Within the Pacific Region, there are many organisations and businesses that in some way rely on naval inspection for transport, operations or resources.
From fishermen to container shipping, the surrounding seas are full of diverse businesses. Whilst the vast majority of people are operating in line with industry regulations such as ISO 21984:2018, incidents and mistakes can still slip through safety procedures. Firms are increasingly having to wait for ships or equipment to return from mainland maintenance, only because of small issues going unchecked until its too late to prevent. Some organisations are however choosing to integrate naval digital inspection solutions within their processes, revolutionising their productivity and operational efficiency.
There are numerous firms across several industries that have already seen the results of the digital and mobile transformation and migration to paperless processes. The synergy between mobile devices and inspection applications provides a powerful tool for all those involved and affected. Employees in the form of inspection officials, field service personnel, maintenance and repair crews and 3rd party industry representatives can take advantage first hand of the benefits of going mobile and digital. Such users can take regular mobile devices; smartphones or tablets, and use them just like outside the workplace. The inspection application successfully integrates different features of the mobile device such as the camera, microphone, touchscreen or built-in GPS. In making use of these means that the mobile device user can do things like take and annotate images of any location or asset, highlighting specific deficiencies or changes between inspections. These images can then be retrospectively automatically added to future inspection lists and reports, showing for example the history of the wear and scuffing around a ship’s hull plating. Other advantages using the camera include scanning barcode and RFID of containers or other equipment, another way to capture information rapidly.
