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Dec
22
The Maritime Industry 2021

The Maritime Industry 2021

The Maritime industry encountered some harsh days in 2021, but it also gave the understanding of what must be changed to have more efficient and safe maritime routines in the future.
3 min read
Dec
09
5 reasons not to use digital checklists in shipping

5 reasons not to use digital checklists in shipping

Would you step onboard an airplane knowing that the pilot didn't follow the procedures or used the checklists?
1 min read
Nov
11
The cost of quality

The cost of quality

Quality is in the little things. When you invest in it, it's hard to measure the profit, since often you don't see the outcome of those investments. Measurement of good quality is the incident that never happened, and one of the tools to achieve it is the digital checklist.
2 min read
Oct
28
Harsh lessons learned in a hard way

Harsh lessons learned in a hard way

Compliance-washing on board sometimes cause accidents which can lead to serious injury or even death. This is the sad stpry about RORO crew that faced this problem and learned a harsh lesson.
2 min read
Sep
29
Shipping and Operational Deceit

Shipping and Operational Deceit

Compliancewashing is the deliberate process of persuading a person or organisation that procedures are being followed according to company policy. Seafarer's do this but don't realise the danger they put themselves in because of it.
2 min read
Aug
19
The All-Seer Is Now Listening Too

The All-Seer Is Now Listening Too

AI model called Heimdall is designed to listen to incoming calls from all of the Swedish radio towers simultaneously and help Swedish Joint Rescue Coordination Center to come to the aid when it's needed the most
2 min read
Aug
06
The human focus of digitalisation

The human focus of digitalisation

Many companies are trying to replace human processes with artificial intelligence, believing that this will increase productivity and income. In the process, they often lose their "human face". The golden rule of balance between artificial intelligence and humans is simple - improve, not replace.
3 min read
Jul
16
Packing your own parachute

Packing your own parachute

Proactive management in shipping and crews involvement in procedure development might improve reliability of data and usage of checklists.
2 min read
Jul
06
Elgato Stream Deck Integration

Elgato Stream Deck Integration

With our Stream Deck profile for the maritime industry a crew member can start new workflows by the press of a button and follow it's progress.
2 min read
Jun
03
Blunt pencils, numb minds

Blunt pencils, numb minds

Maranics offers the life vest for those in maritime industry who doesn't want to be lost in the sea of paperwork.
2 min read