Founder’s Note

Marine Solver began as a very practical ambition: to bridge two worlds that rarely connect properly in shipping - rigorous optimisation models and real commercial decision-making.

I’m Natalia Liashenko, Ph.D. (Economics). Before founding Marine Solver, I worked in both academic research and industry, including within a large maritime digital platform (Shipnext). That dual perspective shaped a persistent question: why do powerful models often remain disconnected from the way brokers, operators and owners actually work - with incomplete data, shifting market terms, operational constraints and constant change?

I wanted to build a tool that doesn't simplify reality to fit a model, but adapts the model to reality. In commercial chartering, cargo availability shifts, terms evolve, and constraints emerge unexpectedly. What I observed was a growing gap between available data and the actual quality of pre-fixture decisions.

Marine Solver bridges that gap. It is a decision-support platform where a broker, operator, shipowner, disponent owner, or chartering desk stays in full control: adjusting key inputs (cargo pools, laycans, fuel assumptions, constraints) and immediately evaluating how feasible scenarios evolve, with costs, environmental compliance, and operational realities considered together.

Thank you for visiting. I hope Marine Solver helps you - as it helped me - see the entire voyage chain more clearly, and make decisions with confidence in an increasingly complex and regulated market.