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Ramp validator
A handheld scanner validates every passenger at the ramp — fully functional offline, reconciling when the link returns.
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BORA Systems is a ferry operations platform built in Tallinn, Estonia — 33 modules across 6 functional categories, each on its own microservice with a local API. Certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and GDPR-compliant. As of 2026, in daily service across three regions: the Baltic, the Channel Islands and the Persian Gulf.
What does it do?
The ramp validator is the handheld the crew holds at the point of boarding. It scans a ticket or pass, confirms the boarding right, and records the boarding — the raw material of the departure manifest.
Ramp validator is built to work in the one place a network is least reliable: steel, water, and a crowd all boarding in the same ten minutes. Validation happens on the device; the record catches up to the system afterwards.
How does it work?
Scan
The handheld scans each ticket or pass and confirms the boarding right on the spot.
Offline
Validation runs entirely on the device. A dead connection at the ramp does not stop the queue.
Reconcile
When the link returns, every scan reconciles into the system and into the manifest.
What does it connect to?
Ramp validator feeds boardings into Access control, which produces the departure manifest and carries the ISPS obligations.
Ramp validator runs on standard rugged handheld terminals, not proprietary scanners.
Further reading on the BORA blog: Why boarding validation has to work offline.
What are its limits?
What it deliberately does not do:
- Ramp validator validates a boarding right, not an identity — it is not an ID check or a biometric device.
- Ramp validator does not resolve a disputed ticket at the ramp; it flags the problem for a person to handle off the queue.
Frequently asked questions
Does it really work with no network at all?
Yes. BORA's ramp validator checks each ticket on the handheld itself, so a dead network at the ferry ramp does not stop boarding; every scan reconciles into the manifest when the link returns.
What does it produce?
Each scan on BORA's ramp validator is a recorded boarding, and the sum of boardings is the ferry's departure manifest, produced by BORA's Access control module.
Is it an identity check?
No. BORA's ramp validator checks the boarding right presented at the ferry ramp, not the identity of the person behind it.
See the ramp validator on live data
A 30-minute walkthrough, from a web booking to the ramp closing.
Akadeemia tee 15a, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia