Laskaridis Shipping has joined forces with maritime software company Seafair to introduce an AI-powered compliance platform aimed at modernising some of the shipping industry’s most complex and time-consuming audit and safety management procedures.
The new AI Compliance Engine has been developed to automatically analyse company procedures and operational documentation against major industry frameworks, including DryBMS and DBCE, while also supporting broader standards such as the Code of Safe Working Practices, ISO requirements, MCA guidance and RightShip criteria.
The initiative reflects the maritime sector’s growing interest in using artificial intelligence to streamline compliance, HSQE management and operational reporting as regulatory requirements continue to expand across global shipping.
According to Seafair, the platform is capable of reading and interpreting company documentation, identifying compliance gaps and generating structured reports that measure operational performance across multiple audit categories and assessment levels.
The system can also recommend corrective actions, connect findings with objective evidence and allow operators to assign tasks and monitor progress directly through the platform.
“At Laskaridis Shipping, we are continuously exploring new ways to improve efficiency and transparency in our compliance processes,” said Catherine Prifti, DPA and HSQE director at Laskaridis Shipping.
“Leveraging AI for DBCE gap analysis with concurrent upload of objective evidence is expected to be a powerful tool,” she added.
Seafair explained that the platform was developed and tested together with Laskaridis Shipping under real operational conditions, enabling both companies to validate the system using live shipmanagement workflows and documentation.
George Rovis, co-founder and chief operating officer of Seafair, said the collaboration helped create a flexible platform capable of adapting to different shipmanagement structures and company-specific procedures.
“Working closely with Laskaridis Shipping has allowed us to validate this approach in real operational conditions and build an AI-powered compliance engine that can support any ship management company’s own SMS, workflows and documentation,” he said.
Laskaridis Shipping chief operating officer George Christopoulos highlighted that the system was specifically designed to keep operational analysis and company data within each customer’s own secure environment.
“The result is a company-agnostic AI system that can be applied to each ship management company’s individual procedures, while safeguarding customer data and keeping all analysis within the client’s own operational context,” Christopoulos explained.
The companies believe the platform will significantly reduce audit preparation times, automate compliance gap analysis and improve the consistency and traceability of evidence collection during inspections and regulatory reviews.
The partnership also underlines how AI is increasingly moving beyond experimental use cases in shipping and becoming part of day-to-day operational management as owners seek greater efficiency, transparency and regulatory readiness.
