{
  "id": 5066691,
  "title": "GTT Marine introduces BOQA to extend VDR data into proactive maritime safety",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/gtt-marine-introduces-boqa-to-extend-vdr-data-into-proactive-maritime",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/gtt-marine-introduces-boqa-to-extend-vdr-data-into-proactive-maritime-safety/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "GTT Marine, a subsidiary of GTT Group, has unveiled Bridge Operations Quality Assurance (BOQA), a new feature within Safety Insights by Danelec. This innovation extends the utility of Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) data from post-incident examination to proactive, ongoing safety enhancements. The BOQA system debuted at SMM 2026 in Hamburg, designed to automatically scrutinize vessel data to flag safety-critical events and operating conditions that require additional scrutiny. This allows shipowners and operators to glean valuable lessons from routine operations instead of solely depending on VDR data post-incident.\n\nFor over two decades, VDRs have served as a reliable source of vessel and bridge operations, aiding in regulatory adherence and assisting investigators in pinpointing incident details. BOQA enhances this capability by continuously assessing already captured data and highlighting scenarios that shore-based safety crews and crews can examine, comprehend, and learn from. Unlike traditional methods that necessitate manual searches through extensive voyage data, BOQA evaluates pertinent inputs against established safety triggers. Depending on the vessel type and data availability, these triggers can pinpoint potential dangers such as close passing, rapid turns or rudder angles, unexpected heading alterations, excessive rolling and heel, excessive speed in shallow waters, severe true wind conditions, and abrupt deceleration indicative of possible collisions or groundings.\n\nThe analysis is meticulously crafted to discern significant occurrences rather than inundate users with extra alerts. The data is evaluated over specified time frames and pruned to diminish noise and erratic fluctuations, all while incorporating operational context. For instance, close-passing analysis can take into account Closest Point of Approach (CPA), vessel length, speed, and water depth. Headings and rate-of-turn events can be evaluated against parameters tailored to vessel type and operating speed. By proactively guiding focus towards situations warranting review, BOQA empowers marine, Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ), and fleet management teams to spot recurring behaviors and operational patterns across vessels and voyages. Consequently, individual events can become integral parts of an expanded framework of investigation, learning, and continuous safety enhancement, thereby fortifying the link between onboard occurrences and shore-based safety management practices.\n\nChristian Kock, EVP of Safety at GTT Marine, remarked, \"VDRs revolutionized maritime safety by providing the industry with a dependable record of what transpired when things went awry. By harnessing that same foundation to offer safety insights during operations that are still proceeding smoothly, BOQA ensures that every voyage can be a chance for improvement for the next one.\" BOQA extends proactive bridge operations analysis to a wider array of shipowners and operators, moving beyond exclusive, and thus more expensive, safety programs. This represents an advancement of the VDR, transitioning from a largely regulatory and incident-investigation instrument to a more proactive element within a shipowner’s digital safety ecosystem. BOQA is accessible through Safety Insights / by Danelec, merging Danelec’s established proficiency in VDR technology and vessel data capture with GTT Marine’s holistic approach to converting trusted onboard data into practical operational intelligence.",
  "summary": "GTT Marine, a division of the GTT Group, today announces the commercial availability of Bridge Operations Quality Assurance (BOQA), a new capability within Safety Insights by Danelec that extends the value of Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) data from post-incident investigation into proactive, continuous safety improvement. Being introduced at SMM 2026 in Hamburg, BOQA automatically analyses ...",
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}