The Challenge
Water quality is the limiting factor in live seafood logistics.
Ammonia naturally accumulates during transport and holding, forcing operators to change water, reduce stocking density, or move animals through intermediate holding facilities. These limitations increase costs, constrain logistics, and can compromise animal health and product quality. Take king crab, for example. It is transported live from Norway to Southern Europe, but ammonia accumulation requires the water to be changed approximately every 72 hours, forcing the shipment through multiple transfer stations along the journey.
DistanSea's Solution
Keeping Water Quality Under Control
DistanSea's proprietary ART™ technology continuously removes ammonia from the water, helping maintain optimal water quality throughout transport and holding. By extending the time between water changes, ART enables longer transport, higher biomass, fewer intermediate transfers, and more efficient live seafood operations.
Looking at the king crab supply chain example, ART has the potential to extend overland transport routes from Norway directly to destinations such as Madrid, reducing the need for intermediate handling and creating opportunities to replace selected air freight shipments with more cost-effective refrigerated truck transport.
ART™ The Foundation of Our Technology Platform
ART™ is DistanSea's first commercial application of our proprietary water treatment technology. Designed for live seafood transport and holding, it continuously improves water quality to help extend transport duration, increase transport biomass, and improve operational efficiency, without changing existing workflows.
The Science and Technology Behind ART
From Academic Research to Commercial Innovation
DistanSea's technology originated at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where researchers were developing advanced chemistry-based water treatment solutions for aquaculture.
During this work, the team recognized that live seafood transportation required a fundamentally different approach. Any practical solution had to operate passively, without sensors, controls, electricity, or human intervention, while delivering consistent performance under real-world conditions.
After years of research, material development, and validation, the team created DistanSea's proprietary ammonia-selective beads, the foundation of the ART™ technology platform.
To complete the solution, DistanSea also developed a proprietary regeneration machine that restores the beads for repeated use, creating the sustainability and economics that make the technology commercially viable.
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