Appledore Marine Engineering

Name

Appledore Marine Engineering

Legal name

Appledore Marine Engineering, LLC

Website

https://appledoremarine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Project Management & Owner’s Engineering / Technical Consultancy (Spec Writing, Bid Support, Site Support) (IMAJAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance & Repair (UWILD, Diving/ROV, In-water Cleaning) (IMAJAFAJ), Marine Service Provider Coordination (Diving, Inspection, Class/Survey Support) (TLAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Waterfront engineering consulting
• Marine structural inspection
• Underwater engineer diving
• Pier wharf design
• Dry dock engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering consulting services for waterfront infrastructure including inspections, assessments, design, and construction support. Revenue is generated through task order contracts with government agencies and private clients. The firm works on project-based engagements ranging from individual inspections to multi-year design contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Appledore Marine Engineering is an engineering consulting firm that provides inspection, assessment, engineering studies, and design services for waterfront infrastructure such as piers, wharves, dry docks, and offshore towers. The firm operates an integrated engineer-diver model in which licensed professional engineers who are also commercially certified divers perform underwater field investigations and directly translate findings into engineering designs, reports, and construction support deliverables.

Product overview

Appledore Marine Engineering (AME) is a specialized consulting firm focused exclusively on waterfront infrastructure. The company offers an integrated suite of services built around its unique Engineer-Diver capability, which combines professional engineering with commercial diving certification. Core service lines include Inspections (above-water and underwater), Engineering Studies/Testing & Analysis, Design, Course Development & Instruction, and Development of Industry Guides & Standards. The company serves federal government agencies, academic marine research facilities, shipyards, port authorities, and commercial terminals across six continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineer-Diver Inspections In-house engineer-dive team combining professional engineering licensure with commercial diving certification to perform above-water and underwater inspections, condition assessments, detailed Level I/II/III inspections, drone inspections, tower climbing and inspection, cathodic protection surveys, and photo documentation for waterfront facilities owned by federal, academic, and commercial clients.
• Engineering Studies, Testing & Analysis Advanced engineering analysis covering geotechnical explorations on-shore and offshore, ground penetrating radar, concrete coring and petrographic analysis, non-destructive testing, utility surveys, topographic and hydrographic surveys, benthic studies and mapping, metocean studies, structural analysis, load testing, and life cycle estimation.
• Waterfront Infrastructure Design Full-range design services for waterfront infrastructure including initial asset valuation, planning proposals, design, and construction support for piers, wharves, dry docks, offshore towers, aids to navigation, and related marine structures for industrial, state, and federal clients.
• Course Development & Instruction Development and delivery of technical training courses such as the 'Fixed Aids to Navigation Inspection, Assessment, and Design' short course delivered to US Coast Guard Civil Engineering Units.
• Industry Guides and Standards Development Leadership in developing industry standards including the ASCE Manual of Practice for Waterfront Facilities Inspection and Assessment, US Navy NTRP 4-04.2.8 Conventional Underwater Construction and Repair Techniques, and the ASCE MOP for Mooring of Ships at Fixed Harbor Facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Designed $3 million in construction repairs completed within 60-day open port window in Arctic environment at Thule Greenland
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP USA: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with federal, maritime, and waterfront capabilities that pursues the same USACE, Navy, and port authority contracts as AME — competing on scale and multidisciplinary bundling.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global AEC firm with a substantial federal services and maritime practice that competes for Navy, USCG, and large port authority waterfront programs of record — a broader incumbent that overlaps AME's federal design and inspection work.
• Stantec: Stantec is a large North American AEC firm with water, ports, and federal infrastructure practices pursuing Navy, USCG, and port authority waterfront modernization contracts alongside AME.
• Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald operates a global ports, coasts, and offshore engineering practice serving naval, transport, and port clients — overlapping with AME on waterfront design and inspection services to federal and international customers.
• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs is a major federal services and infrastructure engineering contractor that supports Navy, Coast Guard, and other DoD waterfront programs — competing with AME on large federal IDIQs and task-order contracts.

Direct peers

• Collins Engineers, Inc. Collins Engineers is an underwater inspection and marine structural engineering firm that performs above-water and underwater structural assessments for ports, bridges, and waterfront facilities — the closest direct peer to AME's engineer-diver inspection model.
• Moffatt & Nichol: Moffatt & Nichol is a global coastal, port, and waterfront engineering consultancy that designs piers, wharves, dry docks, and marine terminals — directly competitive on AME's core design and inspection services to federal and port clients.
• W.F. Baird & Associates: W.F. Baird & Associates specializes in coastal, marine, and waterfront engineering for ports, harbors, and offshore structures — overlapping with AME in structural design, metocean analysis, and waterfront inspection for public and private clients.
• Ben C. Gerwick (COWI): Ben C. Gerwick, now part of COWI, is a historic specialty marine structural engineering firm focused on piers, wharves, dry docks, and offshore structures — directly comparable in technical discipline and federal client base to AME.
• Oceanetics, Inc. Oceanetics provides marine engineering, oceanographic services, and waterfront consulting to federal and commercial clients — a smaller specialty peer with comparable underwater inspection and waterfront design capabilities to AME.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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