About US
Team of highly skilled technical and nautical consultants providing consultancy and services in the shipbuilding, ship management and oil & gas industry.
Company History
The origins of our business started back in 1998. when SpecTec founded its representative office in Croatia. Following admission of Croatia into the EU in July 2013, SpecTec Croatia became Socius Limited. Socius has expanded its portfolio with consultancies and services in the field of shipbuilding, ship management and Oil & Gas industry. Due to the extensive experience of our expert team, gained through the past two decades, Socius is a trustworthy partner when a company requires outstanding business solutions and/or special competence and expertise for a limited period of time.
Our services
What we do in a nutshell
asset management systems
We are experts in implementation of Computerized Asset Management Systems including Maintenance, Procurement, Stock Management, Crewing, Quality & Safety and Risk Management.
pms databases
We build databases for Asset Management Systems, including certification ready databases for Planned Maintenance Systems. We are specialized in database conversions and data migrations.
marine surveys and risk management
Our technical and nautical consultants are highly skilled for the hull, machinery, electrical condition and damage surveys, insurance and claim surveys.
training courses
Socius provides certified computer courses and tailored computer courses to end-users, land staff and seafarer, in our highly equipped classroom and at the customer site.
Our Team
Socius team consists of maritime mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and master mariner with significant experience gained from various key positions in the shipping and offshore industry.
Managing Director
''There is no such thing as a satisfactory result – there is always room for improvement.''
Member of the Board
''We have a passion for the sea, ships and sailing and we are passionately committed to our work.''
Project Manager
''A wide range of experience in maritime, planned maintenance and database business is essential before starting the project to predict hidden traps and hidden expenses. We are always at disposal with a friendly advice for our clients.''
Project Manager
''Each of our projects requires a unique approach and that is why we put communication with our clients in the first place, in order to achieve business excellence and build long term partnerships.''
Our consulting and expert services comprehensively support a large number of industries
Energy production
Defense
Manufacturing
Processing and Transport
Our partners
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Maritime Cook Islands
WELCOME TO MARITIME COOK ISLANDS – OPEN REGISTER FOR SHIPS AND YACHTS
Cook Islands operates an open register for ships and yachts via a network of Deputy Registrars around the world. Maritime Cook Islands performs all Flag State duties for the Cook Islands government through an agreement with the Ministry of Transport.
As a ship or yacht owner, you can easily qualify to register ships or yachts through membership of the Cook Islands Ship Owners Association (CISOA) or Cook Islands Yacht Squadron (CIYS) or by establishing a Cook Islands International Company or by registering an existing Foreign Company on the Cook Islands International Companies Register.
Cook Islands requires that all ships that fly our flag comply with all of the relevant international maritime conventions but we do not impose any additional requirements beyond IMO Conventions and IACS Unified Interpretations.
Our ship or yacht registration process is simple and efficient and can be completed with assistance of Socius as your authorized Deputy Registrar.
Maritime Cook Islands
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Azimouthio Yachting Info
AZIMOUTHIO Yachting Info is Ultimate free press Marine (Yachting, Sailing, Shipping) Directory in the Mediterranean and Middle East that provides Yachting, Sailing and Shipping information. It is handy, practical with functionally arranged sections for easy search, providing detailed and useful information, regarding professionals, enterprises, marinas as well as useful information concerning Yachting, Sailing and Shipping industry.
With over 7.500 companies listed in the AZIMOUTHIO Yachting Info Directory, we have endeavoured to make the Directory as intuitive as possible for users to find easily whatever they search for.
It comes annually in 30.000 issues and it is distributed free to all organized Marinas in the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus) and Middle East (Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Emirates – Abu Dhabi and Dubai), as well as to every Yacht docked. It is also distributed free to all Agencies, Management and Shipping Companies in Greece, Cyprus, Croatia and Emirates.
Well known within the marine industry, AZIMOUTHIO Yachting Info has established its reputation as a respected brand name which captains, crews and marine businesses can trust and access time and time again.
