29
Jan
Insurance has long been a key financial product within the maritime industry, offering protection to owners should anything happen to their vessel resulting in monetary or time losses. However, with the current spotlight on mental health and wellbeing, and the recent release of a study by the Institution of Occupational...
24
Jan
An interactive two-day “Sailing into 2020” seminar was hosted by V.Group at the Chennai office in December 2019 for customers and seafarers of V.Ships India. The key topic for discussion was focusing on V.Group’s ability to provide consistent, high quality ship management during these challenging times for the maritime...
22
Jan
Keeping a ship’s crew happy and healthy on board is a difficult task, particularly as seafarers are often at sea for months at a time. With the focus on wellbeing becoming increasingly important in an industry that has long been considered at odds with a healthy lifestyle, Andy Cook,...
20
Jan
London, 20 January: Global Marine Travel (GMT), announced today that it has partnered with Argo Travel Group to enhance its travel offering particularly in terms of service delivery and driving growth in the Greek and international markets. In Argo, Global Marine Travel, gains a marine partner with an experienced...
17
Jan
Addressing the US Coast Guard (USCG) in Washington DC, Matt Dunlop, Group Director, HSEQ and Technical at V.Group, outlined V.Group’s commitment to the environment, including the company’s three main environmental goals: reducing harmful emissions, eliminating single-use plastics and enhancing awareness of environmental responsibilities. Having an environmental vision and mission...
16
Jan
In 2020, V.Group aims to combine flawless service delivery while highlighting the positive impact on seafarer wellbeing for our 44,000 crew members. As well as being rewarding, life as a seafarer also has its challenges mentally and emotionally, with crew away from home for extended periods of time. Throughout...
09
Jan
Earlier this year the Front Altair, a vessel managed by International Tanker Management (ITM), a V.Group company, found itself on front pages and news screens around the world after the unthinkable happened – early in the morning, it was targeted by an explosive attack that started a fire on...
09
Jan
2019 saw us launch a new operating model to support our focus on delivering consistent, high quality service to all our customers. Our fleet cells are at the heart of this new model. Our vision is that customers should be provided with local support through the fleet cells, which...
09
Jan
Seafarers work in challenging environments which can see them confronted by psychological, and physical stressors on a daily basis. This exacerbated by disconnection with friends, and families, and although onboard wifi and connectivity is improving, this is not always enough to improve mental wellbeing onboard vessels. As we’ve mentioned...
09
Jan
Last issue, we explored how V.Group is helping owners prepare for 2020 with detailed Ship Implementation Plans. Now that we have just passed 1st of January deadline, V.Group’s Sarwar Hassan, V.Ships UK Fleet Manager explains how we managed to roll out SIPs for our whole fleet, what to do...
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