Our story

From paper logbook to fleet management system

MaraSoft was founded with a clear yet ambitious mission: to transform how ships are managed. And maybe, just maybe, to ensure we never lose our entire maintenance history by dropping a logbook in the bilge again.

Founders Pieter van Urk and Gerrit de Wit posing for a Christmas card (2007)

Introducing Marad

Marad, short for ‘maritime administration’, was created in 1999 by two friends. Pieter was a maritime engineer, and Gerrit worked as a programmer for Royal Huisman.

The first version of Marad could only do one thing: planned maintenance. Now, after 25 years, our application has become a suite.

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MaraSoft

MaraSoft is the developer of the Marad fleet management system, and has been a family business for over 25 years.

Marad

Marad is a type-approved, modular marine fleet management system used on more than 4200 vessels around the world.

Development

Marad has been in continous development since 1999. We are currently developing three native applications: Marad desktop (both online and offline), the Marad web application, and the Marad app.

Certifications

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Security

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CSR

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Dealers

Transafe

Netherlands

Our inland shipping dealer for Europe.

Deckoffice

Denmark

Our dealer for Scandinavia.