Channel one
Residual OEM stock
Discontinued lines often sit in regional distributor inventory years after the maker stops listing them. We know which distributors to call.
Home / Obsolete sourcing
Hard to source
When the maker says it's no longer available
Ships outlive their equipment. A separator fitted in 1998, a controller that went end-of-life in 2011, a pump from a yard that closed — the OEM's answer is a new unit and a twelve-week lead time. Ours usually isn't.
Where we look
Channel two
Decommissioned vessels
Sister ships being scrapped or converted are the best source of genuine parts for legacy machinery. We buy from breakers and reconditioners we've vetted.
Channel three
Reverse engineering
Where the volume justifies it, we have parts made to the original drawing or to a measured sample, with material certification.
Channel four
Reconditioning
Sometimes the answer is refurbishing what you have. We'll say so, and quote the recon rather than selling you a part you don't need.
What to send when there's no part number
- Photo of the machinery nameplate — maker, type, serial, year
- Photo of the failed part from two angles, with a tape measure in frame
- Key dimensions if you can take them — bore, shaft diameter, overall length
- Any manual page, drawing or old invoice, even a partial one
- Vessel name and IMO, so we can check what was fitted at build
Our technical director is a Master Mariner with 35 years at sea and our purchasing desk identifies parts from photographs daily. You don't need to have solved the problem before you contact us — that's the service.
Been told it's unobtainable?
That's usually where we start. Send the nameplate and we'll tell you honestly whether we can find it, reverse engineer it, or whether replacement is the right call.