Maritime Directory

Mineola,, NY, United States

38 Fontanka emb., office 7, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Recruitment and Training

London, United Kingdom

SKS OBO Limited, Bermuda, is a joint venture company owned by subsidiaries of Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi A/S, Norway(KGJS), and Compañia SudAmericana de Vapores S.A., Chile (CSAV). SKS OBO Limited controls 10 110,000deadweight and 1 96,000deadweight Ore-Bulk-Oil (OBO) Carriers. The concept of ships that are able to load both wet and dry cargoes is not new, however it has been refined in recent years to counter the operational shortcomings of earlier generations of such vessel. The criticisms levelled at older generations of OBOs have been answered one by one by the design of the vessels in the SKS fleet. Technical Management of the SKS fleet is handled by V.Ships Norway in Oslo. Commercial Management with Pine Limited in Bermuda, who through an agency agreement have appointed Pelican Shipping Limited in London as their Commercial Managers. KGJS has interests in other shipping companies, of which Gearbulk is probably the most well known. This makes possible certain economies of scale and a pool of knowledge in specific areas, of which SKS is able to take advantage. Both KGJS and CSAV are visionary companies with plans for the future. KGJS had ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea a further two OBO carriers of 121,000dwt as well as a number of 160,000dwt Suezmax tankers for delivery during 2003. These will be commercially managed by Pelican Shipping Limited alongside the SKS OBOs.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

V.Ships provides technical, crew management and/or manning services to a fleet of over 600 vessels encompassing virtually every ship type.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

V.Ships is the world's largest provider of independent ship management and related marine services to the shipping industry: • An international company with 44 offices located in 26 countries employing 1,100 office staff and 22,500 sea staff; servicing a fleet of over 600 vessels encompassing most major ship types. • A brand which covers, in addition to its core ship management activities, a broad range of maritime services including crewing, leisure, financial, consulting, commercial and agency services. Since the company's formation in Monaco in 1984, V.Ships has grown by opening new offices in major maritime centres around the world and by adding new services to it's product range. In recent years, organic growth has been supplemented by inorganic growth. In 1998, V.Ships acquired Celtic Marine - an Isle of Man headquartered company specialising in the provision of manning services to ship owners. In January 2001, V.Ships acquired Acomarit, a leading ship management company, to create the world's largest ship management and shipping services group. Following these two acquisitions, the V.Ships group has implemented a new branding strategy. This website explains the broad range of services - ship management, manning, leisure management, commercial management, financial services, consulting services and ship agency - now provided to customers under the V.Ships brand name. The V.Ships Group has grown into a substantial organisation covering a wide range of service areas.

Miami, FL, United States

The V.Ships Group Limited is the world’s leading provider of management services to the international shipping industry, providing ship management and other core services under the V.Ships brand and ancillary services under separate brand names. The V.Ships ship management division is an independent member of the Monaco-based Vlasov Group, a shipping and investment company founded in the 1930's.

Monte Carlo Cedex, Monaco

Oslo, Norway

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Fort Lauderdale,, Florida, United States

V.Travel was founded in 1984 to service the crew travel requirements of V.Ships Ship Management. Since then it has developed to provide Marine, Offshore and Corporate travel management services to external clients worldwide and increased its turnover to in excess of $100million.