Rotational Planning - the Offshore Crew Management System That Thinks in Rotations

Classic maritime crewing plans one contract at a time. Offshore fleets - tugs, OSVs, wind-farm support vessels, DP vessels - don't work that way: crews rotate back-to-back on a fixed schedule, and when one person's rotation ends, the whole relief team changes together. Rotational Planning is the offshore crew management system built for exactly that pattern, inside the same E-CMS platform you already use for compliance, payroll and crew changes.

One Board, Every Rotation - Past, Present and Planned

See the whole story for every vessel on a single visual rotation board: who's on board now, when each rotation ends, and who's lined up to relieve them - past, present and planned rotations on one timeline. Document compliance, crew readiness confirmations and contract status sit right on the same board, so a planner can see at a glance which crew changes are ready to execute and which still need attention.

Plan the Whole Crew Around One Date

Offshore crew changes move around a single crew change date, not a scatter of individual sign-off dates. Move that date and the entire plan for the vessel follows automatically, with instant visual feedback - no re-planning each crew member's rotation by hand.

Let the System Propose the Relief Crew

One click proposes the off-signing crew from the last rotation as the next relief team - the back-to-back pattern offshore fleets run on - while any individual can still be swapped in or out by drag and drop when the standard pattern doesn't apply.

Rotations Measured in Weeks, Not Months

Rotation periods are set in weeks, at both fleet and per-vessel level, because that's how offshore crewing actually plans - not in the month-long blocks of classic maritime contracts. It's a small detail that makes the planning board match the way your crewing managers already think.

Batch Contracts, Batch Approval - Nothing Changes Silently

Generate employment contracts for the entire relief crew in one pass, using company wage scales and each vessel's collective agreements, with batch approval that keeps full office control. When a rotation date changes, Rotational Planning handles the paperwork automatically - contract extensions or early relief letters for the crew still on board, re-issued agreements for the relief crew - always with an explicit confirmation step before anything is sent. Nothing changes silently.

How Rotational Planning Fits Your Workflow

Rotational Planning isn't a separate system bolted onto E-CMS - it's a view on the same pipeline your team already runs: agency and seafarer confirmation, office approval, crew change execution, and payroll. Rotation boards work alongside Crew Planning and Crew Certification Tracking, so document compliance and contract status stay visible in the same place you plan the rotation itself. For a closer look at how offshore crewing differs from classic maritime contracts - and what that means for the software behind it - read Maritime vs Offshore Crew Management: Same Sea, Different Game.