Terms of use

Acceptance

By using shipboardai.com you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

Informational content, not professional advice

The content on this site, including blog posts, updates, and solution pages, is published for general information. It is not engineering, legal, security, compliance, or financial advice for your specific situation. Do not act on it without qualified professional guidance applied to your own vessel, fleet, and operating environment.

Scope of services

ShipboardAI designs, builds, and deploys the AI and data software layer of on-vessel systems, including private language-model deployments, retrieval and knowledge systems, voice interfaces, and custom applications. We also specify and install the compute hardware that runs those systems where an engagement requires it. Specific scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and service levels are defined in a written statement of work for each engagement and are not implied by anything on this site.

We are not a classification society, a shipyard, a bridge-equipment OEM, or a certified marine electrician. We do not sell safety-of-life automation, propulsion or ballast control, navigation systems, engine-room automation, or any system whose failure could directly cause personal injury or vessel damage. Where work involves class approval, flag-state certification, structural modification, or integration with safety-class machinery, we coordinate with the parties qualified and certified for that work; we do not perform it.

Blog posts and commentary on this site may analyze or discuss safety-critical or class-approved domains as industry subjects. Such analysis is not an offer to build, supply, or support systems in those domains under any engagement.

Intellectual property

All original content on this site, including writing, brand marks, and design, is copyright ShipboardAI and Petronella Technology Group unless otherwise noted. You may quote short excerpts with attribution and a link back to the source post. You may not republish full articles, train machine learning models on our content, or use the ShipboardAI name or marks to imply endorsement of your own products or services.

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Acceptable use

You agree not to probe, scan, or scrape the site in ways that degrade its availability, attempt to bypass security controls, submit false information through the contact form, or use the site to distribute spam, malware, or unlawful content.

Third-party links and services

The site links to third parties including PTG, VenueCloud, Buttondown, OnceHub, and others. We do not control those services and are not responsible for their content, privacy practices, or availability. Use them at your own discretion.

No warranty

The site and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or uninterrupted availability.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ShipboardAI and Petronella Technology Group will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of this site. Our total liability for any claim relating to the site is limited to one hundred United States dollars.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute that is not resolved informally will be heard in the state or federal courts located in Wake County, North Carolina.

Changes

We may revise these terms from time to time. The effective date above will be updated to reflect the most recent version. Your continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to hello@shipboardai.com.