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

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 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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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.
Read the articleAn 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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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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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.
Read the articleCosmetic 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.
Read the articleIntermittent 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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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.
Read the articleEverything 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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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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