Onboard reporting
Reports from the vessel that arrive complete, even after days without signal
The bridge and the engine room file their daily reports on the vessel's tablet. Each filing is sealed on the tablet and sent when the vessel is back in range, so the office reads the same report the master filed.
On board
One tablet, a log for each role
The tablet runs on Android tablets and iPad. The office enrols it to the vessel once; after that the crew files with no account to remember, only the PIN of their log.
Logs
The bridge and the engine room, each behind its own PIN
The master or chief officer opens the Bridge log and the chief engineer the Engine Room. Each log has its own PIN, set by the office and checked on the tablet, with or without signal.
- Bridge: noon, departure from berth, COSP, EOSP, at berth, at anchor, drifting, canal or river passage and bunkering reports, plus stores and orders
- Engine Room: fuel on board tank by tank, consumption by machine, propulsion, lube oil and fresh water
Noon report
The noon report, on the schedule your office sets
The office chooses the reporting system for the fleet and when each report counts as late. The bridge files the position, distance run, speed, consumption and weather; the engine room's figures go into the bridge's next report, and any change the bridge makes to them is recorded against it.
- Noon to noon, midnight UTC, every 12 hours, every 6 hours, or your own
- Times kept in the vessel's own time zone
- A filed report can be corrected on board for 24 hours
Bunkering
Bunkers recorded on board, tank by tank
When bunkers come aboard, the crew records the BDN number, the quantity going into each tank and the fuel details from the BDN. The tablet shows the room left in each tank against its capacity before the figure is saved.
- ISO grade and viscosity decide whether the fuel counts as HFO, LFO or MGO
- A correction or a void keeps the original entry on record
At sea
Made for days without a connection
Enrolment is the one step that needs a connection. Everything after it works offline.
Sealed on the tablet
Filing seals the report on the tablet straight away, online or not. Nothing waits for a signal to be saved.
Sent when in range
Every filing waits in order and sends itself when the vessel has a connection again. The tablet shows what is still pending.
In step with the office
Each sync brings back what the office set: PINs, fuel grades, the stores catalogue and the count schedule.
In the office
Read and corrected in the web app
Every report reaches the office laid out the same way for every vessel.
Reports
Every filing in one list, every correction on record
The office reads each report in the web app, downloads it as a PDF and amends it where a figure is wrong. An amended report is marked Amended and keeps every correction made after filing, newest first.
- Reports by vessel, by voyage and by day
- Checks that flag a machine running longer than the report's period
- Drafts the office can save and file later
Questions
What masters and superintendents ask
Does the tablet need an internet connection?
Only once, to enrol it with a single-use code from the office. After that it works offline: each filing is sealed on the tablet and sent when the vessel is in range.
Which tablets does it run on?
Android tablets and iPad.
Who can file what?
The tablet has two logs, Bridge for the master or chief officer and Engine Room for the chief engineer, each opened with its own PIN that the office sets from the vessel's Devices page. Several wrong PINs in a row lock that log for a while; the other stays open.
Can a report be corrected after it is filed?
On board, for 24 hours after filing. After that the office amends it in the web app; it is marked Amended and every correction is kept.
Can we choose when reports are due?
Yes. The office sets the reporting system for the fleet, noon to noon, midnight UTC, every 12 or 6 hours or its own, and when each report counts as late. A missing report raises an alert.
Also on the platform
Where this connects
Fleet overview
Every vessel on one map with its AIS position, voyage, latest report and the alerts that need someone today.
See this areaFuel and emissions
Bunkerings with their BDN details, fuel on board tank by tank, consumption by machine and the vessel's CII through the year.
See this areaStores and procurement
Stores on board item by item, and every order from the vessel's requisition to the delivery received.
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