Vessel Weather Intelligence

Stop waiting for
disputes.

Validate Your Vessel's Performance In Real Time.

AutoCop delivers daily route weather forecasts to your ops inbox and independently cross-checks every noon report against verified hindcast data from leading weather agencies. Instant variance alerts. No ship-side software needed.

See How It Works

No credit card  ·  No ship-side software  ·  Setup in minutes

MV Pacific Trader · Route Monitor Live
VARIANCE DETECTED Bft 3 vs Bft 6 SGSIN CNSHA Day 3
ETA
Sep 12
Wind
Bft 6
Wave
2.4 m
Alert
1 Active
The Problem

Manual checks leave money on the table.

Vessel noon reports are submitted and filed — but rarely verified. The gaps only surface when a dispute is already in progress.

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Reports filed, never checked

Ops teams receive noon reports and forward them to charterers. No one compares reported conditions against independent hindcast data.

avg 3 unchecked reports / week
02

Disputes arrive weeks later

By the time a charterer questions a weather claim, the voyage is over and recollection is the only evidence. AutoCop creates a timestamped paper trail.

avg $18k dispute resolution cost
03

Missing reports go unnoticed

No report for 26 hours? Most operations teams find out by accident, or not at all. AutoCop fires an alert the moment the window lapses.

26h alert window
Noon Report Validation

Every report. Cross-checked.
Every voyage.

AutoCop cross-references every noon report against hindcast data from leading weather agencies including NOAA and ECMWF for the same position and time. Discrepancies trigger an instant alert to whoever needs to know.

Validation Report ⚠ Variance Detected
MV Pacific Trader IMO 9876543 · 07 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC · 14.2°N 108.5°E
Reported byChief Officer, noon position
RouteSGSIN → CNSHA
Validation window±3h, 50km radius
Wind Speed (Beaufort)
Reported
Bft 3
NOAA
Bft 7
ECMWF
Bft 6
Significant Wave Height (m)
Reported
1.2 m
NOAA
3.1 m
ECMWF
2.9 m
⚠ Alert sent 12:04 UTC · Wind −4 Bft · Wave −1.9 m · DS mismatch · Ops + Legal notified
Route Weather Reports

Daily forecast. Zero effort.

Tell AutoCop your vessel's route. Every morning, a weather forecast for the next 5 days lands in your ops inbox: Beaufort, wave height, and Douglas Scale for each leg. No ship-side input required.

  • → 5-day Beaufort and wave forecasts per route leg
  • → Automatic email to vessel and ops. No logins, no apps.
  • → NOAA + ECMWF sourced. Updated daily at 06:00 UTC
  • ✓ Free for vessels enrolled in AutoCop
5-Day Route Forecast
SGSIN CNSHA
FREE
Sep 07
Bft 3
1.2 m
Sep 08
Bft 4
1.8 m
Sep 09
Bft 7
3.2 m
Sep 10
Bft 6
2.7 m
Sep 11
Bft 4
1.9 m
⚠ Heavy weather forecast Sep 09–10 · Bft 7 · DS 4 · Advise Master
One vessel. Two steps.
Daily weather in your inbox.

No credit card. No ship-side software. No integration work. Enroll in under three minutes and your first report arrives tomorrow morning.

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Alert types configured
4
Validation parameters
26h
Missing report window
2
Steps to enroll
Enroll

Enroll in minutes.
Tell us your vessel. We handle the rest.

Find Your Vessel

Search by vessel name or IMO number to get started.

Select a vessel from the list so IMO is captured.
Please enter a valid email address.

What would you like to set up today?

Choose what to activate now. You can add more from your dashboard any time.

Route Weather Reports
Daily route weather forecast emailed to vessel and ops automatically. Zero input from the ship required.
Vessel → Route Setup → Activate
3 steps · ~3 min
Vessel Reporting & Validation
Full noon report collection and hindcast cross-check. Alert when Beaufort, wave, Douglas Scale, or current factor diverges.
Vessel → Alerts → Send Form → Activate
4 steps · ~5 min
✓
Full Coverage
Route forecasts and noon report validation together. One enrollment, complete weather intelligence across vessel, route, and ops.
Vessel → Route → Alerts → Send Form → Activate
5 steps · ~8 min

You can adjust and add more from the dashboard at any time after signup.

Set Up Voyage Weather Report

Set up daily routing weather emails for your vessel's current voyage, or skip if the voyage is not ready yet.

Voyage weather clock starts here. Each daily email advances this date by 24 hours along the route.
Pick the UTC time the daily forecast should be sent.
Daily forecast uses this address.

Configure Alerts

Set up your alert preferences for vessel monitoring, or skip and do this later from the dashboard.

Populated from Step 1

Missing Report Reminder
Receive reminder if a report is not received after 26 hours of last report.
Requires at least one vessel report in AutoCop DB to work
Weather Variance Alert
Receive alert if reported values differ from hindcast beyond KPI thresholds.
Fair Weather Criteria Alert
Receive alert if reported conditions exceed the vessel's fair-weather thresholds.

Negative = adverse current · Positive (+) = favorable current

An alert will be sent to ops@yourcompany.com if reported conditions exceed: Wind > 4 Bft, Significant Wave > 2.5 m, DS > 3, Current Factor > −1.0 kts.
Alert Summary
Recipient: —

Send Reporting Form

Send the reporting form to your vessel to activate AutoCop monitoring.

Clicking Send will email the reporting form to the vessel and keep you (the account email) in copy. If your account still needs a password, we also email you a one-time set-password link.
✓
You're enrolled!

Check your inbox for next steps.

Why It Matters

The numbers don't lie.
The reports do.

