Case Study: Hillestad Digital Design AS achieves safer, more efficient maritime operations with Affinity Bridge’s Nova Safe platform

Hillestad Digital Design AS scales Nova Safe user base from 3,000 to 6,000 with Affinity Bridge

Hillestad Digital Design AS, a Norwegian company, partnered with Affinity Bridge to upgrade their Nova Safe maritime safety management system. The challenge was to build a complex, user-friendly platform for boat crews to log maintenance and ensure compliance, with requirements that were constantly changing, which risked making the new system obsolete and costly to develop.

Affinity Bridge utilized an Agile development approach with Drupal and React to create a stable and intuitive platform. Key features included a React-based fleet management overview and a data entry tool for tracking worker rest hours, which was praised by regulators. The solution streamlined the data structure and improved performance significantly. As a result, the user base grew from 3,000 to 6,000 in two years, with the system running flawlessly after the overhaul.

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