Commercial inland-waterway freight intelligence

Commercial inland-waterway freight intelligence: historical, real-time and 14-day forecast water levels for strategic Rhine gauges (Duisburg, Cologne, Kaub, Maxau); a proprietary loadable-capacity model converting water level into loadable tonnage and cubic metres for standard barge classes (110 m = 2,500 t / 3,000 cmb; 135 m = 3,500 t / 4,100 cmb) with cargo-density awareness; barge position and tracking data; and barge freight rate observations plus bunker prices across the Rhine and FARAG (Rotterdam-Antwerp-Ghent) region. Sold explicitly as a data service with an interactive measurement-point map.

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Industry: MarineFinancial Exchanges & Data
Instruments: equitiescommodities
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Type: not stated
Format: Tabular time series delivered as an API/SaaS feed (historical, real-time and forecast series), plus interactive map and marketplace transaction data
Volume: Continuous historical, real-time and 14-day forecast series across four headline Rhine gauges (plus an interactive measurement-point map implying a wider station set), loadability curves for each predefined barge class and cargo density, daily freight-rate and bunker-price observations per route, and an accumulating log of barge positions, cargo postings and fixtures. Volume is measured in years of daily market observations rather than large data size.
Users: Low hundreds of professional accounts (traders, charterers, barge owners and shippers in the Rhine-FARAG corridor; inferred from a 2-person company operating a login-gated B2B platform with a demo-request sales motion rather than self-serve signup)
History: 4 years
Update frequency: not stated
Growth: Active — the platform has expanded well past water levels into bunkers, chartering, barge tracking, freight rates and an AI agent module, with a dedicated market-reporting role and a current-generation web stack; still a founder-led micro-team, so user growth is incremental while product surface is widening
Launched: Est. 2022-2023 (the platform's organisational record dates to late 2023 and the site already presents multiple mature market modules, so launch sits at or just before that record rather than recently)
Delivery: not stated
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