MGPS are distributors for ShipSonic antifouling systems, based in Scotland. ShipSonic is manufactured in the Netherlands, with headquarters based in Goes in Zeeland and manufacturing facilties also in Den Bosch. MGPS Ltd’s core mission is to take ShipSonic to the world and introduce it to the marine industry.
MGPS’ backgrounds compliment this mission. Chris Ryan is a former deep-sea marine engineering officer on large cargo, offshore and passenger ships as well as a former tugboat Chief Engineer. The MGPS team also includes Gavin Fisher, a sales and marketing expert who has years of experience in the environmentally friendly antifouling sector. Managing Director, Sharon Owens, has a background in the medical fields giving her an understanding of the biological side of the equation.
Having grown increasingly frustrated working with ultrasonic antifouling systems, seeing the hints of success behind the technology but struggling with reliability and inconsistent results, the team had tried to encourage distributors to engage in feedback and develop their product. However, most products are designed and aimed for the leisure boat market and few individuals involved with the sector seemed to wish to push this concept on into the next generation, for aquaculture and other forms of marine vessels.
Passionate about the industry and the marine environment, MGPS set out to find a system developed by like-minded souls. This is when they met the people behind ShipSonic. They had taken on an ultrasonic antifouling system that was also having intermittent results and, instead of pocketing the profits while they could, which they had invested in years of research and development, they brought in partnerships with major cooler manufacturers and even the Dutch Government. With the help of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sea Research in Yerseke they developed an effective, reliable and robust ultrasonic antifouling system.
Chris notes that he is sure, in the marine industry, readers experience hundreds of products and systems that are available, but you will rarely see a system that has such potential to truly revolutionise global shipping in the way ShipSonic will!
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