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PMS database services for

ShipManager.

Database building, data entry, audits and migration, from the equipment makers' own manuals and delivered in the ShipManager import format.

Talk to our PMS teamWhat we deliver
Developer
DNV (maritime software)
Owner history
Marketed as DNV GL ShipManager after the 2013 DNV and GL merger; DNV again since the 2021 rename
PMS module
ShipManager Technical
Type approval
The planned maintenance system is type approved by DNV

Overview

ShipManager is DNV's fleet management software suite. Its Technical module is the planned maintenance system, connected to modules for procurement, QHSE, crewing, hull integrity, dry-dock projects and analytics.

Deployment
Installed on board and ashore; hosted by DNV or on the owner's own servers
Reported reach
More than 7,000 vessels and 300 customers use ShipManager and Navigator (combined vendor figure)

Origin and history

How ShipManager got here.

ShipManager comes from DNV, the Norwegian classification society. After DNV merged with Germanischer Lloyd in 2013 the software was sold as DNV GL ShipManager, and since the company renamed itself DNV in March 2021 it has been DNV ShipManager.

The suite is modular. Owners can run the Technical planned maintenance system alone or with procurement, QHSE, crewing, hull, project and analytics modules, which share one ship-shore interface. Published users include Maersk Line, Ahrenkiel Steamship and Reederei F. Laeisz.

Features

What ShipManager does.

Suite modules

  • Technical (planned maintenance)
  • Procurement
  • QHSE
  • Crewing
  • Hull integrity and inspections
  • Projects and dry-dock
  • Analyzer for business intelligence and KPIs

ShipManager Technical

  • Counter-based, calendar-based and condition-based task scheduling
  • Planned and unplanned tasks, with defect management
  • Spare parts stock updated automatically when maintenance uses parts
  • Jobs and components classed as class-relevant, safety-relevant, by criticality or by origin
  • A lifecycle record per equipment item, kept when equipment is swapped
  • Central task lists shared by engineers on board and staff ashore
  • Links to the IHM module, Analyzer and DNV Machinery Maintenance Connect for fleet-wide survey audits
  • Available for vessels of any class society

What we deliver

Your ShipManager data, built from the source.

Equipment hierarchy, maintenance jobs, intervals and spare parts prepared for import into ShipManager Technical, audits of existing ShipManager maintenance data, and migration to or from ShipManager.

  1. 01

    Content taken from the makers' manuals, with the source cited in each job.

  2. 02

    One equipment hierarchy and job standard across your fleet, whatever the software.

  3. 03

    A check of every job against its source before delivery.

  4. 04

    Nothing invented to fill gaps: missing documentation is reported, not guessed.

See also PMS database building, PMS health checks and PMS data migration.

FAQ

Questions about ShipManager work.

Are you a reseller or partner of ShipManager?

No. Norsetech Group is an independent service provider. We do not sell ShipManager; we build, audit and migrate the data that goes into it, in the format ShipManager imports.

Do you need a login to our ShipManager system?

No. We work from exports and from the ShipManager import template, so your live system is not touched.

What do you need from us to start?

The maker instruction manuals and parts lists for the vessel's equipment, the equipment list, and your ShipManager import template or an export of your current data. Where manuals are missing we tell you which equipment is affected rather than filling the gap with generic jobs.

Can you move our data from another PMS into ShipManager, or out of it?

Yes. We extract and clean the data from the current system, map it to the new platform's structure and deliver it in the new platform's import format, with the history carried across.

Working in ShipManager?

Send us the equipment list and your ShipManager import template. We reply with a scope for the work.

Talk to our PMS team

Other PMS software we work with

AMOSABS NSEShipNetDanaosBASSnetsmartPALCFMSERTICABenefitMESPASStar IPSMARAD

Sources

  1. DNV: ShipManager fleet management software (opens in a new tab)
  2. DNV: ShipManager Technical (opens in a new tab)
  3. DNV: ShipManager modules (opens in a new tab)
  4. Wikipedia: DNV (opens in a new tab)
  5. Maritime Executive: DNV GL changes name to DNV (opens in a new tab)
  6. DNV: Maersk Line switches to ShipManager (opens in a new tab)
  7. Worldports: Maridive invests in fleet management software (opens in a new tab)

Disclaimer

ShipManager is a trademark of its owner, used on this page only to identify the software. Norsetech Group is an independent service provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or a partner of the maker of ShipManager, and we do not sell, license or support the software itself.

The description of ShipManager on this page is a summary for general reference, compiled from the public sources listed above and checked on 3 November 2026. Products, features, ownership and names change, so it may be incomplete or out of date, and it is not a statement by the software maker. For the current and authoritative description, contact the maker. Nothing here is a warranty or a recommendation of any software.

If anything on this page is inaccurate, write to sales@norsetechgroup.com and we will correct it.