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Ankeri Wins Maritime Digitalisation Pioneer Award 2026

We’re pleased to share that Ankeri has been named the winner of the Maritime Digitalisation Pioneer Award at the Marine Insight Global Awards 2026.  The award recognises companies contributing to the

From hire invoice to e-invoice: Ankeri invoices screen beside a structured EU e-invoice in XML

Modernizing Time Charter Invoicing for E-Invoicing Requirements

Ankeri’s Chartering Invoices feature helps shipowners and operators eliminate manual data entry by generating hire statements and operational invoices directly from underlying contract terms, off-hire

Nine people at the Ankeri booth at SMM 2026, under the banner "Your Time Charter Operating System"

SMM 2026 Ankeri Highlights

SMM Hamburg has been one of the major events on our calendar since Ankeri was founded, making our return to Hamburg particularly special as we celebrate 10 years of building software for the shipping

Meet Ankeri at SMM 2026, Hall B6.514, Hamburg Messe, over a container ship docked at a port at dusk

Meet Ankeri Team at SMM 2026

We are excited to be back at SMM 2026, one of the shipping industry's leading events, and to once again connect with customers, partners and the wider maritime community. This year's exhibition is par

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Ankeri Achieves SOC 2 Type II

We're excited to announce that Ankeri has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type II audit.  SOC 2 is one of the most widely recognised security frameworks for SaaS companies. Developed by the American

Three panelists on stage at the Ankeri x Veracity by DNV panel in Singapore, under an Ankeri slide titled Differentiate with data

Singapore Panel Highlights | Ankeri x Veracity by DNV: Customer Insights on Trusted Time Charter Execution

Shipping has always been a relationship-driven industry. Sharing experiences and learning from one another is how lasting partnerships are built. With our local office now established in Singapore, w

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Upcoming Changes to Login and Authentication

We are rolling out a new authentication system designed to provide a more modern, secure, and streamlined login experience. To ensure a smooth transition, the rollout will happen gradually, and companies will be migrated one at a time.

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Posidonia 2026: Ankeri Highlights

Posidonia 2026 is officially over, but the energy across Athens is still high. It is always one of the best weeks of the year for the shipping community, and a great place to catch up with long-time p

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AI at Ankeri: From Data Fragmentation to Operational Intelligence

AI at Ankeri: From Data Fragmentation to Operational Intelligence Artificial intelligence is transforming software across every industry. Shipping is no exception. At Ankeri, we believe AI should not

Two Ankeri representatives at Ankeri booth S10 at Singapore Maritime Week 2026

Singapore Maritime Week 2026: Ankeri Takeaways

Singapore Maritime Week was impactful and productive for the Ankeri team. We connected with partners and maritime professionals to discuss how data-driven execution is fundamentally changing the way t

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Introducing the New Ankeri Website

We recently launched a new look for the Ankeri website, bringing our message closer to our product offering and our vision of an operating system for charter party execution.

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Ankeri Expands to Singapore

Ankeri has opened a new office in Singapore, strengthening our presence in the Asia-Pacific region to better support customers managing time charter operations.

Ankeri is exhibiting at Singapore Maritime Week 2026, 21-23 April, booth S10, Suntec Singapore, beside the Marina Bay skyline

Ankeri at Singapore Maritime Week 2026

Ankeri is exhibiting at Singapore Maritime Week 2026. Join us at Tech Village, Booth S10, in the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre from 21 to 23 April 2026.

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What Shipping Learnt from the First FuelEU Cycle: Insights from Lloyd's List

Our co-founders shared insights with Lloyd's List on emission reporting challenges and how shipping stakeholders are navigating compliance under FuelEU.

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Chart a Smoother Course: Ankeri Automates Invoicing and Emissions Settlements

The maritime industry is navigating a sea of complexity, driven by new environmental regulations like the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and FuelEU Maritime, alongside the perennial administrative

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Ankeri at 9: A Year of Maturing, Momentum and Looking Ahead

This year marks Ankeri’s 9th anniversary, a milestone that feels different. Not because nine is a symbolic number, but because the past twelve months have set the foundation for what our tenth year wi

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Celebrating Together: Ankeri Árshátíð 2025!

On September 26, our team and spouses came together for our annual Árshátíð 2025. From a scenic yacht tour to delightful dinner and great company, it was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on our progress and recognize the incredible teamwork that makes Ankeri thrive.

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Seaspan joins container leaders signing up to Ankeri’s digital platform

Seaspan Corporation, the world’s largest independent charter owner and operator of containerships, joins container leaders signing up to Ankeri’s digital platform to implement the Icelandic company’s digital platform across its global operation.

