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06/06/2026

Some lessons at sea should not wait for experience.

A missed step.
A warning ignored.
A procedure followed too late.

In maritime safety, these moments can change everything.

The Directorate General of Shipping’s safety video initiative brings real maritime incidents to life through powerful visual storytelling — helping seafarers understand not just what went wrong, but why it matters.

Produced by eDOT Solutions, these videos are designed to make safety lessons easier to remember, discuss, and act on before an emergency occurs.

Because at sea, preparedness has to be built before the moment arrives.

Sharing the trailer today.

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04/06/2026

Every year, shipping companies hire seafarers they know almost nothing about.

A certificate says a seafarer completed a course. It does not say whether they retained anything. It does not say how they perform under pressure. It does not say whether their situational awareness, their technical knowledge, or their decision-making meets the standard your vessels actually require.

Hiring based on certificates is not selection. It is hope.

SailorSkill changes that.

The world's first AI-powered pre-employment assessment platform for seafarers — built by the same team that has spent 22 years in maritime technology, with a library of 180+ training videos, including the Safety Video Series produced for the Directorate General of Shipping, India.

SailorSkill tests what a certificate cannot show. Rank-specific assessments covering navigation, cargo operations, safety procedures, engine knowledge, and regulatory awareness. Scenario-based questions that test application of knowledge, not just recall. Results that give crewing managers a genuine picture of a candidate's competence before they sign the contract.

For crewing agencies, it means better placements and fewer early departures. For ship managers, it means crews who meet the standard the vessel requires. For seafarers, it means their genuine competence gets recognised rather than assumed.

Because the most expensive hire in shipping is the wrong one.

🌐sailorskill.com
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03/06/2026

Fatigue is the maritime industry's most honest safety problem—and its least discussed one.

We talk about procedures. We talk about equipment. We talk about training. We rarely talk honestly about what happens to a human being who has been working a 4-on-8-off watch pattern for six weeks in the middle of an ocean, far from home, with inconsistent sleep and significant operational pressure.

The research is not ambiguous. Fatigued seafarers make more errors. Errors at sea have consequences that cannot always be undone.

Seafarer Mental Health Awareness is one of the training modules in the Seafarer LMS library — because we believe this conversation belongs in every vessel's training programme, not just in welfare seminars at port.

Sharing a short awareness video on fatigue and workload management at sea.

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02/06/2026

Most maritime cyber programmes exist on paper. IntellisNET makes them real.

The founding principle of IntellisNET is simple:
The DPA sees everything. The crew doesn't need to.

Here is what that means in practice.

Your CSMM is uploaded once. IntellisNET reads it, extracts every control, identifies every gap against IMO MSC.428(98) and NIST CSF, and maps your compliance position automatically. No consultant. No re-entry. No configuration.

Your IT asset register builds itself from a passive network scan. Your OT register — covering propulsion controls, navigation systems, engine room automation — is pre-populated from vessel intelligence before any crew member touches it. The crew confirms. They do not create.

From shore, the DPA sees a live colour-coded fleet health dashboard. Every vessel. Every risk. Updated continuously. No waiting for a monthly report that is already three weeks out of date by the time it arrives.

The 60-Second Test: open IntellisNET, and within 60 seconds know which vessels need attention, what the issues are, and what actions are required. If your current cyber system cannot meet that benchmark — it is not protecting your fleet.

Aligned with IMO, BIMCO, NIST, ISO 27001, DNV, USCG, and VIQ7, Intellisnet is built with certified development framework by ClassNK – AssureDevFramework.

USCG compliance deadline: July 2027.
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01/06/2026

I want to talk about something the maritime industry does not discuss openly enough.

Cyber security on ships is largely theatre.

I do not say this to be provocative. I say it because I have seen the evidence firsthand — across hundreds of vessels, across every vessel type, across every flag state.

The CSMM exists. It was written by a consultant, reviewed once, filed in a folder, and has not been opened since. The asset register was completed by a Chief Officer who had three other things to do that day and has not been updated since. The crew cyber training was a PowerPoint presentation delivered at the last safety meeting.

And the DPA ashore has no idea what the actual cyber health of the fleet looks like right now. Not today. Not this week. Probably not this quarter.

This is not a criticism of the people involved. The system asks too much of the ship and delivers too little intelligence to the shore. It was designed for a world where OT networks were air-gapped and crew had time to fill in forms. Neither is true anymore.

We built IntellisNET because we got tired of watching this problem persist.

Zero crew burden. Autonomous asset discovery. AI policy extraction from your existing CSMM. Live CVE-driven risk scoring. Real-time fleet cyber health visible to the DPA from shore — in 60 seconds or less.

The USCG compliance deadline is July 2027. IMO MSC.428(98) is already in force. ClassNK and DNV audits are ongoing.

The window to implement before the pressure arrives is narrowing.
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29/05/2026

How do you assign training fairly when no two vessels, ranks, or crew profiles are the same?

That is the training manager’s dilemma.

40 vessels.
12 ranks.
Different nationalities.
Different joining dates.
Different certificates.
Different vessel types.
And often, poor connectivity at sea.

Yet the expectation remains simple:

Every seafarer must receive the right training, at the right time, for the role they actually perform onboard.

That is easier said than done.

