FACTORS DETERMINING PMS
- The plan must be carefully thought out, well controlled, and an efficient recording system must be kept up to date.
- Provisions should be made for spare part replacements due to wear and tear maintenance. There should also be a method for ordering spares as soon as replacement items are used.
- The plan should include the availability of appropriate equipment for breakdown maintenance due to unforeseen circumstances.
- Manufactures advice should be complied with and all manufactures maintenance logs should be completed.
- Dry-docking and repair period should be integrated with the plan.
- The plan should be constructed so that the appropriate equipment is bought up to optimum condition for statutory and classifications surveys.
- The maintenance of safety equipment and emergency team training should be integrated with the overall maintenance plan.
- The length of voyages, routes and trades that the vessel is involved in must be considered.
- The plan must be flexible so that changes of orders or cargoes do not upset it unduly
- The plan must be adaptable to various weather conditions.
- SHORT TERM MAINTENANCE WEEKLY INSPECTION AND GREASING (WHEN POSSIBLE) AS PER PMS
- Oil baths, if any, in winches and windlasses
- Wheels on steel hatch covers
- Door hinges on mast houses
- Ventilation system flaps and ventilators
- Cleats on external weathertight doors
- Anchor securing arrangements
- Booby hatches to cargo holds
- Sounding and air pipes
- Fairleads, rollers
- Derrick heels
- Winches and windlasses
Fortnightly inspection and greasing as per PMS
