Case Study: Finstaship
Integrated Safety Management System for Ships
"Finstaship offers a versatile range of icebreaking and fairway services for general shipping needs, specialised
offshore and marine construction services, as well as shipmanagement and ferry services. Both Finnish and
international customers can depend on Finstaship's expertise when carrying out demanding offshore operations
that require special skills and vessels. The company's services help to ensure the smooth operation of
Finnish shipping, and its ferry services help passengers reach their destinations."
Source: www.finstaship.fi
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A vital element of Finstaship's fleet management is the Integrated Safety System (ISM). Company's every ship has to be able to access documents in the ISM system when sailing the world's oceans. Since the documents are about safety, it is crucial for the management in the headquarters to know that each safety representative has received every new or updated document. The new document management system not only stores the files, but also keeps track of who has accessed them.
Finstaship already had an extranet that provided ship personnel access to the relevant information. The extranet applications were created in PHP programming language. The project team chose PHP and CakePHP framework for system implementation in order to take advantage of the MVC design pattern.
