Access to the people who specify
Newbuild yards, refit yards, owners and operators, workboat and dredging fleets, and naval programmes. Relationships that predate any of us, in a market small enough to cover properly.
For manufacturers
Looking for a Benelux partner?
We represent a small number of maritime equipment manufacturers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Not as a catalogue reseller, but as the technical and service organisation that carries your product in this market.
Start a conversationWhat you get from us
A representation agreement is worth what the representative actually does. Here is what we put behind a line.
Technical sales, not order taking
Application engineers who size and select your equipment and can defend that selection to a chief engineer. Your product gets explained correctly, which is the part manufacturers usually lose in distribution.
Service and spare parts on the ground
Our own service organisation and stock in the Netherlands. Commissioning, maintenance, overhaul and the emergency spare, handled here rather than escalated to you.
A company that will still be here
Trading since 1885, privately held, with principal relationships measured in decades rather than quarters. Your appointment does not evaporate at the next ownership change.
What makes a good fit
We would rather establish this in ten minutes than after a year of polite emails.
A good fit
- Maritime equipment manufacturers without Benelux representation, or unhappy with the coverage they have
- Products that need engineering and after-sales, not just a price list
- Lines that complement what we already carry rather than compete with it
- Manufacturers willing to invest in joint technical training
Probably not us
- Commodity items sold on price alone
- Products that compete directly with a principal we already represent
- Manufacturers looking for a warehouse address rather than a partner
- Sectors outside marine and industrial process equipment
How it works
Four steps, no surprises.
1. Introduction
You tell us the product and the market you want covered. We tell you honestly whether it sits well beside what we carry.
2. Portfolio and conflict check
We check for channel conflict against our existing principals before anything else. If there is a clash we say so immediately.
3. First projects
We take your product into live enquiries and quote it. You see how we sell it and we see how it lands here, before either side signs anything.
4. Representation agreement
Territory, terms, stock, training and service arrangements in writing. Then we build the line properly.
Send us your product line
A catalogue and a sentence about the market you want covered is enough to start. You will get a straight answer, including when the answer is no.
Contact TAS Marine