SteelCorr Review: The Digital Paint Report for Ships

November 28, 2025

SteelCorr sits right where paint maintenance, crew workload and ESG targets meet. Based in Dubai’s DMCC district, they combine an AI-powered “Digital Paint Report” app with non-sparking surface prep tools so ship managers can see corrosion and hull fouling clearly, act earlier, and cut back on hot work and reporting grind. For any fleet that treats coating condition as an asset, not an afterthought, SteelCorr is essentially selling a way to turn photos and deck work into a live maintenance picture instead of a pile of offline spreadsheets.

SteelCorr DMCC: Location

Unit 2346, DMCC Business Centre, Level 1, Jewellery & Gemplex 3,
P.O. Box 38461, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Turning photos into corrosion trendlines: SteelCorr’s Digital Paint Report (DPR) app uses AI to analyse crew photos, map corrosion and hull fouling and show trends over time, so maintenance is triggered by data instead of anecdotal reports and surprise survey findings.
Reducing wasted paint and over-ordering: The app estimates repair areas and paint quantities and tracks onboard inventory, helping superintendents avoid over-stocking coatings on some vessels while others run short, and supporting tighter control of annual paint budgets.
Cutting report preparation time for crew: DPR is built around mobile photo capture and auto-formatted reports, removing a lot of copying, resizing and manual compilation on board and freeing officers to focus on inspections and work plans instead of PowerPoint.
Improving survey readiness and SIRE 2.0 evidence: Centralised historic photo libraries and structured paint condition reports support vetting, class and internal audits, giving managers quick visual evidence of coating condition in tanks, decks and hull areas when questions arise.
Lowering lifetime corrosion and hull fouling costs: Earlier identification of hot-spots and fouling patterns supports timely spot repairs and hull cleaning, which can extend coating life, reduce steel repair exposure and help protect speed and consumption between drydockings.
Strengthening ESG and asset integrity narratives: Hafnia and Ardmore are among the owners publicly citing SteelCorr’s AI-driven paint maintenance as part of their efficiency and sustainability stories, aligning corrosion control with emissions, safety and crew welfare goals.
Reducing hot work risk with non-sparking tools: As the Middle East and India representative for Safety Tools Allmet, SteelCorr also supplies cold cutting, grinding and surface preparation tools that produce no sparks and minimal heat, which can cut permitting delays and risk when working in hazardous zones or live plant areas.
Standardising fabric maintenance across fleets: With a single app, common KPIs and shared dashboards, technical teams can benchmark vessels against each other and communicate a clear, measurable fabric maintenance standard to boards, financiers and charterers.

Notes: DPR pricing on SteelCorr’s site is quoted per vessel per year with a 30-day free trial. Use your own paint spend, steel repair history and fouling profile to quantify the payback for your fleet.

Notable mentions and references

Where SteelCorr’s Digital Paint Report and non-sparking tools show up in the public record.

Spotted via Undocked with Nick Chubb Thetius / Episode 23

SteelCorr was brought to our attention by Nick Chubb on the Undocked podcast from Thetius, in Episode 23, where he and Raal Harris discuss noon report overload, tech stacks and practical tools that actually help crews get work done. SteelCorr’s Digital Paint Report (DPR) is highlighted as one of the corrosion and fabric-maintenance tools worth watching. Watch: Undocked — Episode 23 on YouTube .
Hafnia fleet deployment • 57 ships Product tankers

Hafnia has implemented the SteelCorr DPR app on 57 product tankers to enhance paint maintenance and reporting, using AI to analyse images, automate reporting and cut corrosion-related risk across the fleet. Coverage: Hafnia announcement, Smart Maritime Network and Splash247.
Ardmore fleetwide corrosion monitoring AI corrosion tool

Ardmore Shipping has rolled out SteelCorr’s DPR app across its fleet, giving crews a structured way to document corrosion with photos, generate trend-based reports and plan maintenance and paint inventory more efficiently as part of a broader digital ship-management push. Coverage: Smart Maritime Network, Ardmore press release and Digital Ship.
Awards & shortlists Digital & innovation

SteelCorr’s DPR app has been shortlisted for multiple industry awards, including Intelligent Shipping and Technical Innovation categories at Seatrade Maritime Awards and a Digital Transformation Award in the Offshore Achievement Awards, recognising its role in digital paint maintenance and asset integrity. See: SteelCorr media page.
Kongsberg Digital & DNV Veracity ecosystem Platform integrations

The Digital Paint Report app is listed on DNV’s Veracity marketplace and has previously been integrated with Kongsberg Digital’s Kognifai platform, positioning SteelCorr within a wider digital ecosystem for vessel data and asset monitoring. Listings: DNV Veracity and Kongsberg / Kognifai announcement.
App Store and Google Play presence DPR mobile app

SteelCorr’s DPR app is available on both Apple’s App Store and Google Play, marketed as an AI-powered tool to monitor corrosion and hull fouling, generate survey reports and support SIRE 2.0 photo reporting and onboard paint inventory management. Listings: App Store and Google Play.
Growing fleet footprint Multi-owner adoption

SteelCorr notes that DPR is now in use across hundreds of ships globally, with public references from Hafnia, Ardmore and others, supported by ongoing media coverage and LinkedIn commentary from SteelCorr’s founder and advisory board. Overview: SteelCorr homepage and Media / news section.

Selection is indicative, not exhaustive. Use these links to sanity-check the value proposition, see who is using the app, and understand how SteelCorr positions corrosion and paint care as an asset-integrity tool.

Paint & corrosion savings (SteelCorr DPR planner)

Roughly quantify paint, steel and reporting savings from using SteelCorr’s Digital Paint Report across a fleet.

Vessels using DPR Annual paint budget per vessel ($) Expected reduction in paint spend (%)

DPR claims include reduced wastage and better planning — use your own view here.

Annual steel repair cost in scope per vessel ($) Expected reduction in unplanned steel repairs (%)

Crew/officer hours per month on paint reporting (per vessel) Share of those hours saved with DPR (%)

DPR automates photo handling and report formatting; adjust to your own process.

Fully loaded crew/officer cost ($/hour) DPR licence cost per vessel per year ($)

Annual gross saving (fleet)

Net benefit after DPR fees

Simple payback

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Annualised ROI

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Crew time freed (hours/year)

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Paint spend in scope (fleet)	$0
Paint saving (fleet)	$0
Steel repair spend in scope (fleet)	$0
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Total gross savings (paint + steel + time)	$0
Total DPR licence cost (fleet)	$0

Directional only. Replace defaults with your own paint budgets, repair history and DPR quote.

SteelCorr is a good example of a niche tool that has quietly become a “real” part of several tanker fleets’ maintenance stack: Hafnia uses the DPR app across 57 ships, Ardmore has just gone fleetwide, and industry coverage plus awards and platform listings show it has moved beyond early pilots into day-to-day corrosion and paint management. The calculator gives you a way to turn that story into numbers for your own fleet, tying paint budgets, steel repair history and crew time on reporting back to a simple annual ROI and payback estimate, anchored on whatever licence quote SteelCorr gives you rather than generic assumptions.

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