BACKGROUND

Despite established safety procedures, ship managers often face difficulty enforcing consistent safe behaviour among crew members. Periodic behavioural tests have not yielded consistent risk mitigation results as there are limitations in real-time management of competence and risk behaviours. The long-term mental health and chronic disease risk among seafarers is also a growing concern, with limited visibility until crisis events. 

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROBLEM

70 to 90% of marine accidents are linked to human error. Undetected mental health or chronic conditions onboard can lead to safety incidents or loss of life. Reducing incidents due to unsafe crew behaviour is critical to crew welfare and retention, and reputation, compliance and insurance costs for the company. 

Ship managers are looking for innovative solutions that could help: 

• Reduction in crew-related safety incidents 
• Engagement and adoption by crew and superintendents 
• ROI through lower insurance premiums or incident costs 
• Real-time monitoring and early detection rate of at-risk crew 
• Reduction in medical emergencies or evacuations 
• Positive crew feedback and engagement of solution 
• Integration into fleet HR/operations systems 

POTENTIAL MARKET SIZE

Global seafarers health and wellness market are emerging and expected to grow rapidly as ESG compliance tightens. Crew safety and human performance monitoring tech is part of the $2.3B+ maritime safety market (2023, CAGR ~7.3%), and wearable health tech market is now a $61B+ market globally. 

EXISTING EFFORTS

• Periodic behavioural testing of seafarers 
• IoT wearable technology for seafarers 
• Maritime behavioural risk management platforms / mobile applications