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The nautical market in Croatia is in constant growth, for which the general reason is a well-developed coastline of more than 5.000 km in length. The waterway infrastructure is being challenged with many potential issues for the environment that comes with the larger presence of the vessels over the summer season period. During this period many accidents are occurring, mostly because of careless skippers, bad weather, or even a combination of both. Therefore, Sea Tow aims to launch the product Sea Spill, a service for cleaning and preventing water pollution from hazardous substances, on the Croatian market. Sea Tow would be the first on-water, towing and salvage private organisation, as a pioneer in providing such innovative service. In relation, this thesis develops the concept for the launch of the service Sea Spill, with a focus on communication within the B2B segment, and aiming for insurance companies as customers. The thesis has three main segments. The first segment is the theoretical part discussing the concept development on a strategic level. The second segment includes the secondary and primary market research approach and results. Finally, the third segment develops the product launch concept suggestion for Sea Spill, based on the previous two thesis segment results. The results of the research suggest that the market is ready for such a service and would be supported by the insurance companies. However, as the Croatian nautical market is small and WoM has great power, it is expected that the acceptance of the state service organizations such as SAR is necessary. The results also suggest that there is a potential in the education of the customers of insurers, as well as raising the environmental awareness. The information collected should be taken into account when developing the communication strategy.