Our Story

• 2020

  Foundations in a Challenging Time

  OceanScore is founded by Jörg Molzahn and Albrecht Gundermann, industry veterans and managing partners of Euromar, the Portuguese registry. As the world comes to a standstill due to COVID-19, they find themselves linking their passion for shipping, data, and sustainability. OceanScore is born.

• 2021

  Laying the Groundwork

  Recognizing the immense potential of their idea, the founders recruit first developers in Poland and data scientists in Portugal. Industry partners are won, product development commences.

• 2022

  Gaining Traction

  Many iterations later, OceanScore’s first product hits the market. First customers are won, using “ShipReview” to assess the sustainability and carbon footprint of portfolios of ships they have financed, insured, invested in, to benchmark these portfolios, to gain new insights into the market.

• 2023

  Strengthening the Core

  With “ShipReview” gaining traction fast and the upcoming EU ETS regulation making shipping companies approaching OceanScore for support, OceanScore starts to take bigger steps. The team expands to 15 – often with a background in shipping and or data science. OceanScore’s “ETS Manager” is developed and launched in fall and “CargoFP” hits the market. Investors like MSC and Döhle, theDock and TecPier come on board to fund the growth.

• 2024

  Expanding Horizons

  By mid 2024, OceanScore has won the market leadership for its “ETS Manager”, winning a broad range of leading clients across Europe and beyond. Further functionalities are added throughout the year, building “ETS Manager” into a solution that supports ship owners, managers and operators alike. “ShipReview” continues to gain traction with banks, P&I clubs and investors. With just months to go before Europe’s most complex regulation so far – FuelEU Maritime – enters into force, OceanScore has assembled a group of development partners and presses ahead with building solutions to once again help shipping stay afloat. With the company's rapid growth, headcount increases to 25 by mid year. In addition to the existing offices in Germany, Portugal and Poland, OceanScore’s first Asian office is opened in Singapore.