Polaris Media has been appointed by the one of the world’s biggest shipyards Oman Drydock Company (ODC) to help promote a major ship conversion project.
Polaris, run by brothers Ben and Sam Pinnington, will travel to the Omani Capital Muscat and the new port and logistics city of Duqm, where ODC is based, later this month to attend a special ceremony and promote the project to global maritime press.
Polaris director Ben Pinnington said the appointment is the latest in a series of overseas business wins for the company which specialises in the maritime, offshore, energy and engineering sectors.
“We have worked with ODC for around a year now helping promote it to the international maritime press,” he said. “We are very pleased to have been invited out to Oman again to promote this important project. We have worked hard over a number of years on Merseyside, and in the North West, to develop a track record in maritime sector marketing. That experience of supporting a wide range of maritime companies, together with our training in journalism and being sector specialist is winning us more work at home and abroad.”
Polaris first visited Oman in February 2014 to promote ODC’s 200th drydocking of the Maersk Wisconsin. Polaris’ maritime client base includes Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead’s SeaKing Electrical and Bootle lifejacket maker International Safety Products. Polaris was founded on Merseyside and has offices in Ellesmere Port, Liverpool and Manchester.
ODC is a $1.5bn shipyard run in partnership with Korean shipbuilding giant DSME. It first started trading in 2011 and its site extends over more than 1.3m sq meters.
The new frontier port town of Duqm is undergoing a $15bn investment as Oman seeks to position itself as one of prime maritime, offshore and energy hubs in the Gulf serving the Asia Europe shipping routes.