Marine Resources Advisory Team A/S (Marinres in short) was established in October 2014 and has at present more than 10 years of successful activity within engineering and marine biology. The company office is in Grimstad on the south coast of Norway.

The vision of the company is that all kinds of harvesting at sea shall be sustainable. Furthermore, the company should provide scientific insight that facilitates an energy transition from coal, oil and gas to other sources of energy to reduce the threats related to climate change. The development of offshore wind installations is at present given high priority.

The CEO of the company is Torgeir Lassen, who is a specialist in finance and marine biology. Tom Lassen is Chief Technical Officer, and is managing the engineering activities in the company.

Although the permanent staff of the company is kept at a minimum, high expertise can be given on the potential damage processes in steel structures subjected to marine environment. The company is very self-reliant when it comes to design against the wear and fatigue damage processes. If the problems related to corrosion get too involved, professor emeritus Hugh Middleton is called upon. He has high skill in electro-chemics and the corrosion of metals.

For extensive numerical analysis, Professor Lassen seeks assistance from his former PhD students.