Due diligence

Operational and commercial due diligence services offering systematic and comprehensive investigation and analyses of maritime and associated companies, in support of procurement processes, partnerships, mergers, or acquisitions. Areas of review include pre-production and production processes, facilities, infrastructure, IT systems, management and workforce skills and experience, supply chain, market positioning, competitor analysis, and industry reputation.

Experience in this area includes:

• Twenty-five years of benchmarking the productivity, performance, and processes of over 90 shipyards and 250 ship builds world-wide

• Review of Naval Dockyard supply chain and OEMs, Asia, 2017/20

• Technical due diligence for oil and gas manufacturing company, including supply chain, vendor management, skills pool, market assessment, production operations, technical capabilities, and facilities, Arab Gulf States, 2019

• Client assessment with contract negotiation for UK composites manufacturer, 2008/09

• Tender review and supplier due diligence for construction of marine equipment innovative internet-based portal, UK, 1999/2002

• Due-diligence assessment of 65m sail-training tall ship construction, UK National Lottery, 1999/2000