The yacht management platform DeepBlue has announced that its planned maintenance system (PMS) module has received a Software Conformity Assessment (SCA) certificate from Lloyd’s Register (LR). This means that DeepBlue’s PMS meets LR’s technical and procedural requirements for planned maintenance software use on board LR-classed vessels.
The certification covers the system architecture, testing procedures, manuals, security policies, and development practices. So the PMS can support compliance during LR surveys and audits, plus fleets running mixed class vessels can rely on the same software without renegotiating compliance for each vessel — as the module received DNV-type approval in November 2025.
“This is the standard our clients work to every day, so it was important that the system behind their maintenance records meets the same bar,” says Diego Zanco, DeepBlue COO. “For an LR-classed yacht, that’s the value of a PMS the crew uses and the auditor accepts. We’ve built DeepBlue with that in mind from the start.”
Improvements to the module have come from captains and engineers sharing the slowdowns during an inspection, shares Maks Obelšer, DeepBlue tech product lead. “The work behind a certification like this is mostly invisible to the crews using the system day to day,” he says. “They shouldn't have to think about whether the software meets a class standard — it just should.”