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The Skipper Was Fined $9,000. The Company Was Fined $180,000. Here's Why.

A single missed fit-for-duty check turned a $9,000 fine into a $180,000 liability. A Story Worth Sitting With A skipper turned up to work, took a vessel out, and had an accident. He was tested afterwards and failed a drug and alcohol test. He was fined $9,000. His company was fined $180,000. Not because the company had done the drinking. Not because they'd directly caused the accident. They were fined twenty times more than the man at the wheel because they had no process in

Fleet Operations

May 14

A old paper logbook onboard a vessel, about to be replaced with SeaLogs

Why Paper Logbooks Are Your Biggest Maritime Compliance Risk And What to Do About It

A paper logbook may look simple — but it carries legal risk. The Question We Hear on Almost Every Call "We're using paper — scanning it in, emailing it back to the office. It's getting cumbersome. We just want to simplify it." We hear some version of that sentence on nearly every discovery call we take. It comes from operations managers in Alaska, Queensland, the Maldives, British Columbia. The boats are different. The flags are different. The regulators are different. But th

Compliance

Apr 8

Our Engineer Retired and Took 20 Years of Maintenance History With Him — The Hidden Risk of Tribal Knowledge

Twenty years of maintenance history shouldn't disappear with a retirement. The Conversation That Stops You in Your Tracks We were running a demo recently, walking through the maintenance module, when the operations manager on the call said something that's stuck with us ever since: "We used to have a fleet engineer. He's retired now. Nothing was ever on paper — nothing was recorded at all. All the maintenance was just done by him. Now that he's gone, we have no information ab

Fleet Operations

Mar 25

Lessons from Q3 2025: 4 Key Maritime Safety Risks Operators Must Address

Q3 2025 incident data shows how everyday marine operations can escalate into serious safety events. Quarter 3 of 2025 saw a wide range of marine incidents across various regions and vessel types. Among the 263 reported domestic commercial vessel incidents, 41 were deemed serious and one classified as very serious. While the raw data is critical, understanding the trends behind these incidents is where the real safety value lies. For maritime operators, these incidents highlig

Fleet Operations

Feb 9