LaycanEngine — Email Automation for Shipping Brokers

Process

Three steps. Zero friction.

From inbox chaos to ranked matches — automatically, around the clock.

01

Connect Your Inbox

Connect your Gmail or Outlook. No complex onboarding, no IT involvement — takes 2 minutes. Your email stays yours.

Gmail Outlook 2-min setup

02

AI Classifies & Extracts

Every incoming email is auto-classified: cargo order, vessel position, fixture recap, or noise. Structured data extracted instantly.

Laycan dates Port pairs DWT Cargo type

03

Get Matched Vessels

Open vessels matched to live cargoes with ranked fit scores. Best matches surfaced instantly. Your brokers focus on negotiation, not admin.

Ranked matches Fit scores Real-time

The Numbers

What email overload costs your desk

Real data from maritime operators and industry research — not estimates.

28%

Of the workweek lost to email

Knowledge workers spend over a quarter of their working hours managing email — roughly 2.5 hours every day.

McKinsey Global Institute, "The Social Economy," 2012

1,300

Emails per user per day

Chartering operators at Glencore Agriculture processed 1,300 emails per user daily — spending nearly 2 hours on manual filing alone.

Sedna / Glencore case study, 2020

2–4h

Recovered per broker per day

Maritime teams at Western Bulk and Ardmore Shipping reclaimed 2–4 hours per person daily after automating email workflows.

Sedna case studies; Adience independent survey, 2023

$47K

Annual email admin cost per broker

At a median shipbroker salary of $135K and 35% of time on email, that's $47,000 per broker per year spent on inbox management.

Glassdoor salary data, 2025; McKinsey email benchmark

In high-volume chartering environments, email isn't just a distraction — it's an operational bottleneck. Every hour spent reading position lists and cargo offers is an hour not spent negotiating fixtures. LaycanEngine processes that volume automatically, so your brokers stay focused on deals.

See How It Works for Your Desk →

Demo

See LaycanEngine in Action

Watch how a real cargo offer gets classified, extracted, and matched in under 30 seconds.

Outcomes

What your desk looks like after

24/7

Always-On Coverage

Works while you sleep. Every cargo offer, every vessel position — processed and matched around the clock. Zero missed opportunities, any time zone.

80%

More Messages Processed

AI handles the volume your team physically can't. What used to take three hours of inbox scanning happens before the market opens.

10×

Your Team, Empowered

Your brokers spend time on high-value negotiations, not inbox sorting. Every fixture starts with the right match, already surfaced and ranked.

Team

Built by people who know shipping

We're not outsiders guessing at the problem — we've lived it. That's why LaycanEngine works the way brokers actually think.

Nikita Petkus

Founder

Revolutionizing a sector that hasn't changed in 20 years. Building LaycanEngine to be the simplest, most professional, and most impactful tool ever put in a shipping broker's hands.

Kirill Rogozin

Co-Founder · Logistics & Brokerage

30+ years in port operations, bulk cargo, and global supply chains. Co-founded companies managing $3B+ in turnover and chartering 300+ vessels worldwide. The deep domain expertise at the core of LaycanEngine.

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