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Kambara Kisen expands ship management business into Europe

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Japanese shipowner Kambara Kisen is expanding its ship management business into Europe with a new office in Norway.

The Tsuneishi Group shipowner is expanding its Singapore-based ship management company Union Marine Management Services (UMMS) with the opening of an office in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Kambara Kisen sees an opportunity to its customer base in ship management in Europe with its cloud-based ship operation system Intuit Ship 1.

“Our management style harnessing “Intuit Ship” in all respects of vessel operation, is gaining attention especially among European shipping companies, and we have been steadily receiving a growing number of commissions from other shipping companies,” said Hirotatsu Kambara, president of Kambara Kisen.

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Of UMMS’ fleet of 35 vessels under management 15 are from third party owners, mainly in Europe.

However, to continue to grow this business the company felt it needed an on-the-ground presence in the region “On the other hand, there are few options in the Nordic region other than to entrust ship management tasks to distant Asian ship management companies, so we detected a need for services in closer proximity,” said Kambara.

“For the next stage of growth for UMMS, we will attentively absorb the needs of European owners by harnessing the expertise of experienced local superintendents too.”

UMMS was set up in Singapore 2012 and has seafarer training centres in the Philippines and Vietnam.