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Name: Vertex Service
Address: Abel Tasmanstraat 67, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 3165 AM, NL
Telephone: +31 10 890 6567

Marine safety service · Rotterdam

Serviced on board, certified on the spot, verifiable in seconds.

Vertex Service | Rotterdam

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Let’s get her ready.

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Vertex Service · Albrandswaard, Rotterdam

Every liferaft, cylinder and detector on board has a date on it. Our job is to make sure that date never catches you out.

Vertex Service is the service team of Vertex Safety B.V. We inspect, repair and certify the equipment a crew relies on when things go wrong: liferafts and lifeboats, CO₂ banks and foam systems, breathing apparatus, gas detectors and the lifting gear that holds it all.

We come on board while you load or discharge, work to the maker's procedures, and send the certificates as soon as the work is signed off. Each one is digitally signed and carries a QR code that a surveyor can check in seconds.

Quality & safety: ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001

Equipment we supply and service

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Class-approved service supplier

What we look after

18 disciplines, one crew

All services & intervals

01Liferafts & HRUsLiferaft servicing at an approved service station, HRU testing and replacement, and exchange rafts arranged when the ship cannot wait.

02Lifeboats & davits

03Lifejackets & immersion suits

04Fixed fire-fighting systems

05PFOS-free foamPeriodic foam testing, and the full switch to PFOS-free foam: removal, cleaning, refilling and the documents the surveyor will ask for.

06Extinguishers & fire equipment

07Fire detection & alarm

08Breathing apparatus & EEBD

09Gas detection & calibration

10Load testing and lifting appliancesProof load tests with water bags and certified weights for davits, cranes, gangways and lifting points, with thorough examinations and certificates.

11Pilot ladders

12Medical oxygen

13ODME, UTI & instrumentsCalibration checks and service of ODME and 15 ppm bilge alarms, UTI and sounding tapes, thermal cameras, pressure gauges and other measuring instruments.

14Drug & alcohol testing

15Radio, GMDSS & navigationEPIRB and SART checks, GMDSS handheld radios, AIS annual tests, magnetic compass adjustment and preparation for the annual radio survey.

16Underwater & hullIn-water surveys with video for class and flag, hull cleaning, propeller polishing and small underwater repairs, coordinated while the ship is in port.

17Fall protection

18Crew trainingPractical sessions on board while our technicians are there anyway: breathing apparatus, gas detectors, lifeboat release gear and enclosed space entry.+Not on the list?Tell us what is on board. If we cannot do it, we will say so.

On board, not on paper

The work is done where the equipment lives

Most of our hours are spent on boat decks, in CO₂ rooms and in engine-room workshops. We bring the test gear, the spares and the paperwork, so your crew can keep working.

01 — Lifeboat release gear, annual examination

03 — Portable gas detectors, calibration

How a job runs

From an e-mail to a verified certificate

Five steps, the same every time. You always know who is coming, when, and what you will have in hand when they leave.

Vertex service coordinator planning a job on the AIS map with a technician

01
You tell us the ship
Vessel, port and ETA are enough to start. Send last year's certificates too and we will read the unit counts from them, so the quote matches what is actually on board.
02
We plan around her port call
We follow the vessel on AIS, book the technicians and spares, and arrange boarding with the agent. If the ETA moves, the plan moves with it.
03
The work happens on board
Technicians work to the maker's procedures and the IMO rules that apply. Every unit is logged on a digital service form: serial, condition, test result, photos.
04
Certificates before she sails
Each completed form becomes a Certificate of Inspection with a QR code. The Master signs the service report on board, our office checks and digitally signs each certificate, and the PDFs are in your inbox and your portal as soon as they are released.
05
The next date is already in view
Every certificate sits in your customer portal with its due date, and our office works from the same list. The next service gets planned instead of rushed.

The Vertex Service platform

Proof that travels with the ship

Our technicians, our office and your fleet team work in one system. Service forms become digitally signed certificates with a QR code, and the whole history of every vessel is one click away for you.

