Shipping and Marine Support services (such as to the Oil and Gas industry) are open to tough competition on a global scale with ever increasing demands placed upon lowering cost but increasing safety.
Safety critical systems’ performance are under the spotlight to avoid past fatal disasters such as Amoco Cadiz, Piper Alpha, Derbyshire, Petrobras 36, Deepwater Horizon and countless other environmental marine pollution incidents while the remnants of the global recession and the state of oil weigh heavily on profit.