CRALOG: creating an efficient solution to a concrete challenge!

To ensure the quality of work performed onboard and the safety of the sailors, inspections, maintenance and service of lifeboats and davits are subject to strict international rules and regulations. The standards are especially high when it comes to the service technicians’ level of education and experience. Only with the right theoretical education and practical experience is it possible for service technicians to earn the necessary certifications qualifying them to inspect and repair lifeboats and davits.

The strict rules do, however, complicate business for shipping companies around the world making it difficult for them to find service technicians certified to perform the yearly mandatory inspections. To solve the problem Hytek A/S has - in cooperation with the maritime educational institution MARTEC - developed the training program CRALOG. CRALOG qualifies service technicians to inspect and repair all types of marine cranes, lifeboats, davits and release gear from any manufacturer, on any kind of vessel and for any flag state. The training program complies with all international standards and regulations.

Apart from being a training program CRALOG is also an online network and a document management system. CRALOG registers information online about e.g. the certified service suppliers, making it easy for the shipping companies to find the supplier they need. CRALOG also registers information about the safety equipment onboard the shipping companies’ vessels giving immediate and online access to e.g. inspection certificates and other important documents. Go to www.cralog.com for further information.