SOP software — Cruise & maritime

SOP management software for cruise security teams.

A cruise line runs the same security and safety procedures across every vessel — under ISPS, SOLAS, and flag-state rules. SOP Live keeps each one owned, reviewed, and current, and shows you where one ship has quietly drifted from the fleet standard.

Gangway & embarkationScreening steps that name a port or vendor you no longer use
Muster & lifeboatAssembly stations written against an old deck plan
Man-overboardBridge and SSO contacts that rotated off months ago
What it does

Manage every vessel's security SOP in one place.

01

One library per vessel

Every ship's security and safety procedures — gangway, muster, ISPS levels — in one searchable place.

02

Audit on upload

Each SOP is checked for vague steps, missing owners, and stale contacts.

03

Owners and review

Every procedure carries a named owner (often the SSO) and a review status.

04

Contact checks

Flag bridge, SSO, and port-agent numbers that no longer reach anyone.

05

Compare across the fleet

See where one ship's procedure disagrees with the fleet standard on escalation or timing.

06

Audit trail

Dated evidence of what changed, who owned it, and when — ready for ISPS and flag-state review.

The real problem

It is never one ship. It is the whole fleet.

The same procedure exists on every vessel, each maintained by a different officer. The hard part is seeing, across all of them, which are current and which have drifted.

Gangway & embarkation

Screening for a port you've rerouted

"At this port, screening is handled by the terminal vendor." — the itinerary changed and that terminal isn't on it anymore.
Muster & lifeboat

An assembly station that moved

"Crew muster at Station C, Deck 4." — the deck plan was revised in dry dock; Station C is now Deck 5.
ISPS security levels

An escalation contact who rotated off

"On a move to Security Level 2, notify SSO J. Alvarez." — Alvarez rotated to another vessel last season.
Man-overboard

A bridge procedure out of step with another ship

Ship A: "Mark, then notify the bridge." Ship B: "Notify the bridge, then mark." — same line, two sequences.
Fleet security view

See every vessel's SOP status at a glance.

Which procedures are owned, which are overdue for review, and which rely on contacts that no longer answer — across the whole fleet, without opening a single binder.

Fleet SOP status6 vessels
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Gangway screening SOP — 2 ships drifted from standard
DRIFT
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Man-overboard SOP — SSO contact unreachable
CONTACT
Muster SOP — reviewed fleet-wide, owned
CURRENT
ISPS level change SOP — audit trail logged
LOGGED
Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

What is SOP management software for cruise security?

It keeps every vessel's security and safety procedures — ISPS, SOLAS, gangway screening, muster, man-overboard — in one place, owned, reviewed, current, and auditable across the fleet.

How does it help with ISPS and flag-state audits?

It keeps one current version of each procedure per vessel, with a named owner, review date, and a dated change log — so when an ISPS or flag-state audit asks what changed and when, you can show it.

Can it keep SOPs consistent across multiple ships?

Yes. SOP Live compares procedures across vessels and flags where they disagree on escalation, contacts, or timing — so a fleet standard doesn't drift ship by ship.

See how SOP Live handles your fleet's SOPs.

Run one vessel's SOP through the free audit and see owners, contacts, and review status surfaced automatically.

Run a free SOP audit