Planned Maintenance System Software for Marine Maintenance Scheduled to Running Hours and Class Windows
Custom planned maintenance system software for UAE marine operators who need a PMS fitted to their fleet rather than an enterprise suite scoped for a major owner. Built to schedule maintenance against running hours and class survey windows, raise and close job cards, and tie spares to the work across a mixed fleet under several class societies. Designed to connect to the class requirements and your operation, and to work aboard with limited connectivity - a right-sized PMS, not a six-figure implementation.
Why a PMS is hard to get right
A planned maintenance system has to match jobs to running hours and class survey windows across a mixed fleet, capture completion and spares, and work aboard where connectivity is patchy. Run on spreadsheets it breaks down once a few vessels and class conditions stack up, and the enterprise PMS products are over-scoped and expensive - so the operator struggles to get a PMS that fits.
Running-hours jobs are hard to track
Maintenance due on running hours rather than the calendar is hard to track by hand, so jobs are done too early and waste cost or too late and risk a defect or class condition.
Class windows and jobs do not line up
Survey windows and maintenance are planned separately, so a job and a survey clash or a window is missed, when they should be planned together against each vessel.
Spares are not tied to the work
Without spares tied to the jobs that need them, a maintenance task stalls for a part that was not ordered, or stock is held that no job needs - both costing money and time.
The onboard record is disconnected
Crew log maintenance aboard with patchy connectivity, and if the PMS cannot work offline the record is kept on paper and re-entered, so shore is always behind the vessel.
A PMS fitted to the fleet
Four capability areas designed around a right-sized planned maintenance system for a UAE marine fleet.
Running-hours and class scheduling
Jobs scheduled against running hours, calendar intervals and class survey windows per component and vessel, so maintenance comes due on the right basis and lines up with the survey regime rather than clashing with it.
Job cards and history
Jobs raised, assigned, carried out and closed with completion records, readings and the spares used, so each vessel and component carries a maintenance history rather than a trail of logs and emails.
Spares tied to jobs
Spares linked to the jobs that consume them, so a task has its parts ready and stock is held against real demand rather than guesswork. Maintenance and spares are planned together.
Works aboard and syncs to shore
The onboard side records jobs, running hours and spares offline and syncs to shore when connectivity returns, so the crew is never blocked and shore has the current picture without re-entry.
A PMS only works if it fits the fleet and runs aboard. Custom software is the planned maintenance system scoped to your vessels and built to work with the connectivity you actually have.
How the maintenance schedule lays out.
A timeline shows the maintenance schedule. Services, the annual survey, drydock prep and class renewal lay out across the weeks, so the superintendent sees how jobs and surveys line up.
Discuss your PMSWhy UAE operators invest in a planned maintenance system.
The scheduling load behind a marine PMS.
Talk to us about planned maintenance system software.
A short call surfaces whether a custom PMS makes sense for your fleet. Best positioned for UAE marine operators who have outgrown spreadsheets but do not fit an enterprise PMS. Working with your technical team during discovery, we map how maintenance is scheduled today and where jobs, spares and surveys slip. If discovery shows a lighter off-the-shelf PMS serves you, we say so. BY BANKS is an independent software engineering company: we design and build the platform and hand it over, your team operates it. Authority, regulator, classification society and product names on this page are referenced descriptively to describe interoperability and scope, and imply no affiliation, endorsement, certification, or approval.
How a marine planned maintenance system works
The detail behind the headline - from running-hours and class scheduling and job cards, through spares tied to jobs, to working aboard and syncing to shore.
What changes, in practical terms
Maintenance and class survey windows are planned against each vessel together, so a job and a survey line up rather than clash.
The detailed questions UAE operators ask us
Expand each to see how a bespoke planned maintenance system actually works.
What does a marine planned maintenance system actually cover?
Who this is for: UAE marine operators with a mixed fleet who have outgrown spreadsheets but do not fit an enterprise PMS. Less suited to a single small vessel where a logbook copes.
Four connected capability areas: (1) Running-hours and class scheduling. (2) Job cards and history. (3) Spares tied to jobs. (4) Works aboard and syncs to shore.
How is this different from vessel maintenance software?
They are the same capability. A planned maintenance system (PMS) is the industry term; vessel maintenance software is how the same thing is often searched for, particularly with a UAE-local framing.
