[Maritime PLATFORM]
Helix
The Data Foundation Behind Shipnet
Your data - your answers
Shipping organisations generate huge amounts of operational data every day.
Helix brings together data from across Shipnet and beyond, creating one trusted foundation for analysis. Teams can explore fleet performance, build reporting, connect operational activity with financial outcomes and find the answers they need to make better decisions.
Your data -
your answers
Shipping organisations generate huge amounts of operational data every day.
Helix brings together data from across Shipnet and beyond, creating one trusted foundation for analysis. Teams can explore fleet performance, build reporting, connect operational activity with financial outcomes and find the answers they need to make better decisions.
Organise data into simplified datasets designed for analysis, reporting and business intelligence.
What is Helix?
Helix is Shipnet’s structured analytical data platform. It takes operational and financial data generated across Shipnet ONE and organises it into simplified datasets designed for analysis, reporting and business intelligence.
Operational systems are built to support transactions, approvals, workflows and daily activity. The data underneath those workflows is valuable, but it is not always easy to access directly. It may sit across many tables and modules, require specialist knowledge to query, or need manual export and preparation before teams can explore it.
Helix changes that. It gives shipping organisations direct, governed access to their Shipnet operational data in a structured analytical form - so analysis is faster, more consistent, and less dependent on manual effort.
Built for analysis, not just operations
The Shipnet Platform is designed to support daily shipping operations across technical management, procurement, finance, commercial operations, safety, compliance, dry docking, inspections and reporting. That operational structure is essential.
But operational databases are built to support application performance, workflow logic, and transaction processing - not necessarily to make exploration simple. Retrieving the full detail of a purchase order, for example, may require pulling information from multiple application tables. The system works well for processing the order; the underlying structure may be complex for analysts exploring trends, cost, supplier behaviour, or operational context.
Helix simplifies complexity. Instead of requiring customers to work directly with the operational database structure, Helix organises Shipnet data into analytical datasets designed for reporting and exploration. Teams can work with their data without needing to understand the full application schema behind it.
Why structured data matters
Many shipping companies already have data.
The challenge is making that data usable. If information is trapped in operational tables, exported manually, or rebuilt in spreadsheets, analysis becomes slow and inconsistent. Teams spend more time preparing data than understanding it.
Shipping questions often cross departments. These questions are hard to answer when data is fragmented. Helix provides the foundation for cross-functional fleet analysis.
What is Helix?
Helix is Shipnet’s structured analytical data platform. It takes operational and financial data generated across Shipnet ONE and organises it into simplified datasets designed for analysis, reporting and business intelligence.
Operational systems are built to support transactions, approvals, workflows and daily activity. The data underneath those workflows is valuable, but it is not always easy to access directly. It may sit across many tables and modules, require specialist knowledge to query, or need manual export and preparation before teams can explore it.
Helix changes that. It gives shipping organisations direct, governed access to their Shipnet operational data in a structured analytical form - so analysis is faster, more consistent, and less dependent on manual effort.
What is Helix?
Helix is Shipnet’s structured analytical data platform. It takes operational and financial data generated across Shipnet ONE and organises it into simplified datasets designed for analysis, reporting and business intelligence.
Operational systems are built to support transactions, approvals, workflows and daily activity. The data underneath those workflows is valuable, but it is not always easy to access directly. It may sit across many tables and modules, require specialist knowledge to query, or need manual export and preparation before teams can explore it.
Helix changes that. It gives shipping organisations direct, governed access to their Shipnet operational data in a structured analytical form - so analysis is faster, more consistent, and less dependent on manual effort.
Built for analysis, not just operations
The Shipnet Platform is designed to support daily shipping operations across technical management, procurement, finance, commercial operations, safety, compliance, dry docking, inspections and reporting. That operational structure is essential.
But operational databases are built to support application performance, workflow logic, and transaction processing - not necessarily to make exploration simple. Retrieving the full detail of a purchase order, for example, may require pulling information from multiple application tables. The system works well for processing the order; the underlying structure may be complex for analysts exploring trends, cost, supplier behaviour, or operational context.
Helix simplifies complexity.
Instead of requiring customers to work directly with the operational database structure, Helix organises Shipnet data into analytical datasets designed for reporting and exploration. Teams can work with their data without needing to understand the full application schema behind it.
