Offline-capable by design
Ship management software that keeps working when the link doesn’t.
Maintenance job completions, spare-part stock movements and requisitions — usable with the satellite down, on the hardware already on board. No vessel server, no replication window. A pending entry is not office acceptance; check the office record during your parallel review. Other entries still need a connection today.
What the crew can do with no connection
Maintenance and evidence
Maintenance completions can be queued on the device offline. Pending is not office acceptance. Readings and photo evidence require a connection today.
Spares, stock and requisitions
Issue a part from the storeroom, adjust a count, raise a requisition with its lines and budget code. With the link down these can be queued on the device. Check the office record during your parallel review.
Work is held on the device, not retyped
Maintenance completions, stock movements and requisitions can be queued on this device offline. Other entries require a connection. A pending entry is not office acceptance. Check the office record during your parallel review.
Replicated offline versus offline-capable
Established suites solve connectivity with a database on every ship. That works, and it costs a server, an IT routine and a delay. Full Ahead Maritime removes all three.
| Aspect | Traditional replicated deployment | Full Ahead Maritime |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment on board | A vessel-side server and database installed, patched and backed up per ship | No shipboard installation — the app itself supports offline maintenance job completion, stock movements and requisitions on the laptop or tablet the crew already has |
| How the office gets the data | Scheduled replication between ship and shore, so the office sees the ship as of the last window | Supported actions queued on the device; pending is not office acceptance |
| When hardware fails | An IT rebuild of the shipboard database before the crew can work in the system again | A replacement device needs a connection; locally queued work is not guaranteed to transfer |
| Cost of the offline capability | Server licences, shipboard IT support and replication maintenance | Included in the subscription at every tier |
Vendor deployment models change; confirm current requirements directly with any vendor you are comparing.
Related reading: SpecTec AMOS alternative, BASSnet alternative and the predictive planned maintenance system.
Offline questions we get asked
- Does ship management software really need to work offline?
- Yes. Even with VSAT and LEO coverage, links drop in heavy weather, in high latitudes, during antenna faults and inside some ports and yards. Software that only works online quietly pushes the crew back onto paper and spreadsheets in exactly the periods that matter most, and the record has to be rebuilt afterwards.
- How is this different from the offline mode in AMOS or BASSnet?
- Traditional systems achieve offline operation by installing a database on each vessel that replicates to shore on a schedule, which means shipboard servers, IT support and a delay between what the ship knows and what the office sees. Full Ahead Maritime is offline-capable in the application itself: no vessel-side installation.
- What can the crew actually do with no connection?
- Review previously loaded query data where the browser has retained it, close planned maintenance jobs, issue spare parts from the storeroom, adjust stock counts and raise requisitions with lines and budget codes. These can be queued on the device. Check the office record during your parallel review. Recording readings, defects and photo evidence still needs a connection today.
- What happens if two people change the same thing?
- A device queue does not establish successful shore delivery or conflict resolution. Check the office record during your parallel review.
- Is the offline data secure on the vessel device?
- The cached copy is scoped to the signed-in user's own fleet and cleared on sign-out, and the platform enforces workspace isolation server-side, so a device cannot hold or upload data belonging to another operator.
Test it the honest way: pull the plug
Tell us your fleet and trade, and we’ll scope a review of supported device queues. Keep your existing operational record during your parallel review.
Talk to us
Tell us about your fleet — we'll reply with a straight answer.
Ask about migrating an existing PMS, offline operation at sea, class and flag audits, or what your fleet would actually cost. No sales sequence, no discovery call gate.
- Answer from a person, usually same working day
- Data migration from spreadsheets or legacy PMS
- Pricing in EUR, published — nothing hidden
Proof, not a bullet point
Offline records: review the limits.
Cut your connection and try it
Open the CII calculator, turn off Wi-Fi, keep typing. The arithmetic runs in your browser — no request leaves the device.
Installable on the vessel PC
Previously loaded records may be available in this browser while disconnected, depending on what it has retained. Keep an independent operational record.
Pending is not accepted
Supported maintenance completions, stock movements and requisitions can be held as pending entries on this device. A pending entry is not office acceptance; check the office record during your parallel review.