MMI TRANSFER KEY SHIPYARD AND MARINE SERVICE AGENCIES TO ENCOMPASS MARINE

Encompass Marine Ltd and Marine Marketing International Limited (MMI), two leading shipyard and marine services agencies, based in the UK, have announced an arrangement to transfer several key ship-repair and marine services agencies from MMI to Encompass Marine, which took effect from the 1st June 2023. The shipyards and marine service companies involved are:
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering
Tru-Marine PTE/ PMAX One
EDR Antwerp Shipyard
Detyens Shipyards Inc.
Colombo Shipyard
ASYAD (Oman Drydock Company)
Namibia Drydock & Ship Repair (Namdock)
PB Asher

Under the terms of the agreement, a structured process has been implemented to manage the transition of the principals over the coming 12 months, and both Encompass and MMI can be contacted for all enquiries for the listed principals.
MMI and Encompass Marine will continue to operate as separate businesses, for their remaining and existing principals, whilst working closely together to execute the smooth transition of the eight listed principals from MMI to Encompass.
David Maitland, Director at Encompass said, “We are excited to significantly grow Encompass Marine’s global network of first-class shipyard and marine service principals. The incoming principals complement our existing portfolio with their shared focus on delivering high quality, safe, reliable, and innovative ship upgrades, vessel maintenance solutions, and marine system retrofit projects. We look forward to working closely with Mike to ensure our new principal’s UK market share is maintained and expanded. We also look forward to introducing Katie Grummett, as our new Business Development Manager, to help achieve our ambitions.”
Mike McMahon, Director of Marine Marketing International, commented, “This is a win, win, win result for all parties involved. Whereas I have no retirement plans at present I must respect my age and this agreement ensures that the development of market share for these principals continues and allows us to offer our customers a wider range of knowledge and support in the UK Market. At the same time I can refocus on my remaining principals and have time to develop my project work ”
Jon Thompson, Director at Encompass said, “This development allows Encompass Marine to offer an almost seamless portfolio of first-class principals around the world. We are delighted to have the trust of the incoming principals, and we very much look forward to building on the excellent work already done by MMI in presenting them to the UK market. The addition of Katie to the Encompass team adds a wealth of experience and further strengthens our ability to provide owners and managers with unrivalled support.”

MMI Sponsor Inspirational Young Man to Achieve his Dream

 

When Mike travelled over to Europort he never expected to meet a young man like Jonas. He was so impressed with his enthusiasm and maturity and especially the fact that he had talked the organisers of the event into allowing him to use a vacant stand in order to promote himself. 


Jonas is 15 years old and is raising money to join a three masted tall ship “De Thalassa” for a six month voyage to the Caribbean. You can read more about the voyage here: https://www.schoolatsea.com/ Mike said “He is seeking corporate sponsors and in return is offering certain benefits but to be honest I simply want to help him reach his goal. Add to this that he is undergoing major surgery on 23rd December with a three month recovery period and still wants to continue his fund raising.”

MMI are very proud to sponsor Jonas and hope we can encourage other companies to do so too. Please take a few minutes to view his website www.jonasatsea.com or email him on his website jonas@jonasatsea.com.

UK Virtual Tour – November 2020

Last week MMI had the pleasure to take the commercial team from Engine Deck Repair nv (EDR) for a Virtual Tour across the UK.

Big ship operators (containers, OSV, tankers) superintendents and fleet managers listened to Philippe Trouillard (Commercial Manager), Sudhakar Tripathi (Technical Manager) and Stijn Van Doninck (General Manager) make their presentation with great attention and interest.

Download the full presentation below.

MMI Sponsor Championship Club, Nottingham Forest

While Nottingham Forest maintain their push for Premiership football, MMI have sponsored BEN WATSON, long serving midfield player. The sponsorship package allows for the away kit of Ben Watson and in return the “Breaking Waves” logo of Marine Marketing International appears in the program and on the scoreboard alongside the players name. Ben, of course, is most remembered for that match winning goal for Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup Final in 2013, before joining Nottingham Forest in February 2018

Nottingham Forest are owned by Greek Shipping magnate EVANGELOS MARINAKIS, making them the obvious choice for MMI’s attention

Watson: We must take the positives - News - Nottingham Forest

A New Principal for MMI

As of December 2019, MMI now promote the services of Boilerman based in Shanghai, Singapore and Kobe.

Boilerman is your first choice for marine boiler, IGG, incinerator repairs and services in the market. Boilerman focuses on boiler repairs, supply of boiler spare parts, and technical services for combustion & automation with reliable quality and cost effective solutions.

-Boiler Inspection and Survey
-Boiler Retubing and Refurbishment
-Boiler Automation Services
-Supply of spare Parts
-Voyage Repair and Riding Squad
-Boiler Technical Support
-Full Quality Assurance

We are confident that Boilerman will be a useful addition to our portfolio and assist us in offering our customers the full package.

GREAT NEWS FOR LNG IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

Drydock 3 will be purpose built for LNG at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering

With a capacity to cater for vessels up to 400,000 DWT, the monstrous dock will be ready to serve in 2020. Construction is well underway to create this 350x80m dock to service LNGs from all over the world. Along with their Cryogenic workshop, MMHE are in prime position to support more LNGs each year.

MMI IS GROWING

Meet Alex Cesca

You may already recognise Alex as she covered for Jen during her maternity leave. However due to the growth of enquiries over the last year, we have kept on Italian-speaking Alex to support the sales team in the day to day running of enquiries. Please join us in welcoming Alex as a permanent member of the team.

Can we make your repairs in Turkey and China easier?

You may already know that MMI have worked with a partner in China for over 20 years. Wu Xinyu, based in Shanghai has been the backbone of our constant growth in China. Wu allows MMI to have up to date knowledge of yard performance, offers valuable advice on capabilities and is on hand during the project if required. This then alleviates any communication and logistical issues before they arise streamlining the repair project. In having our partner in China, it means that we are not limited to representing one or two yards in China, but in fact can cover the majority ensuring we can assist with all types of vessels.
This service comes at no additional cost to the customer.

Based on the success of our partnership in China we have now replicated the service in Turkey to serve our customers better. We would like to introduce our new partner Osman Kaya Turan. 

Mr Turan not only has excellent knowledge of how the shipyards are performing, he also maintains strong relationships with the yards to ensure smooth running of projects. When owners submit an enquiry through MMI we will source the best yard for your job and offer our recommendation. MMI will then help your superintendent with hotel and local travel plans leading up to his introduction to the appropriate personnel at the yard.