Powering maritime software with document intelligence

Our story
A few years ago, our founder Adam van der Veer saw maritime recruiters under constant pressure and buried in documents. With an engineering background, he set out to streamline recruitment processes with technology. That's how Sterndesk was born. Working closely with the industry, Sterndesk quickly grew into something bigger: helping maritime software understand documents so entire workflows run smarter and faster. Today, our team builds document intelligence that plugs into maritime products to cut manual work.
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What is document intelligence?

Document intelligence helps software understand documents, then turn them into structured data. Curious how? It identifies document types, extracts what matters and organizes information automatically, so unstructured files become usable input.
Adam van der Veer
Founder & CEO
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Illia Sobko
backend Developer
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Olexander Serhiienko
Frontend Developer
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Varvara Kravchuk
Product designer
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Anouk Vijftigschild
Marketing Manager
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Thomas Joyce
Business Development Advisor

Frequently asked questions

What is Sterndesk?

Sterndesk is an advanced document-processing API designed to automate the extraction, interpretation, and validation of maritime-related documents. It seamlessly integrates into your software to improve accuracy, speed, and operational efficiency.

What kind and type of documents can Sterndesk analyze?

Sterndesk can process a wide range of (maritime) documents, including: resumes, seafarer books, certificates & licenses, training records, typed and written documents, company forms and onboarding documents. Supported file formats include PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, and JPEG.

What types of businesses can use Sterndesk?

Sterndesk is built primarily for maritime and harbor-related businesses, such as: crewing agencies, vessel operators, maritime staffing platforms, port service companies, ship management firms. As the product evolves, Sterndesk will expand to support additional industries and use cases.

What benefits can you expect from using Sterndesk?

When you integrate Sterndesk, your software becomes faster and more efficient without adding extra work for your team. Document processing is automated and highly accurate, helping your customers move through their workflows quickly and with fewer errors. This leads to a smoother user experience and higher customer satisfaction.

Is data secure with Sterndesk?

Absolutely. Sterndesk uses end-to-end encryption and follows strict data privacy and compliance standards.