Over three years, the Maritime and Port Bureau is taking the training, testing and certification of Taiwan’s maritime personnel fully digital. OakMega won the contract to serve as the program’s project management and technical advisory team: we keep every sub-project on schedule, hold a high bar for technology and security, and help training institutions put the new tools to real use.

Agency: Maritime and Port Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan)
Project: 2026 Project Management and Technical Advisory Services for the Smart Digital Upgrade of Maritime Personnel
Term: Parent program 2026–2028; our engagement began in 2026 and is in progress
Our role: Project management office (PMO) and technical advisor: program integration, technical oversight, change enablement

5Workstreams we coordinate

3 yearsParent program, 2026–2028

15+Expert advisory sessions in 2026 (minimum)

Background

From a shipping nation to a maritime technology leader.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) keeps pushing ships and ports toward smart, digital operations. Through its Smart Digital Upgrade Program for Maritime Personnel (2026–2028), the Bureau is moving how seafarers are trained, tested and certified from paper-based administration to data-driven, intelligent decisions: in-person exams give way to adaptive testing and AI-assisted application review, and paper certificates to e-certificates issued smartly.

Five workstreams run side by side: virtual-physical integration (AR/VR, equipment upgrades, models for maritime pilots), e-certificates and smart application review, digital courses for maritime personnel, alternative-fuel training (LNG, methanol, hydrogen, ammonia), and project management with technical advisory. With different teams delivering different sub-projects, someone has to keep specs and schedules in step, so the systems connect, security holds and training institutions actually use what’s built. That is our place in the program.

Our role in the program

The bureau on one side, the sub-projects on the other. We keep them in step.

Maritime and Port Bureau

OakMega project management & technical advisory

Sub-project delivery teams

Program integrationEvery sub-project on schedule, and able to connect

Technical and security oversightSpecs reviewed first, security from the design stage

Change enablementHelping training institutions bring new tools into class

How we did it

01 · Program integration

Many sub-projects, one rhythm

Every work item starts with an agreed schedule, a clear owner and a definition of done, and progress is reviewed every two weeks. Problems surface early, and get handled early.

Nothing moves to acceptance until its completion criteria are met
Key decisions are tracked one by one and reported monthly

02 · Technical oversight

Specs reviewed before anything is built

Each sub-project’s system design passes three reviews in order, for regulatory standards, expert input and cross-system integration, before development begins. All sub-projects share one integration spec, so their systems fit together.

Development starts only after all three reviews pass
One shared set of data and integration standards

03 · Security oversight

Security from the very first design

Seafarers’ personal data and exam question banks are sensitive. We identify high-risk features at the requirements stage and protect them first, then independently review every sub-project’s security test reports before launch. Nothing goes live with medium- or high-risk vulnerabilities.

High-risk features such as e-certificates and AI review protected first
Outsourced teams’ products, personnel and NDAs all checked against regulations

04 · Expert panel

Expert advice, tracked through to improvement

We bring together experts in policy, maritime education, AI and alternative fuels, and information security, holding at least 15 technical consultations in 2026. Every recommendation is tracked until the improvement is done.

Monthly tracking of the latest International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules
The AI study buddy answers only within the course material and launches only after passing evaluation

05 · Change and handover

Tools that get used, systems that stay

New digital courses and equipment need to make it into real classrooms. We assess each seafarer training institution’s needs and support adoption, and start preparing the handover mid-project so the bureau can run everything on its own.

Acceptance tests designed around real-world use
Data migration reconciled record by record, with documents and code handed over in full

Why us

We have built government systems, and we know how to run them well.

International security certifications

Certified to ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and CMMC, with an ISO 27001 lead auditor on the team.

Public-sector systems we built

The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s medical data hub, Taoyuan’s industry analytics platform and the National Land Management Agency’s housing subsidy platform are all our work.