Lloyd’s Register (LR) is implementing a number of changes to Machinery Planned Maintenance and Condition Monitoring. These changes are intended to improve clarity, consistency and efficiency in the application of the associated descriptive notes, and to better align the scheme with current survey and data management practices. The updates include a revised ShipRight procedure, changes to survey coding and administration within LR systems, and the withdrawal of certain legacy documents and functions.
Applicability
This notice applies to shipowners, ship operators, ship managers and ship masters of vessels assigned, or considering a descriptive note associated with Lloyd’s Register’s ShipRight Procedure for Machinery Planned Maintenance and Condition Monitoring.
Key changes
ShipRight procedure
- The ShipRight Procedure for Machinery Planned Maintenance and Condition Monitoring has been fully revised and reissued.
- Relevant requirements previously contained in Guidance Notes and the ShipRight Annex have been consolidated into the revised ShipRight procedure.
Survey coding and scheme structure
- New MPMS-specific survey codes will be introduced, providing greater clarity and consistency in survey application:
- MPMS – Machinery Planned Maintenance Scheme, replacing the existing ES/CSM survey schedule for eligible vessels.
- MPMSA – MPMS Annual Survey, introduced as a periodical survey aligned with the Class Annual Survey., which replaces the actionable item and Certificate of Operation for an Approved Machinery Planned Maintenance and Condition Monitoring scheme.
Administrative and documentation changes
- The requirement for “I-credit” in LR systems will be removed and will not be required in the Client Portal.
- The machinery applicable for the MPMS() descriptive notes has been increased to cover approximately 95% of the class machinery list.
- Applicable machinery will no longer have an associated due date or status and therefore cannot go overdue.
- The “Certificate of Operation” and the associated Actionable Items will be withdrawn. Relevant information will now be recorded directly within the MPMS Annual Survey checklist.
What is not changing
The following fundamental elements remain unchanged:
- Approximately 20% of machinery items will continue to be surveyed each year.
- The survey will consist of a review of maintenance and condition records, followed by an external examination and test to corroborate the records. Scheme approval remains mandatory and chargeable, and will continue to be conducted by the MPMS Approval Team within the Global Digital Survey Centre (GDSC).
- Approval requests will be managed from the quotations team
- Machinery items not applicable for the scheme (i.e. pressure vessels and safety-critical equipment) will be surveyed in the same manner as under ES/CSM and will retain their due dates, statuses and survey tasks
Implementation timeline
- The revised ShipRight procedure has been published.
- System functionality will be available once the ship has the new survey schedules added. This shall commence in July 2026 and is expected to take 6-9 months.
- Existing MPMS vessels will be migrated to the updated scheme on a phased basis.
As a result, changes may not be reflected immediately for all vessels.
Guidance for clients
- No immediate action is required from clients at this stage.
- Existing MPMS approvals will continue to be processed and go directly onto the new survey schedules. Approved schemes will be migrated and displayed under the revised structure once implemented.
Source: Lloyd’s Register
