MB92 and Voly Connect Pinpoint Works to The Bridge for Yacht Refit Quoting

Connecting the crew's worklist to the shipyard

MB92 Group and Voly have announced a partnership to connect Pinpoint Works with MB92's client portal, The Bridge. The planned integration is intended to move refit worklists from crews and owners' representatives into the shipyard's quotation and project-management process without repeatedly re-entering the same items.

Pinpoint Works is Voly's dedicated worklist platform, acquired by the software group in 2023. MB92 developed The Bridge to give owners, captains and managers visibility of refit information, quotations and progress in one customer-facing environment.

What changes for captains and technical managers

Worklists usually develop throughout a cruising season as crew record equipment issues, improvements and planned maintenance. The proposed link would allow authorised users to share relevant work items directly with The Bridge, helping estimators develop quotes against a more consistent record of required work.

Reducing manual transfer should also make it easier to trace an item from its initial description through quotation and into execution, although the companies have not published independently measured savings in time or money from this specific arrangement. Its practical effect will depend on the quality of the worklist and on how each yacht configures its workflows.

A controlled integration, not an open data connection

MB92 says the integration is being designed around application programming interfaces and will be configured on request for individual yachts. The companies emphasise that only specified information should pass between the systems, with access managed to protect client and project confidentiality.

This distinction matters because refit records can include commercially sensitive specifications, supplier data and information about vessel operations. The announcement establishes a partnership and intended technical approach, not that every MB92 customer has already been migrated or given access.

Beyond a single refit appointment

The partners describe the work as the start of a longer relationship, with future changes to be guided by client needs. Integration between existing tools may improve preparation before a yacht enters the yard, but the actual physical work will continue to require skilled labour, parts, dock capacity and scheduling.

Owners evaluating digital refit tools should ask which records are shared, who approves changes, how access is revoked and whether audit histories remain available after a project closes. Those practical controls will be as important as the software connection itself when the integration moves from announcement to day-to-day use.