Operating from 2013

Africa’s Leading Partner in Digital and Green Solutions for Training, Maritime, Mining, Metallurgy, and Logistics, for a better Future

AN AI ENABLED COMPANY

Maritime
MARTIME AND SHIP OPERATIONS
We offer ship inspection and audit services, as well as risk, environmental, cyber security, and emission control management for ships.
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Your Trusted Maritime Solutions Provider

AUKGUARD transforms inspection from a compliance checkbox into a
continuous intelligence system. Every finding logged, every certificate
tracked, every checklist completed builds a picture that predicts
where the next non-conformance will occur — before the PSC inspector
finds it first.

Covering

  • Pre-Purchase & Condition inspections, & Bunker Surveys.
  • Port Captaincy, Shipyard supervision and Dry-docking of vessels.     
  • Marine warranty survey
  • Loss prevention & Damage Surveys
  • Accident investigation
  • Loss of Hire Surveys
  • Advice on Repair Solutions and Costs
  • IHM AND VGP Testing
  • Risk Assessment
  • AI assisted defect assistance 
  • Navigation, MARPOL, Safety, Mooring & Internal Audits.
  • Port and Shipyard audits.

AUK Intelligence Suite — Vessel Compliance, Safety & Audit Intelligence
by AUK Marine and Mining 🚢

AUKGUARD + AUKAUDIT — one connected system taking every ship from paper and spreadsheets to a live, AI-scored compliance picture.

Today ✅

  • 📄 Paper & Excel → ☁️ Cloud, any device, any auditor
  • 📊 969-question checklist → 🖥️ Structured digital audit (ISM · ISPS · MLC · Q-SET)
  • 🔍 Manual findings → 🤖 AI-drafted classification, root cause & corrective action
  • 📅 Spreadsheet certs → 🔔 Live expiry alerts
  • 🎲 PSC by guesswork → 📊 AI risk prediction
  • ⏱ Reports take hours → ⚡ One-click Word report, AI executive summary included
  • 🗒️ Loose remarks in a cell → 📋 Structured Findings Register — NC/Observation, auto-numbered
  • 🔒 Fixed master checklist → 🧩 Add, edit or retire questions per audit — no IT ticket
  • ❌ Human factor ignored → ✅ AI scored
  • 📉 No unified risk score → 📈 Real-time score, fed by every audit and inspection
  • 💰 Expensive consultants → 🟢 Near zero cost

Coming Soon 🔜

  • 🚢 PSC Intelligence — detention risk score per port, built from audit history
  • 🔁 Auto-escalation when the same non-conformity repeats across audits
  • 🌍 Live regulatory updates — SOLAS, MARPOL, MLC changes reflected in guidance notes
  • 🗣️ AI Audit Assistant — speak findings, AI logs them
  • 📷 Photo AI — detects corrosion, leaks, hot spots automatically
  • 🎯 Predictive compliance — PSC pass probability score
  • 🏢 Fleet-wide intelligence — every vessel, every audit, one dashboard
  • 🔗 Class society & port authority direct integration

Established in 2012

AUKMIND transforms reactive maintenance into predictive intelligence.
Every task logged, every incident recorded, every sensor reading captured
feeds a system that gets smarter every day — reducing breakdowns,
reducing off-hire time, and protecting the vessel, the crew, and the business.

AUKMIND — Maritime Intelligent Diagnostics
Planned Maintenance System by AUK Marine and Mining ⚙️

Today ✅

  • 📄 Paper PMS → ☁️ Cloud, any device, real-time sync
  • 🔧 Manual task tracking → 📊 430+ tasks auto-scheduled
  • ⏰ Overdue discovered late → 🚨 AI risk scored instantly
  • 🎲 Maintenance by experience → 🤖 5-dimension risk engine
  • 👤 Single user logbook → 👥 Multi-user, all engineers live
  • 📅 Certificate in spreadsheet → 🔔 Auto expiry alerts (126 certs)
  • ❌ Human factor ignored → ✅ Fatigue & experience AI scored
  • ⏱ Reports take hours → ⚡ One click Word report
  • 🔍 Incidents not tracked → 📈 Breakdown log builds ML data
  • ⚙️ Running hours manual → 🔢 Auto-estimated daily
  • 💰 Expensive CMMS software → 🟢 Near zero cost

