Field Notes: How Can Deterministic Agents Help Fix Complex Maritime Workflows?

Chris McLellan
Nov 26
2 min read

Updated: Nov 27

In the shipping industry, deterministic agents must be anchored in truth and wired for action, because the fastest correct bid almost always wins. In this Field Note, Ryan Hanley, Founder and CEO of Taskd.AI, describes RFQs that demand 300+ precise data points, maritime knowledge scattered in unstructured sources, and agents that can prepare bids and re-invoicing evidence in minutes.

Quick Summary

Ryan Hanley, founder of Taskd AI, outlines how deterministic, truth-anchored agents are transforming maritime workflows by automating the trade cycle, unlocking expert insights, and streamlining re-invoicing after disruptions.

Maritime suppliers must track over 300 details just to respond to a single RFQ. Taskd AI reduces this workload dramatically, shrinking a 24-hour response process to five minutes.

The platform also consolidates decades of human maritime expertise into actionable guidance and automatically extracts the documentation needed to resolve billing disputes and get paid.

Why Maritime Needs Deterministic Agents

This Ask AI Field Note looks at a corner of global trade where timing and precision decide everything.

A single RFQ in maritime shipping can require hundreds of data points drawn from vessel schedules, port rules, and knowledge that often lives only in someone’s inbox.

“When shipping goes wrong, people spend weeks chasing proof. Agents can extract everything automatically so teams actually get paid.” Ryan Hanley, Founder and CEO, Taskd.AI

AI & the Future of Maritime Workflows

Taskd AI uses deterministic agents to automate most of the trade cycle, shrinking a 24-hour RFQ process to five minutes and giving suppliers a real advantage in a market where the first accurate bid often wins.

The same agents surface insights that typically sit in the heads of veteran seafarers, helping suppliers advise customers before delays or surcharges escalate.

It’s a glimpse of why deterministic agents matter in this industry:

Deterministic Agents remove ambiguity from work that has always depended on fragmented information.

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