Offshore Riding Squad
Multi-skilled crews that clear the backlog
- Multi-skilled: blasters, painters, fitters and welders
- Squads from 4 to 20, deployed for weeks or months
- Full certification, medicals and travel documentation handled
Get a quote
Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. Scoped reply, usually the same working day.
Deferred maintenance compounds. Every voyage the ship's crew cannot get to the deck backlog, the list gets longer and the steel gets worse, until what was a painting job becomes a steel renewal job.
A riding squad breaks that cycle. We put a multi-skilled team on board for a defined period to work solely on the maintenance backlog — descaling, surface preparation, painting, minor fabrication and general upkeep — while the ship's crew continues to run the ship.
What you get
- Multi-skilled: blasters, painters, fitters and welders
- Squads from 4 to 20, deployed for weeks or months
- Full certification, medicals and travel documentation handled
- Works under the vessel's or asset's safety management system
- Documented progress reporting to your technical department
Scope of work
What is included as standard. Anything outside this is quoted separately and flagged before mobilisation, never added afterwards.
- 01
Surface preparation
Descaling, needle gunning, grinding and hydroblasting across decks, structures, tanks and superstructure.
- 02
Coating application
Priming and topcoat application to the paint maker's specification, with conditions recorded during application.
- 03
Minor fabrication and repair
Steel renewal, bracket and foundation work, pipe repairs and structural reinstatement by certified welders.
- 04
General maintenance
Hatch cover maintenance, valve and pipework upkeep, and other deferred items on the vessel's work list.
- 05
Progress reporting
Daily and weekly reporting with photographs so your superintendent can track the backlog burning down in real time.
How we deliver it
- 01
Work list and scoping
The maintenance backlog is reviewed and prioritised into a realistic programme for the squad size and duration.
- 02
Crew documentation
Certification, medicals, visas and flag-state approvals are prepared ahead of the join port or mobilisation window.
- 03
Deployment
Squad joins, completes familiarisation, and works under the vessel's or asset's permit-to-work system.
- 04
Handover
Completed work is inspected and signed off with a photographic close-out report.
Frequently asked
How long can a riding squad stay on board?
Anything from a two-week campaign to a rotation running several months. Duration is set by the work list and by crew rotation and rest-hour rules, which we plan for rather than discover halfway through.
We always ready to serve you.
Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.