Blueroutes

Smarter Voyages
Lower Fuel Bills

Route every container ship with reefers on total voyage cost: propulsion plus the power that keeps the cargo cold. Delivered through ABB Ability™ Vessel Routing.

What is Blueroutes?

Blueroutes is reefer-aware vessel routing for container lines and reefer carriers. Weather routing optimises propulsion but leaves out the reefer load: about one in five tonnes of fuel on a container ship with reefers¹, rising and falling with the air temperature along the route. Blueroutes prices both and returns the cheapest route inside the ship’s weather limits.

Voyage Planning

> Three Routes per Sailing

Great circle, historical average and optimised, each with fuel cost and ETA

> Reefer Load Built In

Frozen, chilled and fresh reefer counts are priced alongside the main-engine fuel curve

> Inside Weather Limits

Every route respects the wave and wind limits set for the ship

> The Captain Decides

All three routes reach the bridge with a route brief and daily waypoints

Fleet Replay

> Replay Past Voyages

Past crossings are re-run against the weather each ship actually met

> Total Ship Energy

Every candidate route is scored on propulsion plus reefers, not distance alone

> Break-Even per Ship

The replay shows the reefer count at which routing starts to pay

> Voyage-by-Voyage Results

If the savings are there you will see them; if not, you will know that too

Why Choose Blueroutes?

> Proven on Replayed Voyages

90 of 91 replayed crossings used less fuel: 2.7% to 32.8% per voyage²

> More Than Weather Routing

34% more saving than weather routing alone, for about 1% extra distance²

> No Capex

Runs on AIS, weather data and a reefer model (1B+ IoT records, >97% accuracy)

> Works With Your Routing Platform

Integrated with ABB Ability™ Vessel Routing, and open to any routing platform

¹ Sustainable-Ships (2026). ² Replay results are fuel identified, not billed. 91 crossings: 29 on a Europe–South America reefer service (H1 2026) and 62 North Atlantic voyages (2026); +34% and ~1% come from the 29-crossing set. ABB Ability™ is a trademark of ABB.