Thank you for your  interest in the TransparentSea Reporting Solution (TRS).

The TRS line of products was designed to perform either as an intranet-based application (company's internal use) or as an industry wide vessel condition knowledgebase.  

Applying TRS either way enables users to visualize vessel condition reports. These reports can later be published, shared, and accessed by different parties such as:

• Port State Control Authorities
• Ship Owners
• Ship Managers
• Ship Brokers
• Financial Institutions
• And Accident Investigation Teams to name a few.

TRS as an Intranet-based application:

If used as an intranet-based application, reports can be published and accessed by users within the company. Should a third party require access to a report within a company's TRS intranet, they would need to know who to approach to gain access and confirm that there was a report of interest.

Possible uses of the system on an Intranet basis include, a paint supplier who needs to record the application and current condition of a coating; or a shipyard that needs to monitor and report work progress for vessel repairs.

TRS as an industry wide vessel condition knowledgebase:

The end goal of TRS is to make vessel condition reports securely available to the industry.

To enable owners of reports to do this, they need to register their TRS reports repository with the "TransparentSea Membership System."  

For instance, someone who wants to know the condition of vessel "ABC" would register with TRS and be given an account.   After registering with TRS, they can now search all TRS registered repositories for reports on vessel ABC and access a table of the reports available for that vessel.  

These reports can be a:

• Dry Dock report submitted by the operator /manager,
• Asset Protection submitted by a financial institution,
• Monthly or quarterly condition surveys submitted by the operator / manager
• And Flag and Port State reports on multiple repositories.  

How do I view a report in TRS?

After users select which report they would like to access and provide a reason for wanting access, TRS requests permission from the relevant vessel report repository owners.

The request can either be granted or denied by the report owner on a report-by-report basis.  

Assuming the request is granted, the requesting party can now view the reports for an agreed period of time.

As an industry wide knowledge base of vessel condition is where the major power of the TRS system lies.   An organization can start by using the system for internal use and later on join the network of repository owners in the industry initiative.

TRS is Secured and Tamper Proof

Aside from viewing the vessel condition from a wide degree of viewpoints such as a Dry Dock report (which they would not normally be able to gain access to), the system provides a high degree on non-repudiation and security through the use of Public Key

Infrastructure (PKI).  

This not only ensures that the viewer knows where the report came from, but also that none of the digital media, text, or other content of the report has been altered since its creation.

I am not a big maritime organization, can I still use TRS?

TRS can also be used by a small inspection type organization / individual.   This ensures that report data can still be received in a consistent and timely fashion. This allows future comparisons on multiple condition reports for the same vessel and uploading into repositories.  

If you have an inspection team of your own perhaps you would like to trial the system with them?

We hope we have provided a better insight into what we are trying to achieve. We also have attached a link to an article on TRS that appeared in International Ship Operator for further reference.  

Would you like to have a demonstration of the product? Please let us know when would be a good time to call you by emailing us at sales@transparentsea.com.  

You can also visit our website at http://www.transparentsea.com/.

If you would like to discuss this further please feel free to contact Patrick Slesinger, Director & CIO of Wallem Services ( pes@wallem.com) - the author of the original TRS concept.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

TransparentSea Limited