One analytical foundation across Shipnet ONE
Fleet operations do not happen in one module. A maintenance job may affect spare parts. A spare parts request may create a requisition. A requisition may become a purchase order. A purchase order creates cost. That cost affects vessel performance, budgets and management reporting.
The aim is not just to provide more data. It is to make connected operational data easier to use.
One analytical foundation across Shipnet ONE
Fleet operations do not happen in one module. A maintenance job may affect spare parts. A spare parts request may create a requisition. A requisition may become a purchase order. A purchase order creates cost. That cost affects vessel performance, budgets and management reporting.
The aim is not just to provide more data. It is to make connected operational data easier to use.
Technical management and planned maintenance
Voyage operations and vessel activity
Procurement and supply chain workflows
Financial accounting and cost management
Dry docking and inspection data
Safety and compliance-related records
Operational reporting data
[Helix]
Bringing together data generated across the Shipnet platform using common identifiers, making it easier to analyse activity that crosses modules.
Why structured data matters
Many shipping companies already have data.
The challenge is making that data usable. If information is trapped in operational tables, exported manually, or rebuilt in spreadsheets, analysis becomes slow and inconsistent. Teams spend more time preparing data than understanding it.
Shipping questions often cross departments. These questions are hard to answer when data is fragmented. Helix provides the foundation for cross-functional fleet analysis.
A structured analytical layer helps answer these questions:
Analyse using your own tools
Helix gives organisations access to structured operational data in an analytical environment. That means teams can use the tools that already suit their reporting and analysis needs:
Business intelligence platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik and others)
Internal reporting environments
Excel
Python and other approved analytics tools
Customers are not limited to fixed dashboards or predefined reports. They can build the views, models and analysis that support their own operational priorities. That gives internal analysts, finance teams, performance teams and operational managers more freedom to explore the data behind fleet activity.
Customers are not limited to fixed dashboards or predefined reports. They can build the views, models and analysis that support their own operational priorities. That gives internal analysts, finance teams, performance teams and operational managers more freedom to explore the data behind fleet activity.
What teams can do with Helix
Because the data is structured for analysis, each team can explore the areas that matter to them:
- Finance: explore vessel operating costs with full operational context
- Technical: analyse maintenance reliability and equipment trends
- Procurement: review spend patterns across vessels and suppliers
- Commercial: understand voyage performance and outcomes
- Management: review fleet-level performance across functions
- Analysts: build custom models from structured operational data
Unified operational and financial data
Operational decisions create financial outcomes.
Maintenance activity affects cost. Procurement decisions affect budgets. Voyage execution affects profitability. Inspections and dry dock activity affect planning and spend.
Helix helps organisations analyse these connections by bringing operational and financial datasets together in a more consistent structure.
Helix supports deeper KPI analysis across Shipnet data, including fleet utilisation, vessel performance, voyage outcomes, maintenance reliability, equipment trends, procurement spend, supplier patterns, vessel operating costs, dry dock activity, inspection trends, financial performance and operational efficiency.
Because the data is structured for analysis, organisations can move beyond simple status reporting to investigate trends, compare vessels, identify patterns and build more meaningful performance views
Governed access
and
data lineage
For shipping organisations, data lineage matters.
A procurement figure may need to connect back to a purchase order.
A maintenance trend may need to connect back to work orders or equipment records. A financial view may need to connect back to vessels, suppliers, cost centres or transactions. Helix makes analysis traceable and useful.
For shipping organisations, data lineage matters.
A procurement figure may need to connect back to a purchase order.
A maintenance trend may need to connect back to work orders or equipment records. A financial view may need to connect back to vessels, suppliers, cost centres or transactions. Helix makes analysis traceable and useful.
Your data stays yours.
Each organisation’s data environment is isolated. Customers access their own Shipnet operational data, not data shared across other companies. Helix gives customers more analytical freedom without compromising data ownership, control or separation.
Helix supports trust by maintaining clear links back to the operational data generated in Shipnet.
The analytical layer is designed to simplify access, not detach figures from their source. Teams can explore data while retaining confidence that the numbers are grounded in real operational activity.
From Helix to Helix Intelligence
Helix makes operational data usable.
Helix Intelligence builds on that foundation. Where Helix gives teams structured access to analyse and report on fleet data, Helix Intelligence identifies patterns, risks, and opportunities in Shipnet data and surfaces them back into Shipnet ONE at the point of use. This moves beyond data access and reporting. It helps users act on signals inside the workflows they already use.
For example, Helix Intelligence may surface:
- A spare part risk before it affects a vessel
- Procurement spend moving outside expected patterns
- Recurring maintenance issues across the fleet
- Supplier delays affecting operational readiness
- Compliance actions approaching risk
- Commercial or financial patterns that need attention
Helix provides the trusted data foundation.
Helix provides
the trusted data foundation.
Helix Intelligence uses that foundation to surface operational signals directly inside the workflow - so teams can act earlier, with better context.
Where Helix
fits in the Shipnet platform
Helix sits beneath the operational and analytical layers of the Shipnet Maritime Software Platform.
Helps teams visualise performance and operational activity through dashboards and reporting
Helix
Structures the underlying operational data so customers can analyse it more deeply using their own BI tools and environments
Helix Intelligence
Builds on Helix to identify patterns, risks and opportunities and surface them back into the workflow at the point of use
Frequently
Asked Questions
When information flows across the organisation, decision-making becomes simpler.
What is Helix?
Helix is Shipnet’s structured analytical data foundation. It organises operational and financial data generated across Shipnet ONE into simplified datasets designed for reporting, analysis and business intelligence.
Is Helix the same as Shipnet Analytics?
No. Shipnet Analytics provides dashboards and visual reporting across fleet performance and operational activity. Helix is the underlying analytical data foundation that gives organisations structured access to Shipnet data for deeper reporting and BI work. Analytics helps teams see performance. Helix gives teams the data foundation to explore it further.
What data does Helix include?
Helix includes operational and financial data generated across Shipnet modules, including technical management, planned maintenance, voyage operations, procurement, accounting, dry docking, inspections and related operational workflows.
Can customers use their own BI tools with Helix?
Yes. Helix allows organisations to analyse Shipnet data using business intelligence platforms, internal reporting tools, Excel or other approved analytics environments. Customers are not limited to predefined dashboards.
Is data shared between companies?
No. Each organisation’s data environment is isolated. Customers access their own operational data only.
Is Helix real time?
Helix provides regularly synchronised operational data from across the Shipnet environment, giving organisations access to up-to-date information for analysis and reporting.
What is Helix Intelligence?
Helix Intelligence is the intelligence layer that builds on Helix. It identifies patterns, risks and opportunities in operational data and surfaces them back into Shipnet ONE at the point of use — helping users act on signals inside the workflows they already work in.
Who is Helix for?
Helix is for shipping organisations that want deeper access to their Shipnet operational data. It is used by analysts, finance teams, operational managers, performance teams and leaders who need structured data for reporting and analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Helix, and how does it work for your organisation?
What is Helix?
Helix is Shipnet’s structured analytical data foundation. It organises operational and financial data generated across Shipnet ONE into simplified datasets designed for reporting, analysis and business intelligence.
Is Helix the same as Shipnet Analytics?
No. Shipnet Analytics provides dashboards and visual reporting across fleet performance and operational activity. Helix is the underlying analytical data foundation that gives organisations structured access to Shipnet data for deeper reporting and BI work. Analytics helps teams see performance. Helix gives teams the data foundation to explore it further.
What data does Helix include?
Helix includes operational and financial data generated across Shipnet modules, including technical management, planned maintenance, voyage operations, procurement, accounting, dry docking, inspections and related operational workflows.
Can customers use their own BI tools with Helix?
Yes. Helix allows organisations to analyse Shipnet data using business intelligence platforms, internal reporting tools, Excel or other approved analytics environments. Customers are not limited to predefined dashboards.
Is data shared between companies?
No. Each organisation’s data environment is isolated. Customers access their own operational data only.
Is Helix real time?
Helix provides regularly synchronised operational data from across the Shipnet environment, giving organisations access to up-to-date information for analysis and reporting.
What is Helix Intelligence?
Helix Intelligence is the intelligence layer that builds on Helix. It identifies patterns, risks, and opportunities in operational data and surfaces them back into Shipnet ONE at the point of use - helping users act on signals inside the workflows they already work in.
Who is Helix for?
Helix is for shipping organisations that want deeper access to their Shipnet operational data. It is used by analysts, finance teams, operational managers, performance teams and leaders who need structured data for reporting and analysis.
Unlock the value of your fleet data
Your operations already generate the data. Helix makes it easier to use.
By structuring Shipnet operational data into a trusted analytical foundation, Helix helps organisations explore fleet performance, analyse operational and financial trends, and build reporting that reflects how the business really works.