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ASCO Promises

As a leading full-service logistics, materials, and operations management specialist, we have unparalleled experience and a unique ability to combine high-level strategy with boots on the ground.

It’s an approach and mindset we call Frontier Thinking. It goes beyond logistics and enables us to advise and orchestrate safe, optimised operations, and plan and manage materials and movements – increasing efficiency and maximising value at every step.

We live by our obsession with safety, service excellence, and sustainability. These values guide our work and are reflected by three promises that define what you can expect from ASCO.

Intelligent Execution

We think like consultants and deliver like hands-on specialists.

At ASCO, intelligence is embedded at every level. It fuels a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement, where people are encouraged to question, challenge, and find smarter, safer, more efficient ways to deliver. This means clients get more than theory. They get a single partner who consults and implements through an end-to-end approach, optimising operations to create greater value.

Relentless Determination

We push and push until we get results.

Resilience is the reason our people never settle for “good enough”. Whatever the conditions, we solve the unsolvable, fix what’s failing, and go again until it’s right. We celebrate courage, persistence, and the mindset that there’s always a better way.

For clients, this tenacity translates into results. We show up and stay the course, no matter the weather, the time zone, or the complexity. Our clients know that when things get tough, ASCO gets tougher.
 

Vigilance and Vision

We spot what others miss and put safety first.

From the boardroom to the quayside, we embed safety into everything we do. Our unique ability to identify, understand and act on risk drives us to set global safety standards across the world’s most critical industries.

This culture of alertness and foresight prevents problems before they happen. With 24/7 monitoring and attention to the smallest details, we protect our clients’ safety, operations, and reputations - without compromise.

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Facilities and offices worldwide

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Warehouses managed globally

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Colleagues worldwide

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Logistics hubs 

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Warehouses managed globally

Locations

Facilities and offices around the globe.

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United Kingdom

Norway

Namibia

Canada

USA

Australia

Senegal

Trinidad & Tobago

Suriname

United Kingdom

Our strategically located UK bases provide logistics and operational solutions across ports and quaysides, supporting customers in energy, industrial, and emerging sectors.

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Norway

For the past 30 years, we’ve been embedded in Norway’s critical industries, providing a comprehensive range of supply base, marine, and fuel services, along with freight management.

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Canada

We support customer operations across Alberta, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick, delivering materials management, warehousing, and oilfield services.

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USA

We provide training and consultancy in critical lifting operations across North and South America, helping clients build safer, stronger, and more efficient operations.

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Australia

Since 2011, we’ve delivered materials management, logistics, marine supply base services, and support for remote and mobile camps across Australia, serving energy, resources, and infrastructure industries.

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Senegal

Senegal is one of our most recently established locations. We provide quayside management services to the newly formed Senegalese oil and gas industry.

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Trinidad & Tobago

In Trinidad and Tobago, we have grown to become a leading provider of safe and environmentally responsible supply base and logistics services to the regional offshore industry.

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Suriname

Operating in Suriname since 2022, we provide seamless supply chain solutions for the oil and gas market, working closely with local partners to ensure the highest standards in every project.

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Namibia

In Namibia, our operations combine extensive energy sector experience with wide-ranging capabilities to support the emerging energy market.

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The ASCO difference

High risk environments

High risk, no problem

We have decades of experience in high-risk, complicated environments, including the North Sea.

Multi line critical capabilities

Multi-Line Critical Capabilities

Our capabilities span multiple critical industry service lines, from fuel and environmental waste to training and marine operations.

247 operations control

24/7 Operations Control

ASCO Operations Control Centre (OCC) operates 24/7, monitoring & coordinating clients’ operational environments in real time.

Global consistency

Global Consistency with AIMS

ASCO Integrated Management System (AIMS) ensures consistency across all global operations.

Iso certified quality

ISO-Certified Quality Commitment

Our ISO accreditations reflect our commitment to exceptional quality, environmental stewardship, and health and safety.

Global leaders lifting

Global Leaders in Lifting

Through our ownership of NSL, we set the standard for global lifting and safety training.

Our history

Built on experience. Proven over decades.

Decades ago, we cut our teeth supporting oil and gas operations in the North sea, earning a reputation for transforming productivity and uncovering new efficiency gains.
 

Now we take this experience around the globe, assisting high-impact projects across a range of critical industries including energy, defence, utilities, metals and industrial manufacturing to unlock better progress, safety and value. 

1967

1967

ASCO starts life
In 1967, we began by cutting our teeth supporting oil and gas operations in the North sea, earning a reputation for transforming productivity and uncovering new efficiency gains. Now we take this experience around the globe, assisting high-impact projects to unlock better progress, safety and value.
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1981

Corporate HQ
ASCO opened a corporate HQ in Aberdeen on site of the original No 5 bonded warehouse. Staying true to our roots, ASCO’s corporate HQ remains in Aberdeen having moved to Dyce for a bigger facility.
ASCO History: 1990

1990

BP outsources its logistics operations to ASCO
BP outsources its logistics operations to ASCO, opening out of the port of Dundee. ASCO still support BP worldwide, with BP being a key player in our international growth.
ASCO History: 2012

2012

ASCO Manatoken Oilfield Services and NSL
ASCO acquire Manatoken Oilfield Services; providing a wide variety of equipment, and NSL; offering technical expertise and training to the lifting industry.
ASCO History: Endless

2023

Acquired by Endless LLP
ASCO acquired by Endless LLP, a company focussed on building and enduring sustainable businesses.

Our Impact

Discover how we solve high-stakes challenges for the world’s most demanding industries.

Sustainability

We enable critical industries to achieve their low-carbon ambitions alongside our own. Net Zero.

Unlock greater operational control.

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