You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence World News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features World Former Q88 Executives Launch Vessel Data and Compliance Platform Former Q88 Executives Launch Vessel Data and Compliance Platform by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday September 10, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker Stephen Dudzic, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Vessel Fact. Image Credit: Vessel Fact Vessel Fact launched by Q88 's former CTO Stephen Dudzic and three other ex-Q88 executives Single structured vessel record feeds questionnaires, certificates, vetting records, officer matrix, and load line data Aimed at data drift between HVPQ, SIRE 2.0, CDI, and charterer templates that surfaces at vetting or fails a fixture Soft launched September 2 ; funded by its partners with no outside investment Four former executives of tanker questionnaire platform Q88 have launched Vessel Fact , a maritime compliance and vessel data platform built around a single trusted record for each ship. The Galway -based company is led by chief executive Stephen Dudzic , who spent 15 years as Q88's chief technology officer. The other founders, all also formerly of Q88, are chief operations officer Catherine Mancuso , chief sales officer Jeroen de Man , and chief customer officer Fotis Georgakopoulos . Owners and operators currently re-enter the same vessel particulars into a range of questionnaire formats, including HVPQ, SIRE 2.0, CDI, and charterers' own templates, and the copies fall out of step as certificates and particulars change, the company said in an emailed press release on Thursday. It argues that the resulting discrepancies tend to surface at vetting inspections or with a charterer's compliance desk, where they can delay or c