New technical services group established by Braemar group

BTS is expected to bring a broader service as well as operating efficiency benefits to customers of Braemar Casbarian, Braemar Falconer, Braemar Steege, Braemar (incorporating The Salvage Association) and Braemar Wavespec/Wavespec. The company says that the establishment of BTS will benefit both customers and shareholders by providing a pool of wider industry expertise; encouraging synergy between the business units and forming a wider global network of offices.

BTS’s component business units specialise as follows:

• Braemar Steege as a loss adjuster in the global energy insurance markets;
• Braemar Falconer as a provider of specialised marine and offshore consultancy services in Asia and Australia;
• Braemar Casbarian as a provider of specialised marine and offshore engineering and consultancy services in North America and the Caribbean;
• Wavespec as a marine engineering consultancy business specialising in the design and construction of vessels carrying liquids in bulk; and
• Braemar (incorporating The Salvage Association) as a multi-disciplinary marine surveying and technical consultancy arm providing services to the shipping, offshore energy and insurance sectors.

BTS business units will continue to offer their specialist services but at the same time will be able to call upon the combined strength of the division to offer customers a ready-made solution for wider business issues and larger or more diversified contracts.BTS will be headed by two joint managing directors – Nigel Carpenter, head of Braemar Steege, and Chan Yew Wah (Michael) who leads Braemar Falconer. With 385 employees, BTS will be the largest employer in the Braemar Shipping Services group.

“We are creating a single entity which will help each of the BTS business units operate even more effectively in the markets they already serve while also provide a platform to offer division-wide solutions to clients in the marine or offshore sectors,” says Nigel Carpenter, BTS managing director.”BTS will have the ability to conduct much more engineering in-house, and thereby better control costs. We will have the benefit of being able to tap into more office locations, where we will have survey capability on a first response basis for our clients which again gives us an opportunity to meet their needs more economically.”

Michael Chan adds: “Having a local presence also gives us access to local knowledge and culture which is very important. The geographical spread of this new group is impressive and a testament to the vibrancy and market expertise of the BTS group companies.”

Quentin Soanes, executive director of Braemar Shipping Services comments: “The establishment of BTS is part of Braemar’s continued plan to be a world leader in marine and energy services. The divisions within BTS are all pre-eminent in their fields and together offer even more comprehensive and integrated services to their clients throughout the global marine and energy sectors.”