Major compliance contract
CrewSmart is managing compliance requirements across a global maritime security specialist and crew supplier’s 1,500-strong workforce.
Ocean Infinity’s Ambrey Offshore (Ambrey) chose the cloud-based end-to-end management system for compliant, effective maritime operations to enhance transparency and drive cost and time-savings.
Ambrey is the first maritime security firm to adopt CrewSmart and take a leading role in compliance management in the sector.
Matthew Lane, fleet director at Ambrey, said: “CrewSmart has improved our transparency and our communication across all facets of the business, as well as augmenting our ability to maintain compliance. Improving cohesion across Ambrey’s multiple business units within the group has been a unique challenge which CrewSmart has been key in addressing.”
Shared compliance responsibility
CrewSmart’s software is used as a compliance tool for Ambrey’s security subcontractors, enabling responsibility for compliance to be shared with the subcontractors themselves, as well as with administrators.
The increase in communication and transparency enables offshore operations and teams to more rapidly identify and meet compliance requirements for vessels, crews and equipment – ultimately leading to improved efficiency in preparing teams for transit and embarkation.
Regulatory compliance is essential in all industries, but in the maritime security sector a single point of failure can have real ramifications – especially in such cases where non-compliance will prohibit crew or contractors from joining a voyage.
Controlling these variables is essential to delivering safe, best-in-class service standards in maritime security, and CrewSmart’s automated approach has enabled Ambrey to enhance its value to customers by reinforcing the accountability and maintaining compliance of its staff.
By Rebecca Jeffrey
