First Marine International

First Marine International Limited (FMI) was formed in 1991 to provide specialist consultancy services to the marine industry. Principal clients include UK and overseas government departments and agencies, national and international maritime organisations as well as shipbuilders and ship repairers.

Our particular strength is our expertise and experience in all aspects of both shipbuilding and ship repair. We are well informed of the present European and world markets and the prospects to the end of the decade and beyond. We also have a comprehensive knowledge of industry best practice and can benchmark individual yards against these standards.

The Team

FMI has an experienced team of highly qualified consultants including shipbuilding, ship repair, shipping and marine equipment industry specialists. Members of this team have worked on projects in over fifty countries and were first involved together in the 1970s in the design and engineering of the some of the largest and most successful shipyards in the world. Our expertise includes market research and forecasting; marine industry studies; benchmarking; competitiveness; technology development; upgrading of existing shipyards; design and engineering of greenfield shipyards; and development, implementation and management of shipyard performance improvement programmes.

The Services

Industry and competitiveness studies
Market research and forecasting
Operational review and strategic planning
Benchmarking and performance improvement
Facilities development
Production process technology
Pre production organisation and technology development

The Sectors

Commercial and Naval Shipbuilding
Ship Repair, Conversion and Refit
Offshore Structures Construction
Marine Equipment Manufacturing
Shipping and Transportation

Project Teams

Each project team contains a unique combination of disciplines with the capability and experience of applying its expertise to different geographical, cultural and operational situations.

Address:          First Marine International Ltd
                       39 St James Square
                       London
                       W1G OPX

Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 1067
Fax: +44 (0)20 7629 6941

Website: www.firstmarine.co.uk

Contact: John Craggs (Managing Director)
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