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LEANMARITIME

Est. 2010 · Worldwide

Your business. Faster. Leaner. More profitable.

Management consulting for the maritime industry.

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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 shipyards, cruise lines, 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
Meyer Werft shipyard hall interior
Meyer Werft · Papenburg
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Services

What we do.

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

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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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Execution Control & Reporting REAL TIME CONTROL TOWER

Live visibility for the people who have to decide.

Ongoing steering during project execution. Cost, schedule, quality and risk integrated into a single picture, with reporting that reaches leadership fast enough to actually act. No monthly PDFs, no hidden variance.

  • Cost control and variance analysis
  • Progress control (takt-based)
  • Logistics control tower with live dashboards
  • Risk monitoring and mitigation tracking
  • Executive reporting tied to decisions, not meetings
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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.

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

New-build programmes from concept to sea trials.

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

Maintenance, refit and conversion windows under time pressure.

Cruise ship aerial view at sea
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Cruise Operations

Fleet-wide operations, turnaround and onboard excellence.

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

Numbers, not slogans.

Averaged across recent engagements. Every project is measured against a pre-agreed baseline.

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

Top Consultant Award.

A selection of client feedback — anonymised at clients’ request. The same voices that earned Lean Group the Top Consultant 2025 seal.

Lean Maritime recovered a build that was 14 months behind. Six months later we were hitting our milestones again. Their recovery plan was blunt, practical and actually implementable — not the usual slideware.
Programme Director European shipyard
The difference is that they are in the yard, not in a conference room. Our block assembly was redesigned with the people doing the work, not for them.
Production Manager Dry dock operator
Turnaround time down 22%. Guest satisfaction up. In eight weeks.
VP Operations International cruise line
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 yards, navies and cruise lines.

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

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

Join us.

We are always looking for experienced consultants with a background in 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