Seacontractors and IPS have concluded a strategic partnership and are implementing integration between their manpower services. It includes the combined  recruiting, crewing, contracting and pay rolling of maritime and offshore personnel worldwide.

All manpower supply business will be carried out under the IPS Powerful People label, whilst the Marine Contracting and Brokerage activities will remain using the Seacontractors branding. All existing Seacontractors and IPS offices will continue to participate in a new holding named Centuron.