Design the system
Governance, responsibilities, document hierarchy and regulatory basis defined around the company’s actual operating model.
Management Systems · Vessel Design · DP Assurance · Project Delivery
Offshore projects.
Operationally grounded.
Complete management systems, complex vessel and conversion development, specialist DP documentation, operational assurance and project leadership for offshore shipping companies and marine operations.
Based inDubai, UAE
Working acrossAtlantic margin & global markets
Led by35+ years offshore experience
What Fastnet brings
Senior offshore judgement at the point where technical, operational and commercial decisions meet.
Fastnet develops the vessels, systems, documentation and execution controls that allow offshore shipping companies and projects to operate safely, demonstrate compliance and perform under scrutiny.
Our track record includes building an entire company management system from the ground up and supporting its implementation through to the external audit process and achievement of a full Document of Compliance. Every deliverable is shaped by command, OIM and senior management experience, not generic consultancy theory.
Flagship capability
From a blank page to a functioning, audit-ready shipping company SMS.
Fastnet can develop the entire ISM documentation suite for the shore organisation and managed vessels, then remain engaged through implementation, verification and the Document of Compliance process.
Discuss your management systemBuild the full suite
Shore and shipboard manuals, procedures, plans, forms, registers and controls written as one coherent management system.
Implement ashore and afloat
Controlled rollout, familiarisation, evidence building, internal verification and corrective-action support across the organisation.
Prepare for DOC audit
Readiness review and practical support through the external audit process leading to issuance of the company’s full Document of Compliance.
Core expertise
A complete offshore assurance and project capability.
From company-level governance to a single vessel, tender, audit or operational problem.
ISM Management Systems & DOC Readiness
Complete shore and shipboard management systems, from governance manuals and operational procedures to registers, forms, implementation and audit readiness for the Document of Compliance process.
Complete SMS suitesShore & shipboardDOC readiness
SMS Review & Regulatory Alignment
Independent review, gap analysis and rationalisation of existing safety management systems, with controlled updates against current statutory, flag, class and industry requirements.
Gap analysisRegulatory updateCorrective action
DP & Complex Operations Documentation
Custom DP manuals, execution plans, ASOG and CAM logic, bridging documents and operating procedures for complex vessels, mission profiles and client interfaces.
DP documentationASOG & CAMComplex operations
Vessel Design & Conversion Development
Development of complex offshore vessel concepts and full conversion programmes, with particular experience in large DP3 units. Scope extends from operational requirements and basis of design through naval-architecture coordination and execution planning.
DP3 unitsBasis of designConversion development
Project Documentation & Implementation
Complete suites of project plans, procedures, registers and controls, followed through into mobilisation, rollout and effective implementation ashore and offshore.
Document suitesMobilisationImplementation
Vessel Feasibility & Tender Suitability
Technical and operational feasibility studies that determine whether a vessel can credibly satisfy a proposed tender, contract, mission profile or upgrade requirement.
Vessel assessmentTender complianceGap definition
Offshore Project Management & Recovery
Project leadership from planning through delivery, including decisive intervention when a project is failing, recovery planning and operational performance optimisation.
Project recoveryDelivery assuranceOptimisation
SIMOPS Planning & Risk Management
Professional SIMOPS strategies, interface plans and risk assessments that bring simultaneous offshore activities under one practical and controlled operating framework.
SIMOPS planningRisk assessmentInterface control
Investment & Acquisition Advisory
Decision-grade acquisition packages covering investor documentation, asset screening, due diligence, gated decision processes, transaction roadmaps and implementation planning.
Investor materialsDue diligenceGated roadmaps
Audits, Inspections & Representation
ISM, ISPS, MLC and ISO management-system audits, IMCA CMID inspections, client and owner representation, and independent oversight of critical assurance activities.
Marine auditsIMCA CMIDClient representation
Specialist training
Navigation resilience during GNSS disruption and spoofing.
Practical training for bridge teams and vessel operators on recognising GNSS interference, validating the navigational picture, managing degraded positioning and continuing safe operations when satellite information can no longer be trusted.
Arrange a training programmeVessel design, conversion & project development
From operational requirement to controlled execution.
Fastnet develops complex offshore vessel and conversion projects, with particular experience in large DP3 units. Working with established naval architecture houses, we translate the operating requirement into a robust basis of design and coordinate the technical, operational and project inputs needed to move the concept towards execution.
Our capability also covers complex mobilisation engineering and loadout planning, complete project documentation suites and implementation support. For acquisitions, we integrate the investor case, asset strategy, due diligence, decision gates and execution roadmap into one controlled process.
MandateEvidenceDecisionControlsExecution
Bring us an opportunity Acquisition frameworkDecision-grade at every gate
Investor case
Set out the opportunity, market logic, operating model and investment proposition.
Asset strategy
Screen candidates, define suitability and establish the technical and commercial basis.
Due diligence
Coordinate the evidence, workstreams, findings and conditions required for a sound decision.
Gated roadmap
Map approvals, funding, acquisition and implementation through defined decision gates.
OutcomeA comprehensive acquisition package ready for scrutiny, capital and execution.
Independent assurance & representation
Experienced oversight where evidence and operational judgement matter.
ISM, ISPS, MLC and ISO management-system audits conducted offshore and onshore, with clear findings and practical corrective-action support.
IMCA CMID inspections and structured vessel assurance undertaken with an operator’s understanding of offshore risk and readiness.
Independent client or owner representation for offshore operations, projects, DP FMEA proving and annual trials, and FMECA reviews of mission-critical equipment.
How we work
Direct, disciplined and built around the decision.
Define what must be true
We begin with the operational outcome, the decision required and the evidence needed to support it.
Test the asset and execution route
Technical ambition is checked against vessel capability, tender requirements, regulation, market reality, cost and delivery risk.
Implement, verify and recover
We remain involved when required: rolling out the documentation, verifying performance or intervening to bring a failing project back under control.
Geographic focus
Deepwater markets where offshore execution matters.
01Guyana02Suriname03Brazil04Gulf of Mexico05Trinidad06West Africa07Middle East
Leadership
John Anthony (Tony) O’Dwyer
Managing Director · Former Master & OIM
“Our job is to make complex offshore work understandable, executable and defensible.”
Tony brings more than 35 years of offshore experience spanning complex DP operations, accommodation and construction vessels, flotels, gangway operations and senior onshore leadership. Fastnet combines that operational perspective with disciplined project and commercial development.
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