The Black Book
Whoever has something to show wins.
A chairman's black notebook beat memory every time. The lesson: make the record checkable.
Who is ConnectPoint?
A checkable record of what happened — from anywhere on the vessel.
ConnectPoint links image, video and voice to source, time and location context, then seals the record for later verification.
Evidence foundations
Three pillars of a checkable record.
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Why it exists
Remote inspection is moving online. Decisions still depend on who captured what, where and when.
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Evidence architecture
Provenance, trusted timestamps and digital-evidence handling — built to stay checkable later.
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Hardware-independent
Open integration. Owners choose the devices — cameras, drones and sensors connect through the API.
Why vessel readiness?
The shipowner already pays for inspection. Readiness removes waiting.
A drone in a tank instead of scaffolding. Supplier support without travel. Less waiting before people ashore can decide.
Critical path example
30 min ≈ USD 12,500
At an illustrative rig rate of USD 600,000/day — not a guaranteed ConnectPoint saving.
Tank kit · Two-way voice
Concept rendering
Beacon evidence kit
Live evidence
Shore and vessel · same picture
Link
Commissioned
Beacon evidence kit
Field-ready capture
Voice
2-way
Languages
65
Live conversation and translation when the commissioned link is available — validated per release.
Damage & claims
Insurance, liability, bunkering, loading, repairs, warranty and job acceptance.
Supplier support
Experts join remotely while crew and shore see and hear the same job.
Two-way voice
Live conversation when the commissioned link is available.
Up to 65 languages
Live translation and transcript target — validated per release.
Proof of Evidence
Two people used to be enough. Not any more.
Media linked to its source, time and location — with checks that help reveal later changes. Do not ask people to believe. Give them a record they can know.
The Ladder
One voice on a phone is not enough.
On a semi-submersible in the North Sea, downtime, repairs and liability turned on what one person saw. Live sight plus a sealed record changes the decision path.
Tastafon 1979
Try, fail, understand — knowledge that stays.
Some lessons arrive decades before the technology is ready to apply them. The knowledge doesn't expire.
SafeMate 2009
It works every time you press it.
Still used by Norwegian municipalities today. The standard for any critical system: it must work when you need it.
Everything can be manipulated. Make manipulation harder than the value of the lie.
That is Proof of Evidence. That is ConnectPoint.
Who pays — and who opens the door?
Shipowners pay. Class, flag and insurers set the conditions.
ConnectPoint does not replace class or the surveyor — it gives all parties the same checkable record. Subscription-led revenue, with hardware margin, storage, translation and SLA options.
Shipowners
First paying customer
Oil & Gas
Rigs, platforms and FPSOs
Ports
Quays, cranes and incidents
Wind
Adjacent market
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Current process
In a technology assessment process with a classification society — classed fleet close to 10,000 vessels.
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Dialogue
Two additional societies in non-binding dialogue. All three together class about 35,000 vessels.
300k+
Wind turbines
Worldwide installed-base estimate for an adjacent market — not contracted volume.
Does it work anywhere?
Online within minutes when the link is up — the tank kit carries it below deck.
< 1 s
Glass-to-glass target
4K
Up to · link permitting
3
Drone · camera · glasses
Tank kit · Satellite link · Concept
1979
Tastafon
Try, fail, understand — knowledge that stays.
2009
SafeMate
Still used by Norwegian municipalities: “It works every time you press it.”
Does it work anywhere?
Online within minutes when the link is up — the tank kit carries it below deck.
Starlink backhaul on deck. A wired tank kit carries two-way voice and video to the inspection point. Capture continues offline and syncs when the connection returns.
< 1 s
Glass-to-glass target
4K
Up to · link permitting
3
Drone · camera · glasses
Tank kit · Satellite link · Concept
Concept rendering
1979
Tastafon
Try, fail, understand — knowledge that stays.
2009
SafeMate
Still used by Norwegian municipalities: “It works every time you press it.”
The people behind it
Built by people who know what failure costs.
John Gunnar Haugenes
Founder & CEO · 100% of working time
Maritime technical education. Ten years offshore in the North Sea. Twenty years building companies in IT, electronics and IoT.
Track record
- SafeMatePersonal safety alarm in service since 2009; exited to Sensio.
- MeshtechHealthcare IoT and BLE mesh; merged into Sensio.
- KongsbergATEX-certified beacons supplied to Kongsberg.
Engineering team in Bangladesh — central from first prototype to delivery, engaged under NDA, with IP assignment in progress.
“Nothing is impossible. The impossible just takes a little longer.”
Private investor route
We are going to build big. Are you coming?
GBP 400,000 (approximately USD 500,000) private round to pass the test, run the first paid pilot and start selling. Detailed figures live in the data room under NDA — not on this page.
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Pass the test
Complete the classification-society system confirmation step.
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One paid pilot
Run the first vessel with the readiness kit on board.
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Hire sales
Add sales capacity and repeatable customer onboarding.
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