# Ship Planned Maintenance System (PMS) Software | Faromo

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Ship PMS software for calendar and running-hour maintenance, equipment trees, work orders, postponements, spares and audit evidence.

Modified: 2026-08-16

Reviewed: 2026-08-16

Register equipment, set maintenance intervals and track work orders. Parts used and maintenance results stay in the equipment history.

Maintenance onboard is more than a date. Some jobs follow the calendar, others running hours, and many whichever threshold comes first. Keeping plans, work orders and equipment history apart increases delay and audit risk.

Faromo links every maintenance task to the relevant equipment, interval, instruction, spare part and owner. Completion updates equipment history, while postponement reasons and approvals remain traceable.

## Equipment hierarchy

Structure systems, equipment and sub-equipment around the vessel’s real technical layout.

## Flexible maintenance intervals

Define calendar, running-hour or whichever-comes-first rules for each task.

## Work-order management

Keep instructions, owner, planned date, readings and completion notes in one work order.

## Postponement control

Record postponement reason, revised date and authorized approval in an auditable way.

## Spare-part linkage

Link required and consumed spares to inventory and procurement workflows.

## Maintenance history

View scheduled and corrective maintenance history with files and readings for each asset.

## Workflow

1. Attach the job to the equipment: An overhaul every 8 000 running hours for the exhaust valve on main engine cylinder 3 — instruction, required spare and owner defined on the same task.
2. Two counters run together: The running-hour counter approaches 8 000 while the calendar rule is watched alongside it. Whichever falls first opens the job; you never track the two separately.
3. The crew closes it onboard: The chief engineer records the reading, the spare consumed and a photo on the work order. With no connection the entry waits on the device and reaches the office unchanged once there is one.
4. The next due point sets itself: Closure writes to the equipment history and the next 8 000 hours count from there. If the job was postponed, the reason and the approval stay on the same chain.

## How does the PMS calculate maintenance due dates?

A task can use calendar, running hours or both. When both apply, the first threshold reached creates the due event.

## Where do running hours come from?

Counter readings can be entered onboard and linked from operations and noon reporting to the relevant equipment.

## Can maintenance be postponed?

Authorized users can postpone with a reason, revised date and approval. The original due date and decision remain in history.

## Does the PMS work offline?

Onboard teams can view tasks and record results without connectivity; records sync in a controlled way when the link returns.

## Sources

- [Resolution A.741(18) adopting the ISM Code](https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/AssemblyDocuments/A.741%2818%29.pdf)
- [International Safety Management (ISM) Code](https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/humanelement/pages/ismcode.aspx)
- [International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)](https://www.imo.org/en/about/conventions/pages/international-convention-for-the-safety-of-life-at-sea-(solas),-1974.aspx)