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Wrist acquires marine

catering provider Garrets

W
rist Ship Supply has Garrets brand, thereby creating an even scale, resources and reach. Our

completed the acquisition of stronger proposition for customers.customers will beneit from access to
Garrets International, which Robert Kledal, CEO of Wrist, said: the Wrist global network and breadth of

provides catering services to over 1,000 “Our ambition is to be the best, andservices,” said Mr Battersby.
ships worldwide.this acquisition will provide optimum SeaStar and Garrets is a good

Wrist company SeaStar conditions for just that. With around match as both companies are focused
Management will be combined with 1,600 ships in our marine catering on a global service platform, including

Garrets and will operate under the portfolio, we will have the opportunity welfare, health and further training of
the chefs onboard.
Garrets name. The acquisition will to establish new standards in the ield
strengthen the global proposition to with regards to the services one should “I’m looking forward to us being

customers of both businesses and offer as a catering provider. We will have one company under the banner of one
provide an enhanced ability to support larger muscles and more resources to common mission to improve the welfare

welfare onboard as well as more invest further in welfare onboard.of crew members all over the world”, said
resources for the development of “Catering isn’t just about delivering Niels Mors Snog, former General Manager

service tools for the crew.food, but also about creating healthier at SeaStar and the new CEO of Garrets.
Wrist has an overall growth and M&A conditions onboard and helping the staff “And I am pleased that Geoff

strategy and desires to consolidate the towards a better workday – for example Battersby will stay onboard and bring
ship supply market, which previously has by offering further training of the chefs his great expertise and experience to

been highly segmented with numerous and developing new tools and services. the table.”
This acquisition is well aligned with our Improved welfare onboard is,
smaller players. Garrets was formed in
1991 to provide catering solutions tovision of being recognised for making however, far from being the only

the merchant marine sector and today our customers’ life at sea better.”advantage of this acquisition.
handles provision supplies and budget Mr Kledal stated that the company “The scale advantages will ensure

control to over 1,000 ships worldwide.will maintain locations in Noerresundby, that our customers will be offered an
SeaStar Management is a business Romford and Singapore respectively.even stronger proposition. Based on

unit within Wrist established in 2009 Garrets’ current CEO, Geoff a new common IT platform, which is
and specialised in the handling of Battersby, will take on the role of now being implemented in SeaStar, we

consumable budgets and deliveryDeputy Chairman of the combined are optimising our business to meet
of provisions and stores to ships all Garrets business.future requirements. At the same time,

over the world. It has built a customer “I really look forward to Garrets the acquisition will allow for more
platform of about 600 ships in marine becoming part of the Wrist group, which and better digital solutions and tools

catering. The acquisition will unite the will be able to support the development for chefs and persons responsible for

two companies operating under theof the Garrets business with increasedpurchases,” said Mr Snog. u

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