NAUTILUS MARINE SERVICE

WE ARE ...

… a privately-owned German manufacturer and trading company.
… a subsea developer of very high pressure resistant glass enclosures for instrument housings and buoyancy (VITROVEX).
… a trading specialist for marine safety equipment and oceanographic/hydrographic products.
… approx. 10 people committed to seeing our customers succeed.
… working closely with regional partners around the world.
… investing for the future; in people and technology.
… continuously innovating to maintain our technical leadership
… exporting 90% of our VITROVEX glass products to over 30 countries.
… pursuing long term relationships with our clients, employees and partners.

WE ACT …

… in accordance with the best interests of our clients.
… for long-term viability and sustainability.
… to contribute to our society.
… based on optimism, fun, and to adopt a positive attitude towards our future.

WE CARE …

… for details.
… for high quality and the reliability of our products, services and processes.
… for lessons learnt from mistakes, and failure only serves to make us stronger.
… for criticism that concerns our work.

The selection of our name NAUTILUS MARINE SERVICE is not due to mere chance and has several references. The three landmark submarines – all named Nautilus, that were built by Robert Fulton in the year 1800, by the British Royal Navy in 1886, and the United States Navy in 1954, symbolize our ties with ocean exploration and pressure vessels.

Nautilus is also the name of the ship featured in the adventure novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne. This sub, created by the enigmatic commander Captain Nemo, was considered ahead of its time with its electrical propulsion and all kinds of gadgets to perform advanced marine biology research. It meets our aims to offer only the most advanced products in the field of oceanography and hydrography to our customers.

Last but not least there is the creature, Nautilus pompilius, which is the Latin name of a marine mollusc with a snail-like shell that lives in the sea. Like our VITROVEX glass products, the shell of the chambered Nautilus fulfils the function of buoyancy, which allows the Nautilus to dive or ascend at will, by controlling the density and volume of the liquid within its shell chambers – a principle that can still be found today incorporated into many deep-sea vehicles. Furthermore, the classic elegant contours of the Nautilus pompilius with its inherent beauty of the logarithmic spiral of the shell represents more than any other sea creature the humanly crafted perfect proportions of our VITROVEX glass products.

REFERENCES

Thanks to the many years of experience in the afore-mentioned business areas, Nautilus Marine Service stands for expertise and confidence in the products and services offered and has gained a broad national and international customer base including companies, institutions and individuals across the entire spectrum of the maritime industry. A selection of references for Germany is listed below.

Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
IFM-GEOMAR
Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften (MARUM)
Geo-Forschungszentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
GKSS Forschungszentrum
Senckenberg Institut
Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSÄ, BSH, BAW)
Reedereien (F.Laeisz, Briese Schiffahrt, RF, Scandlines, Aida)
Bundes- und Kommunalbehörden (Bundesgrenzschutz, Zoll, Feuerwehr)
Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS)
Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG)

Nautilus Marine Service is closely associated with regional distributors around the world and exports over 90% of its VITROVEX glass products to more than 30 countries. All well-known marine research facilities (see below for a non-conclusive selection) are among these customers.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD
National Geographic Society
WHOI
University of Rhode Island
JAMSTEC
NOC Southampton
Shanghai Ocean University
Ocean University of China
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)
National Taiwan Ocean University
National Institute of Ocean Technology(NIOT)
IFREMER
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas CSIC
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dalhousie University
University of Victoria
IFM/GEOMAR
AWI
MARUM

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