SOUPER TOYS SKAFI EPE

Their core work

SOUPER TOYS SKAFI EPE is a Greek marine vessel SME — the word "skafi" (σκάφη) means vessel or hull in Greek, indicating this is a boat or watercraft business rather than a toy company. They bring practical maritime industry knowledge to EU research consortia, participating as an industry-side partner in projects focused on vessel innovation and clean fuel adoption. Their real-world contribution is vessel operations expertise, potential access to demonstration assets, and commercialization insight for the maritime sector. They have participated in two Innovation Actions, meaning their role in these projects was explicitly oriented toward market uptake and real-world application rather than pure research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their first project, LINCOLN (2016–2019), had no recorded technical keywords and focused on vessel leanness and connectivity — reflecting the broader maritime sector's early-2010s push toward digitalization and operational efficiency. By FASTWATER (2020–2024), the entire keyword profile had shifted to clean energy transition: methanol, biomethanol, carbon-neutral, defossilization, and retrofit. This mirrors the wider maritime industry's pivot from smart vessels to zero-emission propulsion as regulatory pressure on shipping increased.

They are tracking the maritime decarbonization wave, and a future collaboration is most likely to involve clean fuel demonstration, vessel retrofit validation, or market uptake in the Greek and Mediterranean maritime market.

How they like to work

They have participated exclusively as consortium members across both projects and have never led a project as coordinator. With 29 unique partners across just 2 projects, they consistently join large Innovation Action consortia — typically 10–20 partner groups. This profile is consistent with an industry end-user whose value lies in providing real-world context, demonstration capacity, or commercialization pathways rather than leading research agendas.

Despite only two projects, they have connected with 29 unique partners across 9 countries — a sign of large, multi-country Innovation Action consortia. Their network spans European maritime research and industry, with likely concentration in Northern and Southern European shipping nations.

What sets them apart

As a Greek SME in the marine vessel sector, they represent a Mediterranean and Eastern European maritime industry perspective that is often scarce in consortia dominated by Northern European and Nordic shipping interests. Their dual exposure to vessel digitalization (LINCOLN) and clean propulsion (FASTWATER) gives them a rare cross-cutting view of the maritime transition. For a consortium building a clean shipping project that needs an industry demonstrator with Southern European reach, they are a credible and experienced partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• LINCOLN
  Their largest project by budget (EUR 273,962) and earliest EU engagement, focused on lean and connected vessel innovation — establishing their foothold in maritime R&D consortia.
• FASTWATER
  A directly policy-relevant Innovation Action targeting carbon-neutral waterborne transport via methanol, positioning the company at the intersection of clean fuel adoption and working vessel operations.