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Delay and claims logging for dredging projects

Every stopped minute, on record.

DredgeLog puts a logging terminal in the dredge's control cabin. The crew log each stop as it happens, and head office sees it on a live dashboard, so claimable hours get logged, coded and noticed before the shift ends.

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A touch-screen terminal fixed in the control cabin Live dashboard at head office Keeps logging with no signal
CSD KestrelT. NguyenSynced09:45
Stopped 0:14:07 Since 09:31
C1.4  Shipping / vessel traffic
Resume dredging
Delay details
Down time 1:052 possible notices
LiveDelaysRecordSign offSettings

On board

Three taps when the cutter stops

The operator logs the stop as it happens, not from memory at the end of the shift.

  1. 1
    Stop dredging

    Tap when it stops

    The clock starts straight away. The screen turns red and shows how long you've been stopped.

  2. 2
    C1.4 Shipping / vessel traffic

    Pick the delay and add a photo

    Choose the delay code and say what happened and which vessels or plant were involved. Scan the code on screen with a phone to attach photos.

  3. 3
    Resume dredging

    Tap when it starts again

    The time lost is worked out for you. If the delay may need a notice, it's flagged with a due date straight away.

Head office

The whole fleet on one dashboard

Contracts and project managers see each dredge's status, down time by cause and every notice that's due, without waiting for the daily report.

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Value

The subscription pays for itself

Short stops for shipping, weather and client holds are the hours most often missed on paper logs. Capture a few more of them each week and DredgeLog has paid for itself many times over.

Use the rates in your own contract. The figures here are an example, not a promise of recovery.

Hours recovered per month

$15,588
Subscription per month$2,900
Net gain per month$12,688
Return on the subscription5.4×

Based on 4.33 weeks a month.

Notices

Protection against "becoming aware" time bars

Most contracts start the notice clock when you became aware, or should have become aware, of the delay. On a dredge that's the moment the cutter stops. DredgeLog records that moment and tells the right people before the window closes.

Day 0Stop logged with time and photoThe record of when you became aware is made on the spot, by the person who saw it.
Same shiftFlagged and sent to the officeDelays that may need notice are flagged, with a due date from your contract, and emailed to the Dredge Supervisor or Project Manager.
Before the deadlineNotice summary ready to sendTimes, codes, causes and vessels for each event, copied into your notice in one step.

Set-up

Configured for each dredging project

No two contracts treat delays the same way. Each project is set up to match its own contract, crew and reporting before the dredge starts work.

Delay codes
Your company's delay definitions, with the ones that may need notice marked.
Notice clause and period
Set from the contract, for example cl 34.1 with 7 days. This drives every deadline.
Shifts
Day and night shift times, crew and operators per shift.
Who gets told
Dredge Supervisor, Project Manager or contracts team.
Daily log
Laid out like your own daily dredge log form, with soundings, fuel and production.
Exports
Delay registers in the format your claims or cost system takes.

Records

A log that stands up in a claim

Nothing is deleted

A withdrawn delay stays in the record with the reason. Every edit keeps the old value, who changed it and when.

Late entries are marked

A delay entered hours after it happened is labelled as a late entry, so the record says how it was made.

Signed off and locked

The operator signs, then the supervisor signs and locks the shift. Reopening it needs a reason.

Photos with the event

Photos taken on a crew phone are tied to the delay by the code the terminal shows, and kept small enough to send over a weak signal.

Works without signal

Entries are saved on the terminal first and sync to head office when the signal comes back.

Totals that add up

Down time, dredging time and m³ per dredging hour are worked out for every shift. Overlapping delays are flagged.

Upgrade

Connect the dredge monitoring system

With the upgrade, DredgeLog reads the dredge monitoring system on board. When the cutter or pump stops, the stop is logged automatically and the operator is prompted for the cause.

Production, cutter depth, vacuum, discharge pressure and velocity go into the shift record without anyone typing them. Quoted per dredge, depending on the monitoring system fitted.

Pricing

One monthly subscription per dredge

$2,900per dredge
per month

Month to month. Project set-up and the monitoring system upgrade are quoted.

  • Logons for every operator on board
  • Head office dashboard for your team
  • Set up for your contract's delay codes and notice clause
  • Notice alerts, daily logs and delay register exports
  • Updates and support

Book a demo

Bring one shift's paper log

We'll enter it in DredgeLog with you and show what the dashboard and notice summary would have looked like. Or try the demo dashboard now, with example data.

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