ClassNK Launches Survey Compass AI Assistant for Ship Management

ClassNK has launched ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant that supports shipowners and ship management companies in their survey-related operations.

Survey Compass is an AI assistant that responds in natural language to questions on classification survey matters faced by shipowners and ship management companies. Users can confirm the information they need together with its supporting sources, thereby improving the efficiency of survey preparation and response work and reducing their workload. This initial release marks the first step toward ClassNK’s vision of a digital service platform for ships in service. ClassNK will continue to expand and enhance Survey Compass together with our customers, incorporating feedback and requests gathered through its practical use.

Survey Compass is available on ‘ClassNK Customer Hub - Ship in Service -’ (CCH SiS), a web portal service for shipowners and ship management companies.

Features of Survey Compass

Survey Compass accepts questions in natural language, directly searches classification survey-related documents, and presents a summary together with links to the underlying information sources. Because information related to classification surveys and ship management is closely tied to the safe operation of vessels, a high level of accuracy and reliability is required.

For this reason, Survey Compass adopts a retrieval-based approach that