Inspection, repair and assistance in the event of emergencies. We pop up wherever vessels operate, ready anytime, anywhere.

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Why W. SMIT is your
shipping partner

Shipping projects require speed, precision and minimal downtime. With our own divers, ROVs and workboats, we can respond flexibly and immediately to both planned and ad hoc operations. Our teams work in accordance with strict safety standards, ensuring that vessel operations can continue.

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How do we approach it?

Insight into vessel operations

Experience with inland shipping, seagoing vessels, dock planning and international regulations.

Own equipment and skilled professionals

From ROVs and diving equipment
to crane vessels and workboats.

Safe and certified

IMCA and ISO certified, with experience working for shipowners, shipyards and port authorities.

Our services
for shipping

W. SMIT provides specialist solutions that safeguard the operational continuity of vessels. From inspection to intervention, we ensure downtime is kept to a minimum.

Underwater
inspections

(Class) Inspections of the vessel's underwater hull, propeller and rudder inspections, and collision damage assessments. Where required, these are supported by thorough reporting and visual documentation.

Maintenance
and repair

Cleaning, polishing and replacing propellers, temporary sealing of inlets and outlets, removing obstructions from propellers, cleaning box coolers and sea chests, and replacing echo sounders and speed logs.

Lifting operations
and support

Exchanging and connecting anchors and chains, transporting equipment and tools for repair companies, installing radar domes and carrying out various lifting operations.

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