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Ship Management

Now, in the wake of a number of high- profile tanker casualties but particularly the Prestige, the strategic risk associated with shipping activities, which are an essential part of any oil major's global logistics chain, is viewed completely different. Deep-pocketed oil companies simply cannot afford to risk over- reliance on independent tonnage, partic- ularly in a tight market where good- quality ships are hard to find. Analysts believe that in certain sectors of the tanker market, such circumstances are now inevitable in the light of the faster phase-out of single hulled tonnage in the months ahead. Just look at the scale of the lawsuits bouncing backwards and forwards across the Atlantic between the

Spanish Government and the American

Bureau of Shipping. No major corpo- rate, forced to take whatever tonnage it can get in a tight market, would want to find itself having to charter tonnage that it knew was marginal. In practice, no oil major probably would, but then that poses a risk to the company's other fields of operation.

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Chartworld already is an existing

Teledata customer, having used the company's ShipManager Planned

Maintenance System, onboard 17 ves- sels. With the new system, inventory and purchasing for the complete

Chartworld fleet will be managed through ShipManager. All new vessels added to the fleet will receive an installation of both the ShipManager

Planned Maintenance System and the

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Steady Growth

The first half of 2003, under the watchful eye of Capt Vanderperre,

Chairman of Univan has Univan Ship

Management's fleet grow to in excess of 80 ships under full technical manage- ment. The growth has come from bulk carriers and two VLCCs (belonging to

Fred Cheng/Shinyo International) and container ships, where Univan is well known for its unique expertise and ded- icated technical and crewing pool.

As of June 30, Univan's fleet stood at 78 (up five from end 2002) and by end

August an additional five ships will have been delivered to Univan, taking the fleet well into the 80s. "Univan's dedication to technical expertise and its policy of having dedi- cated teams .. from management to crews .. for different class vessels .. is clearly the way to grow in the future,"

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