A Master, Chief Engineer, deck cadet, fitter, cook, and trainee do not need the same training path. Their responsibilities are different. Their risks are different. Their compliance requirements are different.

But when training is managed through generic course lists, spreadsheets, manual follow-ups, and delayed reports, the pressure falls back on the training manager.

Who has completed what?
Who is overdue?
Which vessel has training gaps?
Which ranks need targeted learning?
Which certificates are nearing expiry?
And what can be proven during an audit?

Seafarer LMS was built for this exact challenge.

It allows companies to assign training by rank, ship, designation, nationality, department, course category, and competency requirement — while giving shore teams a clear view of completion, progress, training time, assessments, course ratings, and crew performance.

Training can continue onboard even with poor connectivity. Once the network is available, smart syncing updates the shore office without unnecessary bandwidth usage.

WhatsApp, email & SMS reminders can be set to auto-generate and will be sent by the system. Administrators can track offshore and onshore users, monitor completion by ship, rank, office, training centre, and designation, and use the competency matrix to view assigned, unassigned, completed, and pending items.

Because at sea, one-size-fits-all training does not work.

The real goal is not just to assign courses.

The goal is to prove that the right crew received the right training — and that the fleet is genuinely ready.

So here is the question:
How would you assign training fairly and prove readiness across a fleet?

🌐 seafarerlms.com
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28/05/2026

Wishing you and your family a blessed Eid filled with peace, joy, and prosperity. Eid Mubarak!

28/05/2026

Your cameras recorded the unsafe act.
But did they help prevent it?

That is the question this post is really asking.

A crew member distracted on deck. Loose ropes underfoot. A work area where one missed step, one moment of inattention, or one missing piece of PPE can turn into an incident report.

Most vessels already have cameras watching these areas.
The problem is that cameras are usually treated as evidence.

They show what happened after someone slipped.
After someone entered a restricted area.
After PPE was missed.
After an unsafe act became an incident.

But safety does not improve because footage exists in a folder.
It improves when risk is recognised early enough for someone to act.
That is why we built eVa SMARTeYe.

It works with the cameras already onboard your vessels. No new infrastructure. No continuous video streaming ashore. No unnecessary footage leaving the ship.

The AI runs onboard, watches for exceptions in real time, and alerts only what matters — PPE non-compliance, fatigue indicators, unsafe behaviour, restricted zone breaches, gangway concerns, and other operational risks.

Over time, those alerts become something more valuable than footage.

They become patterns.
Which vessel has recurring unsafe behaviour.
Which operation carries the highest risk.
Which crew needs targeted training.
Where the next incident is most likely to happen before it does.

So look at the image again.
What is the first safety issue you notice?
Because if you can spot it in a post, your vessel cameras should be helping you spot it at sea.

🌐 evasmarteye.com
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27/05/2026

How are you delivering AI and custom development to your clients right now?

I want to ask the people reading this a genuine question.
If you run a digital agency — in Australia, the UK, the Middle East, South Africa, or anywhere else — and your clients are asking you about AI, about workflow automation, about custom software development:
How are you currently handling the delivery?

I ask because we are looking for two or three agency partners. Not dozens. Two or three — the right ones, where the relationship is genuinely collaborative and the quality of what we deliver together reflects well on both sides.

eDOT Solutions is an 80-person software development company based in Goa, India. We have been building custom software since 2004 — for pharma, banking, hospitality, events, and maritime clients across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 21001 certified. ClassNK certified. The same core team for over 20 years.

What we build: custom software, mobile applications, agentic AI workflows, data analytics platforms, enterprise systems. What we do not do: templates, shortcuts, or work we are not proud of.

If your agency is growing and you need a development partner who treats your clients like their own — I would genuinely like to have that conversation.

Not a sales call. A conversation.
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22/05/2026

COLREGS is not tested in calm classrooms. It is tested on a moving bridge.

For most of us who went to sea, COLREGS was first learnt through books, classroom examples, blackboard sketches, and repeated questions before examinations.

That foundation is important. But any officer who has stood a navigational watch knows that the real challenge is not simply remembering the rule.

The real challenge is recognising the situation early.
Is this a crossing situation?
Is the bearing steady?
Is risk of collision developing?
Am I the give-way vessel or the stand-on vessel?
Is my action early enough, clear enough, and large enough to be understood by the other vessel?

These are not theoretical questions on a page. These are live decisions on a bridge.

That is the thinking behind eVa COLREGS.

We wanted to move COLREGS training beyond static examples and fixed question banks. The aim was to create a learning environment where a cadet or officer can see the situation develop, use bridge controls, observe other vessels, take bearings, use radar, alter course, use the telegraph or whistle where required, and then understand the result of the decision taken.

Every scenario can be different.

Every assessment can be linked to the actual situation experienced.
Every question can test understanding, not memory.

The purpose is not to replace instructors. It is to give instructors and trainees a far more practical tool.

With Unreal Engine visuals, realistic bridge controls, sound, scenario-based exercises, and AI-supported assessment, eVa COLREGS is designed to help seafarers understand not only the wording of the rule, but the navigational situation behind the rule.

After decades connected with ships, training, technology, and safety, I strongly believe that maritime learning must now become more practical, more visual, and more immersive.

COLREGS is too important to be reduced to repeated classroom examples.

It must prepare the officer for the bridge.
🎥 Watch the video above.
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