Straight lease
Hand it back at the end. You maintain it.
Fast, reliable dry docking, ship repairs, marine engineering, boat building, vessel leasing & build finance, plus transport logistics.
Family-owned. Port of Lyttelton. South Island’s trusted name.
Stark Marine Ltd is a family-owned marine engineering company based in the Port of Lyttelton. We specialise in all aspects of ship repair and maintenance, dry docking, fabrication, and vessel support services.
Drawing on the same high standards as New Zealand’s leading marine firms, we deliver complete marine solutions – from routine maintenance and emergency repairs to custom boat building, vessel leasing, direct finance for new builds and heavy transport logistics. Our experienced team works on commercial vessels, super yachts, work boats and fishing fleet vessels right here in Lyttelton.
For vessel design and naval architecture we work with Oceantech NZ.

From a routine service to a new vessel built and leased back to you.
Complete vessel maintenance, steelwork, pipework, electrical and mechanical repairs – afloat or ashore.
Hull surveys, blasting, painting, propeller work and major refits at Lyttelton, using Stark Marine’s access to the dry dock.
Custom fabrication, machining, design and specialist engineering solutions.
Commercial work boats and custom vessels built to withstand New Zealand conditions, designed with Oceantech NZ. We can direct finance new builds.
Boat building →Four ways to lease a fishing boat or workboat – straight, maintained, lease to own, or maintained lease to own.
Leasing options →Bespoke project management, refits and maintenance for luxury and commercial fleets.
Every vessel is custom built for the operator, so you deal with one team the whole way. Everything is subject to agreement and credit approval.
Most operators we talk to know the boat they need. What they want is a way to get it that fits how they run the operation. Two decisions shape every lease: do you want to own the vessel at the end, and who looks after it?
Hand it back at the end. You maintain it.
Hand it back at the end. We maintain it.
You own it at the end. You maintain it.
You own it at the end. We maintain it throughout.
Fast response. Local knowledge. Nationwide capability.
Your enquiry goes straight to Arron at Stark Marine Ltd.