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Offshore vessel drydock planning software is a digital platform for managing the complete drydocking lifecycle of offshore support vessels — from the preliminary work list assembled in the months before the drydocking, through yard tendering and contract negotiation, to work order management during the docking period and documentation of survey items completed. It is connected to the vessel’s CMMS maintenance history and class survey record, so that the drydock specification is built from live operational data rather than from memory and paper files.
Drydocking an OSV is a complex, high-cost event with commercial consequences that go beyond the direct cost of the work performed. An offshore support vessel in drydock is generating zero revenue while accumulating daily yard charges, crew costs and overhead. Every additional day in the yard above the planned docking duration has a direct financial cost and, if the vessel is committed to an offshore contract, potential liability for delayed mobilisation. Managing the drydocking tightly — with a complete, accurate specification, a realistic schedule, controlled budget management and no scope surprises after the vessel enters the yard — requires dedicated drydock planning software, not a spreadsheet and an email chain.
The scope of an OSV drydocking typically includes hull cleaning and coating, propulsion system overhauls (thrusters, shaft seals, stern gear), anchor handling or towing equipment overhauls, DP-related system inspections and certifications, lifting appliance inspections, safety equipment surveys, structural inspections and steel renewals as required, and all outstanding class survey items. For specialist vessels — construction support ships, pipe-layers, heavy-lift vessels — the drydock scope may also include overhauls of subsea deployment equipment, moonpool closure systems and specialised deck machinery.
Building the drydock specification from the vessel’s CMMS work order history is significantly more reliable than assembling it from a walkthrough and superintendent memory. Outstanding corrective work orders, deferred maintenance items, class conditions of survey and observations from previous drydockings all have a place in the drydock specification — and a CMMS-connected drydock planning system extracts this data automatically rather than requiring manual cross-referencing of multiple sources.
OSVs require yards with the capability to handle specialised offshore equipment — not all commercial dry docks have the lifting capacity, workshop capability or experience to work on azimuth thrusters, anchor handling winches or subsea deployment systems. The tendering process for an OSV drydocking must consider yard capability alongside price and schedule. Drydock planning software that maintains a structured, itemised specification allows the operator to send the same document to multiple yards and compare responses on a like-for-like basis — identifying the yards that are genuinely capable of the required work scope at the best price.
Scope growth during OSV drydockings is common: hull thickness measurements reveal more steel renewal than anticipated, thruster inspections uncover wear beyond maker limits, or additional survey items are identified once the vessel is in dock. Budget control software that tracks committed costs against approved budget in real time — as additional work orders are raised and priced — gives the Technical Superintendent the information needed to make approval decisions with full budget visibility rather than discovering overruns after the fact.
STAR Suite™ provides OSV operators with a drydock planning module connected to the vessel’s CMMS and class survey record, with yard tendering support, real-time budget tracking and post-drydock documentation archiving built into the same platform used for day-to-day fleet management.
Offshore CMMS software — the maintenance system from which drydock work orders and deficiency records are drawn.
Offshore support vessel EAM — the EAM platform within which drydock cost data feeds into lifecycle cost analytics.
OSV fleet management software — the fleet management platform within which drydock planning and scheduling sits.