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Cloud Migration Services in the UK for Shipping & Maritime
Move your shipping company to Azure with a proven migration methodology that eliminates risk.
Structured Methodology
Every migration follows a proven framework — assess, plan, migrate, optimise — eliminating guesswork and reducing risk at every stage.
Minimal Downtime
We design migration waves and cutover plans that keep your business running, with most workloads migrated outside business hours.
Optimised from Day One
We do not just lift and shift. Every workload is right-sized and configured for Azure to ensure performance and cost efficiency from launch.
Many shipping & maritime remain tied to ageing on-premise servers that increase operational risk and limit growth. Migrating cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates to Azure requires careful planning to avoid disruption, data loss, and extended downtime. A structured migration approach is essential for any shipping company making the move to the cloud.
Cloudswitched provides cloud migration services for UK shipping & maritime. We assess your existing infrastructure, map dependencies for cargo management, AIS tracking, and port systems, and execute a phased migration that minimises risk. Our methodology ensures cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates arrives in Azure intact, with rollback plans at every stage and full IMO, MCA, and customs regulations documentation.
How it works for Maritime businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
1
Discovery & Assessment
We map your entire on-premises estate — servers, dependencies, performance profiles, and compliance requirements — to build a complete picture before designing the migration plan.
2
Wave Planning
Workloads are grouped into migration waves based on complexity, dependencies, and business criticality. Each wave has its own timeline, testing plan, and rollback procedure.
3
Post-Migration Optimisation
After cutover, we monitor performance and costs closely, tuning configurations, right-sizing resources, and addressing any issues that emerge in the live environment.
Cloud Migration Services in the UK for Maritime
Zero-Downtime Migration
Phased migration methodology ensures cargo management, AIS tracking, and port systems and cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates move to Azure without disrupting day-to-day operations across your shipping company.
Pre-Migration Assessment
Comprehensive discovery of your existing infrastructure, application dependencies, and IMO, MCA, and customs regulations requirements ensures nothing is missed during planning.
Data Integrity Validation
Automated checksums and validation scripts confirm cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates arrives in Azure complete and uncorrupted, with full audit trails for IMO, MCA, and customs regulations purposes.
Rollback Protection
Every migration phase includes documented rollback procedures, ensuring your shipping company can revert to previous state if any unexpected issues arise.
Our Cloud Migration Service Includes
Full discovery and assessment of your current infrastructure
Migration architecture design and wave planning
Azure landing zone build with security and governance
Workload migration with testing and validation
Data migration with integrity verification
Post-migration support and optimisation period
Why Maritime businesses choose us
Over 500 successful Azure migrations completed for UK businesses including shipping & maritime
Structured methodology with pre-migration assessment, dependency mapping, and risk analysis
IMO, MCA, and customs regulations compliance maintained throughout the migration process with full documentation
Dedicated migration project manager ensuring timelines and budgets are met
Expertise migrating cargo management, AIS tracking, and port systems workloads with minimal disruption to daily operations
Post-migration hypercare period with enhanced monitoring and rapid issue resolution
Frequently Asked Questions
Timeline depends on the number of workloads and complexity of cargo management, AIS tracking, and port systems integrations. Typical shipping company migrations run between four and twelve weeks. We provide a detailed timeline during the assessment phase before any commitment.
We design migrations specifically to minimise disruption to cargo management, AIS tracking, and port systems. Critical shipping company systems are migrated during evenings or weekends, with rollback plans at every stage. Most clients experience zero perceptible downtime.
Cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates is transferred using encrypted connections with integrity validation at every stage. We maintain parallel environments during cutover, ensuring data is verified in Azure before decommissioning source systems.
IMO, MCA, and customs regulations compliance is maintained throughout the migration. We document the chain of custody for cargo manifests, vessel tracking, and compliance certificates, configure Azure environments to meet regulatory standards before migration begins, and provide compliance evidence for auditors.
We provide a hypercare period of enhanced monitoring and rapid support following migration. This covers performance tuning, user issue resolution, and optimisation of your new Azure environment for shipping company workloads.
Free On Boarding worth up to £2,000!
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
Start Your Cloud Migration Journey
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