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A fresh coat of paint for the Ankeri Platform 🚢🎨

The new Ankeri UI Quick take: We’re giving the Ankeri Platform a fresh coat of paint: cleaner typography, room to breathe, a clearer visual hierarchy, and we’ve consolidated UI elements across modules

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ETS Management in Time Charter Relationships

The EU ETS has now been with us in shipping for nearly two years. Everyone involved—owners, charterers, managers—has had to adapt quickly. Contract clauses and workflows were created and refined, repo

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Ankeri at Nor-Shipping 2025! ⚓

Ankeri team wrapped up a packed week at Nor-Shipping 2025! From live demos and deep dives into data, to World Environment Day and Icelandic snacks — our time in Oslo was filled with forward-looking conversations around digitalisation, collaboration and sustainability in shipping.

Ankeri is exhibiting at Nor-Shipping 2025, 2-6 June 2025, booth D2-27, beside a Norwegian flag on a rooftop

Ankeri at Nor-Shipping 2025: Shaping the Future Through Maritime Data

Ankeri will be exhibiting at Nor-Shipping stand D2-27 from 2–6 June, showcasing how our modular software platform enables collaboration, transparency and data-driven decision-making across the maritime industry.

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Ankeri’s Chartering Invoices Module Recognised for Excellence

Chartering Invoices was recently recognized at the 2025 Ship Technology Excellence Awards in the Financing – Invoicing Automation Category for its impact on streamlining financial workflows in shipping.

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Ankeri Joins the SMDG Community!

We are pleased to announce that Ankeri has become a Global Member of SMDG—Ship Message Design Group, a non-profit association dedicated to advancing digital communication standards across the maritime industry.

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Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2025: Ankeri’s Takeaways

Ankeri was pleased to exhibit at the Tech Stage, joining nearly 200 international exhibitors showcasing forward-looking maritime solutions in Singapore Maritime Week 2025.

Ankeri is exhibiting at Singapore Maritime Week 2025, 25-28 March, booth S20 Tech Village, Suntec Singapore

Ankeri is exhibiting at Singapore Maritime Week 2025

Ankeri will exhibit at Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2025 at Tech Village, be part of the industry conversations, and showcase how digital solutions help shipping companies turn data into action.

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Ankeri Wins Triple Award at Ship Technology Excellence Awards 2025!

Ankeri has been named a Triple Category Award Winner at the prestigious Ship Technology Excellence Awards 2025.

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Why Smart Shipping Companies Rely on SaaS?

Imagine your business on the brink of a major breakthrough, yet progress stalls as your IT teams juggle multiple priorities. In today's fast-paced environment,  IT departments are responsible for the

Ankeri is participating at World Maritime Forum Copenhagen, 18-19 February 2025, beside a container ship

Ankeri at World Maritime Forum: Join Us in Copenhagen

Ankeri will be at the World Maritime Forum in Copenhagen. Our CEO will be a panelist in Digitalization in Focus: Navigating Maritime's Transformation." on February 19, 2025.

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How to harness the value of your maritime data stack? Ankeri’s modular software infrastructure got you covered

Ankeri’s modular software infrastructure transforms how commercial, operational, and technical ship data is managed, delivering seamless solutions for both in-house users and external stakeholders.

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Ankeri: 8 Years of Driving Automation and Digitalization

Just having celebrated our 8th anniversary, we'd like to share how Ankeri has been driving digital transformation in the shipping industry.

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Ankeri at SMM Hamburg 2024

Ankeri was pleased to exhibit at SMM Hamburg 2024, the leading maritime industry event. We are excited to highlight some of the key moments of the week!

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Ernst Russ Selects Ankeri's new Chartering Invoicing feature

As a prominent international ship owner and maritime investment management firm, Ernst Russ AG has been utilizing Ankeri's platform since 2021. Ernst Russ has been working in close collaboration with

Ankeri Chartering screen listing hire invoices for the vessel Coban Imperial, marked paid, sent, draft or planned

Introducing Ankeri’s Chartering Invoices Feature!

Ankeri presents the latest feature for ship owners in the Ankeri Chartering module: Invoices. This new functionality streamlines and automates the complex process of managing invoices and brings efficiency and accuracy to operations.

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Posidonia 2024: Key Highlights from Ankeri Team

The Ankeri team recently attended the Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition in Athens, Greece, from June 3-7, 2024. Posidonia 2024, themed "Powering ahead," provided invaluable insights and conn

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Global Ship Lease partners with Ankeri to Digitalize Maritime Operations

Athens, Greece – Global Ship Lease (GSL), a leading container vessel owner with a fleet of 68 mid-sized container ships, has announced a strategic partnership with digital innovation leader Ankeri Solutions to utilize Ankeri's software platform to digitalize, streamline, and automate their maritime workflows.

