NaviTools — Nautical Analytics, Vessel Intelligence

02 — For the fisherman

The technology that takes work off the deck.

NaviTools was conceived by a former skipper. Every feature is measured against one question: does it save time, money, or trouble on board?

Direct value, every trip

Less paperwork. More margin. Real protection.

Your e-logbook data, prepared for you. Position, depth, gear, species, weights and discards are captured from sensors all trip long. When it is time to submit the e-logbook, the fields are ready — you confirm, you do not type.
Full EU traceability, hold to buyer. NaviTools delivers the complete traceability solution the EU now requires. Each box is fixed to a position in the hold (FishGrid), scanned once by RFID at landing, and tracked through the auction to the buyer — end-to-end, on every trip. Already implemented on five vessels (below).
Fuel cost per haul, per trip, per kilo of fish. Liters per hour live. Liters per kilo of catch the moment a haul comes on deck. Spot the tow that earned nothing. See in euros whether a hull cleaning, a new propeller or a different RPM actually paid back.
Evidence on file before it's asked for. Net damage, gear loss, auction-weight disputes, near-misses: position, depth, course, hydraulic pressure and per-box catch composition are timestamped and stored. Insurance, surveyor, lawyer — the record is there when they need it.
Your grounds, mapped from your own hauls. Catch-per-hour by depth, bottom type and season — built trip after trip from data you already generate. The pattern no skipper can hold in their head over a 20-year career, written down and searchable.
Margin per trip, while you are still fishing. Catch value minus fuel burn minus crew share, recalculated as each haul lands. Visserij Verduurzaamt premium tracked separately. Stay or steam — decide with numbers, not just gut feel.

NaviTools BleuBox installed on a vessel, wired to the onboard data concentrator

Precedent — running in production

Full traceability is not a plan. It is already implemented on five vessels.

Click a vessel for deployment details.

Crew positioning fish boxes in the hold — Boxes positioned in the hold against FishGrid coordinates.

Skipper logging a box on the FishGrid app — colour-coded species grid — On-deck logging — species, weight and condition recorded per box.

3D digital twin of the Z483 hold with every box mapped to its slot — Real-time 3D twin of the hold — every box pinned to its slot.

04 — What sets it apart

Built on deliberate choices — not on hype.

NaviTools is a system, not a single product: vessel-hardened hardware, enterprise cloud, open-source scientific modules, and a new generation of AI tools that turn raw signal into decisions.

01

Purpose-built hardware

Purpose-built collection unit, hardened for working vessels. Dedicated processing, minimal maintenance, long service life.

02

Industry-standard cloud infrastructure

Data processing and storage on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure — the same standards used by global research institutions and governments. Reliable, scalable, auditable.

Diagram: Research methods as a module. Data input → data prep → research methods (a plug-in module the user chooses) → results → delivery → decisions. Plug in. Process. Decide. Swap in different methods as needed; same pipeline, more flexibility.

03

Open-source scientific integration

Research modules — stock assessment, species distribution, environmental data pipelines — plug in as modular, open-source components. No black boxes.

Skipper Geert van der Plas, W-145 — "W-145's skipper Geert van der Plas is positive about the benefits of gathering data."

04

Designed by fishermen, for fishermen

Conceived from the deck up, by a former commercial skipper. Practical first, data-rich second, complex only when necessary.

Diagram: vessel data enters an encrypted vault; the skipper decides who is authorised — research institutions and data processors get read-only, time- or purpose-limited access; regulatory bodies and public third parties are not authorised. Every access is audit-logged.

05

Certified data governance

Vessel owners retain full ownership of their data. They decide who accesses it, on what terms, for which purpose.

06 — In active development & deployment

Agentic AI and advanced modelling

AI agents handle the heavy work: crunching trip data, building dashboards, running predictive models that sharpen as more vessels contribute. On deck, the same agents make that data accessible in plain language — a skipper or fleet manager can ask a question and get an answer on their own phone or tablet. No new interface to learn — the data comes to them.

08 — Get in touch

Let's talk about what your fleet's data can do.

For institutional partners, governments, funders and international organisations. We typically respond within two business days.

Email

info@navitools.be

Based in

Belgium · serving Europe and beyond

The data your vessel already generates. Finally working for your business.

Fishing vessels generate valuable data. Most of it is lost at sea.

The technology that takes work off the deck.

Less paperwork. More margin. Real protection.

The same data, working for the sector and for the science.

Transparency as the foundation of trust.

Real-time data for assessments that matter.

Built on deliberate choices — not on hype.

Purpose-built hardware

Industry-standard cloud infrastructure

Open-source scientific integration

Designed by fishermen, for fishermen

Certified data governance

Agentic AI and advanced modelling

Not a pilot. A platform at fleet scale.

Working with the institutions that shape European fisheries.

In the press. At EU level. In daily use.

Let's talk about what your fleet's data can do.