Welcome to LOC Group
LOC Group is the premier international marine and engineering consulting firm with over 35 offices located in Europe, Africa, Americas, Middle East, Asia and Australia.
LOC operates in the shipping, oil & gas and renewables sectors, providing loss prevention (marine warranty, surveys, inspections & audits, technical due diligence), loss management (marine casualties, claims, disputes and litigation) and marine and engineering consultancy services. Our clients comprise P&I clubs, H&M insurers, underwriters, brokers, oil and gas companies, energy utilities, field operators, developers, EPC contractors, installation contractors, drilling contractors, lawyers, shipowners, governments, and turbine and cable manufacturers.
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Trusted advisor driving the energy transition in shipping and offshore energy sectorsExperts
World-class expertise in engineering and marine disciplines since 1979Independent
Independence to innovate and expand where clients need usGlobal
Offices located in key shipping and energy hubs worldwide, with a strategy to expand into new marketsInnovation
Strong track record of developing technologies for sustainable energy and shipping practicesResponsive
Highly responsive team with on-the-ground expertise where needed
Our offices are strategically located near the world’s major shipping and offshore energy centres
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Vessel concept design to remove floating plastic
Longitude, an LOC Group Company, is pleased to announce it has completed the concept design for a vessel and recovery system to remove surface plastic flotsam…
INNOSEA to join leading JIP consortium on Floating Solar
INNOSEA, a leading engineering firm specialized in Offshore Renewables and part of LOC Group, is pleased to announce it has been invited to join the Floating…
Giving port pilots a bird’s eye view
“Digital technology, drones and the world wide web have enabled a marine pilot to literally view the vessel that he is piloting as though he is a seagull above…
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HAVFARM 1 (“JOSTEIN ALBERT”): Single Voyage Transport & Tow Approval – 2020
Project Summary HAVFARM 1 (named “Jostein Albert”) is the world’s largest stationary Ocean Farm, constructed in Shandong Province, China, by CIMC Raffles, as a large-scale moored fish farm…
GAGASAN PERAK: Fire / Explosion off Indonesia – August 2010
Project Summary Whilst loading a cargo of crude oil at the Kangean Energy terminal on Sepanjang Island, north of Bali, several explosions ripped through the main deck of the tanker,…
PATHARA MARINE 5: Sank off Bangkok Bay, Thailand – SEPTEMBER 2015
Project Summary Laden inshore container vessel, “PATHARA MARINE 5”, sank in rough seas in Bangkok Bay, Thailand, on the 19th September 2015 with several of the crew missing. Its cargo…