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.
Find our services in Maritime
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
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Technical Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence is an essential step in the decision-making process of acquiring, investing, divesting or consolidating in a maritime asset. Explore ABL’s comprehensive offering in technical due diligence and lender’s technical advisory services.
Vessel Concept, Design, Upgrade and Conversion
Recognised vessel design house, combining Longitude’s legacy in naval architecture with the expertise of OSD-IMT. Longitude has a track record of more than 100 vessels constructed to its designs.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Clean Shipping
Experts in alternative fuel engineering and emissions consulting, driving sustainable solutions to decarbonise maritime industries in line with IMO 2050 goals.
Electrification
Electrification consulting and engineering solutions to power ports and harbours and sustainable shipping.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
Technical Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence is an essential step in the decision-making process of acquiring, investing, divesting or consolidating in a maritime asset. Explore ABL’s comprehensive offering in technical due diligence and lender’s technical advisory services.
Vessel Concept, Design, Upgrade and Conversion
Recognised vessel design house, combining Longitude’s legacy in naval architecture with the expertise of OSD-IMT. Longitude has a track record of more than 100 vessels constructed to its designs.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Clean Shipping
Experts in alternative fuel engineering and emissions consulting, driving sustainable solutions to decarbonise maritime industries in line with IMO 2050 goals.
Electrification
Electrification consulting and engineering solutions to power ports and harbours and sustainable shipping.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
Technical Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence is an essential step in the decision-making process of acquiring, investing, divesting or consolidating in a maritime asset. Explore ABL’s comprehensive offering in technical due diligence and lender’s technical advisory services.
Electrification
Electrification consulting and engineering solutions to power ports and harbours and sustainable shipping.
Marine Operations Engineering
Multi-disciplined engineering, design and analysis specialising in vessel mobilisation, transportation engineering, moorings, modular transportation and metocean route and site assessments.
Surveys, Inspections & Audits
Global experts in marine surveys, inspections and audits, covering marine assurance and risk, condition surveys, industry-standard audits, DP assurance and vessel suitability surveys.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Clean Shipping
Experts in alternative fuel engineering and emissions consulting, driving sustainable solutions to decarbonise maritime industries in line with IMO 2050 goals.
DP Assurance and Consulting
Comprehensive consultancy and engineering for dynamic positioning (DP) systems and other marine critical systems, including FMEA and FMECA.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
Marine Warranty Survey
World leaders in marine warranty survey (MWS), supporting the safe delivery of some of the most complex marine transportation and single-voyage projects worldwide.
Asset & Integrity Management
Strategic asset management, maintenance, inventory and data optimisation solutions that enable safe, efficient and profitable maritime operations worldwide.
Technical Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence is an essential step in the decision-making process of acquiring, investing, divesting or consolidating in a maritime asset. Explore ABL’s comprehensive offering in technical due diligence and lender’s technical advisory services.
Surveys, Inspections & Audits
Global experts in marine surveys, inspections and audits, covering marine assurance and risk, condition surveys, industry-standard audits, DP assurance and vessel suitability surveys.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
Expert Witness & Litigation
Discover expert witness services for marine claims, disputes & litigation. Contact us today for world-leading analysis, expertise & risk management.
Clean Shipping
Experts in alternative fuel engineering and emissions consulting, driving sustainable solutions to decarbonise maritime industries in line with IMO 2050 goals.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Marine Casualty Management
Global maritime emergency response offers expert support for marine casualties, loss management, salvage ops & investigations to uncover accident causes.
Emissions Consulting
Emissions consulting for maritime sectors and engineering solutions for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from projects, assets and operations.
Marine Casualty Management
Global maritime emergency response offers expert support for marine casualties, loss management, salvage ops & investigations to uncover accident causes.
Salvage & Wreck Removal
Choose world-leading Lloyd’s SCR-appointed specialists for emergency wreck removal, risk mitigation & marine salvage consultancy. Let’s seek the truth.
Expert Witness & Litigation
Discover expert witness services for marine claims, disputes & litigation. Contact us today for world-leading analysis, expertise & risk management.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
Marine Casualty Management
Global maritime emergency response offers expert support for marine casualties, loss management, salvage ops & investigations to uncover accident causes.
Salvage & Wreck Removal
Choose world-leading Lloyd’s SCR-appointed specialists for emergency wreck removal, risk mitigation & marine salvage consultancy. Let’s seek the truth.
Expert Witness & Litigation
Discover expert witness services for marine claims, disputes & litigation. Contact us today for world-leading analysis, expertise & risk management.
Ports & Terminals Engineering, Consulting and Advisory
Global marine harbour & maritime port consultancy – from due diligence to navigational analysis. Enhance safety, efficiency & success in every port project.
Marine Warranty Survey
World leaders in marine warranty survey (MWS), supporting the safe delivery of some of the most complex marine transportation and single-voyage projects worldwide.
Yachts Consulting and Surveying
World-leading superyacht and yacht surveyors and consultants. Mitigate risks, enhance resale value and ensure a seaworthy yacht for peace of mind.
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:
- Expert witness & litigation
- Ports and harbours consulting
- Maritime decarbonisation & emissions
- Vessel surveys, inspections & audits
- Marine casualty management
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.