Our services

Docking is where budgets are won and lost. We have delivered newbuild vessels and led site teams in multiple dry docks, so we know where specifications drift, where yards push back, and where the money actually goes.

When a defect cannot wait for a docking, the decision is rarely purely technical. We help owners and managers weigh the repair options against the trading pattern, the class position and the cost of lost time.

Fresh and technical water supply often go unnoticed in discussions about carbon and cost reduction, yet for many vessels this is a significant area of expenditure and environmental impact.

We design systems to suit your vessel and her trading pattern.

Technology built for shipping needs industry-user credibility as much as it needs code. We work with ambitious maritime technology businesses to make connections, build trusted networks, and support founders.

We understand the market: how owners, managers, operators, yards, ports and other maritime businesses assess new technology, where adoption gets stuck and what it takes to chin the bar.

Independent maritime expertise for legal professionals.

We provide independent maritime opinion to legal teams dealing with complex shipping matters. Drawing on first-hand operational, commercial and technical experience, we help establish the facts, test assumptions and assess issues against industry best practice and standards.

Our recent work has included opinions on disputes between Owners and Charterers concerning off-hire following a series of vessel incidents; routing decisions in response to geopolitical risks; and the interpretation and implications of SIRE status in the context of a charterparty dispute.

From an initial independent opinion through to formal expert evidence, we provide the maritime expertise needed.

An independent maritime perspective when the decision matters.

For owners, investors, insurers and legal professionals facing difficult decisions, significant risks or competing views. We bring practical, evidence-based maritime insight to challenge assumptions, test the options and provide an independent view, including when the answer may not be the one you want to hear.