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How to use SIRE Pro

SIRE Pro gets a tanker’s crew ready for a SIRE 2.0 inspection, rank by rank.

1Start here

  1. Open SIRE Pro while you have signal and add it to your home screen (in Chrome or Safari: Add to Home screen). After the first start it works with no signal.
  2. On the welcome screen tap Get started. Enter the vessel name, your rank, the Inspection date and port. The IMO number is optional.
  3. On Home, pick your list: 1 Ship’s Officers (then your rank), 2 Ratings & Crew, 3 By Location (walk the ship area by area) or 4 Office, Documents & Placards.
  4. Open a check and mark it Covered, In progress or Issue. Add a remark with who will fix it and by when, and tap Add photo for proof.
  5. When you are done, use File › Export a copy to send your file to the Master, or Actions › PDF readiness report for the office.

2The main features

First: what is SIRE 2.0?

SIRE (Ship Inspection Report Programme) is run by OCIMF, the oil companies’ marine forum. Oil companies use its inspection reports to decide whether to hire a tanker. SIRE 2.0 is the current version: the inspector asks set questions and checks the evidence, and gaps are recorded as observations.

Background — no button

Checks by rank and by location

Every check points to the SIRE 2.0 question number it supports, with CryoSim’s own plain notes: what the inspector looks at and what evidence to show.

Home › 1 Ship’s Officers / 2 Ratings & Crew / 3 By Location / 4 Office

Readiness and the countdown

The bar at the top of Home shows the days to the inspection, the % of questions covered for your vessel type and the number of open issues. “Do this next” suggests the most useful next step.

Home › vessel bar

Action list and PDF report

Every issue and remark with an owner and due date collects in one list. From there you can make a PDF readiness report for the office.

Bottom tabs (phone) or header (desktop) › Actions

Practise the inspection

Rehearse answers with the rank drills (Face the inspector) and run a timed Mock inspection that gives you a short report.

Home and the Guidance tab

Likely targets (Risk)

Tick the areas where your ship had recent port-state control problems, or paste the list and tap Scan. The app flags the questions an inspector is most likely to probe.

Risk tab

PIQ / HVPQ consistency check

Paste the particulars block from your PIQ, your HVPQ or both. The app lines them up with each other and with the vessel particulars you entered, flags every field that disagrees and checks the IMO number. Nothing is saved or sent; the latest result goes into the PDF readiness report as its own page.

Risk tab › below Vessel particulars

Team and your company SMS

The Master merges each officer’s file into one picture. Load your company’s Safety Management System documents once and each question shows your own procedure pages.

Home › Team / SMS

3Sign-in, data & privacy

4Common questions

Does it work at sea with no internet?

Yes. Open it once with signal and add it to your home screen; after that it opens and saves with no connection.

How does the whole ship work together?

Each officer prepares on their own phone. They send their file with File › Export a copy, and the Master uses Team › Merge an officer’s file to see everything in one place.

Does it show the official OCIMF questions?

It lists the SIRE 2.0 question numbers with CryoSim’s own guidance in plain words. Always check your company SMS and the current OCIMF publications.

Where is the step-by-step tour?

Tap ? in the top bar for the guided walkthrough, or the 8-step walkthrough link on the welcome screen. There is also a one-screen start for each rank at /projects/sirepro/start.

What is “Issue” versus “In progress”?

In progress means you are working on it. Issue means something is wrong that could become an observation on the day; it goes to the Actions list and the PDF report.

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