Ship Management Software for the UAE Fleet, Maintenance, Class, Crew and Compliance in One Place
Custom ship management software for UAE owners and third-party managers running mixed fleets - OSVs, workboats, tugs, dredgers, yachts - under several flags and class societies. Built to bring maintenance, class surveys, crew, compliance and procurement into one fleet view fitted to your operation, rather than a six-figure enterprise suite scoped for a 200-ship owner. Designed to connect to the class society portals, the flag administration, PSC requirements and your procurement and accounting, so the fleet picture is whole rather than scattered across point tools.
Why the fleet picture is scattered
A UAE manager juggles class societies - DNV, Lloyd's Register, ABS, Bureau Veritas, Tasneef - UAE and foreign flag administrations, PSC under the Riyadh and Indian Ocean MoUs, and separate tools for maintenance, crewing, procurement and disbursement. The enterprise suites are scoped for large fleets, the point tools do not stitch together, so no single system shows the whole fleet's maintenance, compliance and cost.
The fleet runs across too many systems
Maintenance in one tool, crew in another, procurement in a third, class and certificates in society portals - so a manager rebuilds the fleet picture by hand rather than seeing it. The connective tissue is missing.
Enterprise suites cost more than they fit
DNV ShipManager, ABS Nautical Systems, AMOS and BASSnet are deep but scoped and priced for big fleets, so a small or mid-size UAE operator pays for modules it never uses and fights a long implementation.
Point tools do not connect
Crewing in Adonis, procurement in ShipServ, disbursement in DA-Desk each do their slice well but do not talk to each other or to maintenance and class, so the fleet is managed in fragments.
No one view of the fleet
Without a single platform, the owner or manager has no live view of every vessel's jobs, surveys, open class conditions, crew validity and spend - the picture a management company is paid to hold.
One platform fitted to your fleet
Four capability areas designed around running a UAE ship management operation as one connected fleet, fitted to the vessels you actually run.
Fleet maintenance and operations
Every vessel's maintenance, jobs and surveys in one fleet view, scheduled against running hours and class windows, so the whole fleet is seen and managed together rather than vessel by vessel across tools.
Class, flag and PSC connected
Class surveys and certificates, flag requirements and PSC readiness tracked together against each vessel, so the compliance picture across DNV, LR, ABS, BV, Tasneef and the flag administration is whole rather than spread across portals.
Crew and compliance
Crew certification, rotations and MLC tied to the vessel and the ISM Safety Management System, so manning and the compliance record sit alongside maintenance rather than in a standalone crewing tool.
Procurement and cost
Spares, procurement and budget tied to the vessel and the operation, so fleet cost and spend are visible in the platform rather than reconciled later from accounting and disbursement tools.
Enterprise ERP is too heavy and point tools do not connect. Custom software is the platform fitted to your fleet that ties maintenance, class, crew and cost into one view.
The fleet in one view.
A set of cards shows the fleet. Vessels, class valid, crew onboard and open conditions give the manager the state of the fleet at a glance.
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Talk to us about ship management software.
A short call surfaces whether a custom fleet platform makes sense for your operation. Best positioned for UAE owners and third-party managers running mixed fleets who have outgrown spreadsheets but do not fit an enterprise suite. Working with your technical and operations leads during discovery, we map how the fleet is managed today and where the picture fragments. If discovery shows an enterprise product or your current tools serve 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 ship management software works in the UAE
The detail behind the headline - from fleet maintenance and operations and class, flag and PSC, through crew and compliance, to procurement and cost.
What changes, in practical terms
The platform fits the vessels you actually run, so you are not paying for a 200-ship feature set to manage four OSVs.
The detailed questions UAE managers ask us
Expand each to see how bespoke ship management software actually works.
What does ship management software actually cover?
Who this is for: UAE owners and third-party managers running mixed fleets who have outgrown spreadsheets but do not fit a six-figure enterprise suite. Less suited to a single-vessel owner or a 200-ship major already on an enterprise ERP.
Four connected capability areas: (1) Fleet maintenance and operations. (2) Class, flag and PSC connected. (3) Crew and compliance. (4) Procurement and cost.
How is this different from PMS or vessel maintenance software?
A planned maintenance system, or vessel maintenance software, is the maintenance capability - scheduling jobs against running hours and class windows. Ship management software is the all-in-one platform that maintenance is one part of, alongside class, crew, compliance and procurement.
For an owner or manager wanting the whole fleet in one place, this is the platform; the PMS is the maintenance module within it. They are built together, with this page the full management platform.
How does it position against DNV ShipManager, AMOS and BASSnet?
