Maritime work tools for both sides of crewing.
Crewing workflow on the left. Seafarer vault on the right.
Employer-side desktop app for vacancy posting, incoming applications, document review, and follow-up communication.
Personal document vault for seafarers: catalog certificates, build a CV, track expiry dates, and send organized packages.
Early beta. Skipi Crewing is for invited testers; the seafarer app is public early access.
The seafarer app checks profile completeness, required documents, and sea service before enabling full jobs workflow.
Crewing teams receive structured applications with CV and document context instead of unstructured inbox attachments.
Public installers are distributed through RF-accessible routing, so users can download from the site without extra steps.
Select documents, generate a link, send to anyone. No accounts needed for the recipient. Vetting, PSC, charterer requests — solved in seconds.
Rigid document structures per vessel type. Add a Bulk Carrier — get 50+ mandatory documents pre-created. Nothing is missed.
Expiry monitoring for every certificate. Color-coded dashboard: red, orange, green. Never miss a renewal.
Your files stay on your device. Sync only when you want to. Like Obsidian, but for ship documents.
Personal document management by rank. Track your CoC, STCW certificates, medical — share with employers in one click.
Photo a certificate with your phone — AI reads the expiry date, number, issuing authority. Auto-saves as PDF into the right category. No manual entry.
AI reads your PDFs, extracts metadata, and highlights anomaly indicators for manual review.
Offline: create a ZIP and attach to email directly from the app. Online: generate a shareable link with expiry and download tracking. Works with or without internet.
Manning agencies get a structured viewer for seafarer documents — no more digging through email attachments. Filter by rank, certificate type, validity. Seafarers send packages directly to crewing companies on the platform.
Seafarers manage documents in a personal vault, and crewing teams receive structured document packages. One click from seafarer to employer — complete CV with certificates organized for human review.
Pick the files you need from your ship's document library — certificates, class docs, crew records.
Set expiry date and download limit. Skipi creates a secure ZIP bundle with a unique link.
Send the link by email, WhatsApp, anywhere. Recipient downloads instantly — no account, no login, no friction.
Skipi introduces a novel approach to maritime document exchange: users select documents from a vessel's structured library, and the system generates a secure ZIP bundle with a unique URL. The package has configurable expiry (1-90 days) and download limits (1-100). Recipients access the package via the URL without creating an account or authenticating — eliminating the friction that plagues existing maritime document workflows. Each download is tracked, and expired packages are automatically removed. This mechanism is purpose-built for the maritime industry's document exchange patterns: vetting inspections, Port State Control preparations, charterer due diligence, class society surveys, and inter-company compliance requests.
When a vessel is registered in Skipi, the system automatically generates a complete document structure based on the vessel type and applicable international conventions. A Bulk Carrier receives 50+ pre-defined document slots across categories: Statutory Certificates (SMC, ISSC, IOPP, MLC, CLC), Class Certificates, Crew Documents (STCW CoCs, medical certificates), Safety Equipment (liferaft, EPIRB, fire extinguisher certificates), Operations & Logs (Oil Record Book, SOPEP, SEEMP), Insurance & P&I, and type-specific documents (ESP reports, hatch cover test certificates, grain loading authorization). Each document slot carries metadata: expected validity period, survey cycle, and regulatory reference. This rigid framework ensures no required document is overlooked.
Skipi follows an Obsidian-like local-first philosophy: all documents and metadata are stored on the user's device in a lightweight SQLite database. The system operates fully offline. Synchronization with cloud storage is optional and user-initiated — addressing the maritime industry's unique connectivity constraints (satellite bandwidth limitations, intermittent connections at sea) and the trust barrier that prevents adoption of cloud-only solutions. This architectural choice differentiates Skipi from every existing maritime document management system, all of which require persistent cloud connectivity or legacy client-server infrastructure.
Individual seafarers receive a personal document framework based on their STCW rank. A Master receives 25+ document slots (Passport, Seafarer's Identity Document, Certificate of Competency, GMDSS GOC, ECDIS training, Bridge Team Management, Medical First Aid, Advanced Fire Fighting, Ship Security Officer certificate, and more). Each document tracks validity and provides expiry reminders. Seafarers can create shareable packages of their personal documents for employers, manning agencies, or flag state authorities — using the same one-link mechanism as vessel packages.
Skipi implements two distinct package delivery mechanisms. In offline mode, the application creates a local ZIP archive from selected documents and opens the user's default email client with the archive pre-attached — enabling document sharing without any cloud infrastructure or internet connectivity. In online mode, packages are uploaded to a server and a unique URL with configurable expiry and download tracking is generated. This dual-mode approach is unique in maritime software: no competitor offers both local email-attachment workflow and cloud-hosted shareable links within the same application.
Manning and crewing agencies receive a specialized document viewer that presents seafarer credentials in a structured, searchable interface. When a seafarer sends a document package to a crewing company through Skipi, the receiving agency sees certificates organized by type (identity, medical, STCW training, competency, endorsements) with validity status, expiry dates, and document numbers extracted and displayed — instead of browsing through unstructured email attachments in a file explorer. The crewing module supports document filtering by rank, certificate type, and validity window, helping the company-side user review communications from seafarers.
Skipi establishes a direct digital pipeline between individual seafarers and maritime employers (crewing agencies, ship management companies). The seafarer maintains a personal document vault with STCW-compliant structure, creates a package of required documents, and sends it to registered employers on the platform. The employer receives a pre-structured, machine-readable document set with extracted metadata (expiry dates, certificate numbers, issuing authorities) — replacing the current industry workflow of emailing scattered PDF attachments.