Bussiness Ideas

Sealink Electric and Software Pvt Ltd is building AFCOS (Adaptive Fuel and Course Optimisation System) — a physics-informed AI platform that predicts ship fuel consumption and optimises voyages for commercial vessels. Fuel is a shipowner's single largest operating cost, yet existing monitoring tools rely on statistical "black-box" models that can't be trusted, can't correct reliably for weather, and require large amounts of vessel-specific data to work. This leaves shipowners, ship managers, and charterers without a credible way to verify fuel performance, leading to wasted fuel and disputed claims between owners and charterers. AFCOS solves this by combining first-principles naval engineering models (hull resistance, wave resistance, engine combustion, propeller performance) with a machine learning correction layer — making fuel predictions explainable, weather-corrected, and accurate even with limited data per vessel. It is validated on real ship data with under 4% error, and built for offline-first deployment onboard ships with poor connectivity, syncing to a cloud-based fleet analytics platform for shore teams. The business model is a subscription-based SaaS platform sold to Indian shipowners and ship managers, targeting time-charter and voyage-charter operators who directly bear fuel costs — starting with a beachhead in the Indian shipping market before expanding internationally.

Startup Teams

• 1 Bijendra Yadav (Founder)
• 2 Shailesh Yadav (Founder)

Incubation Details

• Incubator Name
  RECS Incubation Center
• Incubator Host Institution
  Rajkiya Engineering College Sonbhadra
• State
  Uttar Pradesh
• City
  Sonbhadra