Maximizing return on investment demands leveraging underway time in service to complete as much and many maintenance, upgrade and compliance projects as possible.

Shipwright can plan, engineer, administer and manage a wide array of services to enhance the value of your maritime resources. A brief summary follows and key disciplines are expanded further in the following pages.

Business plan evaluation, change analysis, & restructuring, vessel operation assessment, budgeting, procurement
Crew labor relationship including logistics, travel, training, voyage route planning, and ship & shore-side protocols
Operation manuals including pre-departure, underway & arrival checklists, heavy weather and emergency plans, standard radio procedures, ballast water management, waste oil and garbage disposal plans and required logs
Safety Management Systems (SMS) development, implementation, training & audits
Vessel Security Plan (VSP) development, implementation, training & audits
Pollution Response Plans development, implementation, training & audits
Periodic surveys including hull & condition, lightship, trip-in-tow, draft, on & off hire

Below you’ll find definitions of our many competencies for in-service work.

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ECA Fuel Conversions

[eek-a ˈfyo͞oəl kənˈvərZHən]
1. Emission Control Areas (ECA) established to reduce air emissions of sulphur oxides can require use of 0.10% (1,000 ppm) sulphur fuel after 1 January 2015 inside of designated areas.

Lightship Survey/Incline

[līt-ˌship ser-vey & in-kline-ings]
1. Lightweight survey is an audit of all items aboard a vessel which should be added, deducted or relocated to calculate the lightship condition.
2. The inclining test involves moving known weights in the transverse direction and measuring the resulting change in the heel to calculate the VCG.

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Life-Saving Appliances

[ˈlīf ˈsāviŋ ə-ˈplī-ən(t)s [ˈel ˈes ˈā]
1. IMO designated equipment including liferafts, lifeboats, fast rescue boats, lifejackets, etc

Underwater Ship’s Husbandry

[ˌəndərˈwôtər SHipz hˈhəzbəndrē]
1. A highly specialized agent providing repairs and maintenance to the below-waterline hull of a vessel while vessel is in the water.

Subchapter T/K/H

[ˈsəb-chap-tər "ˈtē", "ˈkā", "ˈāch"]
1. Inspection regime for passenger vessels operating in the domestic waters of the United States.

Documentation Vault

[ˈdä-kyə-mənt-tā-shən vȯlt]
1. Secure depository for documents; most commonly associated with virtual computer file storage with secure electronic fencing and back-up redundancy

Exhaust Scrubber Installation

[igˈzôst ˈskrəbər ˌinstəˈlāSHən]
1. A diverse group of air pollution control devices that can be used to remove some particulates and/or gases from industrial exhaust streams.

Ducktail Addition

[ˈdəkˌtāl əˈdiSHən]
1. A sponson added to the stern of a vessel to increase waterline, add buoyancy and improve flow characteristics.
2. A man's hairstyle popular in the 1950s in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape.

CFD

[ˈsē ˈef ˈdē]
1. CFD, or Computational Fluid Dynamics, is the use of numerical computational software based on the Navier-Stokes equations for velocity, pressure, temperature and density to model and predict the behavior of fluids around objects.

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HVAC Efficiency Studies

[ˈāch ˈvē ˈā ˈsē i-fi-shən-sē ˈstə-dē-es]
1. Analysis of systems which are the largest consumer of energy aboard modern cruise vessels to reduce energy consumption

Port State Exam

[pôrt stāt igˈzam]
1. Inspection of foreign ships in national ports to verify the condition and that its equipment and manning operate in compliance with international regulations.

Ballast Water Treatment

[ˈbaləst ˈwôtər, ˈtrētmənt]
1. Water, sometimes containing mineral, organic, and biologic particles, held in tanks and cargo holds of ships to increase stability and maneuverability during transit.

Bulbous Bow

[ˈbəlbəs bou]
1. A large swelling of the lower underwater hull protruding forward of the bow designed to cancel wave making at speed.

Ship’s Husbandry

[SHipz ˈhəzbəndrē]
1. An agent providing repairs and maintenance for a vessel both in port and underway.

Subchapter M

[sub-ˈCHaptər em]
1. New Federal regulations implementing an inspection regime for previously “uninspected” towing vessels.

Safety Management System (SMS)

[ˈsāf-tē ˈma-nij-mənt ˈsis-təm]
1. A structured and documented system enabling Company personnel to implement effectively the Company safety and environmental protection policy.

In-Service

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Below you’ll find definitions of our many competencies for in-service work.

In-Service

Let Shipwright show you the wealth of opportunitiesfor cost savings with in-service support.

Below you’ll find definitions of our many competencies for in-service work.

Let Shipwright show you the wealth of opportunities
for cost savings with in-service support.