European ship operator Vega Reederai has revealed a significant reduction in time spent on reporting and administration tasks by up to 80 per cent following the adoption of leading maritime operation platform Kaiko Systems across its fleet.

Following the sale of its container feeder and bulk carrier fleet, ship owner and management company Vega Reederei has embarked on a new chapter – designing and ordering a series of modern, diesel-electric coasters built for efficiency, sustainability, and future regulatory demands.

As part of this fleet renewal, Vega made a decisive move to modernise its Safety Management System (SMS), replacing manual, spreadsheet-based processes with a fully digital workflow powered by Kaiko Systems. Following the successful integration, Henrik König at Vega Reederei said: “With this new fleet, we decided from day one to use Kaiko Systems as our main digital checklist platform and go fully digital with ISM. Being able to request photos and videos inside the form is a big benefit. You know it’s real data, taken on scene.”

With the introduction of Kaiko Systems, Vega consolidated inspections, audits, and day-to-day safety routines into a single, central digital platform. Crews now complete safety rounds, operational checklists, and condition monitoring directly on scene using tablets or smartphones, capturing photo and video evidence as part of each task. All data syncs automatically to shore, providing real-time insight into vessel condition and compliance.

Kaiko’s Safety & Company Forms, Pre-PSC, and Hull & Equipment (VHM) modules give Vega’s management team a live, visual overview of vessel health. Instead of reviewing static reports, managers can click through a 2D digital vessel map or fleet health dashboard to instantly identify areas that require attention.

Vega began with a short pilot on older vessels before rolling Kaiko out across its first newbuilds. Following the success of the trial, it is now also scaling Kaiko Systems across its full 14-ship newbuild programme.

For Vega’s shore-based team, Kaiko has also transformed reporting from a manual, reactive process into focused oversight. Tasks that previously required several days per month now take approximately one day, allowing the team to concentrate on issues flagged by the system.

CEO and Co-Founder of Kaiko Systems, Fabian Fussek, said: “Vega Reederei shows what’s possible when digital safety management is embedded from the very beginning of a new fleet. By prioritising usability for crews and real-time visibility for shore teams, Vega has achieved fast adoption, higher data quality, and a measurable reduction in administrative workload – exactly the outcomes digitalisation should deliver.”