Fleet Procurement Software

Fleet procurement software to run purchasing for every vessel

Tidal gives shipowners and managers a single place to raise requisitions, send RFQs to your chandlers, compare quotes line by line, and approve purchase orders, with fleet procurement visibility across every vessel.

Last updated: August 2026. Tidal now gives fleet procurement visibility across 43 ports worldwide.

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Fleet procurement software, also called vessel procurement software, vessel sourcing software or ship procurement software, lives or dies on detail. A single supply run can touch dozens of spare parts, provisions and stores, three or four suppliers, a delivery window that closes when the vessel sails, and a budget that someone in the office has to defend at month end. Do that across ten or forty ships on email and spreadsheets and things slip, duplicate orders, missed quotes, invoices that don't match what was received.

Tidal is a marine eprocurement and fleet purchase order system that puts the entire requisition-to-delivery cycle in one place, giving finance real fleet procurement visibility. The vessel raises what it needs, the office sources and approves it, suppliers quote against the same line items, and every purchase order carries the context, vessel, department, budget line, port, that finance and audit ask for later.

Fleet buying links to the wider operation: pair it with maritime procurement software for port-by-port sourcing, extend it to cruise operations with our cruise fleet procurement software, run counterparty checks with maritime due diligence software, and invite chandlers who quote through Tidal’s ship chandler software. It runs on the same rails as our maritime logistics software for order-to-delivery coordination, and feeds the fleet-wide view in our maritime shipping software. Explore the full Tidal platform.

Capabilities

A marine procurement system for every vessel, in one workflow

Built around the way marine purchasing actually works, catalogues, requisitions, RFQs, approvals and receipt, not a generic procurement tool bent to fit.

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Catalogue-based requisitions

Vessels requisition against IMPA and ISSA codes so the office and the supplier are always talking about the same part, in the same units, with no ambiguity.

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Multi-supplier RFQs

Send one request to several ship chandlers at once and receive quotes back into a single comparison grid, price, lead time and availability side by side.

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Approval & budget control

Route requisitions and orders through the approval rules you already use. Every line is checked against the vessel budget before a purchase order goes out.

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Port & delivery coordination

Match orders to the next port call and delivery window, and keep agents, suppliers and the vessel working from the same schedule.

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Receipt & invoice matching

Confirm what was actually delivered against the order, so short deliveries and invoice discrepancies surface before they reach finance.

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Fleet-wide spend analytics

See spend by vessel, category and supplier across the fleet, and spot where you are over budget or paying more than the last port.

Use cases

Where fleet and vessel procurement software pays for itself

Spares & technical stores

Tie requisitions to the component that failed, source the right part first time, and keep a clean history of what was fitted to which vessel.

Provisions & stores

Standardise provisioning across the fleet, control victualling rates per crew per day, and compare chandler pricing port to port.

Bunkers & lubricants

Bring high-value purchases into the same approval trail as everything else, with the paperwork attached to the order.

Dry dock & project buying

Handle the surge of purchasing around a dry dock as one budgeted project instead of hundreds of loose emails.

Outcomes

What changes when purchasing runs on Tidal

In plain terms

Is Tidal vessel procurement software?

Yes. Tidal is vessel procurement software that brings every vessel’s purchasing onto one platform. It reads inbound email RFQs and returns margin-protected quotes in under 30 minutes, with IMPA and ISSA matching at 90%+ first-pass. Order management, PO generation, invoice reconciliation and P&L reporting run per RFQ and per vessel.

How does Tidal give fleet procurement visibility?

Fleet procurement visibility means seeing purchasing across every vessel from one platform. Tidal reports P&L per RFQ and per vessel, so finance can compare spend and margin ship by ship. Order management, PO generation and invoice reconciliation sit in the same record, and the platform is live in about one week across 43 ports.

FAQ

Fleet procurement software, answered

What is fleet procurement software?
Fleet procurement software, also known as vessel procurement software or ship procurement software, is a purchasing platform for shipowners and managers that centralises requisitions, RFQs, supplier comparison, purchase-order approvals and spend reporting across every vessel in the fleet. Tidal replaces scattered email and spreadsheet buying with one auditable workflow from requisition to delivery, giving finance and audit clear fleet procurement visibility.
How does Tidal handle requisitions from vessels at sea?
Crew and superintendents raise requisitions against IMPA and ISSA catalogues, which sync when connectivity is available. Each requisition carries vessel, department and budget context, so the office can approve, source and issue purchase orders without re-keying anything.
Can we keep our existing suppliers and ship chandlers?
Yes. You invite your own approved chandlers and suppliers to quote through Tidal, and you can also reach new vendors in the wider Tidal supplier network. Nothing forces you to change existing relationships.
How long does implementation take?
Most fleets are live within a week. Tidal imports your vessels, catalogues and approval rules, and the buying workflow runs entirely in the browser with nothing to install on board.
Is Tidal vessel procurement software?
Yes. Tidal is vessel procurement software that brings every vessel's purchasing onto one platform, reads inbound email RFQs and returns margin-protected quotes in under 30 minutes, and matches IMPA and ISSA codes at 90%+ first-pass. It handles order management, PO generation, invoice reconciliation and profit and loss reporting per RFQ and per vessel. Tidal runs standalone or integrates with ShipNet and Bassnet, from $2,500 a month with no per-RFQ fees or volume caps.
How does Tidal give fleet procurement visibility?
Tidal gives fleet procurement visibility by bringing every vessel's purchasing onto one platform and reporting profit and loss per RFQ and per vessel. Order management, PO generation and invoice reconciliation sit in the same record, so finance can compare spend and margin across the fleet. Tidal is live in about one week and covers 43 ports.
Do we still get fleet procurement visibility if we keep ShipNet or Bassnet?
Yes. Tidal runs standalone or integrates with ShipNet and Bassnet, so you keep fleet procurement visibility in one place to see purchasing and spend and margin across every vessel in the fleet. It connects to Outlook and Gmail, and pricing starts from $2,500 a month with no per-RFQ fees and no volume caps.
How secure is our data in Tidal vessel procurement software?
Your data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher and at rest, and it is never used to train shared models. Tidal is vessel procurement software with SOC 2 Type II in progress, expected in 2026.

See fleet purchasing run in one place

Bring requisitions, RFQs, approvals and spend into a single platform, live across your fleet in about a week.

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Maritime Procurement SoftwareE-procurement and the ship chandling supplier hub. Ship Management SoftwarePlanned maintenance, certificates and technical management. Maritime Due DiligenceScreen vessels, owners and counterparties before you deal. Procurement Statistics (2026)Sourced data on the market and the cost of procurement inefficiency. Buyer's GuideHow to choose maritime procurement software, vendor-neutral.

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See Tidal turn a real RFQ into a quote in 30 minutes

Leave your work email and the port or company you buy for. We will set up a live demo on your own RFQs, no slideware. Live in about a week, from $2,500 per month.

  • ✓ Quotes back in under 30 minutes
  • ✓ IMPA and ISSA matching at over 90% first pass
  • ✓ No spam, a reply within one business day
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