Euronav and Anglo-Eastern Join Forces
Euronav NV (“Euronav”) and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group (“Anglo-Eastern”) are pleased to announce a Heads of Agreement (“HoA”) for the sale and purchase of Euronav Ship Management Hellas (“ESMH”), Euronav’s ship management arm. Euronav and Anglo-Eastern intend to join forces through this sale, with the latter assuming ownership of ship management responsibilities for the vessels currently under ESMH on an “as is” basis. This transaction will provide Anglo-Eastern with a strong local presence in the Greek market while also greatly enhancing its footprint in large crude oil tankers. Post-integration, ESMH will become part of Anglo-Eastern’s vast global network, offering the combined entity a wide range of growth opportunities in different regions and ship types. Bjorn Hojgaard, CEO of Anglo-Eastern, emphasised the mutually beneficial nature of this agreement which “will enable both companies to focus on what they do best and reflects Euronav’s utmost confidence in Anglo-Eastern’s ability to deliver as a ship manager and wider initiatives related to safety, quality, digitalisation, crew training and decarbonisation”. Alexander Saverys, CEO of CMB: “We are very happy to join forces with Anglo-Eastern. We already have a strong collaboration with Anglo-Eastern and this combination will further enhance our business relation, offering plenty of new opportunities
Philippines launches Adopt-A-Ship
Adopt-A-Ship is a unique and fantastic learning and awareness initiative aimed at educating children about seafaring, ships, and world geography that our Manila office is excited to now be a part of, being the first to ‘adopt’ the programme in Anglo-Eastern. Adopt-A-Ship was launched in 2006 by the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) and Cyprus Marine Environmental Protection Association (CYMEPA) to connect elementary school students with seafarers on board CSC-member ships as a way to educate, inspire, and give back to the community. Over a decade later, the initiative has expanded to include students and seafarers from Greece, Poland, India, and the Philippines, with over 35,000 children from different parts of the world involved in ‘adopting’ a ship. The programme has been lauded by the United Nations Working Group, IMO, and many other leading maritime organisations and government bodies. CEO Bjorn Hojgaard had heard much about Adopt-A-Ship and thought it a great initiative, so proposed the idea to several business heads. Neeraj Dhingra, head of our Philippines unit, immediately liked the concept and took the lead, assigning QA and welfare manager Milea Kim Cabuhat to learn more about the programme and who to partner with. A few months later, our Manila
Two decades of heavy lifting
In this story, we take a trip down memory lane while reflecting on our 20th anniversary of managing Dockwise/Boskalis vessels in our 50th anniversary year of ship management. It all began in Singapore, almost 20 years ago to the day. It was March 7th, 2004, when the first of the Dockwise semi-submersible heavy-lift vessels entered the full technical management of Anglo-Eastern via the Glasgow office, with vessel manager (now fleet director) Bill Matheson and fleet head Joris van de Water on site to supervise. That vessel, Dock Express 10, was soon followed in quick succession by several other Dockwise takeovers: Mighty Servant 1 on February 7th in Invergordon, Scotland; Mighty Servant 3 on March 6th at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (on the same day as an attempted coup, no less); and Dock Express 11 and 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Over the following months, the remainder of the Dockwise vessels came into management: the Marlins, the ‘bird’ class, Transshelf, Enterprise, Explorer, and let us not forget the Super Servants. Those were very busy and exciting times for the Glasgow team, which was tasked with taking over and operating these specialist offshore vessels under the leadership of Joris van de Water and
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