Question 1

What is ship management software?

Accepted Answer

Ship management software is the system a shipowner, manager or superintendent uses to run a vessel's technical operations from shore. It holds the planned maintenance schedule, the statutory certificate register (ISM, ISPS, SOLAS, MARPOL), defect and inspection records, drills, and the documentary evidence an auditor or Port State Control officer asks to see. Full Ahead keeps all of that in one dataset with a single audit trail, so nothing has to be reconciled between a spreadsheet, an inbox and a filing cabinet.

Question 2

How much does ship management software cost?

Accepted Answer

Most maritime platforms are quote-only and priced per vessel per year, which typically lands somewhere between €1,500 and €5,000 per vessel annually before implementation fees. Full Ahead publishes its prices: Mermaid Coastal is €79/month for up to 5 vessels, Mermaid Fleet is €249/month for up to 25 vessels, and Mermaid Armada is €599/month for unlimited vessels. Annual billing saves roughly two months, and every plan starts with a 30-day free trial that needs no card.

Question 3

Is there a free trial?

Accepted Answer

Yes — 30 days on any plan, with no credit card required and no sales call to unlock it. Your workspace is seeded with a demo fleet so you can see a complete maintenance and certificate register immediately, then replace it with your own vessels when you are ready.

Question 4

How long does implementation take?

Accepted Answer

You can be live the same day. Adding a vessel automatically seeds the full statutory register and a planned maintenance skeleton, so you are editing a working setup rather than building one from an empty database. There is no dedicated IT resource required and no onboarding project to schedule.

Question 5

Does it work offline at sea?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Full Ahead is an installable progressive web app that caches your fleet data on the device. Crew can complete jobs, log running hours, close defects and attach evidence photos with no connectivity at all; everything queues in a sync outbox and uploads automatically the next time the vessel has a signal.

Question 6

Can it replace our spreadsheets?

Accepted Answer

That is the usual starting point. Spreadsheets handle the schedule but not the evidence, the version history or the alerting — which is exactly what fails an audit. Full Ahead keeps the same familiar structure but adds a tamper-evident audit log, automatic expiry alerts on every certificate, and an evidence library tied to the job that produced it.

Plan	Fleet size	Monthly	Annual
Mermaid Coastal	Up to 5 vessels	€79	€790
Mermaid Fleet	Up to 25 vessels	€249	€2,490
Mermaid Armada	Unlimited vessels	€599	€5,990

Ship management software that publishes its price.

What a ship manager actually needs in one system.

Planned maintenance

Statutory registers

Fleet overview

EEXI, CII and EU ETS

Works offline

Roles and audit log

Marine fleet management software pricing, in the open.

Ship management software questions.

Put a vessel in and see it for yourself.