Fuel testing company VPS launches digital platform “VeriSphere”

VPS, the global market leader in marine fuel testing and inspection services and a leading player in maritime decarbonisation services, has officially launched its latest digital platform, VeriSphere. An ecosystem initiative and digital marketplace to enable seamless, secure and easy access to digital solutions across the marine fuels & emissions value chain.

With VeriSphere, a selection of digital solutions (incl. software, hardware, data and AI) from VPS and its partners are connected through a single, intuitive environment, unifying the application landscape for marine fuels & emissions.

Today, VeriSphere already contains a wide range of solutions for the following use cases:

• Decision-making in data-driven bunker fuel procurement and management with VPS PortStats, the world’s most comprehensive fuel quality data platform;

• Monitoring main engine and emission equipment performance with VPS Maress, the leading digital decarb platform for offshore vessels;

• Optimising fuel and lube oil consumption and fleet performance with VPS Emsys and VPS testing and inspection services;

• Simplifying emissions monitoring, reporting and compliance with Maress MRV;

• Planning decarbonisation pathways and scenarios for a sustainable future with VPS CORE.

  
  

Because of its modular design and persistent identity management, users can move effortlessly between apps without the hassle of dealing with multiple accounts.

"Digital tools should empower the user, not complicate their work," said Jan Wilhelmsson, COO Digital & Decarb at VPS. "Too many times we hear our customers say that they are tired of all the different user interfaces they have to master in order to do their daily work. VeriSphere solves this problem, by providing anintelligent, connected and easy-to-use platform that gives our customers the freedom to focus on executing their mission.”

As the adoption of digital innovations is accelerating in the maritime industry, VeriSphere provides a consolidated ecosystem, that simplifies domain complexity, enables employee productivity, and supports a more sustainable and connected future for maritime & offshore.

“I consider this more of an ecosystem initiative than a product launch”, said John Oosthoek, VP Operations. “The strategy behind VeriSphere has always been to deliver something that is modular by design and facilitates fast scaling, be it through organic growth or through partnerships and acquisitions. With VeriSphere, it has become relatively easy for us to launch & integrate new product partnerships or features, all aimed at providing a holistic and transparent view on the marine fuels & emissions value chain. Starting with VeriSphere Marketplace, new modules will continue to be released in the coming months. Through a combination of hardware, software, data, AI and domain expertise, VPS and its partners deliver data-driven insights for stakeholders across the maritime industry. Our teams have already started developing our holistic KPI Dashboard, AI Advisor, and self-service Webshop modules and we are very excited to show you what is next on the horizon!”

Dr. Malcolm Cooper, VPS CEO adds: “By investing in an ecosystem platform that is open enough for 3rd parties to join, secure enough to meet modern cybersecurity requirements and user-friendly enough for anyone to use without a tutorial, VPS once again demonstrates its commitment to contributing to decarbonisation of the shipping sector and to improving transparency in the marine fuels industry.”

VeriSphere is live now for all VPS PortStats platform users and will be rolled out in Q4-2025 to all other VPS customers