This document analyzes ship management practices. It notes that ship management is a growing business sector with 3 types of managers. It aims to analyze ship management practices to help understand industry requirements, remain competitive, and improve processes. The document presents findings on challenges in crew management, technical management, and health, safety, environmental, and quality (HSEQ) management. It recommends investing more in crew training and welfare. It also suggests organizing technical processes and integrating new technologies for maintenance data.

1. ANALYSIS OF SHIP MANAGEMENT
FOR BETTER PRACTICES

2. Introduction
 Ship Management a growing business
 A service based sector
 3 types of Manager
 Incorporated in big owner companies
 Handles their own vessel
 3rd party companies

3. Facts !
 140 organization handles >40 ships
 Leads to handle >40000 vessels
 Leads to market size of 3-5 billion US $.

4. Organization Structure

5. Objective/Scope
 To analyze ship management for
better practices
 Help in understand requirement of industry and
adapt solution to remain competitive in market.
 Improve their process.

7. Are you dynamically altering your Managerial process,
approaches, inventing new tools to master the current
market today ?
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Not involved
no
Partly
Yes
Change in process
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8. What do you think is the biggest challenges in forecasting
next financial year?
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Procurement
Quality and safety
Financial management
Technical management
Crewing
others
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9. How do you seek examples of practices followed in ship
management industries??
Others
By external choice
By lookong at other companies

10. What are the reason for knowing of market practices?
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
others
Availability to change new technology
Environment requirement
competitive situation
Compliance of demand
New regulation
Cost pressure
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11. How do you feel about new life cycle management
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Others
Evidence of enviroment performance
Higher insromation availabilty
Lower total cost
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12. What do Mostly Port State Control finds??
Port state findings
SOLAS related operational deficiencies
Fire safety measure
ISM related deficiencies
Life saving appliances
Propulsion &auxiliary machines
Stability & structure related equipements
Safety of navigations
MARPOL annex
Ships certificate & documents
Load line

13. What are the prone areas for Maritime accidents?
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At sea
In port/harbor dry docks
River channels
Restricted waters
Others
Maritime accidents
Maritime accidents

14. What are the main reason for shipping losses?
Shipping losses
Sunk/submerged
Wrecked
Fire explosion
Collision(other vessel)
Machinery damage/failure
Hull damage
Miscellenous
Collision(harbour wall)

15. For operating a ship, what is the biggest cost involved as
a company or what is spent on ship?
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Manning
Repairs & Maintainace
Stores & lubes
Insurance
Admin
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16. What are the biggest challenges an organization faces in
adaption of new technologies??
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Usability
Management of master data
Document management
Data migration
Administration support
Security of data
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17. Results and findings
 For crew Management
 Invest more in traditions
 Invest more in crew welfare package
 Integrate training, appraisal and development of
management system.
 Use a combination of personnel and trainings
 Use incorporated crew solution onboard and
onshore.

18. Result and findings
 For technical management
 Organize processes having detail structure
 Build process in harmony with planned
maintenance system
 Integrate management of master data using new
technology and act accordingly
 Manage a maintenance budget only for dry
dockings
 Attention to hull maintenance and
communication system.

19. Results and findings
 For HSEQ management
 Incorporate finance with other department
specially operations
 Consolidate invoice process with proper
registration
 Synchronize and computerize processing