Comprehensive Support for Servicing Ports

From the moment your ship arrives, we handle all aspects of servicing ports, including safe docking, cargo management, customs clearance, and paperwork. Our team coordinates closely with port authorities to ensure everything runs smoothly, minimizing delays and keeping your operations on schedule. With us, your ships can service ports efficiently and with ease.

We connect you to a wide range of suppliers, covering essentials like food and beverages, fuel, maintenance, repairs, and safety equipment. Serving major ports such as the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Singapore, the Port of Rotterdam, the Port of Hong Kong, and the Port of Dubai, we ensure your fleet is fully supported. Let us take care of your port servicing needs, so you can stay focused on your business!

What is lay-up management?

In times of extreme unfavourable market conditions for some segments of the shipping industry, it is the best economic option for ship owners to lay-up their assets.

There are two different ways to lay-up vessels: respectively, cold and hot lay-ups. Whilst both lay-up options preserve the operational capability and the safety of the vessel, the cold lay-up will preserve the machinery and the instruments for a longer period, typically more than 6 months, and hence demands a longer time for reactivation, typically 7 to 14 days. The hot lay-up preserves the machinery and instruments by keeping them switched on frequently and demands a shorter period of inactivity with the vessel being anchored in a safe place and kept in a fully operational state.

Irish has been providing ship management and crewing services to all vessel types in the container sector. We understand that the key challenges are to optimise performance, operate on budget, diminish off-hire, comply with all environmental policies, retain high quality crew and maintain exemplary PSC performances.

Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. This is reflected in the consistently strong safety performance of our managed fleet of container vessels, which continues to improve year on year. Our track record and reputation for safety and compliance is important to our seafarers, shore staff and customers alike, and has allowed us to maintain excellent relationships with major charterers, including a strong relationship with Blue Net Chartering. With high on time in port record, we also ensure that vessels under management stay on course to avoid costly delays.

Our ship management platform will support with the smart interpretation of data to maximise the operations efficiency of your fleet, and help realise your vessel’s opportunities for a measurable impact. By processing crucial real time data from every area of your container vessels’ operations, our platform improves your decision-making process to optimise performance and drive profitability – such as reporting on fuel consumption to trading and hull performance, as well as early marine growth detection cleaning.

Our crew recruitment division specialises in attracting, recruiting, training, deploying and managing seafarer talent globally. With our current network of crew, the largest independent crew network in the industry, we can support any crewing requirements for your container’ operations. With our global reach, we can respond quickly to the need of our seafarers, customers and the vessels we manage. Consistency is key in vessel operations, and we are fully committed to retaining and investing in our people.

With an exceptional safety record, our expert teams consistently supply management and vital support services for your vessels and crew in the container sector. Your vessel, our responsibility.

Combining high value with controlled costs

Using our expertise and experience, we can support customers throughout contractual negotiations to lower costs.

Technical experience combined with commercial awareness

Through our strong relationships with shipyards, we can ensure that you get the best deal for your new build.

A responsible partner you can rely on

We will complete your new build to high standards without cutting corners.

Seamless process from start to finish

From initial scope and design, to engineering and build, to completion, preparation for service and management of the vessel, you will experience a smooth customer journey with one partner.

Access to a wide range of services through Irish

No other supervision partner can provide the level of consultancy that we can during new build phase. We can advise on condition monitoring, navigation and communication (inc. airtime), repairs, inspections and subsea operations.

Local knowledge within a flexible, global network

Through our Singapore office, we have a long tradition with new build supervisions in China, where we rely heavily on local resources. Where necessary, we incorporate expertise from our global network into the project team, in line with client requirements.

For large and small businesses alike, minimising operational expenses can help achieve a healthier profit margin as well as assist in keeping pace with competitors. As an independent contracting organisation, the Ship Supply Chain looks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all the services we offer to our clients, as well as your own. As we continue to maximise our purchasing power, Irishis able to proactively lower the cost of services and provide your business with a more cost-effective strategy.

The Irish supply chain involves the thorough planning, management and overseeing of all activities involved with the sourcing, procurement and logistics across our group. It also includes overseeing one of the most crucial components of our services – the coordination and collaboration between our suppliers and clients.

The maritime supply chain is a crucial component in the global economy and world trade, yet securing the most cost-effective price on your products and services isn’t always an easy task. However, with the global buying power of Irish, you’ll be able to cut your overhead costs, cement operational continuity and operate a more efficient service that maximises profitability and productivity.

At Irish, our strategy aims to add value throughout supply chains by removing unnecessary costs, removing bottlenecks and focusing on increasing revenue. To make this happen, we work tirelessly to ensure our systems are responsive to the ever-evolving requirements and needs of our clientele. We also measure key performance indicators, relying on real-time data to make data-driven, forward-thinking decisions that shape the present and future strategies of our industry. By doing so, the team at Irish can ensure the continuous improvement of the products and services that shape and determine the success of global supply chains.