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About Verified Crew

Credential verification for maritime,
built by people who worked at sea.

Verified Crew gives seafarers one verified wallet for their certificates, medicals, sea service and background checks, and gives the people who hire them a check that takes seconds.

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From the founder

Why I started Verified Crew

After 30 years at sea, I realised the industry didn’t have a document problem. It had a verification problem.

Seafarers spend years building their careers, yet their credentials are still passed around as PDFs, screenshots, email attachments and spreadsheets. And too often, a “verified” badge tells you very little about what was actually checked.

That is why I built Verified Crew.

Our mandate is to verify at the source wherever possible, preserve the evidence, and maintain a clear chain of custody behind every verification.

We believe verification should be transparent. Employers should be able to see what was checked, where the information came from and the evidence supporting it, not rely on an opaque status or score.

We also provide AIS-powered sea time verification free to every user, despite the significant data cost to the platform. We see that as part of our contribution back to the maritime industry.

Our goal is simple: give every seafarer a professional record that is portable, verifiable and easy to share throughout their career.

Verification should not be a black box. The proof matters.

Captain Ken Maff

Captain Ken Maff

Founder and CEO, Verified Crew

MCA Master (Yachts) 3000 GT

What drives us

Crew own their data.Portability is a right.

They choose what to share, with whom, and for how long.

  • Store your credentials once

    STCW certificates, medicals, sea service and background checks. Share them securely.

  • Verified, never self-declared

    Checks are run by the providers on the plan. Source checks are separate.

  • Answered by a named person

    Questions about a wallet or a verification result go through the contact page.