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Maritime • Team • Personal Development
The trusted training partner of captains since 2011.
Dark Blu Inc delivers practical, high-impact training across maritime safety, crew drug testing, team development and personal development. The work is grounded in real environments, robust scenarios and a people-first approach that builds trust, resilience and performance.
What sets DBI apart
Flexible delivery ashore or afloat, tailored programmes for each client, and realistic exercises that move teams beyond theory into confident action.
Core strengths
STEP training
Drug testing
Team growth
Leadership
Clients
Clients We Work With
Dark Blu has delivered work across maritime, public sector, education and commercial environments.
What we do
A diverse training offer with one clear goal: stronger people and better teams.
The current Dark Blu site spans maritime operations, wellbeing, capability building and practical leadership. This redesign keeps that breadth, but presents it through a more structured, mobile-first layout.
STEP
Drug testing
Crew Drug Testing
Third-party managed hair testing with strong chain of custody and dependable turnaround.
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Teams
Team Development
Shared challenge and practical tasks that unlock trust, cohesion, followership and leadership.
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Growth
Personal Development
Experiential development pathways that stretch confidence, judgement and capability.
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About Dark Blu Inc
Building exceptional teams onboard and beyond.
Founded in 2011 and based in Portsmouth, Dark Blu Inc specialises in transforming individuals into high-performing teams, whether at sea or on land.
The company blends military-inspired team training with maritime and corporate delivery, using practical scenarios such as fire fighting, sea survival, sinking ship simulators and obstacle-based challenges to create trust, resilience and esprit de corps.
The emphasis is not on software, systems or generic consultancy. It is on people, pressure-tested learning and tailored delivery that helps crews and organisations perform as one.
Real environments
Training happens onboard, alongside, ashore or at practical venues that match the operational need.
Pressure with purpose
Exercises are intentionally robust, but calibrated by experienced facilitators to get the best from people and teams.
Tailored delivery
Ashore or afloat, programmes are adapted around the outcome each client actually needs.
Testimonials
Trusted by clients across sectors.
“Dark Blu Inc. are the best you will find. They are smart, knowledgeable and creative. Their work for Fathomicity Ltd and Aberystwyth University in 2014 was part of a nationally award-winning programme. We are delighted to continue to work with Dark Blu.”
Andrew St George
Founder, Fathomicity
“Our team-building experience with Dark Blu Inc was immensely valuable. I had some concerns about the full participation of all attendees, given the large group, 140, these concerns were quickly dispelled as Dark Blu Inc engaged the group from the moment we arrived to the moment we departed the site.”
Manager
B&Q Headquarters, Chandlers Ford
“Rob De Silva is honest and straight forward. He and his team always over deliver and add huge value to our programmes. I would endorse him and his team without hesitation.”
Rob Lewis
Managing Director, Mission Performance
Latest news
Latest updates from Dark Blu.
Read recent news, training insights and company updates from Dark Blu, with stories relevant to clients, crews and partner organisations.
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Enhancing safety on superyachts with specialist awareness and training focused on lithium-ion device risks onboard.
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Ashore or afloat, Dark Blu tailors delivery around the real outcome you need.