Technical Management

We offer full technical support. State of the art technology is implemented at fleet level & condition monitoring techniques are in place to prevent sudden and costly failures. Risk assessment tools are widely used so as to identify critical equipment or components and plan their maintenance accordingly, ensuring a flawless and cost efficient operation at all times.

We provide superior technical ship management to its clients including:

Repairs and Maintenance

Dry Docking and Special Surveys

Manning

Repairs and Maintenance

Purchasing

Insurance

Safety, Quality

Environmental Compliance Services

Risk Assessment

Emergency Response Management

Meeting Third Party quality assurance compliance

Oil Majors' acceptability requirements

Feasibility project management

New Building Supervision

We offer our clients a service that is second to none in closely following all Safety and Quality related matters for the company, including coordinating with Oil Major, Flag and Class and other Agencies on all Safety, Security, Quality and Environmental Risk Assessment and Emergency Response issues. Our technical team ascertains condition of the vessel, compliance with ISM & ISPS codes and procedures by the ship staff. We also offer Pre-Purchase Inspections and Navigational Audits - involve sailing with the vessel for a period of 2 to 3 days. Customized inspections can be done for client's basis specific requirements.

The crew is the heart of the shipping industry and we boasts highly qualified and impeccably trained crews on each of its vessels. We understand that crew management is one of the most important factors in running the vessels and we are fully aware that safeguarding these vessels' and their owners' interests requires the highly efficient utilization of the crew. We maintain a large pool of highly qualified, motivated and dedicated seafarers through our network of associates who fulfil the demanding requirements of this rapidly expanding market. The company's high retention rate is a testament to its commitment to quality and the quality of its crews. We use modern search and selection methods to ensure that our employees not only have the required professional qualifications, but also the required personality. In addition, we are fully committed to the professional development and education of all staff.

Our Purchasing Department oversees every aspect of the purchasing of spares, stores and services, drawing on the historical relationships and contracts founded on mutual trust with major suppliers. It assures best quality goods and services at the most economical price. Through tapping on our global purchasing experience, and our network of highly reliable suppliers, we actively negotiate for favourable frame agreements and consolidate volume purchase. As a result, we are not only able to secure attractive pricing on a range of supplies, including spare parts, lubricating oil, paints and provisions, we are also able to adopt a holistic perspective to inventory control - maximising savings for our principals.

We understand the importance of proper & timely financial reporting and its influence on our principal's decisions and use a modern and fully computerized accounting, payroll, crew management and purchasing system. In accordance to our transparent policies and requirements/preference of the principals, we provide monthly or quarterly accounting reports in a timely manner. A capable and seasoned team handles the accounting for the entire fleet, managing every aspect of the financial administration proficiently, ethically, openly and responding with tailor made solutions for each client's needs .

We have unique design expertise in several vessel types, where we place great emphasis on incorporating the operational experience we have through managing a large fleet. Our team have experience and supervised the building and conversion of a wide spectrum of vessels including crude and product tankers, LNG carriers, LPG/ethylene tankers, container vessels and conventional bulkers. Shipping is a cyclical business with continuous fluctuations in the market fuelling constant new-building, replacement and scrapping activity. Since a vessel's delivery period is inevitably long, ship-owners have to speculate on the direction of the market at delivery, even before they have placed an order for the new-building. We offer close supervision by our qualified experts' right from a vessel's inception on the drawing board, through its sea trials to final delivery.