Why fleets still struggle

The cost of how it’s done today

Rest-hour breaches are often discovered at inspection because manual sheets and shore-side Excel checks are done too late to fix anything.

The traditional approach

Paper hours-of-rest sheets sent ashore and re-checked in a spreadsheet days later, long after any violation could have been prevented.

Work & Rest Hours: fleet dashboard view

Monday with WaterTight

What changes when this is under control

Digital hours-of-rest entry with a 30-minute block editor, rolling 24-hour and 7-day STCW checks, instant violation flags, locked periods, and PDF export for inspection.

Time back

Compliance is calculated as officers enter hours, so nobody re-runs rolling-window sums by hand.

Less waste

Catching violations onboard avoids the corrective admin and exposure that a port-state finding creates.

Lower risk

Rolling STCW and MLC checks flag breaches immediately and lock periods for a clean audit trail.

In the module

How Work & Rest Hours delivers it

30-minute block hours-of-rest editor

Shift and watch pattern presets

Rolling 24h and 7d compliance engine

Instant violation alerts

Locked periods and non-conformity export

Company crew hours overview

Capabilities

  1. Offline hours-of-rest saves
  2. Mobile HoR tab on the crew app
  3. MLC 2006 alignment
  4. Audit trail of entries and changes
  5. PDF export for port state control
  6. Per-vessel visibility for the Master

Ship to shore

How the work moves

  1. Officer records hours daily on mobile
  2. The engine flags violations immediately
  3. Master reviews before a port-state inspection
  4. Records exported as PDF for the inspector
Work & Rest Hours: mobile app view

Regulatory alignment

✓ STCW✓ MLC 2006

Customers remain responsible for regulatory compliance. WaterTight is the operational system of record.

Questions before you commit

Does hours of rest work offline?
Yes. Day entries can be saved offline on the crew app and sync when connectivity returns.
Are violations flagged automatically?
Yes. The rolling 24-hour and 7-day checks flag breaches as hours are entered, not after the fact.
Can we export for inspection?
Yes. Records export to PDF with the compliance picture for port-state and internal review.
Does WaterTight guarantee STCW compliance?
No. WaterTight calculates and flags against STCW and MLC rules to help you manage rest. Actual compliance and rostering decisions remain the operator's responsibility.

Bring this pain to a demo

We’ll walk work & rest hours for Master and Chief Officer on a sample vessel — so you can judge the fit, not sit through a feature tour.

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