SEDS was established in the year 2007 by the promoters of G.T.R. Campbell Marine Consultants Ltd. (“GTRC”) after being encouraged by the success of their ‘Trader’ series (30,000 DWT Bulk Carriers, built among others, at CSL, Kochi). In the international shipbuilding industry, GTRC is well known as the designer who brought series production to commercial shipbuilding with their Freedom design providing the template for an unequaled 172 vessels.