Professional maritime training is expensive — maritime academy programs cost $40,000–$100,000, and continuing professional development is required throughout a mariner's career. The Binnacle AI Arcade is a free supplement that lets any mariner practice the conceptual and procedural knowledge underlying their profession through interactive games.
What you can learn for free
The arcade covers the five subject areas of USCG deck license exams plus additional practical subjects:
- Navigation rules — COLREGS (72 rules), sound signals, VHF procedures
- Navigation — chart work, compass errors, GPS, celestial concepts
- Cargo operations — stowage, stability, hazmat, cargo gear
- Safety — fire, damage control, abandonment, GMDSS
- Deck seamanship — anchoring, mooring, tug assist, weather management
- Port operations — vessel traffic, berth allocation, harbor piloting
Why Binnacle AI built this
Binnacle AI builds maritime crew compliance software — the software that vessel operators use to track crew credentials, manage CFR Part 10/11 rest hour requirements, file inspection reports, and stay audit-ready. The same regulatory knowledge that powers our compliance platform is reflected in these training games. We built the arcade to bring maritime knowledge to a wider audience and to demonstrate what deeply domain-specific software can look and feel like.