CONTAINER SHIP
The main aim of any maintenance plan on ship is to get the maintenance and repair work done in the least possible time with minimum costs.
A maintenance plan is therefore followed by every owner to ensure that the ship’s electronic machinery maintains a particular standard of operation and safety.
While making a maintenance plan, several aspects are taken into consideration, starting from the International safety management code (ISM) to the guidelines put forth by the electronic device manufacturers.
SERVICE DETAILS
How is the maintenance plan made and implemented?
While developing a maintenance procedure for a particular ship, the owner takes the following points into consideration:
- Maintenance guidelines and specifications given by the manufacturer
- History of equipment including failures, defects, damagers, and remedial action
- Guidelines mentioned in the ISM code
- Age of the ship
- Third party inspections
- Consequences of failure of equipment on safe operation of the ship
- Critical equipment and systems
• Intervals of maintenance
PROJECT MISSION
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.
Following steps are included in the approach for maintenance procedure:
- Establishment of maintenance intervals
- Methods and frequency of inspections
- Specification of the type of inspection
- Type of measuring equipment to be used
- Establishment of appropriate acceptance criteria
- Assignment of responsibility for inspection activities to appropriately qualified personnel
• Clear definition of reporting requirements and mechanisms