Asset and records
Review title, class, flag, certificates, survey history, maintenance records, dry-dock reports, drawings, manuals, spares, incident history, and undocumented modifications.
Guide / Acquisition checklist
Maritime Due Diligence Checklist for Vessel and Shipyard Acquisitions
A useful maritime due diligence checklist is not a box-ticking exercise. It is a way to keep technical facts, commercial exposure, legal conditions, and first actions connected.
Systems and operating condition
Inspect hull, machinery, electrical distribution, propulsion, batteries where relevant, safety systems, navigation, communications, tanks, coatings, corrosion, water ingress, and hotel loads.
Commercial and restart implications
Map customer commitments, supplier dependencies, warranty claims, crew knowledge, facility constraints, WIP status, funding gaps, and the sequence required after signing or closing.
Typical questions
Questions the review is designed to answer.
- 01Which findings are normal ownership work and which are deal issues?
- 02What evidence is missing?
- 03What must be in the acquisition agreement before completion?