MARINAS
CMMS Software for Marinas & Boatyards
Salt water is patient and everything here is exposed to it.
Lifts, docks, fuel systems, and pump-out equipment maintained on a schedule that respects the season and the corrosion.
- Lift inspections
- Seasonal haul-out
- Fuel system records
WHAT CHANGES
What a CMMS changes at a marina
A small team, exposed equipment, and a season that decides everything. These are the four things marina operators tell us they are trying to fix.
Travel lift and hoist inspections are paper certificates in a folder.
Inspections are scheduled work with photos and load records attached, retrievable when an insurer asks.
Dock hardware, pedestals, and lighting degrade quietly until something fails or someone trips.
Recurring dock rounds cover cleats, decking, pedestals, and lighting, producing a dated liability record.
Fuel dock and pump-out equipment carry environmental obligations tracked in a spreadsheet.
Testing, inspection, and spill equipment checks run as scheduled work with the evidence attached.
Haul-out season arrives and the yard equipment has not been serviced.
Off-season overhauls are planned with parts ordered against them, not remembered in week one.
RESULTS
Results from facilities and grounds operators
Measured across UpKeep customers in an independent Forrester study.
90%
Reduction in technician time spent filing work orders and finding asset information
KEY WORKFLOWS
Maintenance workflows across a marina
Lifts, docks, and fuel are three different risk profiles on one site. These are the hand-offs.
A dock round finds a problem
- Facilities Decking, cleats, pedestals, and lighting on a recurring round by dock.
- CMMS Repairs are logged against the specific dock and slip, not "B dock".
- Safety Trip and electrical hazards carry a dated, photographed record.
Season ends
- CMMS Winterisation and overhaul work is scheduled while the yard is quiet.
- Parts & Inventory Parts are ordered against the jobs rather than bought twice.
- Analytics Cost per asset over the season supports the replacement case.
NOVA
Build the season report you keep rebuilding
Nova is UpKeep's AI assistant, and it builds apps. Describe the round or report you need and Nova builds it against your own asset data.
See how Nova works- Which dock had the most repairs this season?
- Show me overdue inspections on lifting equipment.
- Build a winterisation checklist for yard equipment.
PRODUCTS
Marina maintenance software features
These are apps, not an edition. Most marinas start with the CMMS, Forms, and Safety.
Maintenance CMMS Work orders, preventive maintenance, asset history, and parts. The system of record everything else hangs off.
Explore CMMS →
EHS Safety Incident capture from the floor by phone or voice, with OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 recordkeeping.
Explore Safety →
Training Learn Procedures, courses, and certifications tied to the people who do the work.
Explore Learn → Preventive Maintenance PM schedules that trigger on dates, meter readings, or hours run, so work happens before the failure. Explore → Facilities Space, occupancy, and building systems for teams that maintain property rather than production. Explore → Asset Management Every asset with its history, cost, documents, and hierarchy, from the site down to the component. Explore → Parts & Inventory Spare parts, stock levels, and reorder points, consumed against the work order that used them. Explore → Analytics & Reporting Dashboards and reports on maintenance performance, without exporting to a spreadsheet. Explore → Nova The AI assistant that answers questions about your data and builds custom apps from a description. Explore →
CUSTOMER STORIES
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One operator runs maintenance across every restaurant he owns from a phone.
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Moved campus crews off paper and onto digital preventive maintenance and work orders.
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Standardized maintenance across one of the largest custom restorative labs in the world.
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Moved from 60% reactive work to 20% by putting every asset on a recurring PM schedule.
Industrial manufacturer
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Shifted work from reactive to preventive and brought maintenance costs down with it.
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Replaced paper tracking and manual data entry across the plant using Nova.
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Moved maintenance off paper and onto a system the whole team can see.
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Read the story →Marina maintenance software: common questions
What is marina maintenance software?
It is the system a marina or boatyard uses to keep lifting equipment inspected, docks and utilities maintained, and fuel and pump-out obligations documented.
The environment does most of the work here: everything is exposed to salt, so a schedule matters more than it would inland.
Does UpKeep certify our lifting equipment inspections?
No. Certification stays with your qualified inspector and your insurer.
UpKeep is where the inspection is scheduled, completed with photos, signed, and retrieved. That distinction is worth stating plainly if an insurer asks what system you use.
Can we track work by dock and slip?
Yes. Docks, slips, and pedestals can be held as their own records, so a repair attaches to the specific location rather than to the marina generally.
Does it help with environmental compliance on the fuel dock?
It runs the recurring checks and holds the evidence — testing, inspections, and spill equipment verification as scheduled work with photos and dates.
It is not a permit management system. The obligations remain yours to interpret.
We are a seasonal operation with a small crew. Is this too much?
It should not be. Start with lifting equipment and the dock round, which are the two things with real consequences, and leave the rest until the off-season.
A marina running two people does not need a full asset register in month one.
How much does UpKeep cost for a marina?
You are charged for the people closing work, not for slips. For a marina running two or three staff that is a small number, and dock hands reporting a problem add nothing. The pricing page carries the current tiers.
How long does implementation take?
Days for the essentials. Load the lifts and the docks, set the inspection schedules, and add the rest as the season allows.
FREE RESOURCES
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Learning center
Reading for marina operations
Inspection records, corrosion-driven schedules, and seasonal planning.
- Preventive maintenance scheduling Setting schedules for equipment that degrades on exposure, not on hours.
- Corrective maintenance What happens after an inspection finding, and how to close it properly.
- Asset tracking Building a register of docks, lifts, and pedestals worth maintaining.
- Maintenance backlog Planning the off-season list before the off-season arrives.
GET STARTED
See it against your own yard
Bring your lifting equipment and one dock. We will walk through the inspection record and the seasonal plan.