The Smart Sailors Blog

Practical guides, ISM compliance, planned maintenance and lessons from the field — everything you need to run your fleet like a professional.

Maintenance Safety on Board: How a Marine CMMS Anchors Isolation (LOTO) and Crew Certification

Maintenance accidents are preventable when isolation procedures are disciplined and crew certificates are verified before the job is assigned. See how Smart Sailors, your marine CMMS, centralises and secures these critical steps by turning paper documents into binding digital workflows. Time-stamped isolations, automatic qualification checks and safety data sheets available offline on any mobile device: move from theoretical risk to real-time control on board.

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The Digital Engine Room Logbook: Save Time and Simplify Audits

The paper engine log eats time and invites errors, exactly when an inspector asks for a figure. See how Smart Sailors, a marine CMMS built for the sector, turns the engine room logbook into a digital tool that cuts the administrative load on duty engineers and guarantees data integrity for Port State Control audits.

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When Should You Move From Corrective to Condition-Based Maintenance? From Repairing to Anticipating

Moving from corrective to condition-based maintenance is not a luxury, it is a strategic decision. Discover the financial equation that justifies investing in real-time monitoring, and how a CMMS drives that transition for your critical shipboard assets.

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Preventive Maintenance: The 4-Step Plan for an Effective PMP [CMMS Guide]

An effective Preventive Maintenance Plan (PMP) has to be built on a clear method, in four key steps, and driven from a single CMMS. Learn how to classify your assets with the ABC method, choose the right maintenance tasks (calendar-based versus condition-based), optimise scheduling and steer performance with the essential KPIs (MTBF, planned maintenance percentage). The goal: reach 85% planned maintenance to maximise reliability and cut costs.

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Spare Parts Management at Sea: Optimising Stock for Long Voyages

Discover how to optimise spare parts management for vessels on long voyages. Smart Sailors, a marine CMMS, turns your onboard stock into an intelligent remote warehouse with multi-location tracking, automatic alerts and streamlined purchasing from the ship.

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10 criteria for choosing your CMMS software

Once you have decided to equip your vessel with CMMS software, you still have to find the one that fits you best. Here are the criteria to know before choosing the CMMS that is right for you.

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Superyacht Maintenance Software: Managing Upkeep, Compliance and Crew Turnover

Cosmetic and technical standards, short intervention windows, fast crew turnover, REG Yacht Code and ISM: yachting stacks the constraints. This guide explains how to structure superyacht maintenance with a CMMS — equipment hierarchy, job procedures, spares, certificates, budget — and includes a typical season maintenance plan by system.

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Maritime CMMS: The Complete 2026 Guide to Vessel Maintenance Software

Intermittent connectivity, crew rotation, the ISM Code, logistical remoteness: maintenance on board is nothing like factory maintenance. This pillar guide explains what a maritime CMMS is, breaks down its architecture module by module, puts real figures on its ROI and sets out how to implement it without getting it wrong.

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Qu’est ce-que le code ISM et comment s’applique-t-il ?

L'objectif du Code ISM est de fournir une norme internationale pour la gestion et l'exploitation sûres des navires ainsi que pour la prévention de la pollution. On vous explique tout sur son fonctionnement dans un court article écrit par nos experts.

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The Boat Logbook: Is It Mandatory and What Must It Contain? [Complete Guide]

Everything you need to know about the boat logbook: when your flag State makes it mandatory, what a commercial vessel must record under international conventions, the essential entries to make on passage, and how to choose between a paper book, a modern application such as Smart Sailors, or a free template. A complete guide to sailing safely and staying on the right side of the rules.

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Plaisance professionnelle : Comment simplifier vos démarches avec le RIF ?

L’immatriculation* de votre navire au registre international français (RIF*) vous donne droit à divers avantages et simplifie vos démarches administratives. Découvrez lesquels das ce court article.

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