Gardline Shipping was first established in 1969 to provide marine support to the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea.

In 2009, as part of 40th anniversary celebrations, the Gardline Group was established to bring together many multidisciplinary companies involved in a range of activities that include satellite communications, marine sciences, security, ship building, dry dock engineering, geographical information systems, digital mapping and vessel charters.

In 2010, the company was awarded environmental survey work for the proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm project.

[1] In 2013, Alicat Workboats, a former Gardline subsidiary, announced the construction of 4 high-speed catamarans to service the Robin Rigg Wind Farm.

[3] In Europe, the company has a number of major subsidiaries including, Titan Environmental Surveys Ltd.