Life-saving equipment firm Viking has bought a major stake in IT startup Saatsea.
The firm, which will be renamed Viking Saatsea, provides cloud-based onboard training and competence management systems to industry.
It was set up by a group of IT entrepreneurs with a background in marine and crew training.
The Saatsea system allows shipowners and operators to continuously train their crew by offering a combined solution that manages planning and implementation of onboard training as well as the documentation.
Through the online training system, crew can complete and register module-based theoretical and practical assignments, with immediate, up-to-date competency assessments for marine and offshore inspections – without administrative hassles.
The cloud-based mobile solution ensures that the system always works, even when the vessel is not on the internet.
The information is synchronized automatically whenever the vessel has the opportunity to come online.
The system is also designed to manage the coming regulatory requirements for documentation of STCW refresher courses for all IMO vessels.