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Company
Our History
The Group was established in 1998 by a leading member of a prominent Middle Eastern family active in industrial activities since the beginning of the 20th Century.
The Group initially was the vehicle for ship owning, ship management and operational activities focusing entirely on a new VLCC project and most of the fleet was under long term charter to Vela, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. Over the years our customer base included most of the oil majors and trading houses.
Services
The Group is active and provides the full spectrum of ship management services and more specifically:
New ships
- Compilation of specifications for shipyard construction
- Management of tender process for shipyards
- Placement of newbuilding orders
- Supervision of construction through delivery
- Arrangement of finance
Secondhand ships
- Technical due diligence
- Inspection and surveys
- Sale and Purchase
Technical, Operations and Management
- Crewing
- Procurement of spares, consumables, and bunkers
- Follow-up between vessels and charterers, logistics of port operations and appointment of port agents
- Monitoring of vessels reports on speed, fuel consumption and overall performance
- Regular inspection of vessels
Certification and Maintenance
- Supervision of dry dockings, special surveys and all related repairs
- Follow up on the classification and flag state requirements
- Follow up of the planned maintenance systems and spares inventories on board
Commercial Management
- Chartering
- Maintaining relationships with charterers and brokers
- Collection of hires and freight and post fixture management
- Payment of operating expenses
- Arranging and administration of the full spectrum of maritime insurances (Hull & Machinery and Protection & Indemnity) and collection of claims
- Maintenance of accounting records and financial reporting
- Corporate and administrative matters
Fleet
Since its inception the Group ordered at first class shipyards in South Korea and managed 38 new tankers ships with a total DWT capacity of 9,003,340 tons.
Our Team
The Group is led by a highly experienced management team in the VLCC tanker sector with combined experience of over 100 years.
Our technical and operations executives served as seafarers on board tankers in the beginning of their careers for many years and subsequently in senior management positions ashore.
Our executives enjoy high academic credentials and long years of ship management having been through the cycles of shipping many times.