OpenTug
Share
We supercharge logistics by simplifying finding and booking barges, terminals, and storage. OpenTug delivers barges, ships, terminals, and storage facilities with an elegant interface to interact with global trade. The manual world of inland/coastal shipping and waterfront storage has never connected to the digital shipping solutions of today. OpenTug solves that by letting any barge company, ship
04/01/2026
OpenTug is hiring!
We’re looking for a full-time junior to mid-level full stack engineer to join our Seattle team.
You’ll work across all layers of BargeOS™, contributing to a fast-moving product in a uniquely complex industry.
If you’re interested in making a meaningful impact at a startup focused on transforming barge logistics, we’d like to hear from you!
Apply here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H04DyXb0
03/19/2026
Planning decisions in marine logistics aren’t made with a lack of data, they’re made with too many disconnected signals.
✔️ Refinery schedules
✔️ Equipment availability
✔️ Cleaning requirements
✔️ Contract terms
Most teams are still stitching those together across spreadsheets and inboxes, then making high-stakes calls on incomplete context.
That’s why we developed Signal Optimization as a part of BargeOS Commercial Planning Module to bring those inputs into a single planning workflow. Now teams can compare options and assign the right asset with more clarity.
Signal Optimization is now in beta.
Read our full press release here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H04nFsz0
OpenTug Introduces Signal Optimization to Help Marine Logistics Teams Plan Smarter /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTug today announced Signal Optimization, a new BargeOS capability designed to help marine logistics teams plan demand by matching the right...
03/16/2026
The agricultural supply chain is shaped by forces far beyond the farm.
Looking ahead to the rest of 2026, a few factors are becoming impossible to ignore from trade policy shifts to climate volatility affecting waterways and export logistics.
In our latest blog, we break down "five forces likely to impact agricultural supply chains this year", including:
• Trade policy and global market dynamics
• Climate volatility and waterway reliability
• Infrastructure and freight capacity constraints
• Changing global demand patterns
• The growing role of digital visibility in logistics
Understanding the macro forces shaping the system helps logistics teams make better operational decisions on the ground.
Read the full breakdown:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H04jWpy0
How Small Automation Wins Add Up in Barge Operations
Some of the most impactful process improvements don’t look impressive at first glance.
In barge operations, a dispatcher might read dozens of emails a day, traffic reports, voyage updates, statements of fact, then manually enter that information into their system. Each task is small but critical to successful operations. Together, they consume hours and introduce errors.
At OpenTug, we treat those small pains like big problems. That philosophy led to BargeOS Autopilot, which automatically extracts operational data from emails and updates voyages without manual entry.
What started as a scrappy solution to a narrow problem became one of our most valuable workflows. Customers got hours back each day, errors dropped, and focus shifted from data entry to decision-making.
The same idea applies on the financial side of operations. Invoices, statements, and supporting documents still arrive through email and PDFs, often requiring teams to manually pull details into spreadsheets before validating charges against contracts and voyage activity.
We’re applying the same automation mindset there too by ingesting invoices directly into BargeOS and reconciling them against the underlying voyage events and contract terms. Instead of re-calculating freight and demurrage by hand months later, teams can see how invoices line up with the operational data that generated them.
This approach shows up across the product. We’re constantly looking for repetitive, high-frequency tasks that drain attention and replacing them with automation that works quietly in the background.
In complex operations, progress isn’t always flashy. Sometimes it’s just removing friction, one small win at a time, until the entire day feels lighter.
Read how our engineer team approaches tasks like these here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H044-Rg0
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Category
Telephone
Website
Address
1920 Blenheim Drive E
Seattle, WA
98112
