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LEANMARITIME

Maritime performance. Measurably better.

We help organizations recover schedules, increase productivity, and reduce costs.

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About

Operational excellence for an industry that cannot afford delay.

Lean Maritime is a management consultancy specialised in the maritime industry. We help cruise lines, shipyards, offshore and naval companies reduce delays, improve productivity and optimise cost structures.

Our approach is practical and results-driven. We work alongside your teams, from the operations floor to the boardroom. Every project delivers measurable results.

2010
Founded
Worldwide
Projects delivered
Maritime only
Focus
Cruise ships alongside at a cruise terminal on turnaround day
Turnaround - Cruise Terminal
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Services

What we do.

Seven disciplines that work in isolation or as an integrated transformation programme.

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Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement ON BOARD CONTINUOUS

Performance that holds after we leave.

Not every gap is a project. Fleet operations, turnaround, hotel and technical departments lose performance through hundreds of small frictions that no single initiative removes. We run structured improvement programmes with your own teams: measure the baseline, take out the friction, and leave behind the routines that hold the gains.

  • Baseline assessment with quantified improvement potential
  • Process optimisation on board and ashore
  • KPI systems and daily management routines
  • Crew and staff training in lean methods
  • Continuous improvement anchored in the line organisation
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Project Delay Analysis & Recovery TASK FORCE ROOT CAUSE

When the plan breaks, we bring it back.

Maritime mega-projects fail in predictable patterns. We diagnose the real root causes - engineering instability, coordination gaps, material delays - and build a recovery plan your teams can actually execute. Applicable to drydock slippages, newbuild delays and naval programmes.

  • Root cause analysis from project data, not from opinions
  • Critical path recovery planning
  • Schedule compression and re-sequencing
  • Risk-adjusted forecast modelling
  • Mitigation tracking that survives the steering committee
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Project Planning & Scheduling TAKT FLOW

Integrated schedules that hold up in execution.

We plan complex maritime projects from initial concept through execution - takt-based, cross-functional and tool-agnostic. Every schedule starts from how the work actually flows, not from what the software can draw.

  • Master schedule development (takt-based)
  • Level-3 integration across work packages
  • Cross-functional alignment between Design, Procurement and Production
  • Milestone definition and governance structure
  • Schedule baseline management with live variance
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Engineering & Production Process Optimisation MODULAR LINE BALANCING

Design packages reach production on time, complete, correct.

We optimise the internal processes of shipyards and large manufacturing organisations. The bottleneck is rarely the work itself - it's the handovers between engineering, procurement and production. We rebuild those interfaces.

  • Engineering-to-production handover protocols
  • Production flow and line balancing
  • Modularisation and platform strategy
  • Workshop and shop-floor optimisation
  • Make-or-buy analysis with total-cost view
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Supply Chain & Logistics LONG LEAD MATERIAL FLOW

The right material, in the right place, at the right time.

Maritime projects live and die on material flow. Long-lead items, supplier dependencies, warehouse complexity and cross-contractor coordination - we turn supply-chain chaos into a controllable system.

  • Material-to-schedule reconciliation
  • Long-lead-item tracking and mitigation
  • Supplier performance management
  • Warehouse and site logistics optimisation
  • Coordination and handoffs across contractors
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Program Management for Complex Portfolios GOVERNANCE FLEET LEVEL

Governance that scales from one project to ten.

Higher-level steering of drydock series, frigate programmes and multi-project environments. Where single-project management stops working, programme management begins - cross-project resources, fleet-level reporting, lessons learned that actually transfer.

  • Programme governance structure
  • Cross-project resource management
  • Fleet-level reporting across projects
  • Portfolio risk management
  • Lessons-learned integration across the programme
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Build, Data & IT SIGNATURE LIVE DATA

Custom applications and data infrastructure, built in days not months.

We build tailored dashboards, data integrations and reporting applications for our projects directly on site. Our approach differs from classical consulting: we don't just design, we implement. Typically a working system is live within days, not months.

  • Live dashboards and control towers for logistics, schedule and cost
  • Rapid application development for project-specific workflows
  • Data integration across multiple sources
  • On-site infrastructure
  • Custom reporting for leadership and operations
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Industries

Where we work.

Cruise ship aerial view at sea
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Cruise Operations

Fleet-wide operations, turnaround and onboard excellence.

Cruise ship in Blohm+Voss Dock Elbe 17, Hamburg
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Dry Dock

Maintenance, refit and conversion windows under time pressure.

Ship block being hoisted onto a lifting beam in the construction hall
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Shipbuilding

New-build programmes from concept and design through construction to commissioning.

Mistral-class amphibious assault ship with helicopters on deck
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Naval & Defence

Frigate programmes, combat systems integration, classified workflows.

Troll A offshore gas platform in the North Sea
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Offshore

Offshore installation, conversion and integration projects.

Ship technical systems maintenance
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Ship Management

Technical management, crewing and fleet-level operations.

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Client Results

What recent engagements delivered.

Figures are averages. Every project is measured against a baseline agreed before it starts.

+47%
Average productivity increase
12x
Average ROI on cost-improvement projects
-17%
Average cost structure reduction
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Award

Top Consultant Award.

Awarded on the basis of a structured client survey, not a marketing submission. Clients are asked about professionalism, results and the working relationship itself.

Top Consultant 2025 seal - awarded to Lean Group

Top Consultant 2025

Excellence in consulting, rated by clients.

Awarded to Lean Group by compamedia together with the Scientific Society for Management and Consulting. Lean Maritime is part of the Lean Group family.

Read the announcement

Trusted by

Delivering with leading cruise lines, yards and navies.

A selection of the organisations we have supported across cruise operations, shipbuilding, naval programmes and ship management.

Royal Caribbean
Celebrity Cruises
Silversea Cruises
Carnival
AIDA Cruises
Costa Cruises
Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
V.Ships
Meyer Werft
Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Neptun Werft
Haimen CMHI
IHC
Navantia
Naval Group
Hamburg Port Authority
CNM
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Career

Join us.

We are always looking for experienced consultants with a background in cruise operations, shipbuilding, engineering or operations management. If you want to work on some of the most complex industrial projects in the world, get in touch.

ShipbuildingProject ManagementEngineeringSupply ChainBuild - Data - IT
Apply now

info@lean-maritime.com

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Contact

Get in touch.

Tell us about your project. We respond within one business day.

Germany

HQ

Hamburg

Alter Wall 32
20457 Hamburg

France

Paris

c/o Lean Group, Tour Gan, 16 Pl. de l'Iris
92400 Courbevoie

United States

Miami

1688 Meridian Ave, Suite 600 and 700
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Norway

Stavanger

Kongsgata 42
4005 Stavanger