The right people, certified, rested, and paid.
RETRO.FMS Crewing & HR manages the seagoing workforce end to end: crew records and planning, certificates and training against rank requirements, MLC hours of rest, payroll and portage, appraisals, and drills. When an inspector asks who was on board, what they held, and how they rested, the answer is one report away.
What it covers
The seagoing workforce, managed
People & planning
Crew master records, assignments, planning, and crew-change handling.
Compliance
Certificates, training matrix, and MLC hours of rest with violation flags.
Pay
Payroll lines, portage bills, pay slips, and statements.
Development
Appraisals, competence assessments, and drill and training logs.
Crew master & planning
One record per seafarer, one plan per fleet.
A master record for every crew member with assignments, planning, and crew-change handling across the fleet, so reliefs are planned rather than improvised.
- Master crew records with assignment history
- Fleet-wide planning views
- Crew-change handling
Certificates & training matrix
See the gap before the inspector does.
Track crew certificates and a competency and training matrix against rank requirements, with expiry reminders and clear gap visibility per vessel and per seafarer.
- Certificates with expiry reminders
- Training matrix against rank requirements
- Gap visibility per vessel and seafarer
Hours of rest (MLC)
Rest hours recorded, validated, defensible.
Record and validate hours of rest to MLC rules, flag violations as they occur, capture corrections, and monitor compliance across the fleet on dashboards.
- MLC-rule validation
- Violations flagged with corrections captured
- Fleet compliance dashboards
Payroll & portage
Pay the crew, prove the numbers.
Manage payroll lines and portage bills, producing pay slips and portage statements the office and the master can both stand behind.
- Payroll lines per seafarer
- Portage bills per vessel
- Pay slips and portage statements
Appraisals & competence
Promote on evidence, not memory.
Capture crew appraisals and competence assessments to support development, rehire, and promotion decisions with a record behind each one.
- Structured appraisals
- Competence assessments
- Evidence for promotion and rehire
Drills & training logs
Every drill logged, every audit ready.
Schedule and log drills and onboard training, maintaining the evidence trail audits and vetting inspections ask for.
- Drill scheduling and logging
- Onboard training records
- Evidence trail for audits and vetting
Compliance
Crewed, certified, and rested — provably.
Crewing compliance is three questions: is the right person on board, do they hold what the rank requires, and have they rested to MLC? RETRO.FMS answers all three from the same records the crew office already keeps.
Questions, answered
Questions, answered
Does it validate hours of rest to MLC?
Yes. Rest hours are recorded and validated against MLC rules, violations are flagged with corrections captured, and compliance is visible on fleet dashboards.
Can we see certificate gaps by rank?
Yes. The training matrix maps certificates and competencies against rank requirements, with expiry reminders and gap views per vessel and per seafarer.
Does it handle crew changes?
Yes. Crew planning covers assignments and crew-change handling across the fleet.
Does it produce pay documents?
Yes. Payroll lines and portage bills produce pay slips and portage statements.
Is drill evidence ready for vetting?
Yes. Drills and onboard training are scheduled and logged, keeping the evidence trail audits and vetting inspections expect.