Analysis of factors affecting the ship\u27s maintenance service

Održavanje broda je jedan od čimbenika koji bitno utječu na konkurentnost brodara na tržištu brodskog prostora. Stoga svako brodarsko društvo teži smanjivanju troškova održavanja na najnižu prihvatljivu razinu. U tom smislu, najnižom prihvatljivom razinom troškova valja smatrati najmanju sumu troškova zahvata, troškova službe održavanja i troškova zastoja koja jamči uspostavljanje i održavanje propisanih uvjeta tehničke sigurnost te sigurnosti plovidbe. Dodatno, u radu su razmotreni i utjecaji dvaju bitnih čimbenika – vrste djelatnosti (područje poslovanja) te starosna dob broda, s obzirom da oni u najvećoj mjeri određuju prihvatljivost određenog načina održavanja.Ship\u27s maintenance is considered as one of the factors that have a vital influence on the competitiveness of shipowners on the shipping market. Therefore, every shipping company aims at reducing maintenance costs to the lowest acceptable level, which, in this sense, represents the lowest total amount of the maintenance costs, comprising the maintenance service costs and the stoppage costs that guarantee the restoring and keeping up of the prescribed technical safety regulations as well as those related to the safety of navigation. In addition, the paper aims at analyzing the influence of two very important factors – the type of activities (operation area) and the ship\u27s age, since they determine, in large part, the adequacy of a particular type of maintenance required