Those are deep, capable enterprise suites, and for a large fleet they earn their place. The issue for a small or mid-size UAE operator is fit and cost: they are scoped and priced for big fleets, with long implementations and modules you never use.
Custom software is fitted to your fleet and connects to class, flag, PSC and procurement without the enterprise overhead. Where an enterprise suite genuinely fits your scale, we will say so rather than rebuild it.
Does it replace the class society portals and flag systems?
No. The classification societies - DNV, LR, ABS, BV, Tasneef - and the flag administration run their own systems and remain authoritative for surveys, certificates and registration.
The platform tracks your vessels against those requirements and holds your own record, connecting to the portals where possible, so the fleet picture is consolidated around the authorities' records rather than replacing them or the obligation to use them.
Can it handle a mixed fleet under several flags and class societies?
That is exactly the UAE reality - OSVs, workboats, tugs, dredgers and yachts under multiple flags and class societies.
The platform models each vessel with its own flag, class society, survey regime and maintenance intervals, so a mixed fleet is managed in one system with each vessel on its own rules rather than forced into one template.
Does it connect to crewing and procurement tools we already use?
Many operators already run a crewing tool like Adonis or a procurement marketplace like ShipServ.
The platform can connect to what you run, bringing crew validity and procurement into the fleet view, or take on those capabilities directly where you would rather consolidate. Integration approach is scoped during discovery; we do not force a rip-and-replace.
What does this sit alongside in a typical UAE ship-management stack?
The platform sits at the centre of the operation.
Class and flag - it connects to DNV, LR, ABS, BV and Tasneef and the UAE flag administration.
Operations - it ties to crewing, procurement, accounting and onboard systems. 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 and operations leads, we map how the fleet is managed today, the flags, class societies and tools involved, and where the picture fragments. Output is a report covering current-state map, gap analysis, recommended platform scope, integration scope and a fixed-price build proposal.
A core build runs from discovery completion, with fleet maintenance and class first and crew, compliance and procurement after. Pricing varies by fleet size, the capabilities in scope and integration, so a bracket is not published; discovery produces a fixed-price proposal with no obligation to proceed.
How each role experiences the change
Different roles feel the fleet differently. Custom software works when it reduces friction for each one.
Fleet Manager
One fleet-wide view of operations, compliance and cost, rather than a picture rebuilt across tools.
Technical Superintendent
Every vessel's jobs, surveys and open class conditions in one place, with alerts before due dates.
DPA / HSQE
Class, flag and PSC connected to each vessel, so compliance is whole rather than scattered.
Owner / Finance
Fleet cost and spend visible in the platform, so budgets are managed against the operation.
Questions We Get Asked
Who is ship management software uae for?
UAE owners and third-party managers running mixed fleets who have outgrown spreadsheets but don't fit a six-figure enterprise suite. Less suited to a single-vessel owner or a 200-ship major already on an enterprise ERP.
How is this different from PMS or vessel maintenance software?
A planned maintenance system is the maintenance capability - scheduling jobs against running hours and class windows. Ship management software is the all-in-one platform that maintenance is one part of, alongside class, crew, compliance and procurement. They're built together; the PMS is the maintenance module within it.
How does it position against DNV ShipManager, AMOS and BASSnet?
Those are deep enterprise suites, and for a large fleet they earn their place. For a small or mid-size UAE operator the issue is fit and cost - they're scoped and priced for big fleets, with long implementations and modules you never use. Custom software is fitted to your fleet and connects to class, flag, PSC and procurement without the overhead. Where an enterprise suite fits your scale, we say so.
Does it replace the class society portals and flag systems?
No. DNV, LR, ABS, BV, Tasneef and the flag administration run their own systems and remain authoritative for surveys, certificates and registration. The platform tracks your vessels against those requirements and holds your own record, connecting where possible, so the picture is consolidated rather than replacing them.
Can it handle a mixed fleet under several flags and class societies?
Yes - that's the UAE reality. The platform models each vessel with its own flag, class society, survey regime and maintenance intervals, so a mixed fleet of OSVs, workboats, tugs, dredgers and yachts is managed in one system with each vessel on its own rules.
Does it connect to crewing and procurement tools we already use?
Yes. It can connect to a crewing tool like Adonis or a procurement marketplace like ShipServ, bringing crew validity and procurement into the fleet view, or take on those capabilities directly where you'd rather consolidate. Integration approach is scoped during discovery; we don't force a rip-and-replace.
How long does it take to build?
Discovery runs two to three weeks and produces a fixed-price build proposal. Fleet maintenance and class come first, with crew, compliance and procurement after.
How much does it cost?
Pricing varies by fleet size, the capabilities in scope and integration. A bracket isn't published because the spread is wide. Discovery produces a fixed-price proposal with no obligation to proceed.
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