Coming Soon 🔜

  • 📅 AI Auto-Scheduling — optimal work plan by port, crew & spares
  • 🧠 Trained ML Model — predicts failure from YOUR vessel’s own history
  • 📡 Manual Sensor Readings — builds baseline for future IoT
  • 🌊 Live IoT Integration — real-time engine data via VSAT
  • 🔍 Anomaly Detection — AI detects abnormal trends before failure
  • 📷 Camera AI — visual fault detection on machinery
  • 🏢 Fleet Management — all vessels, one dashboard
  • 📧 Certificate Email Alerts — auto-notify before expiry
  • 🔗 Ship Monitoring System Integration — NACOS, K-Chief, ABB

Established in 2012

AUKPILOT transforms scattered spreadsheets and gut-feel targets into one living operating system. Set an order target, and it calculates the market share, the campaign spend required, whether your team can deliver it, and how far reality tracks against the plan — automatically. Strategy, marketing, operations, and AI-generated intelligence, all in one connected engine. Built to run AUK Marine & Mining’s growth first — architected to become the co-pilot for any ambitious SME next.

AUKPILOT — Business Growth Intelligence System
by AUK Marine and Mining ⚙️

Today ✅

  • 📊 Spreadsheet targets → ☁️ Cloud, one connected model, real-time
  • 🎲 Gut-feel budgets → 🔢 Funnel worked backwards from target — spend, calculated
  • 📄 Static business plan → 🧭 SWOT, Ansoff grid, 3-year goals — all live
  • ❌ “Did we hit target?” unknown till year-end → 📈 Goal vs Actual, every month
  • 👤 One person’s mental model → 👥 CRM, MIS, Roadmap — whole team, one view
  • 🎯 Market share guessed → 🔢 Auto-calculated from real orders
  • ✍️ Campaign copy from scratch → 🤖 AI drafts, tuned per service & audience
  • 📰 Trends discovered too late → 🔍 AI web-search radar, scored by impact
  • ⏱ Reports take hours → ⚡ One dashboard, instant
  • 👥 Capacity guessed → ⚖️ Hours required vs hours available, calculated
  • 💰 Expensive SaaS platforms → 🟢 Near zero cost, self-hosted

Coming Soon 🔜

  • 🏢 Multi-Tenant Platform — every client, their own secure workspace
  • 🔐 Real Accounts & Cloud Database — beyond one browser, one device
  • 🤝 CRM API Sync — live feed from LinkedIn, Meta, HubSpot
  • 📡 Automated Feedback Loop — real ad performance, not manual entry
  • 🧠 Trained Forecast Model — predicts variance from YOUR business’s own history
  • 🌍 Industry Templates — retail, manufacturing, logistics — one engine, any sector
  • 📧 Auto-Alerts — budget shortfall, capacity breach, trend risk
  • 🔗 Accounting Integration — Xero, Sage — actuals flow in automatically
  • 📊 Benchmark Intelligence — anonymised, aggregated, cross-client insight
 

Established in 2012

Tech-Consulting in Port, Ship operations, Mining Metallurgy, Logistics and Business. 

Providing digital infrastructure. 

Cybersecurity and ESG compliance audit and solutions in Shipping Industry.

Operations optimisation and cargo projections 

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Our track record-Last 5 years
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With our partner company, Our unique abilities are to identify the growth potentials, analyze challenges and provide custom solutions to improve productivity and profitability.

Established in 2019

Green Mining & Metallurgy
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We provide numerous services in the mining sector, from rights applications & geological services to mine operations.

with our partner Sankhaya Ferrocon, we assist in metal and alloy production. 

Established in 2013

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We are a Shipping & Logistics company, providing freight forwarding services, globally. 

We do demand chain planning for our clients.

Established in 2012

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We provide demand forecast, and source as well as procure commodities and products for our clients Browse our Products offerings and contact us for quotations.

 

Established in 2014

Maritime & Business Training
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We conduct certificated training is done for;

  • RightShip, PSC, Pre-SIRE onboard preparations.
  • ISM/ISPS/MLC, ISO 9001-14001-45001-50001, Internal Auditor .
  • Safety and Security officer 
  • BRM and HELM. Metal Health and Stress Management.
  • Maritime Cyber Security &  HAZMAT.
  • Technical, Condition & Pre-Purchase inspection on a ship.
  • Procurement management.
  • Ship Pilotage and Maneuvering Training.
  • Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Export

Hybrid: online + virtual + onsite +Simulator +VR+AI

Established in 2012

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Mining, Metallurgy, Small Plant & Renewable Energy Projects
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Export & Import for our clients globally
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Transform yourself through education 

We’re not just instructors — we’re active industry professionals. With firsthand experience in the field we teach, we understand what it takes to thrive in today’s competitive market.

Our training goes beyond theory, equipping you with practical, real-world skills.

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