Overview
Every voyage generates valuable operational data. Yet many shipping companies only review Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) information after a serious incident has already occurred.
Matau-Marine transforms VDR data into a proactive navigation safety, compliance, and performance management tool. Our independent reviews help shipowners and managers identify risks, assess bridge team performance, and verify compliance with company procedures before incidents, claims, or inspection findings arise.
Our VDR Review & Remote Navigation Audit service provides an objective assessment of navigational practices, bridge resource management, voyage execution, and compliance with company standards.
Using recorded voyage data, we evaluate how bridge teams operate in practice—not simply how procedures are written. Assessments are benchmarked against company requirements, industry best practices, TMSA expectations, SIRE 2.0 guidance, RightShip standards, and established navigational safety principles.
The service can be used following incidents, near misses, grounding events, PSC observations, vetting findings, or as part of a continuous navigation quality assurance programme.
Challenges We Address
Many organizations face difficulties identifying navigational weaknesses before they result in incidents. Common concerns include:
- Limited visibility of actual bridge team performance
- Navigation-related incidents and near misses
- Groundings and collision risks
- Procedural non-compliance
- Ineffective Bridge Resource Management (BRM)
- Repeated PSC observations
- SIRE 2.0 or RightShip findings
- Human factor and situational awareness issues
- Lack of objective performance measurement
Industries & Vessel Types
Tankers, Gas Carriers, Chemical Tankers, Dry Bulk, Container, All bridge-team operated vessels
Key Benefits
✓ Proactive navigation quality assurance
✓ Independent and evidence-based bridge team assessment
✓ Identification of operational and navigational risks
✓ Improved compliance with company procedures
✓ Alignment with TMSA, SIRE 2.0, VIQ, and RightShip expectations
✓ Support following incidents, near misses, and PSC findings
✓ Human factors and bridge resource management evaluation
✓ Reduced grounding and collision risk
✓ Fully remote service — no vessel attendance required
Typical Workflow
VDR data transfer → Data review against procedures and best practice → Remote navigation audit → Report with findings and recommendations
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