists for claim purposes or complex C/P criteria, fulfilling calculation methods accepted in English Maritime Law.
• Investigations In-depth investigations including vessel and fleet performance analyses, trend analyses, cargo damage analyses, hindcasts, and historical investigations, plus weather statistics for specific areas for incident investigations. Customized consultancy for shipping companies, agencies, insurance companies, and law firms.
• Vessel Reporting with Report Creator Data collection service using either system integration with existing reporting systems or Gale Force Reporting templates. Standard templates cover Sea Passage reporting (COSP to EOSP) and Continuous reporting (Berth to Berth), with customized templates per customer requirements. The Report Creator is an offline tool for daily event reporting on vessels, with built-in validation checks and email-based submission.
• Emission Reporting & Compliance Continuous monitoring of bunker consumption and emissions according to EU/UK MRV, IMO DCS, CII regulations and Charter Party compliance. Aggregates reported data according to global and regional regulations and converts fuel consumption into emissions using corresponding emission factors, certified by Verifavia.
• Training Courses Customized system training for crew and office staff, basic and advanced weather courses, and weather routing education delivered online or on-site to shipping company personnel.

Quantifiable outcome

• 700,000 metric tons bunker fuel saved over 4 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SpirecoreTechnology or IntegrationSpire provides maritime weather data and satellite AIS data that Gale Force integrates into its routing platform. Spire article highlights Gale Force as a weather routing business helping maritime industry save fuel and reduce emissions through advanced satellite data.
• Lloyd's List IntelligencecoreTechnology or IntegrationLloyd's List Intelligence provides Automatic Identification System (AIS) data with comprehensive geographical coverage. Their extended AIS solution gives Gale Force access to accurate vessel and fleet positions data for performance calculations.
• Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)coreTechnology or IntegrationGale Force technology is built on system source code and performance engine originally developed by SMHI over decades and further refined by Gale Force. SMHI is the state agency for weather in Sweden.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• StormGeo: Closest direct competitor — provides weather routing, vessel performance optimisation and emissions reporting to global shipowners and offshore operators. Now part of Alfa Laval, competes head-to-head with Gale Force on tiered route advisory services and SaaS subscriptions for the same enterprise customer base.
• BMT Group: Independent maritime engineering and consultancy firm with weather routing, naval architecture and vessel performance services for commercial shipping. Comparable in service mix to Gale Force's Investigations and Weather Routing business, particularly for specialised and offshore vessel operators.

Broad incumbents

• Wärtsilä Marine Systems: Large incumbent in marine technology and voyage optimisation; ships integrated vessel performance, fuel efficiency and emissions software to commercial fleets. Overlaps with Gale Force on vessel performance monitoring and compliance but bundles it into a much broader marine hardware-and-software portfolio.
• DNV (Maritime): Classification society and maritime advisory offering emissions management, CII verification and voyage performance advisory tools to shipowners. Competes in the regulatory compliance and performance benchmarking space where Gale Force's Verified Performance Reports operate.
• ABB Marine & Ports: Supplies automation, control and navigation systems for commercial vessels; its Octopus route optimisation software competes with Gale Force's Route Optimisation and Weather Routing engine at the onboard-systems layer.
• Lloyd's Register: Classification society and maritime advisory; also owns Lloyd's List Intelligence (a Gale Force AIS data partner). Offers vessel performance services, route risk and decarbonisation advisory adjacent to Gale Force's Weather Routing and consultancy portfolio.
• Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore: Classification society offering shipowners vessel performance monitoring, decarbonisation advisory and CII / EU MRV verification — directly overlapping with Gale Force's emission reporting and compliance services.
• RINA (Royal Netherlands Ship Classification): Maritime classification and consulting firm offering vessel performance, fuel management and emissions advisory services. Provides regulatory verification (MRV/ DCS-related) and consultancy that overlaps with Gale Force's Investigations and emission monitoring offerings.

Emerging players

• Spire Maritime: Satellite AIS and weather data provider, currently a data partner of Gale Force but also expanding downstream into maritime analytics and routing-adjacent services. Interesting both as an enabler and a potential emerging competitor in vessel performance analytics.
• Veson Nautical (IMOS / Veson IMOS): Maritime software platform serving shipowners and operators with voyage, vessel performance and emissions data modules. Functionally adjacent — covers the same shore-based decision support workflows as Fleetweb, though from a voyage-management angle rather than weather-first.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gale-force

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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