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Jan 26, 2026

Monitor Your Vessel Class Status in Real Time with Seavium

Why real-time IACS data is becoming a strategic asset for offshore chartering In offshore chartering, few elements are as critical — and as underestimated — as a vessel’s class status. Before any contract is signed, before any mobilization is planned, before any project is secured, one simple question always comes first: Is this vessel fully in class, right now? Until recently, answering this question reliably required manual checks, emails, PDF certificates, and sometimes… a bit of trust.

Today, Seavium introduces a new feature:
Real-time IACS Class Status, directly available on each vessel page.

This article explains why this matters, how the industry traditionally handled class verification, and how real-time class data is changing the way offshore chartering is done.


Why Class Status Matters in Offshore Operations

In offshore projects, class is not an administrative detail.
It is a contractual, technical and financial cornerstone.

Class status directly impacts:

  • Vessel eligibility for tenders

  • Charter party validity

  • Insurance coverage

  • Client vetting procedures

  • Port state control and flag compliance

A vessel that is not fully in class can:

  • Be rejected by the charterer

  • Trigger contractual breaches

  • Invalidate insurance clauses

  • Delay or cancel entire projects

For owners, brokers and charterers, class status is therefore not optional.
It is a risk control mechanism.


How Class Verification Works Today

Despite its importance, class verification is still largely manual in many workflows.

Typical process:

  1. Request class certificates from the owner

  2. Receive PDFs by email

  3. Check survey dates manually

  4. Cross-check with class society websites

  5. Store documents locally

  6. Repeat for each tender, each vessel, each project

This process has three major weaknesses:

1. Data is rarely up to date

Certificates can be:

  • Expired

  • Renewed but not shared

  • Valid at the time of sending, but outdated weeks later

2. Verification is time-consuming

In competitive tenders, hours matter.
Manual class checks slow down:

  • Vetting

  • Shortlisting

  • Decision-making

3. Risk of human error

Misreading a survey date, missing a condition of class, or relying on an outdated certificate can have serious consequences.


Background: What Is IACS and Why It Matters

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) groups the world’s leading class societies, including:

  • Bureau Veritas

  • DNV

  • Lloyd’s Register

  • ABS

  • RINA

  • ClassNK

  • And others

IACS societies:

  • Define technical rules

  • Perform surveys and audits

  • Issue and withdraw class

  • Maintain official class records

They are the single source of truth for class status.

Accessing IACS data directly means accessing official, authoritative, up-to-date information.


The Seavium Approach: Real-Time IACS Data, Built Into the Platform

With this new feature, Seavium integrates live IACS class data directly into each vessel profile.

For member vessels, users can now see:

  • Classification Society

  • Current class status

  • Last survey date

  • Next survey date

  • Status date

  • Last synchronization date

All updated automatically.

No PDFs.
No emails.
No manual cross-checks.

Just live class data, in the same place where you search and manage vessels.


Who Benefits from Real-Time Class Status?

For Owners

  • Monitor fleet compliance in one platform

  • Anticipate upcoming surveys

  • Reduce administrative overhead

  • Increase vessel attractiveness in tenders

Owners no longer need to systematically send certificates.
Their vessels speak for themselves.

For Brokers

  • Faster vetting

  • Instant compliance checks

  • Reduced operational risk

  • More reliable shortlists

Class becomes a filterable, verifiable parameter.

For Charterers

  • Safer vessel selection

  • Reduced contractual risk

  • Faster decision-making

  • Higher confidence in awarded vessels

In high-stakes offshore projects, confidence is a competitive advantage.


From Vessel Marketplace to Operational Platform

This feature is not just a data integration.
It reflects a deeper evolution of Seavium.

Seavium is moving:

  • From vessel search

  • To fleet management

  • To compliance monitoring

  • To operational decision support

The goal is clear:

Build the digital infrastructure of offshore chartering.

Search, manage, monitor — in one platform.


Conclusion

Class status is one of the most critical pieces of information in offshore chartering.

By integrating real-time IACS Class Status, Seavium removes friction, reduces risk, and accelerates decision-making.

This is a small feature technically.
But a big step operationally.


Have a look on Seavium: go.seavium.com
If you want to see this feature in action or discuss your fleet, you can book a demo here:
https://calendly.com/adrien-seavium/30min