Does the PMS work offline on the vessel?

Yes. The vessel database runs fully offline; counters, work orders and defects are recorded at sea and reconcile automatically with the office when connectivity returns, with no duplicated records.

What is the difference between a PMS and a CMMS?

A CMMS is generic industrial maintenance software; a marine PMS is a CMMS built for ships — class survey integration, ISM 10.3 critical equipment, offline ship-shore sync and flag/PSC-ready reporting.

Planned Maintenance System (PMS) Software

Q: What is PMS software on a ship?

Ship PMS software is a planned maintenance system that schedules, executes and documents maintenance of shipboard machinery by calendar, running hours or condition, keeping the vessel compliant with ISM Code paragraph 10 and classification-society requirements. It holds the equipment hierarchy, job library, work-order history, critical-equipment flags and linked spares.

Q: Is Volaxin PMS class-approved?

Volaxin supports class-approved PMS schemes and continuous machinery survey (CMS) arrangements, mapping maintenance jobs to class survey codes so credits are tracked automatically and superintendents can see survey exposure across the fleet.

Volaxin marine PMS software screen showing the equipment hierarchy, running-hours job scheduling, critical equipment flags and overdue maintenance jobs for a vessel — **PMS Work List** — calendar and running-hours jobs, critical equipment and class-survey status for the vessel.

Maintenance That Runs the Fleet — Not the Other Way Around

Unplanned machinery failure remains the single largest driver of off-hire, detentions and insurance claims in commercial shipping. Volaxin's planned maintenance system (PMS) software replaces spreadsheets and disconnected tools with one living database of every component, job, counter, spare and record — the vessel's institutional memory across crew changes and years of service.

Because the PMS shares its dataset with inventory, procurement and crewing, completing an overhaul decrements stock and raises a requisition automatically — no re-keying, no silo reconciliation.

Core Capabilities

Equipment Hierarchy & Technical Library

A structured tree — vessel → system → equipment → component — carrying makers' data, drawings, manuals and certificates. Everything in the PMS hangs off this hierarchy.

Job Scheduling & Work Orders

Calendar and counter-based jobs with instructions, safety precautions, required spares and tools. Running-hour counters from noon reports drive the due list the chief engineer actually works from.

Critical Equipment (ISM 10.3)

Critical items flagged and locked to stricter workflows, with standby-arrangement testing and reliability measures evidenced for audit.

Class & Survey Integration

CMS items mapped to class survey codes with windows, postponements and credits tracked — survey exposure visible across the fleet at a glance.

Defect & Dry-Dock Management

Breakdown reporting with cause analysis feeding corrective actions, plus long-horizon dry-dock planning that aggregates postponed jobs and owner's work into a costed specification.

Offline Ship–Shore Synchronisation

The vessel database works fully offline and reconciles automatically over low-bandwidth VSAT or Starlink — no duplicated records, no lost counter readings.

What Good PMS Delivers

25–30%

Maintenance cost cut with condition/predictive layers

~70%

Fewer unplanned breakdowns on monitored equipment

10.3

ISM clause for critical-equipment reliability

Uptime & earnings — every avoided breakdown is avoided off-hire and claims exposure.
Vetting performance — SIRE 2.0 and RightShip both probe maintenance evidence; a clean PMS reads as management quality.
Insurance & asset value — documented critical-equipment maintenance supports H&M/P&I claims and resale value.
CII efficiency — hull, propeller and engine condition are top CII levers; the PMS is where that work is scheduled. See our CII rating guide.

See planned maintenance the way it should work — connected

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is PMS software on a ship?

A planned maintenance system that schedules, executes and documents maintenance by calendar, running hours or condition — keeping the vessel compliant with ISM paragraph 10 and class requirements.

Is Volaxin PMS class-approved?

Yes — it supports class-approved PMS schemes and continuous machinery survey (CMS) arrangements with survey-code mapping and credit tracking.

Does it work offline?

Yes — full offline operation on the vessel with automatic conflict-free sync to the office.

PMS vs CMMS — what's the difference?

A marine PMS is a CMMS built for ships: class integration, ISM 10.3 critical equipment, offline sync and PSC-ready reporting.