Kawasaki Jointly Develops “Ship KARTE System” for Centralized Management of Responses to Vessel Incidents —promoting stakeholder collaboration and supporting rapid solution and prevention of incident recurrence —
Apr. 20, 2026
Tokyo, April 20, 2026 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced it has jointly developed a “Ship KARTE System” with Aidea Inc., the operator of the Aisea maritime industry platform, for centralized management of the troubleshooting history of incidents involving equipment, etc. on vessels and related information and data, on the Aisea Maintenance engineering management DX solution.
Similar to a patient’s clinical chart used at hospitals in Japan, this system organizes the necessary information and circumstances for the rapid resolution of shipping incidents, allowing stakeholders to collaborate based on centrally managed information.
Development background
Although the systemization of ship management is progressing, responses to incidents often rely heavily on emails, and operations are still centered around documents and spreadsheets on PCs. This scattering of information can result in delayed and insufficient responses, making it difficult to share information on decision-making processes.
Kawasaki and Aidea gathered information from shipping management companies and developed the new system after recognizing that the solution of these issues required not only the digitization of records but also a mechanism that enables stakeholders to share information about incidents.
Features of the Aisea Maintenance Ship KARTE System
- Incident chart creation:
Each incident is plotted on an individual chart, with information from its occurrence to the completion of the response centrally managed in chronological order. The troubleshooting knowledge accumulated in the charts can be used when similar incidents occur. - Consolidated communication between stakeholders:
Stakeholders can communicate using the same chart, enabling them to collaborate and understand the status of each case. The replacement of an email-centered response, which tends to result in fragmented information, by centralized management using the chart system helps to prevent omissions and supports a rapid response to incidents. - Integration with alarm data:
Integration with systems such as Alarm Monitoring Systems (AMS) supports the creation of charts and initial information gathering from the occurrence of an alarm.
*Integration with AMS is not mandatory. The Ship KARTE System can be utilized depending on the operational environment.
Kawasaki is responsible for the concept and proposal of the Ship KARTE System, the collection of information from ship management companies using it, and the definition of system requirements, while Aidea is responsible for software development and operation on Aisea.
Future outlook
Trials are under way with various shipowners and management companies for domestic and ocean-going vessels, and the system will continually be improved based on user feedback to ensure its establishment in the field.
The use of machine learning (AI) and generative AI is also under consideration, along with initiatives for improved incident prevention and preventive maintenance, with the aim of practical use within FY2026 by linking with the Aisea platform functionality.
Kawasaki and Aidea will continue to contribute to the development of the maritime industry by strengthening collaboration on the development of the vessel management database, and achieving more efficient and sophisticated maritime-related operations that go beyond engineering.
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