BASSnet VS BoatOn Book
A ship management software helps maritime professionals efficiently manage their daily tasks such as maintenance, inventory and supply management, as well as parts ordering and procurement. These tools also simplify crew scheduling, certificate renewal, and the tracking of logs and navigations, thereby saving valuable time for captains and managers.
Here is our comparison between two fleet management software solutions tailored for maritime transport fleets: BASSnet and BoatOn Book.
What is boat maintenance software?
A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is a technological tool designed to optimize and simplify the management of a fleet in maritime transportation, whether it involves passenger or cargo ships, or offshore vessels. It allows managers and crews to track, plan, and document preventive and corrective maintenance tasks while ensuring compliance with manufacturer standards and recommended timelines.
Typically, such software includes features like spare parts and equipment inventory management, maintenance history tracking, scheduling of periodic inspections, and generation of performance reports. By centralizing and automating these tasks, CMMS helps reduce vessel downtime, enhance onboard safety, extend equipment lifespan, and optimize navigations both offshore and along coastlines.
How important is a boat maintenance software marine shipping sector ?
Imagine a software that centralizes all essential data about your vessel : upcoming maintenance tasks, crew and external provider management, spare parts inventory, and mandatory certificates. This is precisely what maritime maintenance software offers. They provide comprehensive tracking of your vessel's history, accessible anywhere and anytime.
In addition to centralizing information, these software solutions greatly simplify your daily tasks : scheduling maintenance, tracking budgets, managing orders, all while ensuring compliance with specific maritime regulations such as MARPOL, MLC, or ISM. They become invaluable assets during critical moments in your vessel's lifecycle, such as its sale. Indeed, a CMMS software demonstrates seriousness and rigor in vessel maintenance, thereby preserving its asset value.
These software solutions also enable you to quickly retrieve necessary information to substantiate claims and defend your interests in case of disputes. For instance, BoatOn Book already allows selective data sharing with authorized third parties while ensuring perfect confidentiality of potentially sensitive information.
Comparison of BASSnet and BoatOn Book offers
BASSnet is a CMMS software primarily geared towards shipping and offshore operations companies. Their software resembles a comprehensive ERP tailored for maritime fleets. Indeed, the software encompasses 19 different modules yet remains modular to adapt to maritime companies. Moreover, the software is certified and classified by numerous organizations such as Bureau Veritas and DNV.
The BoatOn Book from BoatOn is the 1st boat fleet management and maintenance solution. The aim of the BoatOn Book is to simplify all the operational activities of maritime and inland waterway operators : passenger boats, freight transport, rescue vessels, marine works... BoatOn also helps companies to manage their fleets in an eco-responsible way, while complying with current regulations.
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Manage you services and maintenance
From the Tasks module, you have access to the entire maintenance history of your vessel. You can review past operations, plan upcoming maintenance tasks, and send detailed work orders to your service providers or crew members.
Additionally, you can automatically generate maintenance reports with a single click, simplifying the management and traceability of work performed on your ship.
Rights and users
Managing a fleet of boats requires coordination among multiple stakeholders. The user module allows you to assign access to each stakeholder and precisely define their rights to control information sharing.
You can choose from several predefined roles such as administrator, supervisor, captain, sailor, etc. Additionally, it is possible to create custom roles tailored to your specific needs.
Manage your inventory and purchases
This section of the software allows you to monitor in real-time all your stocks of parts and equipment, plan their replacement, and easily generate purchase orders.
You can also export the data in Excel or PDF format directly from the software, or create a pre-filled email with the details of the parts to order, and then simply click "send" !
Follow your navigations with AIS
The logbook makes it easy to record your navigations directly from your phone ! Thanks to your boat's AIS, you can accurately reconstruct the routes traveled by your vessels.
Plan your outings in advance by consulting the integrated weather forecast and analyze your navigations to optimize your consumption. With BoatOn Book, managing your logbook is now simplified and digitized, allowing you to say goodbye to paper.
Manage your budget and accounting
The budget module of BoatOn Book provides you with easy management of your expenses and revenues per boat. You can filter the main categories for more efficient naval accounting.
Every expense recorded in other modules of the software is automatically included in this section, saving you from the laborious task of searching for your invoices.
Dashboard of the whole fleet
The fleet and statistics module of BoatOn Book provides a comprehensive overview of crucial information regarding your boats. It offers detailed insights into homeport details, revenues, expenses, as well as past and upcoming maintenance activities.
Using detailed statistics presented in graphical form, you can easily visualize various aspects of your fleet. This includes the number of scheduled maintenance activities for the future, revenues and expenses over specific periods, parts out of stock, and other relevant data for effective fleet management.
Integrate your documents and certificates
In the documents module of BoatOn Book, find all essential information about your boat centralized on one platform.
Easily access attachments from other software modules, such as maintenance reports. You can also add crew member certificates, boat navigation permits, and insurance certificates. This allows you to centralize all your important documents and avoid any loss.
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