Case Study: Oceanwide Expeditions achieves clearer F&B control and stock management with Apicbase

The shipping company organises expedition cruises to the polar regions. Ingrid has been using Apicbase for a year now

Oceanwide Expeditions, the polar expedition cruise operator, needed a better way to manage F&B procurement, stock, and logistics across a growing fleet of ships. F&B Manager Ingrid van de Loo was spending too much time juggling Excel files, emails, and scattered information to keep track of orders, deliveries, and inventory for multiple vessels and crew operations. Oceanwide Expeditions chose Apicbase to centralize F&B data and create a clearer overview of stock per ship.

With Apicbase, Oceanwide Expeditions built a single source of truth for orders, stock, suppliers, and even non-food inventory like uniforms, with each ship set up as a separate outlet. The result was faster purchasing, better cost control, standardized processes, real-time visibility, and far less back-and-forth by email. Apicbase also helped the team save significant time, improve planning, and support more accurate procurement and supplier negotiations based on exact usage and purchasing data.

Oceanwide Expeditions

Ingrid van de Loo

F&B Manager