Digital tools support asset maintenance, crewing, procurement and document management on a CMA CGM-chartered container ship and a major port in the Indian Ocean
Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion and Djibouti Shipping have both adopted software for digitalising port operations and environmental performance tracking.
The port on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion is using digital tools to improve maintenance of port equipment, ordering of spares and automated documentation.
Djibouti Shipping has deployed programs on container ship Africa Sun, which it charters to CMA CGM to serve a regular Red Sea route calling at Djibouti, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Mombasa, Kenya.
Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion has grown to become France’s fourth largest container port and an Indian Ocean transshipment hub and has a naval base, ship repair yard, a cruise ship terminal and a fishing harbour.
At the centre of its container business is its Dock Titan, a 120 m by 32 m, 4,600-tonne lifting capacity crane system, which is the largest ship lift in the area.
In 2026, Grand Port Maritime installed BoatOn Book software to co-ordinate maintenance, task scheduling and tracking, spare parts inventory and supplier ordering for Dock Titan.
Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion superintendent, Karine, said the program “allows us to co-ordinate Dock Titan’s maintenance and maintain complete traceability on all interventions.”
On Africa Sun, BoatOn Book replaces a paper logbook with software to centralise all operations in a single interface accessible from anywhere, on desktop or a mobile device, without requiring an internet connection.
Software supports preventive and corrective maintenance, spare parts tracking and procurement, budget monitoring and ISM document management.
It also automates digital logbook keeping using global positioning and automatic identification, and crew management including embarkation schedules, work and rest hour tracking, compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and automated timesheets.
It is accessible by the ship’s crew and shore-based personnel according to their respective permission levels.
“Africa Sun operates on a demanding route, with tight turnarounds and strong regulatory pressure,” said BoatOn founder Bertrand Gerbaud.
“Tracked maintenance, inventoried parts, centralised documents, digital logbook — this is exactly the use case BoatOn Book was designed for.”
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