Maritime
When it comes to international maritime, experience counts. ABL Group has a maritime legacy spanning more than 150 years since the establishment of The Salvage Association. By combining the trusted reputations and expertise of AqualisBraemar and LOC, ABL Group is the leading market provider of loss prevention, loss management, engineering, and consulting services to the global maritime industry.
ABL Group combines expert knowledge and practical experience across maritime sectors with multi-disciplined expertise to deliver insights and solutions to support all types of stakeholders in navigating today’s tides of change across shipping, ports and harbours, defence, and yachts.
Maritime in numbers, annually
+2400
Maritime instructions.
+1300
Hull & Machinery (H&M), P&I, and expert witness.
+1100
Engineering and consulting projects.
+900
Vessel inspections, surveys and audits.
Where we work
24/7 Casualty Response
With a legacy in marine casualty response since 1856, and expert marine surveyors in more than 300 locations worldwide, we remain the consultant of choice in post-loss scenarios.
Shipping
ABL Group companies blend multi-disciplined marine and engineering expertise with decades of seafaring experience to provide a full range of engineering and consulting, loss prevention and loss management services to support international shipping.
Ports & Harbours
Our global ports and harbours consultancy covers a wide range of technical advisory, engineering and consultancy to support port infrastructure across an asset’s lifecycle, including in their transition to net-zero.
Defence
ABL is a well-known and trusted provider of marine and engineering consulting services to the maritime defence sector. Along with our group company, Longitude, we are well-equipped and experienced in managing highly confidential projects for the defence sector worldwide.
Small Craft
We offer a wide range of marine and engineering consulting services to support small craft across maritime, oil and gas, defence and renewable energy sectors, providing technical support at any stage of an asset’s life cycle.
Yachts
A trusted partner to the insurance industry, yacht brokers, management companies and owners worldwide, ABL Yachts offers clients the strength of a large multi-disciplinary superyacht survey team with a collective experience measured in hundreds of years, combined with the heritage and support of one of the marine industry’s most respected brands.
Our Services
Vessel Concept, Design, Upgrade and Conversion
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Construction Contracting and Construction Oversight
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Consulting and Engineering
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Technical Due Diligence
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Alternative Fuel Engineering and Emissions
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Surveys, Audits and Inspections
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Vessel Concept, Design, Upgrade and Conversion
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Construction Contracting and Construction Oversight
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Consulting and Engineering
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Technical Due Diligence
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Alternative Fuel Engineering and Emissions
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Surveys, Audits and Inspections
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Vessel Concept, Design, Upgrade and Conversion
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Construction Contracting and Construction Oversight
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Consulting and Engineering
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Technical Due Diligence
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Alternative Fuel Engineering and Emissions
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Surveys, Audits and Inspections
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Consulting and Engineering
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Expert Witness and Litigation
Technical Due Diligence
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Marine Casualty, inc. Salvage and Removal
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Alternative Fuel Engineering and Emissions
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Surveys, Audits and Inspections
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Consulting and Engineering
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Expert Witness and Litigation
Technical Due Diligence
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Marine Casualty, inc. Salvage and Removal
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Surveys, Audits and Inspections
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Consulting and Engineering
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Expert Witness and Litigation
Technical Due Diligence
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Marine Casualty, inc. Salvage and Removal
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Ports, Harbours and Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
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Our Companies in Maritime
ABL’s legacy is rooted in maritime, dating back over 150 years to The Salvage Association.
Since then, it has evolved to become a world-leading provider of marine and engineering consultancy services to the maritime industry, supporting in pre and post-loss scenarios.
Key services:
- Ports and harbours consulting
- Maritime decarbonisation & emissions
- Vessel surveys, inspections & audits
- Marine casualty management
- Expert witness & litigation
ABL Yachts is the specialist superyacht surveying and consultancy branch of ABL. It combines a legacy dating back to Braemar Yacht Services, with multi-disciplined marine and engineering expertise, a global team, and a trusted reputation for excellence.
Longitude provides independent engineering, design and analysis services to a variety of maritime sectors, most notably small craft, ports and harbours, shipping and defence sectors.
Key services:
- Vessel design, upgrade and conversion
- Alternative fuel engineering
- Marine operations design and engineering
- Maritime civil engineering
The value we bring
+150 years legacy to The Salvage Association – the world’s first marine surveying organisation.
Multi-disciplined marine and engineering teams.
Global footprint +300 locations.
Through life service offering to maritime sectors.
In-house expertise in renewable and energy transition technology to support maritime decarbonisation.