Awake.AI and Tidalis Build the Pipeline From Port-Call Data to Automated Emissions Reporting

Finnish maritime-AI company Awake.AI and Dutch port-systems specialist Tidalis announced a partnership on 13 May to combine port-call and vessel operational data with automated Scope 1–3 emissions reporting — putting practical infrastructure under a regulatory wave that is about to break across European shipping. The agreement integrates Awake.AI's Emission Monitor with Tidalis's vessel traffic services (VTS) and port management systems, which are used by ports, coastguards and maritime authorities and support more than 70,000 ship transits daily worldwide. Together they take operational data — port-call, vessel, fueling, cargo handling, shore power and gate-event data — and turn it into auditable emissions reporting designed to satisfy the rapidly expanding regulatory regime: FuelEU Maritime, EU ETS, IMO DCS and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Why the timing matters: CSRD reporting requirements are landing on European port operators and shipping companies this year, and the manual reporting workflows most operators currently use are expensive, slow and error-prone. The Awake.AI–Tidalis approach is structurally different — instead of layering reporting on top of operations, it derives reporting from the data already flowing through port traffic systems. Karno Tenovuo, CEO of Awake.AI, framed the technical challenge: "You cannot decarbonise what you cannot measure. The challenge is turning that data into reliable and auditable emissions reporting that supports both compliance and operational decision-making." Geert-Jan den Besten, CEO of Tidalis, described the partnership as adding emissions expertise to Tidalis's existing global vessel traffic network. The deployment plan: First implementations begin in European ports this year, with rollout extending to Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas during 2026 and 2027 — a sequencing that follows the regulatory pressure rather than running ahead of it. Why this matters for ship managers: This partnership is a concrete answer to a question raised in our 10 May digest, when the IMO Compendium adopted 140+ standardised emissions data fields. The standard provides the data architecture; partnerships like this provide the operational pipeline that connects port-call reality to regulatory submission. If your operations team is still building emissions reports in spreadsheets or chasing data from terminal operators by email, the question is no longer whether the workflow will be automated — it is who you will buy that automation from, and whether your port partners will be on a compatible platform. Ports already on Tidalis-based VTS systems will get this capability bundled; operators calling at those ports will benefit from cleaner, more consistent port-call data feeding into their own compliance work. Worth tracking which European ports go first. [Splash247 · Awake.AI · Tidalis]

This story is part of the Maritime AI Digest of 24 May 2026.