Every docking on time, on budget, on record.
Dry-docking transformed from a disconnected project into an integrated extension of your fleet management. Work items flow from PMS defects and survey requirements. Yard tendering is competitive and auditable. Every cost rolls into fleet financials automatically.
A dry dock is a two-week concentrate of everything your fleet does in five years.
Work collected over a survey cycle, spares procured months in advance, contractors coordinated across time zones, class surveyors booked, safety permits generated hourly, and every hour of yard time carrying five-digit cost. VOLAX DryDock draws every relevant piece from the operational modules that already have the data — and closes the loop back when the docking is done.
From defect list to warranty period, one platform
Work collection from PMS defects & surveys
Every open defect, deferred maintenance item, and upcoming class survey pulled into the docking specification. Superintendent reviews, prioritises, approves — then the spec is complete.
Specification template library
Templates organised by vessel type, scope, and yard. Sister-vessel spec re-use. Standard items pre-priced from historical actuals.
Competitive yard tendering
RFQ distribution to shortlisted yards. Structured quotation return. Side-by-side price comparison per work item. Award audit trail.
Real-time budget monitoring
Approved estimate baseline. Actuals captured as the docking runs. Variance analysis by scope item, contractor, and category. Superintendent-approved variations tracked with root cause.
Project timeline management
Docking Gantt with critical path. Milestone tracking (arrival, dry-out, undocking, sea trial, redelivery). Class attendance and survey completion visible in the same timeline.
VOLAX Procure integration
Owner-supplied spares and services ordered from the same platform. Delivery to yard tracked. Yard-supplied variations reconciled against the yard quote.
Historical docking knowledge base
Every past docking preserved: spec, contractors, actuals, variations, defects found in situ, lessons for next dock. Sister-vessel comparison for future planning.
Steel weight & surface area calculations
Hull renewal steel weight, surface area for coating, cathodic protection area. Auto-calculated from inspection findings in VOLAX Hull for accurate yard tendering.
Photo documentation
Before / during / after photos tied to spec items. Contractor progress evidence. Warranty dispute support with time-stamped image trail.
Post-docking warranty tracking
Warranty period per contractor per work item. Auto-alerts on defect discovery within warranty window — with claim documentation package generated for the yard.
DryDock in the fleet lifecycle
The docking that beat the estimate
Book a walkthrough. Bring last cycle’s worst-overrun docking — we’ll show you the platform view that would have caught it in week one.