Boating Companion Innovation Challenge case study

With the help of the Transport Digital Accelerator, the Roads and Maritime Services Centre for Maritime Safety identified a customer need for improved safety information for recreational boat users.

As a result, the Transport Open Data Team created a bespoke Maritime Alerts Reporting Platform (MARP) API and set a challenge to industry. Within five months of companies submitting their responses we provided seed funding and access to subject matter experts. As a result, two fantastic mobile apps were launched to the public at the Sydney International Boat Show in August 2018.

The Boatable and Deckee boating companion apps generated keen interest from the boating community with over 1,000 downloads during the first five days of the show.

More than 3,500 boating enthusiastic who have downloaded the apps are now safer on the water.