Industry leading marine support
About North Star
Always There, Always Ready
Founded in 1886, we own and operate the largest wholly UK-owned fleet engaged in the UK’s offshore industry in the North Sea, providing comprehensive operational experience of the seas around the UK coastline. Our clients rely on our advanced vessels and the unrivalled experience of our highly trained crews to provide offshore infrastructure support 24/7 365 days of the year.
We are recognised as a fully professional and proven mission-critical service partner, particularly in relation to long-term contracted infrastructure support. We combine safety, innovation and efficiency to ensure that we always deliver exceptional levels of support to all our customers in one of world’s most challenging and demanding marine environments, leveraging our 135 years of experience.
At North Star, we are passionate about delivering our industry leading services to all of our clients, with a high focus on collaboration and a shared commitment to our vision, mission, and core values. As one team, we are focused on the trust and empowerment required as industry leaders to enable sustainable practices across all of our stakeholders.
Our industry leading cadet programme shows our commitment to invest in our people; and our track record of consistent innovation across the business, are clear evidence that we are ready as your partner of choice; now and in the future.
Matthew Gordon - CEO
Market leading Safety performance underpinned by employee satisfaction and wellbeing
Continued Customer satisfaction and loyalty, through best in class service provision - 24/7/365
Development of innovative value-added services through strategic technology partners
A diversified service provision, with a strong focus on offshore renewables support, globally
A commitment to our sustainability objectives, of which removal of carbon will be key
Tap on our values below to learn more about what influences the way we work at North Star.
Safety is the backbone of our business, it’s what we do and it’s who we are. We are passionate about safety, with one goal, to make sure everyone goes home safe and in a positive frame of mind.
We care for the health and well-being of everyone our business touches; including our crews, our clients, our suppliers and the environment around us. This is a key focus for our organisation which ensures we work in sustainable and ethical way, with adherence to internationally recognised standards on Human Rights, to affect positive change in our communities.
We trust in each other to create an environment in which we can succeed together. Collaboration is apparent in our own operations and in our approach to partnership with our customers.
We never stop trying to improve the services we offer and the vessels we operate. We are continuously looking for new ideas and new ways to deliver better. We are driven to be the best we can be.
We recognise the importance of acting in a manner which promotes sustainability, maximising our own performance whilst not compromising the ability of future generations to prosper. We are committed to continuous improvement towards the eradication of emissions, waste and carbon from our activities.
Our cadet programme is industry leading and we are proud to have trained over 500 cadets over the past 30 years, supporting the UK marine industry with fully trained UK merchant navy officers.
Our three year training programme offers you the opportunity to choose between a career path to become a Marine Engineer or a Deck Officer.
