Case StudiesSELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Measured outcomes from real engagements

Representative engagements, anonymized for confidentiality. Metrics are reported as verified with the client at engagement close.

CS·01 — Tanker OwnerAFRAMAX ×6

SIRE 2.0 readiness across a six-vessel Aframax fleet

Client Challenge

A regional crude tanker owner faced the transition to SIRE 2.0 with rising observation counts under the legacy regime and no structured human-factors preparation. Two vessels had recently failed oil-major screening.

Torus Approach

Question-bank gap analysis across hardware, documentation and human factors; mock SIRE 2.0 inspections on all six vessels; targeted officer coaching; photograph portfolio rebuild; and a fleet-wide negative-observation response protocol.

Results Achieved

Within nine months the fleet's average observation count fell from 9.4 to 2.6 per inspection, with zero hardware observations repeated across sisters. Both previously rejected vessels cleared screening with the same charterer.

▼72%Avg observations per SIRE

96%First-pass vetting acceptance

9 MOTime to fleet-wide result

CS·02 — Ship ManagerMR PRODUCT ×14

TMSA stage uplift for a 14-vessel product tanker manager

Client Challenge

Self-assessed TMSA scores of 3.0+ were not surviving charterer office reviews; reviewers were downgrading elements for weak evidence, jeopardizing two contract-of-affreightment renewals.

Torus Approach

Independent re-scoring of all elements; honest reset to a verified 2.3 baseline; evidence-architecture redesign mapping every KPI to retrievable records; and a 12-month prioritized closure roadmap focused on Elements 3, 6 and 9.

Results Achieved

Verified average stage score rose to 3.2 within fourteen months. Both COAs were renewed, and the manager added two newbuild management contracts citing assurance maturity in the award.

2.3→3.2Verified TMSA average stage

2/2COA renewals secured

+2New management contracts

CS·03 — Offshore OperatorOSV FLEET ×9

HSSEQ system rebuild for an offshore support fleet

Client Challenge

An OSV operator's management system had grown to 1,400+ procedures that crews ignored. LTIF stood at 1.8, OVID findings were rising, and a key energy client signalled contract risk.

Torus Approach

Radical procedure simplification (1,400 → 410 controlled documents), task-based risk assessments rebuilt with crews, a leading-indicator KPI set, and supervisor-level safety leadership coaching across the fleet.

Results Achieved

LTIF fell to 0.4 over eighteen months; OVID findings per inspection dropped 68%; and the operator was reinstated to the client's preferred contractor tier.

1.8→0.4LTIF (per million hrs)

▼68%OVID findings per inspection

▼71%Procedure count, crew-facing

CS·04 — Fleet OwnerDRY DOCK PROGRAM ×4

Owner's representation across a four-vessel docking program

Client Challenge

Previous dockings had averaged 22% cost overrun and six days off-hire beyond plan, driven by uncontrolled yard extras and late-discovered steel renewals.

Torus Approach

Pre-docking UT gauging campaigns to fix steel scope early; competitive three-yard evaluation; tightened specification with unit-rate schedules; full-time owner's representative with daily cost-to-complete reporting.

Results Achieved

The four dockings completed an aggregate 12% under approved budget, averaging 1.5 days off-hire better than plan, with zero post-docking warranty defects in the following service year.

▼12%Aggregate vs budget

−1.5 DAvg off-hire vs plan, per vessel

0Post-docking warranty defects

CS·05 — Bulk OperatorHANDYSIZE/SUPRA ×11

PSC performance turnaround for a bulk carrier operator

Client Challenge

Averaging 4.1 deficiencies per PSC inspection with two detentions in eighteen months, the operator's RightShip standing was deteriorating and charterers were applying age/inspection clauses.

Torus Approach

Deficiency trend analysis by MoU region and category; pre-arrival self-inspection regime keyed to regional targeting profiles; focused maintenance campaigns on the top five deficiency categories; master and chief engineer PSC-interface coaching.

Results Achieved

Deficiencies per inspection fell to 1.2 within a year, with zero detentions in the following 18 months and restored RightShip acceptability across the trading fleet.

4.1→1.2Deficiencies per PSC inspection

0Detentions, following 18 months

100%Fleet RightShip-acceptable

CS·06 — Maritime InvestorACQUISITION DD ×8

Technical due diligence on an eight-vessel acquisition

Client Challenge

An investment group needed independent technical verification of an eight-vessel mixed tanker portfolio within a 45-day exclusivity window, with seller-provided records of uneven quality.

Torus Approach

Parallel physical inspections across three regions; class-record and PSC-history forensics; ten-year docking and capex modelling per vessel; survival-case sensitivity on the two oldest units.

Results Achieved

Identified USD 6.4M of unbudgeted near-term capex and two vessels with structural exposure, supporting a successful price renegotiation and a restructured deal that excluded one unit. Completed three days inside the window.

$6.4MUnbudgeted capex identified

8/8Vessels physically inspected

42 DDelivered inside exclusivity

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