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Ankeri's Árshátíð 2024: Annual Celebration in Sitges, Spain

This year, we took Ankeri's annual celebration of Árshátíð to the next level by gathering in Sitges, Spain with the Ankeri team! We understand that the “árshátíð” is more than just a corporate event;

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Hapag-Lloyd Partners with Ankeri Solutions to Accelerate Decarbonization Efforts for Entire Fleet

Reykjavík, March 7th, 2024 - Hapag-Lloyd, a global leader in container shipping, has entered into a transformative contract agreement with Ankeri Solutions, a pioneering software company specializing in maritime decarbonization solutions. This strategic partnership aims to support Hapag-Lloyd's amb

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Seamless Emission Tracking with Ankeri: A Game-Changer for Ship Owners

The shipping industry stands at a pivotal juncture with the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) regulations. For ship owners, this change necessitates a robust approach to monitoring and reporting emissions. Ankeri is at the forefront of this transformation, offering an innovati

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EU ETS Management - the sensible long-term approach

Ankeri's integrated flexible and proven tech stack is the ideal solution for effective EU ETS Management and simultaneously a fast-track for your digitalisation journey. All while offering simplification of your internal software landscape. Working with Ankeri on ETS Management delivers significant

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Ankeri Aware available in Kongsberg's Vessel Insight marketplace

Ankeri is very pleased to announce that Ankeri Aware is now available in Kongsberg's Vessel Insight marketplace.Aware is the mobile (and desktop) application that uses the shipping company's own in-house data to provide a social fitness app experience while also generating easy operational insights.

Orlando Castillo of Hapag-Lloyd and Jörn Springer of Ankeri

Better communication - better CII management

The following interview was originally published in the Hansa - International Maritime Journal, April 2023 edition.Hapag-Lloyd, the global shipping and transportation company, works with Iceland-based software company Ankeri, employing its platform infrastructure to tackle CII management between cou

Digital Ship Conference Hamburg panel, 30 March 2023, on start-ups helping shipping companies, with Jörn Springer of Ankeri Solutions

Join us in the panel discussion at the Digital Ship Conference in Hamburg on March 30th

We are thrilled to announce that Jörn Springer will be participating on behalf of Ankeri in the panel discussion at the upcoming Digital Ship Conference in Hamburg on March 30th. The focus of the pane

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Get out of the dark. Three simple steps to start collaborating on CII.

The first Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) reporting year will commence now on January 1st and things are becoming more clearer with the new BIMCO charterparty clause that covers the measuring, sharing and co-operation aspect of CII. Ankeri is a cloud-based software designed to give owners and chart

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6 year anniversary! 🎉

Today (1st of December) Ankeri celebrates its 6 year anniversary.The year has been exciting for us. Following a funding round late last year, led by Frumtak Ventures, we have grown quite a lot. We managed to attract great talent to join our team.In the past year we have also released exciting new pr

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Meeting the data sharing imperative in decarbonising shipping

By Henning RoxinPhoto by Baptiste Buisson on Unsplash The industry's GHG emission problemEvery year shipping emits about 3% of the global greenhouse gas emissions while burning 300 million tons of fuel annually (Sources: IMO, IPCC, IEA).The industry therefore significantly contributes to global warm

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Why chartering teams should focus on the total charter lifecycle cost, not charter rates

By Helgi Benediktsson Photo by Shaah Shahidh on UnsplashBefore chartering a vessel for a trade, to understand cost structures and make comparison with other potential vessel candidates; the estimation of the vessel’s expected total charter lifecycle cost (in principal the total sum of the daily char

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Ankeri wins the SMM start-up award! 🥇

It is with immense pride, joy and gratitude that we can inform you that last week during SMM 2022 at the SMM Maritime Start-up Night, Ankeri received the SMM Maritime Start-up Award 🥇🏆!The SMM Maritime Start-up Night was a great success with 16 exciting maritime start-ups competing for the prestigio

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Ankeri and MAC Maritime to cooperate

Ankeri and MAC Maritime have entered into an MoU with the objective to collaborate on building an interoperable digital data stack for the maritime shipping industry. MAC Maritime is one of the leading companies in collecting and processing ship performance data while Ankeri has created cloud-based

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Collaborating on CII compliance

By Oskar Sigþórsson Photo by Kinsey on Unsplash The IMO has decided on using the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) as one of the measures to drive decarbonisation of the shipping industry. Many shipping companies have started to analyse their fleet with regards to CII, to prepare for the first report