Wilhelmsen Ships Service in the UK have been awarded a full safety agreement with Cardiff based Graig Shipmanagement for the complete safety servicing and due-date monitoring of their ten managed vessels. The agreement includes servicing and certification of all fixed and loose fire-fighting equipment and a complete Unitor life raft rental agreement.
The safety service contract is valid for a period of two years with an optional one year extension for agreed fixed ports and servicing costs. The liferaft rental contract is for a three year contract on a global basis.
“By outsourcing our safety management and due-date monitoring to a competent company such as Wilhelmsen Ships Service, we can be sure that the safety of our vessels and crew is in good hands,” said Mr Nick Owens, purchasing manager for the Graig group. “It gives us peace of mind to know that all safety servicing will be competently supervised.”
The Graig Group is a broad-based international ship-owning and shipping services group based in Cardiff, South Wales. Graig is involved in a range of shipping activities, with interests in newbuilding supervision, ship management, ship design, ship owning and ship finance.
Wilhelmsen Ships Service is part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services, a Wilh. Wilhelmsen group company. It has the world’s leading maritime services network, with the ability to service 2 200 ports in 116 countries. The company’s main focus is to deliver improved vessel operating efficiency to the merchant fleet. In 2008 the company made 222 000 product deliveries to 21 400 vessels and handled 53 000 port calls. Wilhelmsen Ships Service has 4 400 employees operating out of 310 offices in 71 countries.
Further information from:
Robert Chesters, Sales Manager,UK. Wilhelmsen Ships Service, Dartford, UK
Tel: +44 1322 282400 | Mobile: +44 784 105 2001 robert.chesters@wilhelmsen.com
Solveig Saether, Marketing Manager, Wilhelmsen Ships Service,
Telephone +47 67 58 45 78 (office), +47 906 34 977 (mobile) solveig.d.saether@wilhelmsen.com
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