CTV & SOV telemedicine

The vessel type decides the medical need

A CTV out and home in a day and an SOV living aboard for weeks are not the same clinical exposure. Advisory clinical support, sized to the fleet — a complement to your TMAS coverage, not a replacement for it.

The fleet

One fleet, three very different medical profiles

Crewing and HSE plans are usually written per vessel class already. Medical cover rarely is — most retainers are priced as if every hull carries the same exposure.

CTV
CREW
≈ 6 technicians + crew
TIME AT SEA
Out and home the same day
EXPOSURE
Acute injury or illness during a single shift. The question is almost always divert-or-continue before dark, not ongoing care.
SOV / CSOV
CREW
100–124 people living aboard
TIME AT SEA
Weeks at sea, rotational crew changes
EXPOSURE
A small population living together for weeks. Chronic conditions, mental health and fitness-for-duty become as material as the acute call.
Jack-up / WTIV
CREW
Up to ≈ 120 people onboard
TIME AT SEA
Weeks on site, jacked up at the array
EXPOSURE
The same live-aboard population-health profile as an SOV, with the added isolation of a fixed offshore position.

Crew and accommodation figures are indicative ranges typical for vessels in these classes, not a claim about any specific operator's fleet.

Day rates in this class run roughly £2,000/day for a CTV, £30,000/day for an SOV, and $225,000–300,000/day for a WTIV. An avoidable early return costs the day rate on top of the case.

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Where the regulation actually lands

The TMAS obligation sits with you as the operator, not with any vendor you choose to complement it. Here is what the Swedish rule actually says, in its own words.

Doctor onboard for larger crews

TSFS 2021:80, ch. 2 §§ 6–7: vessels on international voyages longer than three days with 100 or more crew must carry a doctor onboard.

Medical officer with a duty to consult

TSFS 2021:80, ch. 2 §§ 6–7: every other vessel must carry at least one medical officer, with a duty to consult TMAS. That is the rule that actually lands on a CTV or an SOV on international voyages — the crew threshold for a doctor is rarely the binding one.

TSFS 2021:80, ch. 1 § 3: the regulation doesn't apply to vessels in domestic traffic operating in trading areas C–E, so a CTV in purely coastal domestic service falls outside it. MLC 2006 regulation 4.1 is widely cited as setting a broadly similar international threshold. Exactly how any of this applies to an SOV standing still at a wind park for weeks is a genuinely open question, decided by flag state and your own risk assessment — not something we resolve on this page.

Beyond the emergency call

TMAS takes the acute call at sea. Alvyri Crew takes everything around it.

No continuity of care

The medical record stays onboard and belongs to the vessel, not the responder (TSFS 2021:80, ch. 6 §§ 2–4 — a 10-year retention duty). There's no longitudinal relationship across a crew member's cases.

At sea only

“In port, the medical officer may only use Tele Medical Assistance Service when the help required cannot be obtained by other means” (TSFS 2021:80, ch. 2 § 4, verbatim).

No HSE reporting

There's no mechanism to aggregate case data into your systematic work-environment reporting.

No follow-up

No mental health track, no chronic-condition management, no fitness-for-duty assessment between cases.

Not a substitute for MRCC / emergency coordination, and not a claim that Alvyri Crew is a TMAS provider — Swedish TMAS is a state service, clinically delivered by Kry since 6 November 2024.

The training pathway — STCW, not GWO

CTV and SOV crews are seafarers under STCW and MLC, not wind technicians under GWO. Swedish medical-officer training under STCW 2010 is certified by the Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) — a five-day base course with a four-day refresher every five years.

That's a shorter, more direct path for a maritime crew than the GWO route we already run for onshore wind technicians — it complements it rather than replacing it. GWO stays exactly what it is on the offshore wind side: aligned to GWO standards, not a GWO accreditation. The exact requirements to become an approved STCW training provider are still being scoped on our side, and we're not claiming that status today.

Frequently asked

What's the difference in medical need between a CTV and an SOV?
A CTV carries around six technicians out and home in a single day — the clinical question is almost always whether to continue the shift or return to port. An SOV keeps 100–124 people living aboard for weeks at a time, which turns chronic conditions, mental health and fitness-for-duty into as material a concern as the acute call. Alvyri Crew sizes its support to which of those two exposures a vessel class actually has.
Is Alvyri Crew a TMAS provider?
No. Swedish TMAS is a state radio-medical service, clinically delivered by Kry since 6 November 2024 and coordinated through Sjöfartsverket / JRCC. Alvyri Crew is a private advisory service that complements TMAS with continuity of care, documentation and HSE reporting — it does not replace your statutory TMAS coverage or the obligations that sit with you as the operator.
Does Swedish medical-crewing regulation apply to our vessels?
TSFS 2021:80 requires a doctor onboard for vessels on international voyages longer than three days with 100 or more crew, and at least a medical officer with a TMAS consultation duty for other vessels — but it doesn't apply to vessels in domestic traffic operating in trading areas C–E. Which rule applies to a given hull depends on its flag state, trading area and crew size, and that determination sits with you as the operator, not with us.

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