ESG focused digital maritime platform RightShip acquires Thynk Software’s maritime tech business

RightShip, one of the world’s leading ESG focused digital maritime platforms, today announced the acquisition of Thynk Software’s maritime tech business.

Thynk’s founder and CEO, Marlon Grech and around 30 of his colleagues, will join RightShip when the acquisition completes, projected for 1 September 2022. Marlon will also become RightShip’s first Chief Technology Officer.

RightShip is the world’s leading ESG focused digital maritime platform, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility practices.

Founded with the mission to drive operational improvements in the global shipping industry, more than 3,000 people use RightShip’s due diligence, environmental and inspections services to help them manage risk and improve overall maritime safety standards.

RightShip launched their innovative platform 18 months ago after close collaboration with Thynk. The market and customers have widely accepted the platform, demonstrating a degree of dependability upon which RightShip will capitalise.

CEO Steen Lund said he was delighted with the acquisition of Thynk Software’s maritime tech business and that Marlon and his team will join RightShip.

“This is a critical strategic development for RightShip as we gain our own in-house technology competence that will underpin our long-term growth objective of being an industry leading ESG focused digital maritime platform,” he said.

Lund said that over the past 20 years RightShip has grown purely organically. This acquisition provides RightShip with an exciting opportunity to solidify its very foundation as a digital product builder.

“Having the ‘ready-made’ technology expertise that Thynk bring, allows RightShip to secure increased value for our customers allowing us to grow faster than if we built this capability internally, from the ground up,” Lund said.

Marlon Grech, founder and CEO at Thynk also welcomed the acquisition.

“We have worked together for several years now and know each other well, and so for me and my Malta based team, this is a natural progression,” he said.

“We are all looking forward to the opportunities that will come our way as being part of the RightShip team.”

Thynk Software was founded in October 2013 and is a Microsoft Gold Partner, building great software products and solving everyday challenges for a safer, more sustainable world.

Its platform Genesis enables Thynkers to deliver features faster and better than if they had to build them from scratch.