Sector profile
Maritime Shipping
In-water repair, cleaning and inspection for shipowners and managers calling at European and Mediterranean ports.
- Disciplines
- 3
- Operating companies
- 3
- Related scopes
- 0
- Work type
- Planned & urgent

Sector Context
What This Sector Requires
For shipowners and managers, underwater work is measured against the voyage plan. Diving and ROV scopes are planned around the port call: what can be surveyed, cleaned or repaired while the vessel remains afloat and commercially employed.
- Planned on the ETA
- Class attendance
- Out-of-hours callout
Client Requirements
Typical Requirements
What owners, operators and authorities in this sector consistently ask for.
In-water surveys with class or surveyor attendance
Propeller and hull cleaning during a call
Damage inspection after contact or grounding
Out-of-hours attendance
Working Approach
How We Work In This Sector
Attendance planned against the ETA and cargo schedule
Machinery isolation agreed with the chief engineer
Video reporting suitable for class and insurers
Constant On Every Scope
Written Method Statement
Work Around Operations
Video-Documented Findings
One Contracting Framework
Capabilities
Relevant Disciplines
Capability
Maritime Shipping Support
In-water services for seagoing vessels: hull and propeller cleaning, inspection, underwater repair and assistance in port.
Capability
ROV & Underwater Inspections
Remotely operated vehicle inspection and survey where diver access is restricted or depth requires it.
Capability
Salvage & Emergency Response
Casualty assistance, refloating, recovery of objects and wreck removal, coordinated with owners, authorities and insurers. Salvage expertise, deployed where the operation demands it, across Belgian, Benelux and wider European waters.
Delivery
Operating Companies Involved
Operating Company
Underwater Solutions Malta
Certified underwater services for vessels and marine infrastructure
Operating Company
Antwerp Underwater Solutions
Underwater ship repair, maintenance and inspection
Operating Company
Underwater Solutions NL
Professional underwater services across the Netherlands
Contact
Discuss a scope in maritime shipping
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