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Maritime CRM

In maritime, the work intensifies in the hours as the ship approaches port, and most of it runs on messaging. Because where that messaging stands stays in a personal inbox, at shift handover the person taking over asks the same question again.

A port call's preparation steps — provisions, paperwork, survey — are dated tasks on the shipowner account; open ones show in one list at handover, messaging in a shared inbox.

Maritime CRM
  • Keep the shipowner and the agency on an account record, and the voyage and the port call on records tied to that account
  • Split the port call preparation steps into dated tasks and see from the list at shift handover who still has one open
  • Follow freight and service quotes through their stages, and accumulate notes from past port calls under the same account
  • Gather the messaging in a shared inbox and set up the watch rota with shift and working hour definitions
Voyage and Port CallThe port call is a record with ship, port and date fields, tied to the shipowner account, and earlier port calls are listed under that same account.
Preparation TasksProvisions, paperwork and survey steps are dated tasks tied to the port call; the ones left open are visible in a single list at shift handover.
Shared InboxThe messaging sits not in a personal mailbox but in the shared inbox under the account; the assignment rule defined during setup drops it to the team on watch.
Quote StagesA freight or service quote is a record that moves through its own stages; its validity date is a field, and quotes whose term has run out fall into a list.

During a port call the agency, the supplier, the surveyor and the ship's side all write to one another at the same time; the pilot slot shifts, the provisions delivery is brought forward, a missing document turns up. Because all of this traffic flows through personal inboxes and the operation turns over with the shift, the person taking over the watch only learns what has been completed by asking. And when the next voyage is discussed with the same shipowner, what went wrong at the last port call is in nobody's hands.

In Rapitek CRM the shipowner and the agency are account records; the voyage and the port call are records tied to that account, and the port call's preparation steps are dated tasks, so who still has one open is seen from the list. Because the messaging is taken into a shared inbox, the handover does not depend on a personal mailbox, and the assignment rule defined during setup drops it to the team on watch. Freight and service quotes move through their own stages; the problems experienced at past port calls also accumulate under the same account.

The scope of the plans and the separately priced items are written on the pricing page.

Frequently asked questions

How do we hand over the jobs left open at shift handover?
The port call's preparation steps are dated tasks; at handover the person taking the watch looks at the list of open tasks, and because the messaging also sits in the shared inbox, where the conversation stands does not depend on a personal mailbox.
Can we see what happened on earlier voyages with the same shipowner?
Yes. Every voyage and port call is a record tied to the shipowner account; past port calls, the tasks opened at those calls and the messaging are listed under the same account, and this history is looked at while a new quote is being prepared.
Do expired freight quotes get overlooked?
The quote's validity date is a field; quotes past their date fall into a list by that field, and which shipowner's and which port call's quote it is, is read from under the same account.
Which is the best CRM software for maritime?
When choosing a CRM for the maritime sector, you should pay attention to sector-specific workflows, integration capabilities, customisation options and support quality. You do not set up Rapitek CRM — we do: we configure the fields, the stages and the reports around your maritime process, we migrate your data, and we train your team in Turkish. Before building our own platform, our team completed more than 200 enterprise CRM projects during its Salesforce years; we do the setup with that experience.
How much does a maritime CRM system cost?
In maritime, because the messaging sits in the shared inbox and drops to the team on watch, the people on shift are defined in the system. We keep current plan prices in one place and publish them openly on our pricing page; we do not put figures on this page, so that you do not read two different prices in two places. The price is determined by the number of users and the plan chosen. The scope of setup, data migration and training is not the same in every project; the scope and the setup fee, if any, are worked out together in the discovery call and shared in writing. The Rapi artificial intelligence credit and the ERP integration are separately priced items.
How are CRM integrations done in the maritime sector?
If you use Logo, Netsis, Mikro or SAP, your CRM talks to it — we build the connection. There is no out-of-the-box module: because access and field structure on the ERP side change from one installation to the next, a single button does not work the same way everywhere. The connection is built specifically for your project over our REST API covering 183 business objects, OAuth2, webhooks and import/export. We work out the scope and the cost in the discovery call and share them in writing.
How does the move to a CRM system work in the maritime sector?
We start with a discovery call: we work out your maritime process together, and which fields and which stages are needed. After the call we give you a date, not a range. We migrate your data, and we train your team in Turkish. There is no call centre on our support line. Your question is answered by the team that builds and develops the product — this is a choice, not a matter of capacity.
Can mobile CRM be used for maritime?
Yes. Field and branch teams can update the customer card, the note and the follow-up task from their phone. The app is live on both the App Store and Google Play. The web interface also works on tablet and phone. The app does not work offline; if the connection drops while you are filling in a form, what you have written is kept on the device for 24 hours.
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