SES Europe AS (SE) is a Norwegian limited company established in 1998. SE is a daughter company to Effect Ships International AS (ESI), the owner of the Air Supported Vessel (ASV) technology and products.

SE and ESI were established with a vision to provide the commercial, naval and civil markets with new improved High Speed Craft (HSC) technology  - enabling design and operation of a new generation of FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT, ECONOMICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY FAST VESSELS.

A very demanding vision indeed!

Studies of State of the Art (SOA) conventional high speed crafts, concluded on limited optimisation potential, particularly if combining high speed and proper payload capability.  A new approach offering a significant reduction in hull/water resistance was necessary. Further requirements were: Low level of complexity, robustness and low technological, operational and ownership risks.

Various design investigations, evaluations, comparisons and tests led eventually to the Air Supported Vessel.  Tests with the new innovative ASV concepts were so encouraging that leading naval architects categorised the achievement "a technological shift in High Speed Vessel design". 

The new cutting edge technology, denoted Air Supported Vessels, or ASV for short is now ready for global commercialisation.