Overview
It was founded in 2022 and lists a company size of 2 to 10 employees. The company sells a real-time community solution that uses mapping and navigation technology to make river navigation safe and to maximise the load capacity of cargo ships. Its stated mission is to develop rivers as vibrant, ecological and cost-effective corridors for cargo transportation, through crowd-based river charting and dynamic navigation routing. The product line has three parts. BathyBox scans and analyses riverbed characteristics from small vessels such as canoes, ferries and fishing boats. NaviRiver runs on tablets, iPads and smartphones and optimises navigation routes on board. RiverMapper sits in the cloud and derives insights into river terrain and conditions using artificial intelligence and big data. The system leverages sensors already present on ships to record depth and GPS position data in real time and send it to the cloud for analysis. Readings shared by the community of ships carrying the system are combined into navigation maps that update continuously as vessels move. The company states the technology can be deployed in days and produces navigation data from the start. Kris Decker, listed as Kris De Decker, appears among the company's employees and was named as the contact person on the website.
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2022
- Headquarters: Stabroek, province of Antwerp
- Employees: 2-10
- Industry: Maritime transportation
- Company type: Privately held
- Products: BathyBox, NaviRiver, RiverMapper
- Services: River data processing, depth sounding, consultancy
- Contact: info@optiriver.com
- Website languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
- Key person: Kris De Decker
Leadership & org chart
In the news
- Simon Gravenall CMMar ⚓️ In complex salvage operations, real-time depth information is critical. With Cape Falcon positioned in a spoil ground, accurate knowledge of the depths surrounding the vessel and along the planned refloating route supports informed decision-making during a narrow and time-sensitive tidal window. As the team prepares each refloating attempt, updated depth information helps assess the available water along the intended route. Getting the vessel off the ground is one challenge; moving her safely into deeper
- Simon Gravenall CMMar 🌊 A strong reminder that charted depth and actual seabed conditions are not always the same thing, particularly outside routinely surveyed channels. Without commenting on the cause of this incident, access to recent, continuously updated depth observations can give vessels, ports and authorities an additional layer of situational awareness. ⚓📡 This is exactly the gap OptiRiver is working to address: turning depth measurements collected during normal vessel operations into an increasingly up-to-date
- Lab Secreto Edilane Lima Excelente iniciativa👏🚢 A proposta do SNAP é totalmente complementar à da OptiRiver : conectar informações para apoiar decisões operacionais mais seguras e eficientes. A OptiRiver contribui com uma camada fundamental dessa visão integrada: informações atualizadas sobre as profundidades em rios e portos, a partir de dados coletados a bordo das embarcações. 🌊 Combinadas aos dados operacionais do SNAP, essas informações podem ajudar a otimizar calados, aproveitar melhor a capacidade de carga e reduzir
- Michelle Lange OptiRiver welcomes its newest recruits! 🦭😂 Excellent diving experience, happy to be paid in fish. On a serious note, this is a great reminder that our maps still have gaps—and updating them matters ! OptiRiver helps by turning everyday vessel journeys into valuable depth data, complementing dedicated surveys and supporting safer navigation. 🚢🌊 The seals have the diving covered. We’ll keep the ships contributing! 😉 #OptiRiver #CrowdsourcedBathymetry #OceanMapping #SaferNavigation
- The future is digital. But chocolates are physical. OptiRiver is digital. But rivers are physical. Up to me to bridge the physical with the digital. Up to me to bring the Belgian chocolates to the future. No better conversation starter than offering some delicious Belgian pralines. And thus chocolates become part of the future. 👉Works everytime. Glad to hear from Manuela Patricio that the Portugese ports are moving forward with their digitalisation program. Optimizing historic waterways in 21st century realities is where OptiRiver
- Chetan Jakkoju ⚓ “Can this ship move safely, right now?” Your post highlights why UKC needs to be calculated continuously. The channel bathymetry feeding that calculation needs to stay current too. 🌊 Sedimentation, scour and storms can change channel depths between surveys. Live AIS and updated tide forecasts cannot account for an unobserved change in the seabed. 📡 This is where OptiRiver provides the missing link: georeferenced depth measurements collected from vessels during normal operations, helping identify those changes
- Rodrigo de Campos Carvalho, M.Sc.Eng Exatamente, Rodrigo! 🎯 Cada centímetro de calado pode fazer uma diferença significativa na capacidade de carga e no resultado de uma operação. É justamente nisso que a OptiRiver trabalha: medir a profundidade em tempo real, centímetro a centímetro, para apoiar a otimização do calado, respeitando a folga necessária sob a quilha. 🚢📊 Mais conhecimento da profundidade disponível, mais confiança para aproveitar cada centímetro com segurança. #OptiRiver #Calado #Batimetria #SegurançaDaNavegação
- Splash Maritime Group Argentina ’s shale sand boom is another example of how new cargo flows can reshape an entire logistics network—from road and rail connections to ports and waterways. As these trade flows develop, reliable and efficient navigation will become increasingly important. OptiRiver is present in Argentina and ready to contribute with digital navigation solutions, including real-time navigational information and virtual aids to navigation. Whether through the Magdalena Channel or other strategic Argentine waterways,
Alumni 1 went on to found or lead
Phil ClerxProduct Developer→Co-Founder at Darwin Design
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