Marsa · software for shipping companies in the Gulfمرسى

Check the vessel.
Run the charter.
Keep the fleet in order.

Web software for Gulf shipping companies. Screen a vessel against the OFAC, UK and Canadian sanctions lists, keep each charter’s money and paperwork together, and have every certificate ready before anyone asks. A named person signs every decision.

Try it with your own vessels → Start a pilot

Takes two minutes. No account needed. While you try it, nothing leaves your browser.

What it does

Four jobs, in one program.

A shipping company does four things with every vessel: decides whether to do business with her, runs the charter, keeps her certificates and maintenance up to date, and keeps track of where she is. Marsa does all four in one place. On every decision a named person signs, not the software.

The Marsa check screen for a sample tanker named on three sanctions lists
1. Sanctions check Start here

Check a vessel before you fix her.

Enter the IMO number, or drop in the vessel's Q88 as a PDF. Marsa checks the vessel against the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List and the Canadian (SEMA) list. It shows the owners and operators those lists name, with gaps marked for review.

  • Anything it could not check is listed as unchecked. A gap is never shown as a pass.
  • You record a decision: clear, ask questions or decline, with your reason and your name.
  • Save the result as a sealed file. Anyone can confirm that nothing in it has changed.
Try a check →
Marsa delays and claims: five delays across a fleet, each with its cause, what it cost and the documents behind it
2. Charter

Keep the charter records in one place.

For each charter, Marsa keeps every delay with its cause, the weather at the time, what it cost and the documents that support it. It puts them together as one pack for the charterer.

  • Delays and claims, and which are still open
  • Letters of protest drafted from the recorded facts
  • Hire sheets checked for payments that have not arrived
See delays and claims →
The Marsa fleet desk listing seven sample vessels, worst first, with what stands in the way of each sailing
3. Fleet

Track certificates and maintenance for every vessel.

Marsa lists each vessel with what is stopping her from sailing, worst first, and keeps the paperwork ready before anyone asks for it.

  • Certificates, planned maintenance and critical equipment
  • Defects and orders, and their status
  • Ask a question about a vessel's manual and get the answer with the page number
See the fleet list →
The Marsa live map: the Gulf, Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman with vessels drawn by type and named seas
4. Live map Customers

See your vessels on a map of the Gulf.

One screen shows vessels by type, sanctioned vessels circled, your own vessels highlighted, and the news that affects shipping risk.

  • Vessels that go quiet or loiter, port calls and weather
  • UKMTO notices and about 200 maritime headlines a day
  • Opens with your pilot or subscription
Customers: open the map →

See it work, one moment at a time.

These are the real screens. The fleet is invented; the sanctions lists are the governments’ own.

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A sanctions file for a tanker with the question why is she flagged answered from three government lists The fleet inbox reading a certificate email, each proposed field beside the line it came from A proposed hire rate change next to the charter party wording, with confirm, correct and defer A port call pack for a vessel, each paper with its source, who checked it and when it runs out Charter Control for a bulk carrier with charterer, next hire due, money outstanding and class status A clearance file with the activity panel open, showing the checks, the decision and a comment

Enter an IMO number. Marsa reads the OFAC, UK and Canadian lists, says what it could not check, and answers questions about the file with the source beside every line.

Press Ctrl K anywhere to find a vessel, a file or a certificate.Try a check yourself
Who it is for

Made for the people who sign off.

Traders and charterers

Check each vessel before you fix her, keep each charter's delays and claims in one pack, and show your director who decided what.

Uses: sanctions check, charter, live map

Vessel agents and bunker suppliers

Check a vessel in seconds before you commit a berth or a bunker stem, and keep the record for when someone asks.

Uses: sanctions check, live map

Owners and managers

See what is stopping each vessel from sailing, and have certificates, protests and claims ready before you are asked for them.

Uses: fleet, charter, live map, sanctions check

Banks, insurers and counterparties

Drop a Marsa file on marsadesk.com/verify and see straight away whether a single word has changed. Free, and no account needed.

Uses: file check
The problem

The same vessel is screened again and again.

Before a fixture, the trader, the charterer, the bunker supplier, the vessel agent, the insurer and the bank all screen the same vessel. Each one pays for its own licence, and most screening licences do not let you pass the result on. So the same check is paid for six times and shared with no one.

Desk 1TraderChecks the vessel before the fixture.
Desk 2ChartererChecks the same vessel again from scratch.
Desk 3Bunker supplierChecks it again.
Desk 4BankChecks it again, and cannot see the work done by the others.
MarsaOne checkOne record, with a person's name on it.
How a check works

One check, shared with everyone who needs it.

Marsa records the vessel checks and available ownership details, including what it found, what it could not check, which edition of each list it read and the time it read it. A person then clears the vessel or declines it, and their name goes on the record. The record belongs to your company.

