Digital tools for seafarers, designed by a deck officer and made to work without internet.
Each one started as a real problem on board. The first three are already in use by crews and officers; the fourth is open as a public beta.
Crew familiarisation in one QR scan.
The officer's black notebook, digital.
Your STCW certificates, always in date.
Maritime English for Spanish-speaking deck officers.
A language course: it is not approved by the IMO and does not give an STCW certificate.
Try the beta ↗
Made for satellite internet, or none at all.
Data stays on the phone or on the ship.
Used by real crews before release.
English, Spanish and Portuguese built in.
ChartroomLab is the workshop of Bianca Tortore, a deck officer in the merchant marine sailing since 2014. Most of her career has been on LNG FSRUs, alongside a dredger, tankers, container ships, a tug, an Antarctic expedition cruise ship and an anchor-handling vessel.
Every tool comes from a gap seen on those ships, and is kept simple enough to work for someone tired, between watches, with no signal.
Want the onboarding pack for your vessel, or a tool for a problem your crew keeps running into? Write, and tell us about the ship.