Abel Tasmanstraat 67, 3165 AM Rotterdam
+31 10 890 6567
service@vertexsafety.nl

Certificate of Inspection

No. 2610-VSR-BA031

BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA)

Name of Ship :MV NORTHERN TERN

IMO Number :1029388

Flag :Netherlands

Port :Rotterdam

Class :Lloyd's Register

Date :14 Oct 2026

Description of Type & Service Codes 1 = Inspection, 2 = Pressure Test, 3 = Condemned, 4 = New Supply

BA Units

No.	Serial	Type	Size	Last test	Code	Result
1	BA-4471-K	Pressure-demand SCBA	6.8 L / 300 bar	10/2025	1, 2	Pass
2	BA-4472-K	Pressure-demand SCBA	6.8 L / 300 bar	10/2025	1, 2	Pass
3	BA-5108-M	Pressure-demand SCBA	6.8 L / 300 bar	10/2025	1	Pass
4	BA-5109-M	Pressure-demand SCBA	6.8 L / 300 bar	10/2025	1, 3	Cyl. condemned

Remarks

Sets 1-4 inspected and function-tested. Cylinder on set 4 failed the visual check and was condemned; a replacement cylinder was supplied and tested. Next service due 14 Oct 2027.

Sign & Stamp

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Vertex Safety B.V.Certificate Verification Service

Certificate Verified

This certificate was issued by Vertex Safety and is authentic.

Certificate No.

2610-VSR-BA031

Vessel Name: MV NORTHERN TERN
Customer: Demo Shipmanagement B.V.
Equipment: SCBA sets #1-#4 - Fire stations
Certificate Type: Breathing Apparatus
Technician: J. de Vries
Completed At: 14 Oct 2026
Valid Until: 14 Oct 2027
Service Order: 2610-VSR-031

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Issued document

Revision 1 · issued 14 Oct 2026

Digitally signed by Vertex Safety B.V. on 14 Oct 2026 · timestamp: timestamp.digicert.com

SHA-256 fingerprint

90528251ab81829326db47ff963f0c2641285c8a60a8b62a110d20c64d90dafc

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The QR code on the certificate links to this verification page.

Scan the QR on the certificate

A port state officer, surveyor or charterer scans the code and sees, on our server, that we issued it. No phone calls, no forwarded PDFs.

See the platform

AIS view in the office app. We plan visits around live positions and ETAs, so technicians are on the quay when the ship arrives, not after. Demo data shown.

Vertex technician checking a sample of new PFOS-free foam concentrate pumped from an IBC into the ship foam tank

Regulation update

PFOS foam has to leave the ship

Since 1 January 2026, SOLAS bans fire-fighting foam that contains PFOS, and existing ships have to be clear of it by their first survey on or after that date. If your system still holds old concentrate, we test it, take it out, clean the system and refill it with a PFOS-free foam that suits your installation, with the paperwork the surveyor will ask for.

PFOS-free conversion Ask for a foam test

Where we work

Rotterdam is home. We go where the ship goes.

Our workshop and stock are in Albrandswaard, on the south side of the Rotterdam port area. From there we attend ships across the port, from the city docks to the Maasvlakte, and travel to other Dutch and Belgian ports. Beyond the Benelux our own technicians work across Europe, and our service network covers the major port hubs of the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

01RotterdamWaalhaven · Eemhaven · Botlek · Europoort · Maasvlakte
02Dordrecht & MoerdijkInland and short-sea terminals
03Amsterdam & IJmuidenNorth Sea Canal
04Vlissingen & TerneuzenWesterschelde
05Antwerp & GhentBelgium, on request
06EuropeOur own technicians, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean
07WorldwideOur service network in the major hubs of the Americas, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific

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Tell us the ship and the port. We will take it from there.

A vessel name, an IMO number and an ETA are enough to get a quote moving. Attach last year's certificates if you have them.

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Ready for the daynobody plans for

In port this week?Let’s get her ready.

Every liferaft, cylinder and detector on board has a date on it. Our job is to make sure that date never catches you out.

Equipment we supply and service

18 disciplines, one crew

The work is done where the equipment lives

From an e-mail to a verified certificate

You tell us the ship

We plan around her port call

The work happens on board

Certificates before she sails