Socius is the exclusive representative for the Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, and in charge of closing new deals and distributing Azimouthio Directory in Marinas and Marine Shows. For more information or inquiry contact us by email adriatic [at] yachting-info.com
Azimouthio Yachting Info
Authorized Representative - Adriatic Coast -
Shipserv
Shipserv
Partnership
Testimonials
Since 1998, Socius expert team has provided consulting and expert services to the numerous key players from Maritime industry, including companies from all over the world.
LATEST NEWS
Europort Rotterdam
EUROPORT – Exhibition for maritime technology 5-8 November 2019 Rotterdam Ahoy MAXIMISING VESSEL PERFORMANCE From 5 – 8 November 2019 Europort, organised in the world port city of Rotterdam, will be the international maritime meeting place for innovative technology and complex shipbuilding. Europort has a strong focus on special purpose ships including offshore vessels, dredging vessels, construction vessels, naval[…]
Socius welcomes two new employees
We are proud to announce that Socius continues its growth by enhancing the team with two new members. Maja and Ivan joined us recently as a result of our company growth and great plans for the future. Ivan is experienced Seismic Navigator with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and his appointment as Technical Consultant will[…]
Tankerska Plovidba acquiring newbuildings
Tankerska Plovidba has taken delivery of their new vessel, aframax tanker m/t Frankopan. Tanker of 114,305 DWT was built by Sungdong SB shipyard and is the first ship in series of two. Its sister vessel, m/t Rava is scheduled for delivery in October 2017. Socius was in charge for building the PMS databases for both[…]
Socius’ business partner Azimouthio Yachting Info, expands itself to Western Mediterranean
Socius’ business partner and leading Marine Directory – Azimouthio Yachting Info makes a great step ahead by expanding its territory to Western Mediterranean. Azimouthio 2018 edition will include five more countries, namely Spain, France, Italy, Malta and the Principality of Monaco, with companies and maps from their major marinas. Azimouthio Yachting Info will be[…]
Socius team is growing
We are pleased to announce a new member of our team, Ms. Tina Solaja who will join us at the position of Junior Consultant. Tina is recent graduate Master of maritime management and her duty will be to support Technical Consultants and PMS database construction team. We would like to welcome her on board!
PMS database centralization for the fishing fleet
Socius database team has completed, on behalf of SpecTec USA, database realignment and centralization for the fishing fleet owned by premier US fishing and surimi processing company. A leading vessel C/P Arctic Storm is 101 m LOA, 2638 DWT with the frozen cargo hold capacity 1500 tons, and operated by 134 crew members. Maintenance[…]
Socius team completes annual distribution of Azimouthio Marine Directory
In the past 3 weeks, Socius team was travelling along the Adriatic coast, visiting Marinas and making a distribution of Azimouthio Yachting Info – Marine Directory. Directory was distributed hand to hand in more than 20 Marinas directly to ship owners, captains, crew, brokers, charter agencies, etc. Establishing a strong distribution network in largest Croatian[…]
PMS database for LNG tanker
User Acceptance Test has been completed successfully for Planned Maintenance System database, developed by Socius on behalf of Spectec Spa., for Hyproc LNG tanker Tessala, DWT 94.575, built 2016. We received compliments for the high quality of database.
Partnership agreement signed between Socius and University of Split
Socius Ltd has become a partner organisation for Faculty of Maritime Studies Split. An Agreement was signed by Prof. Šimun Anđelinović, PhD, Rector of University of Split, and Mr. Marin Sobin, Managing Director. Students of Marine Mechanical Engineering, Nautical Engineering, Marine Electrical Engineering and IT departments will have the opportunity to select Socius for[…]
Socius presents Maritime Cook Islands – open register for ships and yachts
A partnership between Socius and leading ship registry, Maritime Cook Islands (MCI), was formed in October last year. As part of this partnership, Socius’ Managing Director, Marin Sobin, takes on the appointment of Deputy Registrar for Croatia and other countries at the East Adriatic Coast, and will serve the growing community of yacht owners[…]
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Socius d.o.o.
Poljicka cesta 26/A
21000 Split, Croatia