Reporting Gap

No independent check exists

Vessel operators, owners, charterers, and legal teams receive noon reports with no practical way to verify reported conditions against independent data. Until now.

Financial Risk

Disputes are expensive and slow

A single disputed voyage costs operators thousands in legal and admin time. AutoCop's timestamped cross-checks become your first line of defence.

Operational Blind Spot

Missing reports go undetected

When a vessel fails to submit a noon report, most ops teams discover it by chance. AutoCop fires a 26-hour alert the moment the window lapses.

How It Works

Simple for ops.
Rigorous under the hood.

AutoCop runs entirely in the background. Your crew submits their noon report as usual. AutoCop does the cross-checking automatically.

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Vessel submits noon report
Master or Chief Officer sends the daily noon report via email or web form, the same process they use today. No new apps, no ship-side software.
✓ Report received · MV Pacific Trader · 07 Sep 12:00 UTC
→ Parsing position, weather fields, speed, heading...
2
AutoCop queries leading weather agency hindcasts
Using the reported position and time, AutoCop retrieves verified hindcast data from leading weather agencies (NOAA, ECMWF) for a ±3h window and 50km radius.
→ NOAA GFS hindcast · 14.2°N 108.5°E · fetched
→ ECMWF ERA5 hindcast · same position · fetched
✓ Both sources confirmed
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Cross-check: 4 parameters validated
Wind (Bft), significant wave height (m), Douglas Scale, and current factor (kts) are each compared against hindcast thresholds. Variance above threshold triggers an alert.
Wind: Reported Bft 3 · NOAA Bft 7 · ECMWF Bft 6
⚠ WIND VARIANCE: −4 Bft — exceeds threshold
Wave: Reported 1.2m · NOAA 3.1m · ECMWF 2.9m
⚠ WAVE VARIANCE: −1.9m — exceeds threshold
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Alert sent to configured recipients
Within seconds, a detailed variance report is emailed to configured recipients — ops, legal, owners, or charterers. Whoever needs to know gets notified. The alert includes exact numbers, a full comparison table, and the hindcast source data.
✓ Alert dispatched 12:04 UTC
→ ops@yourcompany.com · legal@yourcompany.com
→ Subject: AutoCop Alert · Pacific Trader · Wind/Wave Variance
5
Report archived with full audit trail
Every report, every comparison, and every alert is stored with timestamps. If a dispute arises, your evidence is already documented and exportable.
6
Missing report window monitored
If no report arrives within 26 hours of the expected window, AutoCop fires a separate missing-report alert so nothing slips through unnoticed.
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Dashboard updated in real time
Every validated report populates your live dashboard. Monitor all vessels, review historical variance trends, and export reports for charterer audits — all from one view.
Features

Everything your ops team needs.

Built for shipping operators, not for data scientists. Every feature designed around the noon report workflow.

Instant Variance Alerts

Email alerts fired within seconds of validating a report. Exact numbers, full comparison table, hindcast sources cited.

Dual-Source Validation

NOAA GFS and ECMWF ERA5 hindcasts cross-checked simultaneously. Two independent sources mean variance is confirmed, not guessed.

26-Hour Missing Report Alert

AutoCop monitors each vessel's report cadence. If a window lapses, an alert fires before anyone notices.

Live Validation Dashboard

All vessels, all reports, all alerts in one view. Filter by vessel, voyage, or alert status. Export data for charterer audits in one click.

Fair Weather Criteria Alerts

Set thresholds per vessel: max wind, wave height, Douglas Scale, and current factor. Alerts fire when a report falls outside fair-weather parameters.

Route Weather Reports

5-day route forecasts emailed daily to vessel and ops. Beaufort, wave height, and Douglas Scale for each leg — sourced from NOAA and ECMWF.

FREE with enrollment

Charter Party Integration

Automatic cross-reference of validated weather data against charter party weather clauses. Exceptions highlighted for legal review.

Coming Soon
Technology

Built on real weather science.
Not guesswork.

Every validation runs against two independent global hindcast archives. The infrastructure is enterprise-grade; the workflow is two steps.

Machine Learning Models

Advanced algorithms detect anomalies and variance patterns across millions of historical data points and multi-source hindcast inputs.

Real-Time Processing

Sub-second validation latency with parallel processing across NOAA and ECMWF data streams — results before the ops team's inbox refreshes.

99.9% Uptime SLA

Enterprise-grade infrastructure with geographic redundancy and automatic failover. Noon reports never miss their validation window.

Live Validation Dashboard Live
NOAA Hindcast
Match
Wind Speed18.2 kts
Wave Height2.1 m
Douglas ScaleDS 3
Current Factor−0.4 kts
ECMWF Hindcast
Match
Wind Speed17.8 kts
Wave Height2.0 m
Douglas ScaleDS 3
Current Factor−0.3 kts
Vessel Report
Variance Detected
Wind Speed12.5 kts
Wave Height1.3 m
Douglas ScaleDS 1
Current Factor−0.4 kts
⚠ Alert triggered: 30% variance threshold exceeded · Wind −5.7 kts · Wave −0.8m · DS mismatch
Start Today

Numbers first, then the ask.

99.9%
Accuracy Rate
Cross-source validation
<1s
Response Time
Real-time validation

AutoCop processes each noon report against two independent hindcast sources in under a second. No queue, no delay — your ops team gets the result before the email thread refreshes.

Free Enrollment. No Credit Card.
Start with one vessel.
Free validation,
instant insight.

We're onboarding select operators for the beta. Get your vessel verified and experience AutoCop in action — no credit card, no integration work, no ship-side software.

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