From 'A' to 'Z' and from 'CEO' to 'CIO', yes we understand the 'shipping business'
Our Services
The Maritime Consulting Group joins a prestigious and selected team of independent experts in their respective professional areas. We are Founders, Managing Directors, Partners and Board Members of several companies and groups related to the Transportation industry: Shipping business, passenger and cargo freight, as Shipowners, Ship Agents, freight Forwarders, and shipping Brokers; Logistics -warehousing, distribution, surface transport; Tourism sector -metropolitan and touristic maritime lines for passengers, acquisition and management of travel agencies; the Technology sector providing leading and innovative IT and Business Intelligence solutions to the Passenger Vessel Industry; and the Strategic Consulting Business.
Thus, Maritime Consulting Group Spain gets cover not only major disciplines and areas of expertise to meet its commitment to Strategic Advisory & Project Management for the shipping sector and Transportation industry, but also a wider range of business and industrial sectors. Over 30 years of professional and business expertise with the industry best practices in the Transportation sector, having held Senior Managing positions in several Groups and Shipping Corporations in Spain and Europe (since 1987), and Overseas (Latin America, 1997-2001).
From 'A' to 'Z' and from 'CEO' to 'CIO'; yes, we understand the Shipping Business!
Boutique Consulting Firm
Strategic Advisory for the Transport industry
The Maritime Consulting Group offers a comprehensive and highly specialized service to our clients, in order to optimize their transformation and business change, whatever their corporate objectives. Helping to transport companies and shipping corporations from the beginning, through our Strategic Model of Innovation and Growth, to discover and explore their Unique Selling Proposition, understanding its true market positioning, with the most innovative management tools and strategic skills. Focused on the reality of the business sector of Transportation, to which we belong, and where we have over 30 years of professional activity.
Gaining valuable knowledge and expertise in this regard, as well as personal and professional relationships, a broad and specialized know-how & know-who in the industry, which is hard to find in other generalist consulting firms.
With our professional and expert evaluation of projects and maritime transport, both passenger and freight, we also bring the possibility of a wider management and project management, either interim or longer term.
While we offer Business Coaching and Mentoring services, novel and original proposal in our industry, and training plans tailored to the companies, programs that aim to keep in the best fitness to their management teams. With a thorough know-how and demonstrated and proven experience in shipping services for passengers and freight, we can provide our business vision and our recognized expertise in this regard, the analysis of opportunity for new regular lines for passenger and cargo in consolidated maritime traffics or emerging, as in Short-Sea Shipping.
We can also contribute with our knowledge in the field of Tourism, closely related to the Ferry industry, with expertise in acquisition and management of travel agencies, metropolitan and touristic shipping lines for passengers, etc.
Just as we can offer the best choice of IT and Business Intelligence for the Ferry industry, with the worldwide leader in comprehensive systems for the maritime sector, widely demanded, and supported annually over 33 million passengers and 5 million vehicles, in 18 countries worldwide -now also in Spain and Portugal-, through 35 shipping lines.
Strategic Marketing
Market Intelligence
Differentiation of Products and Services, Market Segmentation, Brand positioning, the three pillars on which rests the reality of modern Strategic Marketing, must be defined, and redefined, and placed in working order.
From simple Restyling and strengthening of our brands to the Branding positioning and Co-Branding, because without brand prestige there is no solid basis on which to rely and on which to grow; through active management of a real communication media, with creative actions of high impact and low-cost.
Or the deepest and inescapable definition and development of Strategic Business Units, because not always we recognize and use all our possibilities for our growth and expansion; to the formulation and reformulation of Marketing Plans and Sales Actions, because without clearly and defined goals, the success is just a matter of luck… and failure just a question of time.
Are just some of our strategic skills to achieve business success, also in our sector. Strategic Marketing Tools that is necessary need to know how to deploy and combine effectively together, to reach tools and skills working for us.
Project Management & Interim Management
In The Maritime Consulting Group we can take care of the management and administration of maritime and transportation projects, with highly specialized, professional and expert systems approach for the Planning, Scheduling and Controlling. Whether for long-term projects or Interim Management.
With over 30 years of professional experience in the industry of Transportation, The Maritime Consulting Group provides not only the accurate know-how and expertise, but thorough and deep knowledge
in our industry and its prominent and relevant professionals, a broad portfolio business, with personal and professional contacts.
What certainly is a wealth and a must, expertise and know-who, decisive in achieving business success. Added value that can hardly be found in the market, or in other non-specialist and generalist consulting firms. That way The Maritime Consulting Group remain a Boutique firm, highly specialized and focused on the transport sector.
Business Agency and Commercial Representative Office
In The Maritime Consulting Group we offer our commercial office in Spain for Representation and Agency for services and maritime industry related products. We have a broad and recognized Expertise and know-how & know-who in this market, enabling the proper completion and successful operations we represent.
We serve suppliers in the maritime industry our extensive network of contacts and professional relations in
Spain & Iberia, Western Med, and Latin America, allowing effective resources and strategies to achieve rapid business growth and consolidation of services and products represented in these markets. Agency and bespoke Representation on an exclusiveness per service/product basis, with the maritime sector and Transportation industry best practices.
Our Skills: Success-Oriented, Problem-Solving, Reliability & Effectiveness, Network Organization.
In addition to Strategic Consulting services, we also provide our clients and their executives, professional experience and business skills of our Consultant team, based on the proximity of learning and expertise given the new disciplines of the Executive Coach and Mentoring. Innovative and original services in our sector.
In Business Coaching training we can take the pulse of the organization of the company, contributing to their personal and professional improvement through motivational speaking, or in situ monitoring of the activity of managers, both for individual and teams.
By Business Mentoring we can link closely with the director or officer of the company, complementing their vision and training, with the expert help of a mentor for our team that walks well on the achievement of objectives, and stimulating their potential for that benefits the company.
These highly interesting and widely used in the modern business world in other countries, disciplines are based on trust and, of course, are made possible by specific training and professional and business experience of our team.
IT & Business Intelligence for the Ferry and Cruise
Our partners Carus Ferry Ab Ltd. and Carus Cruise Inc. offers specialized IT solution services for ferry operators.
With expertise in sales systems, e-commerce, travel and transport booking, Carus will help you to make your business processes and your IT maintenance efficient and help you to get the right information at the right time out of your systems.
Carus is present in 18 countries worldwide -now also in Spain and Portugal-, providing service to 33 million passengers and over 5 million vehicles annually. Carus servers handles 2 million database transactions daily, and Carus integration servers receives over 450,000 SOAP requests per day.
Services and Areas of Expertise:
> Strategic and Expert Advisory
> Maritime Projects Evaluation
> Maritime Projects Management
> Audits for the Maritime Services
> Expertise in Short-Sea Shipping and in the emerging Metropolitan Shipping Lines
> Strategic Management Processes
> Executive Coaching & Mentoring
> Related IT Services & Business Intelligence
> IT & Business Intelligence services for the Ferry industry
> Advanced reservation and departure control solutions for booking and check-in, Onboard and Infotainment, IT Expert Consultancy.