Stödig Ship Management optimizes crew changes with Tilla Technologies

Berlin, 09 October 2024 - Every year, around 5 million crew changes take place in commercial shipping worldwide with a total travel spend of USD 8 billion. Over 70 percent of business travel is handled digitally, while in the shipping industry, the majority of crew changes across the globe are done manually with general purpose tools such as emails, telephones, notes, and spreadsheets. Lacking any modernization over the past two decades, crewing processes in the shipping industry are inefficient, stressful, and miss out on delivering on a huge optimization potential for the shipping companies.

Since 2021, the Berlin-based company Tilla Technologies has been working to digitalise and automate these outdated processes in shipping with its crew change platform. With the Tilla platform, crewing teams can plan, act, monitor and continuously optimize crew changes. The platform integrates all relevant data sources: Vessel schedules, crewing data, port agency data, real-time flight data, travel requirements, and many others. This provides managers with real-time, data-driven support for every crewing decision. The platform finds the optimal flights and books them automatically. All stakeholders are informed of changes at all times. The solution covers all steps of crew planning, from planning to reporting and invoice management, and can be easily integrated into all existing crew management systems. Tilla optimizes over 10,000 seafarer exchanges per year for Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG, Leonhardt & Blumberg, NSC and many other prominent shipping companies. 

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Lower costs, maximum productivity and happy crew operators

In a short span of two months, the Norwegian ship management company Stödig Ship Management was fully  convinced of the benefits of the Tilla. Stödig is now deploying Tilla for its entire owned and managed fleet of 43 ships and to every crew operator in the team, to optimize every crew change. 

“It makes little sense to optimize all operational business areas and stop at crewing of all things,” says Erik Mohn, Director of Crewing of Stödig Ship Management. “We therefore also wanted to find the best possible technology for crew logistics optimisation. That's why we have gone through a rigorous data-driven pilot with Tilla on 15 of our managed vessels. It makes crew changes more efficient, cheaper and more scalable. We now have complete transparency of our processes, costs and optimisation potential. Our crewing team is also absolutely convinced, and the pilot results of seven percent cost savings and 40 percent improved efficiency benefits for our customers and our company are obvious. With Tilla, we see the future of crew change management in action.”

Niklas Weidmann, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Tilla Technologies, says: “Stödig Ship Management is a company that is very driven and forward-looking. Erik provided us with the opportunity and set up the conditions for driving a positive change, be it centralized data, empowered crew managers or aligning stakeholders. We have found everyone in the team to be very open to change. It is therefore all the more fantastic that we were able to convince them of our value. We look forward to growing and innovating with Stödig Ship Management in the future.”

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About Tilla Technologies

Tilla Technologies was founded in Berlin in 2021 to optimize and improve the efficiency of crew changes in the shipping industry. Crewing is still one of the least digitized areas of work in shipping, but accounts for a large proportion of operational costs. 

Tilla Technologies has developed a user-friendly and powerful platform to drive optimal crew change decisions and automate workflows, with real-time data and integrations. . Tilla lowers crew change costs and improves productivity of crewing teams,  covering the complete crew change process, from planning to flight booking and reporting. More information at www.tilla.tech  

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About Stödig Ship Management

Stödig Ship Management is a Norwegian Shipping company, located in Bergen. As part of the Seatrans Group it holds more than 50 years of experience in the industry. With headquarters in Bergen, subsidiary offices in Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria and strong partnerships in Croatia and the Philippines, Stödig combines local presence with a global reach. 

Stödig holds extensive experience in managing vessels for complex operations, the expertise spans across multiple demanding segments. Specializing in chemical tankers, CSOV/W2W, and general cargo/ro-ro, they are committed to delivering safe, efficient and compliant operations.

In addition to Technical management Stödig also supply seafarers to clients on Crew Management and Crew Agency agreements. Stödig Ship Management has technical management on 19 ships and employs 1200 Seafarers. www.stodig.no