Global marine group sails into new Norfolk HQ
The premises will be home to Future Marine's rapidly growing businesses, SafeSTS Ltd and SafeSTS TTL. The move follows extensive refurbishment and remodelling.
Global ship-to-ship-transfer specialist SafeSTS, manages lightering operations from an expanding number of in-country offices and at multiple locations around the world and has recently begun ship-to-ship transfers offshore Panama (PanPac).
Allied to its lightering operations, SafeSTS has introduced the patented TVB (Transfer via Buoy) System; developed to allow export tankers to load at a standard single SPM-type terminal and for DP tankers to discharge in DP mode whilst station keeping at a predetermined distance from the export tanker (approximately 150 m).
The TVB System brings the terminal closer to the producers and production fields with a simple, safe, scalable and carbon saving logistic strategy solution which gives exceptional operational availability.
Technology transfer division SafeSTS TTL is the UK distributor of Trelleborg pneumatic fenders and the global distributor of the innovative PTX (Protected Transfer System) for oil ship-to-ship transfers.
Designed in conjunction with Gall Thomson, PTX reduces spillage risk to almost zero, preventing offshore spills, damage to capital equipment and disastrous knock-on effects for wildlife and the marine environment.
SafeSTS co-founder and Chief Executive, Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason, said: “I am very pleased that we were able to move to St Michaels House. Whilst it comfortably accommodates our current team, it also offers the space and facilities to expand as we move ahead with a number of significant new international business opportunities.
“Although we are a company that delivers globally, our new office allows us to remain committed to our local roots."
St Michaels House will also accommodate The Mason Trust – a charity founded by Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason in 2008. Gilchrist-Mason, who was recently appointed as the High Sheriff of Suffolk, established the charity with the aim of helping young people in Norfolk and Suffolk to realise their full potential by pursuing their career aspirations to take control of their futures.