Brothers Bertram and Erck Rickmers are in talks about merging the ship management unit of their respective companies into worldwide joint venture.

Navig8 Group has ventured into the offshore business after it entered into agreements to buy RKOffshore Management (RKOM), a deal leading to the formation of a new division named Navig8 Offshore.

World’s biggest ship manager V.Group has grown even further with the acquisition of UK-based Bibby Ship Management.

With typical foresight, Anglo-Eastern Univan (AEUV) has invested in China, but executive chairman of the newly formed group Peter Cremers candidly said “it has not been an easy ride” for them to recruit and flourish in the market.

Glasgow-based ship management firm Norbulk Shipping has migrated its IT systems to ‘the cloud’ via the cloud migrator for Google, Cloud Technology Solutions, in a move towards paperless ships.

Singapore-based tanker shipmanager Goodwood Ship Management is expecting to manage around 45 vessels by the end of 2016, expanding from its current portfolio of 34 vessels, according to managing director Ashok Sabnis.

Crowley Accord Shipmanagement is aiming to add reefer vessels to its growing and diverse fleet, in line with owners looking to outsource technical management during the market downturn.

Leading ship manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has hit the milestone of operating 50 fully managed vessels from its centre in Hong Kong with the handover of Interlink’s MV Priority.

The atmosphere may not have been one of euphoria as over 700 delegates from around the world flew into Cyprus this past weekend to attend the 14th version of the biennial Maritime Cyprus shipping conference, but it was certainly one of great...

Leaders of the four largest ship management groups riffed harmoniously on the advantages of scale when they shared a conference panel during London Internal Shipping Week yesterday.