Originally established in February 1996 as Environmental Engineering Scotland Ltd. The company was formed with 2 aims in mind, firstly to build upon the marine workboat hire sector and secondly to continue working with existing customers on our commercial ventilation and air conditioning contracts.  
     
      Our first marine contract was awarded in July 1996 by Rassmusen offshore, the contract included running crew boats to their offshore platform 'Polyconcorde' and the supply of up to 10 riggers and personnel onboard to carry out maintenance and repairs throughout the rig. A further larger contract was awarded shortly there after by Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd. This contract initially involved the supply of one rescue boat and a small crew transfer vessel however expanded to provide transportation of all personnel together with materials to both the North and South legs of the Forth Road Bridge, it soon became clear to both parties that additional vessels would be required and so we temporarily ramped up our fleet expansion program. This resulted in the acquisition of a further 6 vessels (of various sizes and power) for the contract and the purchase of a semi-multipurpose vessel; The Bagheera. The contract lasted for a total of 78 weeks during which we gained considerable valuable and practical Marine Construction experience.  
   
     Upon completion we sold the 6 vessels we had temporarily acquired and The Bagheera was placed on long term charter with Hydro Seafood's, we then acquired our second semi multipurpose vessel; The Legabion. This came from France requiring a refit and so upon successful completion of this she worked on the UK's west coast for 3 months upon which we sold her and acquired our first true multipurpose vessel; The Sheerkhan. Shortly thereafter in November 2000 we acquired our 3rd vessel; The tug Akela and then our 4th vessel; The Tabriki arrived early in 2001.  
     
  By then we had a wide and varied fleet of vessels and so we decided to attend and promote our business at Seawork 2001, it was during this period that it became clear to us that the name Environmental Engineering did not truly reflect the nature of what had by then become our core business and so we changed our name to MarineCo UK Ltd late in 2001 in order to better reflect this.  
     
  In early 2002 we began a further appraisal of our fleet. Our customers needs and requirements had increased steadily over the years and we were conscious of the need for greater power and versatility and so embarked upon consolidating and 'future proofing' our fleet, in doing so we replaced all of our legacy fleet i.e. disposing of The Bagheera and acquiring the Marineco Baloo in her place, disposing of The Sheerkhan and acquiring the Marineco Seeonee together with the disposal of the Akela and replacing it with the Marineco Raksha, and it is the latter together with the Marineco Tabriki that has now become the backbone of our present fleet.  
     


 MarineCo UK Ltd, The Steading,  Pentland Mains, Edinburgh, EH20 9QG
 Tel: +44 (0)131 445 2345 - Fax: +44 (0)131 445 4418
 Email:  info@mcouk.com   Web: www.mcouk.com
 Vat Registration number: 671001578 Company Registration number: 163696 (SCO)