Today the shareholders of iPS and Seacontractors announced that they have concluded a strategic partnership and are implementing integration between their manpower services.
It includes the combined recruiting, crewing, contracting and payrolling of maritime and offshore personnel world-wide. By combining the manpower services a reinforced business model is created, which paves the next step in the growth path of the companies.
All manpower supply business will be carried out under the iPS – Powerful People label, whilst the Marine Contracting and Brokerage activities will remain using the Seacontractors branding. All existing iPS and Seacontractors offices will continue to participate in a new holding named CENTURON.
“ This partnership between Seacontractors and iPS is an important step in developing greater integration of our back office systems and further broadening of our value chain involvement “ says Xander Schanssema, director of Seacontractors . Rob Kooijmans, director of iPS : “ Joining forces will create a robust platform of our strong manpower supply businesses, together with the leading Maritime Contracting and Brokerage activities of Seacontractors. The partnership will enable our ambitions of future growth for all our activities worldwide ”.
[mappress] Seacontractors, June 24, 2013