We build one system and fit it to your fleet. This page leads on the PMS framing - running hours, job cards, class windows; the vessel maintenance page leads on the UAE-fit angle. The underlying build is the same.
How is this different from ship management software?
A PMS is the maintenance capability. Ship management software is the all-in-one fleet platform that maintenance is one part of, alongside class, crew, compliance and procurement.
If you want maintenance specifically, this is the PMS; if you want the whole fleet in one place, that is the management platform with the PMS inside it. We build them together or separately depending on scope.
How does running-hours scheduling work?
Much marine maintenance is due on running hours - engine and equipment cycles - not the calendar.
The PMS takes running-hours readings per vessel and component and schedules jobs against them alongside calendar intervals, so a job comes due when the equipment says. Readings can be entered aboard and synced, so the schedule reflects real usage.
Does it work offline aboard the vessel?
Yes, and it has to. Vessels work with patchy connectivity, and maintenance must be logged aboard regardless.
The onboard side records jobs, running hours and spares offline and syncs to shore when connectivity returns, so the crew is never blocked and shore is not stuck re-entering paper records. The connectivity reality is designed in.
What does this sit alongside in a typical UAE marine stack?
The PMS sits at the centre of the technical operation.
Class - it schedules against DNV, LR, ABS, BV and Tasneef survey regimes.
Operations - it ties to spares and procurement, the onboard crew and the ship management platform. Integration approach is scoped during discovery based on what you are already running, and we do not ask you to replace anything that works.
How long to go live, and what does it cost?
Discovery runs two to three weeks. Working with your technical team, we map how maintenance is scheduled today, the fleet and class societies, and where jobs, spares and surveys slip. Output is a report covering current-state map, gap analysis, recommended workflow, integration scope and a fixed-price build proposal.
A core build runs from discovery completion, with scheduling and job cards first and spares and onboard sync after. Pricing varies by fleet size, integration scope and complexity, so a bracket is not published; discovery produces a fixed-price proposal with no obligation to proceed.
Can it import our existing maintenance data?
Operators usually have years of maintenance history and a component list in spreadsheets or an old system.
The build includes migrating your component hierarchy, job templates and history where it exists, so the PMS starts populated rather than empty. The migration scope is assessed during discovery against what you hold.
How each role experiences the change
Different roles feel the PMS differently. Custom software works when it reduces friction for each one.
Technical Superintendent
Every vessel's jobs, spares and survey windows in one place, with alerts before due dates.
Chief Engineer
Running-hours jobs scheduled correctly and logged aboard, even offline.
Procurement
Spares tied to jobs, so parts are ready and stock matches real demand.
Shore office
The onboard record synced to shore, so the office is not re-entering paper.
Questions We Get Asked
Who is planned maintenance system software marine for?
UAE marine operators with a mixed fleet who have outgrown spreadsheets but don't fit an enterprise PMS. Less suited to a single small vessel where a logbook copes.
How is this different from vessel maintenance software?
They're the same capability. A PMS is the industry term; vessel maintenance software is how the same thing is often searched for, particularly with a UAE-local framing. We build one system and fit it to your fleet - this page leads on the PMS framing, the vessel maintenance page on the UAE-fit angle.
How is this different from ship management software?
A PMS is the maintenance capability. Ship management software is the all-in-one fleet platform that maintenance is one part of, alongside class, crew, compliance and procurement. If you want maintenance specifically, this is the PMS; if you want the whole fleet, that's the management platform with the PMS inside it.
How does running-hours scheduling work?
It takes running-hours readings per vessel and component and schedules jobs against them alongside calendar intervals, so a job comes due when the equipment says. Readings can be entered aboard and synced, so the schedule reflects real usage.
Does it work offline aboard the vessel?
Yes, and it has to. The onboard side records jobs, running hours and spares offline and syncs to shore when connectivity returns, so the crew is never blocked and shore isn't stuck re-entering paper records. The connectivity reality is designed in.
How long does it take to build?
Discovery runs two to three weeks and produces a fixed-price build proposal. Scheduling and job cards come first, with spares and onboard sync after.
How much does it cost?
Pricing varies by fleet size, integration scope and complexity. A bracket isn't published because the spread is wide. Discovery produces a fixed-price proposal with no obligation to proceed.
Can it import our existing maintenance data?
Yes. The build includes migrating your component hierarchy, job templates and history where it exists, so the PMS starts populated rather than empty. The migration scope is assessed during discovery against what you hold.
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