Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 36 Marine Technology companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Marine Technology Companies & Startups (Scotland)
QED Naval
QED Naval is a naval architecture consultancy that is focused on the development of the marine renewable energy industry.
Founder(s): Jeremy Smith
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy
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PROPEL
PROPEL is a web platform for seafarers who are looking for jobs.
Founder(s): Fraser Matthew
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Internet, Marine Technology, Recruiting
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Fletcher Shipping
Fletcher Shipping provides marine services.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Marine Transportation
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OTAQ
OTAQ manufactures high technology products and solutions for the aquaculture, fisheries and renewables industries.
Founder(s): Chris Hyde
Location: Oban, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Aquaculture, Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy
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Pelamis Wave Power
Pelamis Wave Power manufactures “Wave Energy Converter”, a system that generates renewable electricity from ocean waves.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy, Water
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Balmoral Offshore Engineering
Balmoral is dedicated to technologically-driven composite for today’s demanding subsea and deepwater oil and gas industry.
Founder(s): Jim Milne CBE
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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STR
STR is focused on providing technology, engineering solutions and extensive inventory of marine and subsea technology.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology
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RWG
RWG provides maintenance, repair & overhaul services for industrial aero-derivative gas generators and power turbines.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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Seafish
Sea Fish offers is a non-profit organization that supports the seafood industry to thrive.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Association, Marine Technology, Non Profit
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Sulmara
Sulmara is a subsea technology company that specializes in innovative survey and inspection services to the offshore energy sector.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Energy Management, Marine Technology, Professional Services
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MacTaggart, Scott and Company
MacTaggart, Scott and Company is an engineering company that provides complete solutions to the naval defence and marine industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Loanhead, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Marine Technology, Mechanical Engineering
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Rigmar
Rigmar offers fabrication, inspection, coatings, specialist access and construction services to oil and gas, marine and renewables sectors.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Chemical, Construction, Electronics, Marine Technology, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Oil and Gas, Professional Services
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North Star
North Star is an operator of specialised vessels that offer emergency response and rescue and essential offshore wind maintenance services.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Service Industry
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Northern Marine Group
Northern Marine Group is a ship management and marine service provider company.
Founder(s):
Location: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Marine Transportation, Travel
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Crewseekers International
Crewseekers is the sailing yacht crew agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Marine Transportation, Sailing
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Maritime Craft Services
Maritime Craft Services is a maritime company that provides tug boat, shoal buster, crew transfer and dive support.
Founder(s):
Location: Fairlie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Construction, Marine Technology, Marine Transportation
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Orca Subsea
OOS multi-disciplinary team comprises experts, Marine electrical technicians (experts) and fully trained and skilled technicians.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Logistics, Marine Technology
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Briggs
Briggs is a marine company that provides oil & gas terminal operations, survey, diving, salvage and wreck removal services.
Founder(s):
Location: Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Delivery, Energy, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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Seanamic Group
Seanamic Group provides integrated systems to the offshore energy, defence, seismic and oceanographic science industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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Impact Subsea
Impact Subsea is a subsea technology company that offers sensor solutions for underwater vehicles and associated applications.
Founder(s):
Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Sensor
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Mohn Aqua
Mohn Aqua manufacture hi-tech solutions for aquaculture.
Founder(s):
Location: Forres, Moray, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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Partrac
Partrac is a marine data acquisition company, specializing in oceanographic, geophysical, hydrographic, environmental & geoscience surveys.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy
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Environmental Tracing
Environmental Tracing is an environmental engineering company.
Founder(s):
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Energy, Information Technology, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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Caldive
Caldive have the right people, skills and equipment to deliver projects in the oil and gas, marine, shipping & civil engineering industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Invergordon, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Diving, Marine Technology
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Nessco Group
Nessco Group provides telecommunication solutions worldwide.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Telecommunications
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Northern Marine Manning Services
Northern Marine Manning Services provides crewing services for the marine and offshore industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Logistics, Marine Technology, Transportation
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Ternan Energy
Ternan Energy offers marine geophysics, foundation engineering, geotechnics to oil & gas, renewables, and supports the subsea cable market.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Geospatial, Marine Technology
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1CSI
1CSI is a consultancy that provides solutions to subsea challenges.
Founder(s): Aleksandra Tomaszek, Matthew JP Kennedy
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial, Industrial Engineering, Marine Technology, Project Management
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T E C Offshore
TEC Offshore is an organisation where strong work ethics result in solid relationships with customers around the globe.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Marine Transportation, Transportation
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Seafast Maritime
Seafast Maritime is a maritime firm in Invergordon.
Founder(s):
Location: Invergordon, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology
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Scottish Association for Marine Science
Scottish Association for Marine Science functions as an independent marine research organization, university and consultancy.
Founder(s):
Location: Oban, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Non Profit
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Maritime Developments
Maritime Developments offers tailored consultancy, equipment, and personnel packages for the energy sector.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Machinery Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Oil and Gas
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ASRANet
ASRANet is operates in a specialist field where advanced structural analysis intersects with structural reliability analysis.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Marine Technology
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Bowtech Products
Bowtech Products is designs and manufactures harsh underwater environment vision systems.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Marine Technology
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Petrex
Petrex Developments is a fully subsea engineering and project management consultancy that offers services to the renewable energy industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Oil and Gas, Project Management
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MASTS
MASTS offers platform for marine governance and commerce with research, training, and events.
Founder(s):
Location: Saint Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Marine Technology, Product Research, Training
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