The Dredging Industry's
First Intelligence Platform
Real-time vessel tracking, activity classification, and environmental monitoring for the $16B dredging and $50B offshore wind sectors. Built by domain experts.
Fleet Coverage
0 Vessels Tracked
Data Feed
24/7 Real-Time AIS
Flag States
0+ Countries
Update Frequency
Every 2-5 Minutes
The Market Gap
A $16 Billion Industry
Flying Blind
Every major maritime sector has dedicated intelligence products. Dredging is the last sector without one.
| Sector | Intelligence Platform | Valuation / Backing | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankers & Crude | Kpler | $1B+ valuation | |
| Fishing | Global Fishing Watch | Google-backed | |
| Containers | Xeneta / project44 | $500M+ combined | |
| Dry Bulk | Signal Ocean / Oceanbolt | VC-funded | |
| Dredging | DredgeIntel | First mover | LIVE NOW |
The manual problem
Environmental consultancies spend 26 to 52 hours per project manually analyzing AIS data for dredging Environmental Impact Assessments. Our platform reduces this to minutes.
Platform Capabilities
What We Track
Six integrated capabilities that give you complete visibility into global dredging operations.
Global Fleet Tracking
1,300+ dredging vessels across 45+ flag states, updated every 2-5 minutes. The most comprehensive dredging-specific AIS dataset assembled anywhere.
Activity Classification
Automated detection of vessel states: dredging, transit, idle, disposal, at anchor, in port. Speed, heading, and draft-based classification with growing training data.
Project Detection
Spatial clustering identifies active dredging projects worldwide. Track project timelines, involved vessels, operators, and estimated volumes.
Fleet Intelligence
Operator fleet deployment, utilisation rates, and competitive benchmarking. Know where DEME, Boskalis, Van Oord, and Jan De Nul deploy their assets.
Environmental Monitoring
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery integration for turbidity plume mapping and land reclamation tracking. Correlate vessel activity with environmental impact.
Compliance Reporting
Independent verification of dredging activity for regulators and EIA consultancies. Automated evidence packages for marine licence conditions.
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Vessels Tracked
0+
Flag States
24/7
Real-Time Feed
<5min
Update Interval
What We're Building
Intelligence Products
for Four Verticals
We're actively building and deploying intelligence products across dredging, offshore wind, environmental compliance, and geopolitical monitoring. We're looking for early design partners to shape these with us.
Dredging Intelligence
The world's first dedicated dredging intelligence platform. Real-time fleet tracking, activity classification, project detection, and production monitoring.
- Project Radar — detect projects before announcement via vessel mobilisation
- Production Monitor — estimate dredged volumes from draft cycling patterns
- Fleet Benchmarking — utilisation, efficiency, and competitive positioning
- Sand Supply Chain Intelligence — global sand flow mapping
Operators, ports, consultancies, PE investors
Offshore Wind Intelligence
Same AIS infrastructure, applied to the $50B+ offshore wind construction market. The same operators (DEME, Van Oord, Boskalis) dominate both sectors.
- Vessel OPEX Intelligence — day-rate estimation from utilisation patterns
- Turbine-Level Activity — which vessels visit which turbines, how long, how often
- Construction Progress Tracker — installation counts from jack-up movements
- Contractor Benchmarking — compare installation efficiency across operators
Wind developers, vessel operators, energy investors
Environmental & ESG
We protect the oceans we monitor. Satellite-fused environmental intelligence for compliance, impact assessment, and sustainability reporting.
- Plume Attribution — Sentinel-2 turbidity mapping linked to specific vessels
- ESG & Carbon Analytics — per-vessel CO2, CII ratings, EU ETS readiness
- Coral & Habitat Protection — automated alerts near sensitive marine areas
- Automated EIA Reporting — replace weeks of manual AIS analysis
Regulators, EIA consultancies, banks (CSRD), insurers
Maritime Security & Coastal Monitoring
Track state-backed dredging fleets, detect unauthorised activity, and monitor coastal changes. Politically neutral intelligence for any government or agency worldwide.
- State Fleet Monitoring — track government-backed dredging operations globally
- Dark Vessel Detection — satellite plume detection of AIS-off operations
- Land Reclamation Detection — satellite + AIS fusion for coastal changes
- National Coastal Monitoring — whole-EEZ surveillance for any nation
Coast guards, maritime agencies, port authorities, security analysts
We're building in the open
These products are actively being built and deployed. We're looking for early design partners who want to shape the platform with us. If any of this matches your needs, let's talk.
How It Works
From Raw Signal to Actionable Intelligence
Ingest
24/7 AIS data streaming from terrestrial and satellite receivers. Every position, every heading change, every draft update.
Validate
Position bounds checking, MMSI validation, spoofing detection. Only clean, verified data enters the pipeline.
Classify
Activity classification labels each position: dredging, transit, idle, disposal, at anchor, in port. Speed, heading, and draft-based models with growing training data.
Deliver
Intelligence reports, API access, and dashboard views. Actionable insight delivered in minutes, not weeks.
The Team
Built by Domain Experts
Deep expertise in dredging operations, remote sensing, and AI applied to real-world maritime engineering — powered by big data and deep learning at scale.
Our Approach
DredgeIntel combines multi-source AIS data fusion, Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for turbidity and land reclamation analysis, and machine learning activity classification. We've built the most comprehensive dredging vessel registry in the world (1,300+ vessels across 45+ flag states) and the only 24/7 real-time tracking pipeline dedicated to this sector.
Technology
Our pipeline ingests real-time AIS position reports via WebSocket streaming, validates and classifies vessel activity, and fuses this with satellite imagery for environmental monitoring. All data is stored in time-series optimised formats for fast querying across the entire global fleet.
Raul Adriaensen
Co-founder & CEO
PhD in coastal modelling with industry experience on high-impact projects across the United Nations, Google, SatelliteVu, and DEME. Bringing research expertise and novel methodologies to solve problems the industry has never had the data for — production estimation, plume prediction, hydrodynamic calibration, environmental compliance, and competitive intelligence at a global scale.
Co-founder & CTO
BSc Geophysics, MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering. Currently building world models and high-performance computing systems for offshore wind OPEX prediction — saving operators millions in operational costs and sharpening tender pricing. Previous experience in energy trading analytics (RWE) and large-scale clinical data pipelines (NHS). Fluent in Mandarin, English, and Romanian.
Let's Talk
We're Building This
Right Now
We're actively deploying the platform and looking for early partners. Whether you're a dredging operator, environmental consultancy, port authority, regulator, or investor — we'd love to hear what intelligence matters to you.
Or email us directly at info@dredgeintel.com