Platform modules
- Maintenance
- Inventory and purchase
- Certificates
- Safety and QHSE
- FLGO for bunkers and liquids
- Crewing
- FleetView, reports and library
PMS database services for
MARAD.
Database building, data entry, audits and migration, from the equipment makers' own manuals and delivered in the MARAD import format.
- Developer
- Marad B.V. (formerly MaraSoft B.V.)
- Founded
- 1999, Urk, Netherlands
- Owner
- Family-owned since 1999
- Type approval
- DNV type approval (2017, vendor)
Overview
MARAD is a cloud maintenance and fleet management platform from Marad B.V. of Urk in the Netherlands, a family-owned company that began in 1999 as MaraSoft. Its name is short for maritime administration.
- Security
- ISO/IEC 27001 certified (2022, vendor); EU data residency
- Reported reach
- 5,000 vessels (2026, vendor figure)
Origin and history
How MARAD got here.
- 1999
MaraSoft was started in 1999 by Pieter van Urk, a maritime engineer, and Gerrit de Wit, a programmer, as a side project to digitise vessel maintenance. The company remains family-owned, based in Urk in the Netherlands.
- 2012
Its cloud platform launched in 2012, followed by DNV type approval in 2017 and ISO/IEC 27001 certification in 2022. In 2025 MaraSoft was renamed Marad, short for maritime administration, and in 2026 the company reported reaching 5,000 vessels.
Features
What MARAD does.
Maintenance
- Drag-and-drop PMS builder with templates
- SFI group numbering or a custom structure
- Running hours, engine cycles and custom counters that update automatically
- Jobs triggered by time, counter threshold or calendar date, or several triggers
- Spare parts and labour estimates on each job
- Sign-off with timestamps, photos and parts used
- Defect and corrective reports with root cause
- Budget and cost tracking, and read-only auditor views
- Web, desktop and mobile apps that work offline, with a REST API
What we deliver
Your MARAD data, built from the source.
Equipment structure, maintenance jobs, counters and spare parts prepared for import into MARAD, review of existing MARAD maintenance data, and migration to or from MARAD.
- 01
Content taken from the makers' manuals, with the source cited in each job.
- 02
One equipment hierarchy and job standard across your fleet, whatever the software.
- 03
A check of every job against its source before delivery.
- 04
Nothing invented to fill gaps: missing documentation is reported, not guessed.
See also PMS database building, PMS health checks and PMS data migration.
FAQ
Questions about MARAD work.
Are you a reseller or partner of MARAD?
No. Norsetech Group is an independent service provider. We do not sell MARAD; we build, audit and migrate the data that goes into it, in the format MARAD imports.
Do you need a login to our MARAD system?
No. We work from exports and from the MARAD import template, so your live system is not touched.
What do you need from us to start?
The maker instruction manuals and parts lists for the vessel's equipment, the equipment list, and your MARAD import template or an export of your current data. Where manuals are missing we tell you which equipment is affected rather than filling the gap with generic jobs.
Can you move our data from another PMS into MARAD, or out of it?
Yes. We extract and clean the data from the current system, map it to the new platform's structure and deliver it in the new platform's import format, with the history carried across.
Sources
- Marad: home page (opens in a new tab)
- Marad: about (opens in a new tab)
- Marad: Maintenance (opens in a new tab)
Disclaimer
MARAD is a trademark of its owner, used on this page only to identify the software. Norsetech Group is an independent service provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or a partner of the maker of MARAD, and we do not sell, license or support the software itself.
The description of MARAD on this page is a summary for general reference, compiled from the public sources listed above and checked on 3 November 2026. Products, features, ownership and names change, so it may be incomplete or out of date, and it is not a statement by the software maker. For the current and authoritative description, contact the maker. Nothing here is a warranty or a recommendation of any software.
If anything on this page is inaccurate, write to sales@norsetechgroup.com and we will correct it.