How it works
From the tablet on board to your office, in four steps
Every figure in OptiMarine starts as an entry the crew files on board. This is the path it takes to reach the office, and what it becomes on the way.
The passage of a report
How data moves from the vessel to the office
On board
Filed on the tablet by the Bridge or the Engine Room
Each log opens the vessel's tablet with its own PIN and files its part: the Bridge its noon, COSP, EOSP, anchor and berth reports, and the stores and orders; the Engine Room the fuel on board and the machinery.
- Checked as it is typed: a half-typed time, a position missing a half or an ROB change without a reason is flagged before filing
- A review step shows the whole report before it is sent
- Times are kept in the vessel's own time zone
On board, with or without signal
Kept on the tablet, sent when there is signal
Every filing goes into a queue on the tablet first, online or not. When the vessel has a connection, the tablet sends the queue in the order it was filed and keeps retrying until each entry is accepted.
- Works for hours or days with no connection
- The tablet shows what is still waiting to be sent
- An entry sent twice is applied once
On arrival
Standardized and checked, then seen in the office
The platform checks each entry against the same rules as the web app and stores it in one shape for every vessel. A report shows in the office once both its Bridge and Engine Room parts are in, so no one reads half a report.
- The same report shape for every vessel, so vessels compare cleanly
- An entry that fails a check is kept and flagged on the tablet, not lost
- The office reads every report in the web app
In the office
Turned into figures and alerts
From the reports the platform works out ROB for each fuel grade, consumption and the vessel's CII. Alert rules are checked as soon as new records arrive, and every hour for dates such as certificate expiry.
- Alerts for low ROB, low stock, a missing report, consumption off its expected figure, off-hire, a tablet gone quiet and certificates nearing expiry
- Each person chooses which vessels' alerts reach them by email
- The figures go back to the tablet, so the Bridge sees the ROB the Engine Room filed
Who uses what
One record, three ways in
Everyone works on the same records, each on the device that suits the job.
Crew on the tablet
One tablet per vessel, on Android or iPad. The Bridge and the Engine Room each open it with their own PIN. It works with no connection.
The office on the web
Operators and superintendents sign in to the web app with their own accounts and see the vessels and actions their role allows.
Owners on the phone too
Owners follow the fleet on the web app and on their phone.
Questions
Common questions
What happens when the vessel has no internet for days?
The crew keep filing as usual. Every entry waits on the tablet, in order, and goes ashore when the vessel has a connection again. An entry that is sent twice is still applied only once.
Does each crew member need an account?
No. The office enrols one tablet to the vessel with a single-use code. The Bridge and the Engine Room each open it with their own role PIN, and each filing is recorded against the role and the tablet.
Which tablets does it run on?
Android tablets and iPad.
When does the office see a report?
As soon as it reaches the platform with both its Bridge and Engine Room parts in. Until then the office never sees a half-filed report.
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