Ships Electronic Services (SES) has announced the acquisition of TSA Communications Ltd of Birkenhead, providing the company with a West Coast base adjacent to the Liverpool docks. The office will be called SES Liverpool and joins the 7 other SES facilities around the UK to create a national network of maritime electronics service centres at major UK ports.
SES Liverpool will continue to foster long established relationships with TSA’s many high profile customers and will now be able to expand the services offered with its many distributorships and service partners.
TSA Managing Director, John Williamson said, “We are delighted that this acquisition has been successful. As SES Liverpool we can now offer our customers an even wider selection of products and equipment from the world’s leading manufacturers. With the professional SES engineering team offering a comprehensive installation, service and warranty facility, our customers in the Liverpool Docks region can be assured of a high-quality response whatever their electronic equipment needs”.
Stephen Roper, Managing Director of SES commented, “As SES continues to expand its customer base it is important for us to provide on-the-spot engineering and supply facilities throughout the UK. The opportunity to acquire TSA presented a great opportunity for us to gain representation in this vibrant area of the maritime industry. We are now able to service shipping operators wherever they are located in the UK, quickly and efficiently.”
In addition to being one of the UK’s Service Depot Partners for Raytheon Anschuetz , SES is also the sole Onboard Service Centre for Thrane & Thrane, including the SAILOR range of GMDSS products. SES is a UK dealer and service partner for Clear Com, Furuno, Jotron, Kelvin Hughes, KVH, Naval, Rutter, SAM Electronics, Netwave, Danilec, Transas, and Vingtor.