About - Cetasol Maritime Analytics

Where We Started

Built from the Waterfront Up

Cetasol was founded in 2019 by Ethan Faghani after spending a decade working on vessel routing systems for North Sea offshore supply chains. The problem was clear: maritime operators were making multi-million-dollar decisions based on 20-minute-old AIS data, disconnected weather feeds, and paper logs that wouldn't be compiled until the vessel docked.

We started by embedding with fleet managers in Boston and Hamburg, watching how decisions actually got made on the operations floor. What we built reflects that - a platform that surfaces the right signal at the right moment, without burying operators in noise.

Today Cetasol monitors over 4,200 vessels across 38 countries, serving shipping companies, port operators, and offshore energy firms that need accurate situational awareness to keep operations safe and profitable.

Cetasol is backed by Impact X Capital through a seed round investment.

Meet the Team

What We Stand For

Precision Over Volume

Maritime operations generate enormous data volumes. Our job is not to show all of it - it's to surface what actually matters for the decision in front of you.

Safety as Infrastructure

We treat safety-critical alerts the same way bridge officers treat collision avoidance - with redundancy, fail-safes, and zero tolerance for missed notifications.

Open by Default

Maritime technology has been siloed for too long. Cetasol publishes open APIs and supports industry data standards so operators can integrate without vendor lock-in.

The Maritime Intelligence Gap

Why the industry still struggles with operational visibility

90% of Global Trade Moves by Sea

The global merchant fleet exceeds 90,000 vessels and handles over 11 billion tons of cargo annually. Yet the majority of operators still rely on fragmented data sources - commercial AIS feeds, separate weather APIs, manual engine logs, and spreadsheet-based maintenance records.

The cost is measurable: unplanned vessel downtime averages $50,000-$150,000 per day depending on vessel class. Fuel inefficiency from suboptimal routing adds 8-12% to voyage costs. Compliance reporting errors expose operators to port state control detentions.

Cetasol was built to close this gap - not by aggregating more raw data, but by applying analytics models trained specifically on maritime operational patterns.

Cetasol by the Numbers

2019

Founded in Boston, MA

4,200+

Vessels on Platform

38

Countries Served

42

Team Members

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