Marine & Offshore Project Control

Complex vessel projects, controlled from scope to closeout.

Owner-side control of scope, schedule, budget and evidence — on DP, offshore and other vessel types.

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USD 100M+
project & fleet value supported
70+
projects led owner-side
20+
countries of delivery
15+
dry-dock, refit & upgrade campaigns

One vessel. One docking. A senior engineer on your side before you commit to a yard — a fixed-scope review stands alone, and execution is separately agreed. Sized to the vessel: single-vessel reviews and small-fleet retainers are standard engagements.

Compliance firstQHSE & permit discipline at the core
Offshore provenDP & offshore delivery record
Worldwide delivery20+ countries, one controlled route
Proof in every stepDated, auditable evidence record

Industries we support

Marine & offshore sectors we control projects in

Owner-side control across the marine and offshore sectors where our principals have delivered.

Offshore

Oil & gas, pipelay, accommodation and marine-support campaigns on DP installation and specialist vessels.

Cargo, bulk & fishing

Merchant, bulk and fishing tonnage — dry-dock, repair, retrofit and systems work under owner-side project control.

Construction

Offshore construction, SURF, heavy-lift and installation-support scopes coordinated under project permissions.

Subsea & deepwater

Saturation diving, ROV and deepwater MPSV support — controlled within competence and gates.

DP & offshore vessels

DP and offshore vessels — trials, FMEA support, drive and automation upgrades.

Tugs, barges & support craft

AHTS, PSV, DSV, anchor-handling and FiFi tonnage — plus transshipment barges and mining-export fleets: surveys, reliability and mobilisation scopes.

Controlled engagements

Which decision are you facing?

Owner-side control across Dry-dock, repair & Special Survey Emergency repair & breakdown recovery Systems upgrade, retrofit & reactivation Legacy equipment upkeep & obsolescence support DP, power, propulsion & automation Mobilisation, charter readiness & owner representation Engineering, HVAC & ship design

Pick the decision closest to yours — each engagement is led by an accountable principal.

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Representative engagements

What owner-side control looks like in practice

Three representative engagements behind the numbers above — including a Special Survey delivered in 16 days with full Class acceptance. The situation, how MVS took control, and the evidence left on the asset record.

Reactivation & return to service

A DP accommodation/construction vessel had been laid up for an extended period and had to be returned to sustained operation against a charter window.

Control

  • Owner-side scope, schedule and budget basis re-established from a cold start
  • Six main thrusters overhauled (UGB/LGB and stem); propulsion and DP returned to service
  • DP class reconfiguration and FMEA addendum driven through Class acceptance
  • Yard, OEM and specialist workfronts sequenced to one closeout plan against the mobilisation milestone

Evidence

Returned to sustained operation, with eight controlled record groups handed to the asset file — witnessed results, not assertions.

DP & electrical reliability

Recurring DP findings, obsolete automation or a power-plant failure were putting trials and on-hire reliability at risk.

Control

  • Consolidated fault and obsolescence register built at interface level
  • Variable-speed-drive and automation retrofit defined and commissioned
  • On one vessel, a failed 1,825 kW generator was recovered on charter — a replacement set relocated into position with full foundation, alignment, piping and cabling reinstatement, DP-class reconfiguration and an FMEA proving-trial addendum
  • FMEA proving trials and a documented test & commissioning plan run to closure

Evidence

The vessel stayed on charter and on-DP through the failure — recovered on a six-generator, ~11 MW basis, with FMEA proving trials passed against a documented record, not a verbal assurance.

Dry-dock & Special Survey

A Special Survey and dry-dock scope had to be specified, costed and controlled before any yard was committed.

Control

  • Controlled specification and budget basis written before yard selection
  • Steel renewal, azimuth/tunnel thruster overhauls and crane recertification coordinated as parallel workfronts
  • Yard selected and managed against a held baseline through change
  • Acceptance witnessed and reconciled into a defensible closeout dossier

Evidence

Special-Survey faces delivered in as little as 16 days with full Class acceptance; offshore cranes proof-load tested and recertified, witnessed by Class.

Smaller fleets

Five support vessels, one owner-side superintendent. A five-vessel OSV fleet in West Africa needed Class items closed, repairs specified and vessels made service-ready — without a project department of its own. One accountable superintendent ran survey preparation, repair scopes and closeout across the fleet.

