DeepBlue, the modular yacht management platform used by hundreds of vessels worldwide, today announced that its Planned Maintenance System (PMS) module has received a Software Conformity Assessment (SCA) certificate from Lloyd's Register (LR) No. LR26174271SC.
Issued on 21 April 2026 and valid through April 2029, the certificate confirms that DeepBlue's PMS meets LR's technical and procedural requirements for planned maintenance software in use onboard LR classed ships, confirming compliance with SCA criteria within the specified scope.
LR classes a substantial share of the global yacht fleet, including a significant number of vessels above 30 metres, and remains a widely used classification society for many family offices, management companies, and new builds. For operators working under LR rules, this means: the DeepBlue PMS can support compliance during LR surveys and audits, and fleets running mixed-class vessels can rely on the same software across the board without renegotiating compliance for each ship.
The certification covers DeepBlue's system architecture, testing procedures, manuals, security policies, and development practices, and remains valid for the certified version, with extensions subject to LR approval, provided the platform's change control and configuration management continue to meet LR's standards. Material changes are reviewed with LR as they happen.
"This is the standard our clients work to every day, so it was important that the system behind their maintenance records meets the same bar," said Diego Zanco, COO at DeepBlue. "For an LR-classed yacht, that's the difference between the PMS being a tool the crew uses and a tool the auditor accepts. We've built DeepBlue with that distinction in mind from the start."
Stavroula Kofopoulou, Senior Specialist – Electrical & Control at LR, added: "DeepBlue's PMS module has been assessed under LR's Software Conformity Assessment module GENPMS and meets the criteria we apply to maintenance software operating on classed vessels. As yacht operations become more software-dependent, third-party assurance of these systems plays a growing role in supporting safe and compliant maintenance management at sea."
The certification reinforces a direction DeepBlue's product team has been working toward across the platform — building maintenance, compliance, and operational records that hold up not just internally, but under external scrutiny.
"Most of what improves the PMS module comes from a captain or engineer telling us what slows them down during an inspection," said Maks Obelšer, CPO at DeepBlue. "The work behind a certification like this is mostly invisible to the crews using the system day to day. That's the right outcome. They shouldn't have to think about whether the software meets a class standard — it just should."
