Ships Electronic Services (SES) supplies, installs, and maintains maritime communication and navigation electronics. The firm has 40 years of experience in the commercial shipping, leisure, fishing, and offshore oil industries.

It has eight UK coastal sites, including Grimsby, Grangemouth, and Aberdeen.

Reliable navigational and communication systems

The quality of SES’ products and services is at the forefront of the company’s agenda, with it aiming to provide first-class electronics, communications, and navigational systems to its customers.

Back in 1998, the firm achieved the International Quality Standard EN ISO: 9001 for its products. SES also has its own dedicated quality assurance manager; making sure that it performs to the optimum level.

Measures are also put into place to ensure the company is sensitive and reactive to the needs of its end-users.

Commercial marine antennas for VHF and LAN bands

The firm’s commercial marine antennas, can be used for the high-frequency (HF), maritime, very high frequency (VHF), cellular, and wireless local area network (LAN) bands.

SES also supplies entertainment systems. These can be connected to smartphones and tablets and are ideal for luxury yachts.

Meanwhile, its handheld VHF is ideal for both the commercial and leisure industries, and comes complete with global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) facilities.

Other systems supplied by SES include those for electronic chart display and information (ECDIS), as well asinternet, autopilots / steering, satellite communications, and vessel automation and dynamic positioning (DP).

The firm also provides emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), radars, thermal imaging cameras, and gyro compasses.

Round-the-clock customer services for communication and navigation systems

As well as offering an array of products for the maritime industry, SES also offers its clients a 24-hour customer service phone line. Through this, trained SES staff provide technical assistance and advice.

In addition, company’s factory trained engineers can travel around the world to help customers deal with their vessels. The firm can also provide cost-effective spare parts when needed.

Cooperation with leading businesses in the electronics industry

SES has worked with some of the leading businesses in the electronics industry. This includes Thrane & Thrane, SAM Electronics, Clear-Com, Raytheon Anschütz, Furuno, and Comrod.

The company is also the sole onboard service centre for Thrane & Thrane, and is a UK service partner for Wired Ocean, SAM Electronics, Transas, Furuno, Jotron, Kelvin Hughes, KVH, and Zenitel products, amongst others.