About Us.

Building Customer Success.

“APCL Group’s mission is to capitalise on years of shipbuilding and ship repair experience and engineering strength to better support our customers.

“Our guiding principle is to put safety at the heart of everything we do – consequently Health and Safety will continue to underpin our collective efforts and the agenda for change.”

Our three businesses - A&P Group, Cammell Laird and Neway –  now exist under the banner of one holding company, APCL Group Limited.

The formation of APCL Group enables us to better serve the needs of our valued customers both now, and in the future.

Each business retains their own identities and our customers will continue to receive the same high quality of service. However, under the APCL structure, they are able to share resources and draw on a global base of expertise that allows them to provide an even more comprehensive set of services to our clients.

Our reach is truly global. The services we provide sustain the international defence and maritime community, underpinning the availability of naval fleets while maintaining the vital operations of the seaborne asset community. But we are always striving for improvement.

The creation of APCL Group was born out of the firm belief that together, we can better serve our customers both now, and in the future.

What Our Customers Say About Us

“As a family-run cruise line, we know how important it is to support local communities. By docking in Merseyside, Falmouth and Newcastle, we are pleased to be supporting the APCL workforce, the local communities and the wider supply chain. We look forward to developing an even stronger working relationship with A&P and Cammell Laird both now and in the future.”
- Peter Deer, Managing Director, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

The APCL Group delivers significant economic value to the regions and countries in which they operate. 

A&P Group and Cammell Laird play vital roles in supporting their local communities, sustaining vital jobs and creating a lifeline for the North East, North West, South West and the wider UK economy.

All companies within the APCL Group have provide huge potential for offering skilled employment in engineering trades within their geographic locations.

A&P Group, Cammell Laird and Neway also offer significant training opportunities, with all businesses offering award winning, established apprenticeship and post-graduate training programmes.

All companies offer deliver significant economic value through their supply chains. Over the last five years, A&P Tyne has spent approximately £75m through its supply chain, with an estimated 40% being spent in the North East.

A&P Falmouth has spent around £200 million in the same period, with approximately 25 per cent of this going to the local supply chain in the South West.

In the last five years alone, Cammell Laird has spent around £400M in the supply chain on a vast array of goods, services and materials which support both the operation of the shipyard itself and projects which we have delivered to clients.

At APCL, HSEQ is our highest priority with the aim of exceeding customer expectations and satisfaction.

APCL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all Employees, Contractors and Visitors. Our companies employ a highly qualified and experienced Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality professionals, who manage and supervise all levels of work undertaken.

APCL’s Work Safe, Home Safe (WSHS) policy sets out the required behaviours and attitudes to maintain safe and healthy business operations.

WSHS includes a set of guidelines which outlines the group’s unfaltering commitment to health and safety in all aspects of its work and reiterates the four key values that underpin its operations – care, commitment, communication and compliance. 

By working together - we can reduce the risk of accidents happening in our workplace. Work Safe, Home Safe (WSHS) defines the core values which should form the basis of our safety culture here at APCL.

Our Policies

APCL has developed a comprehensive Integrated Management System (IMS) which is used across the business to help maintain compliance with the key ISO standards we are certificated to through LRQA.

The APCL Group of companies undergo rigorous audits from LRQA, Fit for Nuclear, Achilles and Constructionline which review our core processes and procedures to ensure that we do what we say we do, and that we can prove it.

Each and every one of our team helps us to pass these audits by following our policies, processes and safe working procedures at all times. Our internal audit programme ensures we are constantly reviewing and improving our policies as part of our continual improvement process.