Trelleborg acquires SeaTechnik in LNG transport drive

Specialist acquisition: Trelleborg snaps up UK LNG transport services specialist

Swedish engineering group Trelleborg has acquired the UK’s SeaTechnik in a drive to create a full-cyle offering in the growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation business.

Trelleborg Marine Systems president Richard Hepworth said that the buy “bolsters and expands on our berthing, docking and mooring offering” to help create “a full service solution that can provide customers with a “one-stop-shop” for LNG projects”.

He said that the two companies already worked together, leading to “natural synergies” from the tie-up.

SeaTechnik managing director Richard Ceen credited the development to his company’s “reputation as the world leading specialist in LNG ship-shore link and emergency shutdown systems”, in addition to work in energy monitoring and performance optimisation for ships and other marine installations. 

Chester –based SeaTechnik, registered as Sea Systems Technology, employs 45…

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