Maritime & Offshore Safety

Maritime & STCW Training Certificates

Blockchain-secured certificates for STCW training, offshore safety, and maritime academies. Verifiable on vessel, at port, or online. Tamper-proof.

Tamper-proof STCW training credentials trusted by safety-critical organisations across Scandinavia and beyond.

Paper Certificates Don't Belong at Sea

Maritime training certificates carry life-or-death weight. They prove a crew member can operate a lifeboat, fight a fire, or manage a DP system. And right now, most of those certificates are pieces of paper — or worse, PDFs that anyone can edit in three clicks.

In an industry where fake certificates have been linked to maritime incidents, "good enough" verification isn't good enough.

Port state control officers, vessel operators, and clients need to verify credentials on the spot — in Rotterdam, in the North Sea, on a weekend. Paper can't deliver that.

  • Paper gets destroyed. Wet, torn, lost overboard. Certificates stored on vessels have a short shelf life.
  • PDFs can be forged. A fake STCW certificate looks identical to a real one. No built-in way to tell the difference.
  • Verification is slow. Port state control officers call your training centre to confirm a certificate is real. If it's a weekend or you're in a different time zone, the call doesn't get answered.
  • Crew move across jurisdictions. Different flag states, different ports, different expectations — and a stack of paper that may or may not be accepted.

How TRUE Solves It

TRUE Original replaces vulnerable paper and PDF credentials with blockchain-secured digital certificates — verifiable in seconds, anywhere in the world.

Instant QR Verification — On Vessel, at Port, Anywhere

Every TRUE certificate includes a QR code. A port state control officer, vessel operator, or client scans it with their phone and sees the verified original — issuer identity, completion date, training details, all confirmed against the blockchain record.

No phone calls. No waiting. Works at the dock in Rotterdam or on an offshore platform in the North Sea.

No internet required for the initial scan. Any smartphone, any port, any time zone.

Blockchain-Locked Integrity

When you issue a certificate through TRUE, a cryptographic fingerprint is written to public blockchain (Ethereum, AVAX, Fantom, Polygon). That record is permanent and immutable — no one can alter it after issuance, including you.

A certificate issued today is verifiable in five years, ten years, or twenty. The blockchain doesn't close for weekends.

eIDAS Compliant

TRUE meets the EU's eIDAS regulation for electronic identification and trust services. For maritime operations in European waters, this means your digital certificates meet EU electronic document standards — authenticity, integrity, and non-repudiation built in.

Your Brand, Your Domain

Certificates live on your own domain — credentials.youracademy.com — not on TRUE's website. Your training centre's brand and authority front and centre, exactly where it belongs.

Bulk Issuing via API or Dashboard

Issue hundreds of certificates after a training course completes. TRUE's REST API connects to your LMS or training management system for automated issuing. Five endpoints, clean documentation, no per-certificate manual work.

Or use the dashboard — upload a spreadsheet, issue in bulk, done.

Trusted by Safety-Critical Organisations

TRUE doesn't just issue certificates — it secures credentials in industries where verification is non-negotiable.

SSF — Sweden's Authority on Security & Crime Prevention

Sveriges Stöldskyddsförening has operated for over 80 years as Sweden's leading authority on security and crime prevention. They issue blockchain-secured proofs of education through TRUE.

"It has been particularly important for us to be able to ensure that our Proofs of Education… are correct and secure." Maria Dahlstedt, Program Manager, SSF

OneMore Secure — Cybersecurity Certification

OneMore Secure chose TRUE for the highest standard of secure document management — and uses TRUE to certify their own training graduates.

"For us, it's only natural to collaborate with the player in secure document management that has the highest quality, and stands for world-class security." Matti Olofsson, CEO, OneMore Secure
Branschutbildarna — Construction safety training certificates secured by blockchain
Safe Cert Group — Hospitality safety and hygiene certifications verified digitally

The pattern: organisations responsible for safety-critical training choose TRUE because verification isn't optional in their world — and it shouldn't be optional in yours.

Built for Maritime Training Use Cases

Every one of these is issued once, verified many times. TRUE makes every verification instant and tamper-proof.

STCW Basic Safety Training

Basic firefighting, personal survival, personal safety, and social responsibility

Offshore Survival & Safety

BOSIET, HUET, sea survival programmes

Maritime First Aid & Medical Care

Proficiency in medical first aid, medical care on board

Dynamic Positioning (DP) Operator

DP Induction, DP Simulator, DP Maintenance

Maritime Instructor & Assessor Credentials

Train-the-trainer certifications for your own staff

Vessel-Specific Familiarisation Records

Ship-specific safety training documentation

500,000+Documents secured
15+Countries
200+Organizations worldwide
eIDAS Compliant GDPR Compliant Blockchain-Secured Ethereum · AVAX · Fantom · Polygon Swedish Platform

Frequently Asked Questions

Can maritime certificates issued by TRUE be used alongside STCW compliance documentation?

TRUE provides tamper-proof, blockchain-secured digital certificates that serve as verifiable records of training completion. They complement your STCW compliance documentation by providing an additional layer of authenticity verification that paper certificates cannot offer. The certificates confirm who completed what training, when, issued by whom — all verifiable by anyone with a QR scan.

How does on-vessel QR verification work?

Every certificate includes a unique QR code. Scan it with any smartphone camera — it opens a verification page showing the original certificate details, confirmed against the blockchain record. Works on any device, at any port, on any vessel with basic mobile connectivity.

Can we issue certificates in bulk after training courses?

Yes. Use the REST API to automate issuance from your LMS or training management system, or upload a spreadsheet through the dashboard. Issue hundreds of certificates in minutes, not days.

What happens if a seafarer loses their certificate?

Nothing. TRUE certificates are digital — they exist as permanent, shareable links. A seafarer can access their certificate from any device, share it via link or QR code, and it remains verifiable on the blockchain indefinitely. No replacement process needed.

Can certificates be branded with our training centre's identity?

Absolutely. TRUE certificates live on your own custom domain and carry your branding, logo, and design. Your training centre's name and authority are what the recipient — and the verifier — sees.

Protect Your Crew and Your Reputation

500,000+ documents issued. Trusted across 15+ countries. eIDAS compliant. GDPR compliant. Blockchain-secured. Start issuing tamper-proof maritime certificates today.