Effective date: September 3, 2026 | Last updated: September 5, 2026 | Previous version: September 3, 2026
These Terms govern your use of Skipi, including the Skipi desktop application, the Skipi Crewing desktop application, skipi.app, and related online services. Skipi is operated by, and your contract under these Terms is with, SKIPI LTD ("Skipi", "we", "us"), a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 17433479, whose registered office is at Office 20748, 182-184 High Street North, East Ham, London, United Kingdom, E6 2JA.
These Terms apply prospectively. SKIPI LTD was incorporated on 2 September 2026 and became the operator of Skipi with effect from the effective date shown above. This version governs your use of Skipi from that date onwards. It does not apply retroactively and does not transfer, assign, novate or otherwise alter any contract, obligation, liability, claim or intellectual-property right that arose or existed before that date; those remain with the party that held them.
Skipi is a local-first maritime document and communication tool. Depending on the component you use, it may provide:
Skipi is not a crewing agency, manning agency, recruitment agency, employment agency, shipowner, employer, or placement service.
Skipi does not select, screen, rank, recommend, hire, place, or employ seafarers. Skipi does not decide whether a seafarer is suitable for a vessel or vacancy. Skipi does not negotiate employment terms, issue employment contracts, collect placement fees, or track hiring outcomes.
Skipi is a communication and document-handling tool. The seafarer decides whether to enable job alerts, whether to contact an employer, and what data or documents to disclose. The employer or Skipi Crewing user decides whether to publish a vacancy, reply, request further information, shortlist, reject, or hire. Those decisions are made outside Skipi's control.
At this stage, Skipi is developed primarily for maritime users and companies in the main crew-supply regions outside the EEA. The current online services are not intentionally offered as a public EU/UK recruitment or job-placement platform.
If you access or use Skipi from another jurisdiction, or use Skipi to process data or publish vacancies that target another jurisdiction, you are responsible for complying with the laws that apply to you, including employment, recruitment, crewing, licensing, labour, data protection, sanctions, and export-control rules.
The Skipi desktop application is designed so that core features work locally. Your vault, documents, generated CVs, packages, and sea service records are stored in a folder you choose on your device. You are responsible for backing up that folder and protecting access to your device.
Local certificate frameworks, expiry reminders, CV generation, and document organization are convenience tools only. They are not legal, regulatory, classification, flag-state, immigration, or employment advice.
If a seafarer enables job alerts, the desktop app may request public vacancy data from skipi.app using broad filters such as rank or vessel type. Matching happens on the seafarer's device. The server is not intended to store a seafarer profile or perform personalized matching.
When a seafarer starts contact with an employer, the seafarer chooses the method and content: for example redacted CV, full CV, email, document package, or encrypted message where available.
Employers, crewing companies, ship managers, and other company-side users are solely responsible for:
Skipi may verify employer-side users by checking information such as corporate email, legal name, registration number, MLC or crewing licence details, website, or other documentation.
Verification only means that specified information was checked at a point in time. It is not an endorsement, recommendation, guarantee, safety rating, financial assessment, or assurance that the company complies with all applicable laws. Users should independently verify any job offer, company, vessel, contract, and request for money or documents.
You remain responsible for the documents, messages, vacancy text, reviews, files, and other content you create, store, upload, send, or publish using Skipi. You must not use Skipi to submit forged documents, impersonate another person or company, publish misleading vacancies, harass users, distribute malware, or facilitate unlawful activity.
When you use an online feature, you grant us the limited rights needed to transmit, store, route, display, or process your content solely to provide that feature.
Where end-to-end encrypted messaging is available, message content is encrypted on the sender's device and stored by the server as ciphertext. The server may still process routing metadata such as public user IDs, timestamps, message size, and thread IDs.
Where package or attachment relay is available, links and hosted files may have expiry periods and download limits. Recipients may download, copy, forward, or store documents outside Skipi. Skipi cannot control copies already delivered to a recipient.
Optional AI or OCR features, where present, are document-assistance tools for the user. They are not a substitute for manual review. Skipi does not provide automated hiring decisions and does not decide whether a seafarer should be selected for work.
If an employer uses external AI, screening, ranking, or decision tools outside Skipi, that employer is solely responsible for the legality and fairness of that use.
The public Skipi seafarer desktop client source code may be made available under the MIT License in its repository. The Skipi name, logo, trademarks, website content, backend services, Skipi Crewing application, hosted infrastructure, non-public code, and commercial services are not granted under that MIT License unless expressly stated.
Some parts of Skipi are paid. Skipi Assistant — Premium, Skipi Crewing and Skipi Broker are licensed as monthly subscriptions; one subscription is for one named user and is tied to one email address, and is not shared between people. Paid plans are sold through Paddle, and sections 12 to 15 apply to subscriptions purchased that way. Current prices are published at skipi.app/pricing.
Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance and renew automatically until cancelled. Prices are stated in US dollars and include VAT and sales tax where these apply: the published price is the amount you pay, and the tax within it is shown as a separate line on your invoice.
Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle handles payment, invoicing, applicable taxes and billing enquiries, and Paddle's buyer terms apply to your purchase in addition to these Terms. We do not receive or store your card details.
We may change prices. We will give at least 30 days' notice before a price change applies to an existing subscription, and you may cancel before it takes effect.
Crewing and Broker may be offered with a free trial of 14 days. The trial is granted by Skipi when you register an account, not by the payment provider, and it is not a subscription: no payment method is required to start it and nothing is charged while it runs. A trial is intended once per user and per organisation. A paid subscription begins only if and when you buy one; if you do not, the trial simply ends and access to the paid features stops, with no invoice and nothing to cancel. We may change or withdraw trial terms for new sign-ups; a trial already running is not shortened by such a change.
You may cancel a paid subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period; access continues until then, and periods already started are not refunded in part.
We refund a paid subscription in full, without asking for a reason, if you request it within 14 days of the payment. The full policy, including how to ask and how long the money takes, is published at skipi.app/refunds.
These provisions do not limit mandatory consumer rights, including any statutory right of withdrawal, under the law of your country of residence.
Paddle calculates, collects and remits sales tax and VAT on our orders where it is required to, and issues your receipt or invoice. Business buyers can enter a VAT or tax identification number at checkout. You remain responsible for any taxes arising on your own side, and we do not give tax advice.
You agree not to:
We may reject, remove, hide, suspend, or disable access to content, vacancies, messages, accounts, company profiles, or online features if we believe they violate these Terms, create legal or security risk, or may harm users.
Skipi is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not guarantee that vacancy information is accurate, that employers or seafarers are trustworthy, that documents are authentic, that certificate frameworks are complete, or that any job, contract, inspection, audit, vetting, immigration, or employment outcome will occur.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or lost-profit damages, or for losses arising from employment decisions, document misuse by recipients, missed certificate dates, false vacancy information, fraud by third parties, or reliance on information provided through Skipi.
We may update these Terms as the product changes. The "Last updated" date shows the current version. Material changes may be announced on skipi.app or through the application where practical.
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Nothing in this section removes or limits any mandatory right you have under the law of the country where you live. In particular, if you use Skipi as a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the law of your country of residence, and you may be able to bring proceedings there where that law gives you that right.
For questions about these Terms:
SKIPI LTD
Registered office: Office 20748, 182-184 High Street North, East Ham, London, United Kingdom, E6 2JA
Email: info@skipi.app
Telephone: +44 20 3432 0682
Website: skipi.app