Planned Maintenance System
Planned Maintenance System
Planned Maintenance System
Ship Manager Technical is the technical ship management system for both planned and
unplanned maintenance, defect reporting and technical asset and data management. A
Planned Maintenance System streamlines the planning, documentation and
implementation of maintenance work and surveys onboard ship.
when not suitable for the crew. In that case a brief English summary is
required.
Planned Maintenance program must include equipment manufacturer
requirements.
Inventory content, i.e. items/systems have to be included in the
maintenance program.
Maintenance time intervals, i.e. time intervals at which the
To ensure that all maintenance is carried out with adequate intervals, and in
accordance with the schedule in the planned maintenance system.
To maintain and keep all engines, machinery and technical components in good
working order at all times, to avoid stoppages and to maintain charter party speed and
consumption requirements.
As mentioned before, the main objective of a maintenance plan is to make sure that the
work is done in the least possible time with utmost efficiency and at optimum cost.
Various points mentioned in the ISM code are taken into consideration, along with
companys procedures and manufacturers guidelines.
Other aspects include type of the ship, condition of the ship, age of the ship etc.
3. Proposing solution
4. Evaluating solution
5. Implementing solution
6. Evaluating effectiveness
7. Solving
While developing a maintenance procedure for a particular ship, the shipping company
takes the following points into consideration:
Intervals of maintenance
Considering the above mentioned points, a systematic approach to maintenance is
made. This is necessary to ensure that nothing is missed while carrying out the
maintenance procedure.
Maintenance interval forms the most important aspect of the maintenance plan.
The maintenance interval decided in the plan is based on the following factors:
Historical trends obtained from the results of routine inspections, and in nature
and rate of failures.
Lastly, following steps are included for writing down the final procedure for planned
inspection routines :
For inspection purpose checklist are often used to ensure that the inspection, test and
maintenance are performed according to the guidelines of manufacturers, shipping
company, and the ISM code.
Types of Maintenance
1. Breakdown maintenance
It means that people waits until equipment fails and repair it. Such a thing could be used
when the equipment failure does not significantly affect the operation or production or
generate any significant loss other than repair cost.
In this system the maintenance is carried out when the machinery breaks down. This is
the reason it is known as the breakdown maintenance. This is not a suitable and good
method as situations may occur wherein the machinery is required in emergency. The
only advantage of this system is that the working of machinery parts is used to its full life
or until it breaks. This system might get costly as during breakdown several other parts
may also get damaged.
In this system the machinery parts are checked regularly. With the help of sensors etc.
the condition of the machinery is accessed regularly and the maintenance is done
accordingly. This system requires experience and knowledge as wrong interpretation
may damage the machinery and lead to costly repairs which may not be acceptable by
the company.