lomarlabs, the venture catalyst advancing deep-tech solutions for maritime, and Signal Fusion, the human-performance intelligence company, are to work together to deploy a next-generation intelligence system that marks a fundamental paradigm shift in how maritime safety and performance are operationalised, powered by AI and voice analytics. A 2026 pilot with Lomar will deploy Signal Fusion’s integrated, predictive behavioural analytics system in maritime operations, to demonstrate how human-readiness intelligence can be embedded into day-to-day operational decision-making to strengthen safety before risk escalates.
AI that elevates human performance
Maritime safety is entering a critical phase where understanding how crews perform under pressure, in context, and over time is as essential as the systems they operate. This is the foundation of the Signal Fusion Readiness, Resilience & Risk Intelligence Platform, which translates concise narrative assessments into decision-ready insights for staffing, training focus and safety actions.
Ship Managers need transparent AI systems that are accountable, and human-centred: Every insight includes a clear evidence trace and human-in-the-loop review, turning operational behaviour into an auditable signal that drives tasking, pairing, and risk mitigation with measurable impact.
Behavioural analytics are already established in aviation, rail, and trucking, where they have helped reduce communication lapses and strengthen operational performance. Maritime now has the opportunity to benefit from similar principles, applied in ways that reflect its own operational realities.
Operational foresight for modern fleet realities and risks
Shipping today runs on tighter schedules, pressured crews, and increasing regulatory expectations. In this environment, small shifts in human behaviour and state of mind can have a significant impact on decision-making, and actions can affect or risk safety. Traditional checks capture only snapshots; they often miss early indicators that develop long before an incident actually takes place.
Signal Fusion adds the missing layer of operational foresight: measuring how human performance shifts over time and in context, enabling early issue detection, more accurate forecasting with fewer near-misses, and in-tool actions via policy-mapped recommendations. Each alert explains what changed and why, unifying the seafarer, their role, and conditions to support fast, traceable actions, role-based development, and privacy-respecting, audit-ready records.
Sustainability, workforce, and future-proofing
The maritime sector is undergoing rapid change, from new regulations to evolving workforce needs. By combining lomarlabs’ deep-tech focus with Signal Fusion’s operational behavioural intelligence, this collaboration brings a timely, system-level practical approach for fleets seeking data-driven ways to strengthen, enhance and improve their safety management systems and preparedness and reduce risks to crews, vessels and the environment.
Maria Kolitsida, Founder & CEO, Signal Fusion: “Human performance is the strongest predictor of operational risk — but only when measured in context. Our AI analyses how teams communicate, decide, and recover during real tasks, grounding every insight in an audible snippet. Working with lomarlabs and Lomar gives us the opportunity to show how behavioural intelligence can strengthen readiness and safety while keeping people at the centre of operations.”
Stylianos Papageorgiou, Managing Director, lomarlabs: “The shipping industry is rich with stories of how seafaring once felt glamorous and rewarding, yet today it’s often associated with stress, procedural paperwork, and compliance checklists, leaving many onboard feeling disconnected from their managers ashore. Signal Fusion offers a practical solution to close that gap. By delivering clear, data-driven insights into crew safety and performance, it helps enhance safety and strengthen support for crews without adding operational burden.”
Nicholas Georgiou, CEO, Lomar Shipping, said: “This technology offers a valuable and innovative AI platform to enhance our safety management system and support our seafarers in daily operations by removing unnecessary stresses that can lead to simple and, potentially, costly mistakes. It promises to be a vital add-on that can improve safety and minimise risk in real-time operations, resulting in fewer incidents and near-misses.”
About Signal Fusion
Signal Fusion delivers predictive safety intelligence for high-stakes industries where human performance drives mission success. Its technology analyses voice and behavioral data to identify early indicators of fatigue, stress, and cognitive risk — preventing incidents before they occur. By transforming human insight into operational foresight, Signal Fusion helps organisations strengthen safety, readiness, and performance across every level of operation.
Learn more at www.signalfusion.ai
About lomarlabs and Lomar
lomarlabs is a venture catalyst advancing forward-thinking and pioneering technologies in the maritime industry. Drawing on nearly five decades of operational expertise through parent company Lomar, lomarlabs works with startups and innovators to develop, test, and scale solutions that support the decarbonisation, automation, and transformation of global shipping.
lomarlabs’ current portfolio of announced collaborations includes Advanced Wing Systems, Alicia Bots, Bennu, Bluenose, Calcarea, CargoKite, Mythos AI, Newlight, Seabound, Signal Fusion and Turtle.
Lomar is a leading ship owner and ship management group with a diversified fleet of around 25 bulk carriers and chemical tankers. Lomar has nearly 50 years of industry expertise, its fleets having moved millions of tonnes of cargo annually.
In October 2022 Lomar continued to diversify with the acquisition of the Bremen-based Carl Büttner Holding GmbH, a 166-year-old shipowner and manager of oil product and chemical tankers, in a deal with an enterprise-value of close to US$160 million. It has since been integrated into the Lomar group and operates as CB Tankers. The acquisition included CB Maritime in Rijeka, Croatia, a specialist crewing agency.
Lomar is a maritime subsidiary of Libra Group, a privately-owned global business group that includes 20 operating businesses predominantly focused on aerospace, renewable energy, maritime, real estate, hospitality, and diversified industries. With subsidiaries that own and operate assets in nearly 60 countries, the Group applies the strength of its global network and capabilities to deliver cross-sector insights and growth at scale.