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Smaller operators

A remote technical support retainer, without an enterprise contract

Keep a senior owner-side engineer on call for upkeep, obsolescence and survey-readiness — a remote technical support retainer scaled to what you need, not a full project mandate. Terms set after a short onboarding review.

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What MVS controls

Mandate, boundaries and owner-side control.

We hold one role: owner-side control. We are not a turnkey EPC contractor or a dry-docking yard — yards, OEMs and certified bodies carry execution, held to your baseline. When we verify, no interest of ours rides on the answer.

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01Feasibility & doabilityVessel condition, yard reality, access, authority and closeout, tested before commitment.02Scope & workpacksRequirements converted into controlled workfronts, hold points and acceptance criteria.03Cost, schedule & changeBudget basis, critical path and change kept visible against a held baseline.04Evidence & closeoutWitnesses, results and open conditions reconciled before closeout — records, not assertions.

Engaging MVS: scope, deliverables and acceptance agreed in writing before mobilisation; an NDA precedes any sensitive discussion; an enquiry commits you to nothing. Work is aligned to IMCA, Class (ABS/DNV/BV) and DP-FMEA practice, with OCIMF/OVID and IOGP awareness.

Under-hull thruster workfront — controlled reference.CONTROLLED REFERENCE · RIGHTS CONDITIONAL

Heavy-construction class vessels

Owner-side control, not just repair

From feasibility and workpacks to DP, pipelay and crane reactivation — the full project, controlled. Repair is one outcome, not the limit of the role.

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Our method

Controlled in six disciplined steps

01

Feasibility

Doability, constraints and success criteria tested first.

02

Workpacks

Scope converted to workpacks, quantities and a resource plan.

03

Coordination

Yard, Class, OEM and all interfaces aligned and sequenced.

04

Delivery control

Execution controlled against risk, change and progress.

05

Evidence

Witnessed, captured and approved as the work proceeds.

06

Closeout

A complete, defensible handover to the asset record.

Where readings differ, MVS records its written position at the hold point — the owner decides, the record stays.

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Technical depth

Critical systems and shipyard engineering, at interface level

System families surveyed, upgraded and commissioned — with shipyard engineers and naval architects added project by project, qualified per scope.

  • Survey, readiness & condition assessment
  • DP & position reference
  • Power generation & HV/LV
  • Automation & drives
  • Propulsion & thrusters
  • Cranes & lifting
  • Pipelay, stinger & A&R
  • HVAC & refrigeration
  • Naval architecture & ship design
  • Legacy & obsolescence support

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Firing line and tensioner deck — systems controlled at the interface.CONTROLLED REFERENCE · RIGHTS CONDITIONAL

Electrical, automation & DP depth

Marine electrical and DP, controlled to the interface

Marine electrical, HV/LV distribution, drives, propulsion, automation and DP — diagnosed, upgraded and commissioned within documented competence and project-specific gates.

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Leadership & the team behind the numbers

Accountable principals. One controlled project route.

Each engagement is led by a named principal, backed by chief engineers, DP specialists, HV/drives engineers and naval architects — several holding current oil-major and national-oil-company personnel approvals. Combined, the team has delivered:

28
thruster overhauls — UGB/LGB & stem
30,000+
combined DP operating hours
125+
combined engineer-years
40+
main-engine, DG & systems overhauls
1,000 t
crane proof-load & recertification, Class-witnessed
20+
vessel types — DP, offshore & specialist

Project & commercial control

Owner-side project leadership across feasibility, scope, cost, schedule, change, yard and owner interfaces, through to evidence-based closeout.

Electrical, automation & DP

Marine electrical, HV/LV, automation, drives, power and dynamic-positioning systems — diagnosed, upgraded and commissioned within documented competence.

How leadership is structured

Safety & working standards

Controlled work, safely executed — and on the record

Every workfront runs to current safety standards — permit-to-work and toolbox discipline, internal HSE protocols and PPE — with HSE documentation, MoC closeout, certificates and vendor records sealed into a dated, auditable project dossier. Aligned to IMCA, Class and DP-FMEA practice; statutory certification stays with the accredited bodies.

Our governance & HSSEQ framework

Tema Shipyard route

A controlled route into Tema — subject to yard review

MVS holds a non-exclusive opportunity-development mandate for Tema Shipyard, valid through 30 April 2027. MVS can screen and present vessels; it cannot bind Tema or issue an independent yard quotation.

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Have a vessel decision to control?

Share the requirement and we will review capability, authority, availability and the right first engagement.

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