VESSEL · IMO 9610781 NIKOLAY ZUYEV OFAC ✓   UK ✓   CANADA ✓ OWNERS ✓   FLAGS ✓ CHECKED ONCE Trader compliance The charterer The bunker supplier The vessel agent The insurer The bank VESSEL · IMO 9610781 NIKOLAY ZUYEV OFAC ✓  UK ✓  CANADA ✓ CHECKED ONCE Trader compliance The charterer The bunker supplier The vessel agent The insurer The bank
Checked against the OFAC, UK and Canadian lists Each check shows the time it was read Signed by a person, not the software
مرسى

Marsa is the Arabic word for an anchorage, the sheltered water where vessels wait.

How to start

Start with your own vessels.

There is no training pack. The program walks your team through the first steps, and the first check is one of your own vessels.

Step 1

Set up in two minutes

Enter your company, the vessels you care about and who signs. The program opens on your own fleet.

Step 2

Check, decide, save

Check a vessel, record your decision and your reason, then save the sealed file and send it to whoever needs it.

Step 3

Pilot for sixty days

One team, one workflow, your real vessels. We set it up with you in the first week and measure the time it saves.

Step 4

Keep it

A company subscription with users included, so the person who reviews and the person who signs see the same file.

Set up your team →Start a pilot

While you try it, everything stays in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Plans

Three ways to start.

Priced per company, not per user. Every plan keeps the source of each result, the name of the person behind each decision, and the file.

To begin

Sixty-day pilot

Try it on your own vessels before you commit.

  • One team and one workflow
  • Set up with you in the first week
  • A review of use and time saved at day sixty
For compliance

Clearance desk

Sanctions checks and the live map, for the team that signs off vessels.

  • Checks, decisions and sealed files
  • The Gulf map with your vessels highlighted
  • Users included
For owners and managers

Operating desk

Everything in the Clearance desk, plus charters and fleet, for the company that runs vessels.

  • Everything in the Clearance desk
  • Charters: delays, claims, protests, hire
  • Fleet: certificates, maintenance, manuals
  • More users, more vessels, shared review

For prices, start a pilot and we will send a one-page scope with the price.

How Marsa works

Three rules the software follows.

One check per vessel

The check belongs to the vessel and the companies behind her, not to one deal's folder. Six desks screening the same vessel in a week means six bills for one piece of work.

Marsa records, a person decides

The software never says a vessel is clean. It gathers the results, stamps them with the time, and lists what it could not check. A person decides, gives a reason and signs. This keeps the legal responsibility with the person, not the software.

Every result has a source

Each line shows the government list it came from, which edition, and the time it was read. Marsa reads those lists directly, because the licences of the big data providers usually forbid passing their answers to anyone else.

Design partner
Bridgefort Maritime

Marsa is being built with Bridgefort Maritime, a Gulf maritime investment group. Its core team has worked together for over ten years and has more than $2BN in maritime transactions behind it. Their desk runs into these problems every week, so we build with them.

Questions

Common questions.

Does Marsa decide whether a vessel is safe?

No. It records what the lists say, what it could not check and who decided. A person clears the vessel, asks questions or declines it, and gives a reason and their name.

Which lists does it check?

The OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List and the Canadian (SEMA) list, read from the governments that publish them. The edition and the time are recorded on every check. A list that is not connected yet, such as the EU vessel designations, is shown as not checked, never as a pass. See where the lists come from.

Can it read our Q88? Can we check many vessels at once?

It reads a Q88 that is a PDF made by software. Scanned pages cannot be read, and Marsa tells you when that is the case. To check many vessels at once, paste a list of IMO numbers.

How current is the live map in the Gulf?

The map uses public and volunteer AIS feeds, which are the position signals vessels broadcast. They cover the eastern Mediterranean well and the Gulf thinly, so many Gulf positions are the last known one, and each vessel shows how old her position is. Fuller Gulf coverage needs a paid feed, which we scope with you in the pilot. The map opens for customers and pilots with an access code.

Where is our data kept?

While you try Marsa, everything stays in your own browser and nothing is sent anywhere. Before any of your real records go in for a pilot, we agree in writing where they are kept and who can see them.

Do we have to replace our screening provider?

No. You can run both while you compare. Marsa shows how it reached each result and lets you pass the file on, which most screening licences do not allow.

We already pay for AIS or screening data. Can Marsa use it?

Yes. Marsa uses its own sources, and if your company already subscribes to VesselAPI, OpenSanctions, Spire, MarineTraffic, Lloyd's List Intelligence, Sea-web, World-Check or Dow Jones, you can connect that subscription. Marsa uses it alongside its own and names the source on every line.

Can the person receiving our file check it?

Yes. They drop it on marsadesk.com/verify and see straight away whether a single word has changed since it was sealed. Free, and no account needed.

Start with your own vessels.

Tell us who you are and what your team does. We will set Marsa up with your vessels and your team, agree a sixty-day pilot, and send you a one-page scope with the price.

Try it with your vessels first Meet the team
Or write to us any time: hello@marsadesk.com