Change log

User-facing changes to BargeFlow, newest first. Dates reflect when a change first landed in the product.

July 2026 New

• Vessel charter & vetting assessments — a ready-made workflow to assess a vessel before chartering, so vetting and acceptance run as a guided process with fixed steps instead of loose paperwork.
• QHSE inspections, deficiencies & fleet status — a QHSE pre-inspection app plus a deficiencies app to track findings, a fleet-status overview, an answers report as PDF, and actions that send an email automatically once a procedure completes.
• App gallery — install, update and remove whole compliance apps (including individual flows, procedures and views) from a compact gallery, with a translated app catalogue.
• Chart views & duplicate procedures — saved views can be shown as a bar, line or pie chart, and any existing procedure can be duplicated with one click as a starting point for a new one.
• Clarity-first admin — goal-directed first use for new customers, merged management screens, simpler day-to-day and admin navigation, and admins can now edit users' email addresses.

21 June 2026

• Flows — chain several forms into one named, ordered process. The next step opens only after the previous one is completed (and approved where a review is required), so a confined-space sequence like risk talk → gas & oxygen measurement → work permit → the job runs exactly in order. Forms stay loose and reusable; a Flow simply references them.
• Workflows inbox — one place where crew see everything they have to fill in. Even a single form is started as a workflow, so there is no second list to hunt through. Each run shows live progress and opens straight into the familiar task runner.
• Categories — a flat, colour-coded taxonomy (e.g. Safety, Cargo, Crew) over forms, flows and views. Re-tag anything without republishing it.
• Vessel management roster — define your own shore functions (Tech Superintendent, QHSE, Crewing…) and assign people to them per vessel. A flow that gets blocked routes its alert to the right people automatically.
• Run-failure handling — rejecting a required step halts the flow (the next gate is never opened after a rejected safety step) and notifies the responsible shore staff; resubmitting resumes it. Optional steps can be skipped instead. Runs can be cancelled mid-flight.
• Per-run PDF archive — every filled PDF a flow produces is stored together in a per-run folder (a browsable folder on SharePoint), retrievable as a set while each document stays individually identifiable for audits.
• Installable flow apps — app bundles can now ship categories and flows, so a whole compliance app installs in one click.

20 June 2026

• BargeFlow marketing site went live.
• Crew experience polish — clearer task context headers, a builder flow visualiser, success toasts across the app, accessible mobile tables, and first-time hints in the builder and views.
• Per-ship consistency — bind crew to their vessel and scope equipment/component dropdowns to that ship.

19 June 2026

• Multi-language — the interface now speaks multiple languages (including Tagalog and Russian for crews), with a builder translation UI, a document-language setting and localized certificates.
• Pooled tasks — assign work to a vessel instead of a person; anyone aboard can pick it up.
• More inland-shipping starter apps (ADN, crew-hours) and ready-to-use demo accounts.

13–15 June 2026

• Calculated fields & defaults — formulas over sibling fields, computed live and verified on submit; pre-filled default values.
• Field validation & help text — min/max, length and pattern rules enforced as the crew fills in, with friendly guidance.
• File-upload field — attach documents and PDFs to a step.
• Lookup auto-fill — picking a record fills related fields automatically.
• Ship-level isolation — crew only ever see the data of the vessel(s) they belong to; assign ship scope and rank when managing people.
• External form fill — invite an outside party to fill a single form via a one-time, task-scoped link, no account needed.
• Forms as process, register or logbook — decide who fills and who sees each form, and whether entries are editable master data or an append-only log.
• Vessels as a lookup source, the binnenvaart starter pack (bunkering with OCIMF checklist, CDNI waste/oil log, planned maintenance) and export/import of app bundles.
• Notification bell, activity log, require-a-reason rejections, SMTP email settings in the admin UI, and outbound webhooks with a REST export.
• Loading, empty and error states across the app, with confirmation on every destructive action.

12 June 2026 Foundation

• The core platform — author procedures with form, sign-off, photo, quiz and approval steps; assign them as tasks; review submissions in one inbox; issue verifiable certificates.
• PDF → digital process — upload a PDF, auto-detect fillable fields, or use the visual mapper to draw fields on flat/scanned pages; completion produces the filled PDF.
• Richer field types — time, yes/no/N-A, drawn signature, repeating tables, and lookup fields.
• Lists, Views & Schedules — lookup registries, saved queries with table/calendar views, CSV export and threshold alerts, and recurring planned-maintenance schedules (calendar or running-hours cadence).
• Conditional visibility and cascading lookups for smarter forms.
• App templates — one-click installable apps and a staff dashboard.
• First-run setup wizard with inland / sea / empty scenarios and optional demo data.
• Offline crew PWA with an outbox that syncs when connectivity returns.
• Microsoft 365 / Azure deployment — Entra ID SSO, Teams tab, Graph mail and SharePoint storage — alongside the standalone Linux option.
• SaaS platform-admin tier for cross-company management, and the maritime template library (ISM, MARPOL, ISPS, CDNI, ADN, SIRE 2.0, BIRE).

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