Technical Precision Across Every Maritime Phase.
From independent condition inspections and drawing scrutiny to complete shipyard new-building supervision, casualty investigation, and regulatory compliance audits.
"At-Cost" Budget Planning + Flat Management Fee Model
Our new-building and repair project management services are structured on an open, transparent budget arrangement with an agreed project management fee — eliminating hidden yard commissions and ensuring uncompromised owner representation.
Marine Surveys & Condition Inspections
Independent, highly factual surveys conducted across all Indian ports and international shipyards for owners, underwriters, P&I Clubs and financial institutions.
- ✓ Hull & Machinery (H&M) Surveys: Thorough assessment of structural integrity, propulsion machinery, auxiliary systems and electrical installations.
- ✓ Pre-Purchase Condition Surveys: Comprehensive physical evaluation, operational testing, maintenance record auditing and CAP estimation prior to vessel acquisition.
- ✓ On & Off-Hire Condition / Bunker Surveys: Precise documentation of vessel structure, cargo hold condition, and bunker soundings at charter delivery/redelivery.
- ✓ P&I Pre-Entry & Condition Audits: Evaluating vessel seaworthiness, cargo-worthiness, safety management systems, and crew competence for mutual insurers.
- ✓ Specialised Vessel Surveys: Chemical tanker cargo tank coating inspections, bulk liquid systems, heavy-lift cranes & gantry surveys, tugs, barges and luxury yachts.
New Building & Shipbuilding Supervision
End-to-end site supervision from contract signing through steel cutting, mega-block assembly, machinery installation, sea trials acceptance, and warranty period settlement.
- ✓ Construction QC & Hull Assembly: Continuous on-site inspection of plate alignment, welding quality (NDT oversight), tank testing, and coating application.
- ✓ Subcontractor & OEM Factory Testing: Factory acceptance tests (FAT) of main engines, auxiliary diesel generators, switchboards, steering gears, and deck winches.
- ✓ Drawing Approvals & Class Society Liaison: On-site approval of production and detail drawings; continuous liaison with Classification (DNV, GL, LR, ABS, IRS).
- ✓ Sea Trials, Commissioning & Delivery: Setting to work, dock trials, sea trial officer deployment, inclining experiments, final takeover protocol, and guarantee claim settlements.
Technical Consultancy & Ship Management
Specialized engineering consultancy, naval architectural scrutiny, and technical management advisory serving ship owners, charterers, banks and maritime investment houses.
- ✓ Scrutiny of Specifications & Drawings: Critical review of shipbuilding contracts, hull structural drawings, piping diagrams, and weight calculations on owners' behalf.
- ✓ Naval Architecture Design House: Drafting basic and detailed production drawings for conversions, modifications, retrofits, and stability calculations.
- ✓ Regulatory Plan Preparation: Ballast Water Management (BWM) plans, hold strength evaluations, SOPEP manuals, and cargo securing documentation.
- ✓ Financial & Investment Advisory: Independent technical condition appraisals for commercial banks, private equity and ship financing institutions.
Casualty, Forensic & Investigation Services
Prompt forensic deployment for maritime accidents, major machinery breakdowns, collisions, grounding, cargo contaminations and bunker quality disputes.
- ✓ Collision & Angle-of-Blow Analysis: Reconstructing collision dynamics, impact trajectories, speed estimates, and extent of structural damage.
- ✓ Machinery Breakdown & Root-Cause Analysis: Forensic failure examination of main propulsion engines, turbochargers, crankshafts, boilers, and auxiliary systems.
- ✓ Bunker Quality & Fuel Oil Investigations: Sampling, testing protocols, off-spec contamination analysis, catalytic fines damage, and engine tribunal support.
- ✓ Personal Injury & Stevedore Incident Inquiries: Objective forensic reporting on shipboard accidents in accordance with maritime safety regulations.
Ship Repair, Afloat Services & FRP Craft
Comprehensive repair management, drydocking owners' representation, machinery overhauling, and certified mobile riding teams across Indian ports.
- ✓ Dry Dock Representation & Steel Renewal: Owner's superintendent oversight for special surveys, bottom plate renewal, rudder/propeller servicing, and sea chest overhauls.
- ✓ Machinery Overhauling: Complete rebuilds of Cummins, BMW, Yanmar and MAN B&W main/auxiliary engines, air compressors, steering gear pumps, and rudder indicators.
- ✓ Afloat Riding Teams: Mobile certified squads for voyage repairs, piping replacement, steel fabrication, electrical switchboard repairs, and high-spec painting.
- ✓ FRP Boat Building & Yacht Collision Repairs: Design, supply and structural refit of fiberglass patrol/work boats and luxury yachts (including Gulf Craft custom designs).
Compliance, PSC Readiness & Audits
Independent technical audits establishing true operational readiness, preventing Port State Control detentions, and streamlining vetting acceptances.
- ✓ ISM Code Audits: Internal and external International Safety Management (ISM) and ISPS compliance audits across fleet operations.
- ✓ PSC Inspection Preparation: Pre-inspection gap analysis for USCG (United States Coast Guard), AMSA (Australia), Tokyo MOU and Paris MOU port entry.
- ✓ Oil Major Pre-Vetting: Rigorous pre-vetting inspections for tankers and chemical carriers to meet SIRE 2.0 / CDI standards.
- ✓ Port Captain & Port Engineer: On-site operational oversight for heavy cargo loading, stability checks, and fast turnaround management.