Ship-shore operations platform launches

GTMaritime has launched GT Connect, a maritime collaboration platform designed to help vessel and shore teams turn operational communications into structured, accountable action.

The platform brings communications and collaboration together with operational tools, connecting conversations directly with vessels, people, tasks, cases and documents. The aim is to help teams identify priorities, establish ownership and track whether issues have been resolved.

“GT Connect really started with a problem we kept coming back to,” said Jamie Jones, managing director of GTMaritime. “Maritime teams exchange a huge amount of operational information every day, but the conversation and the action that follows can easily become separated.”

Shipping companies rely on continuous communication between vessels, fleet operations and technical departments, but information and resulting actions can become fragmented across email inboxes, documents, individuals and separate systems. GT Connect is designed to provide teams with a shared view of what is happening, what requires attention and what needs to happen next.

Jones said the platform was developed from an operational challenge rather than adapting existing technology to the maritime sector.

“Rather than starting with a technology and asking how it could be applied to shipping, we started with the operational problem and worked forward from there,” he said. “GT Connect is about keeping the conversation connected to the people involved, the actions that need to happen and the wider operational context.”

The concept originated with Jones and was subsequently developed with input from maritime professionals and industry partners. Their feedback has helped shape the platform and its future development.

GTMaritime said the launch reflects a broader shift in maritime digitalisation, with operational teams increasingly requiring tools that not only move information between ship and shore but also help organise and act on it.

Developed specifically for shipping, GT Connect is designed around the practical requirements of vessel operations and geographically dispersed teams, including variable vessel connectivity.

Available now, the platform initially focuses on linking communications with structured operational activity, while GTMaritime plans to develop increasingly connected workflows, collaboration and automation.