Gulf Marine Services PLC (GMS), a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in Abu Dhabi in 1977 and has become the world’s leading provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs), which are also known as self-propelled jackup barges.

The company’s extensive new build programme in recent years has made the GMS fleet one of the highest quality and most sophisticated in the industry. GMS offices are located in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.

GMS SESVs provide a stable platform for the delivery of a wide range of services performed by the company’s clients throughout the lifecycle of offshore oil, gas and renewable (wind-farm related) energy projects.

The vessels, operated by GMS, provide flexible accommodation and hotel services for the clients’ personnel, and can support a wide range of operations (listed below). GMS also prides itself on being at the forefront of technological innovation and uses its in-house expertise to provide clients with bespoke offshore support solutions that can increase operational efficiency. The vessels are capable of operations in water depths of up to 80m that are typically found in the Middle East, South East Asia, West Africa and Europe.