Ship Management Services are provided by companies who have the expertise with man power and rich experience of people who have sailed on ships combined with people have acquired sufficient knowledge and experience in office.

A Ship owner will outsource the day to day management of Ship to a Ship manager who will undertake the role of either complete management or do partial of technical, crew and operational role.

Ship management companies in India have varied experience and their strength will mainly lie in the kind of people they have and their relevant experience.

When choosing a shipping company India, a ship owner must look at following main 3 factors:

  1. Experience of management and staff at sea and related shipping experience in office

  2. Licenses to operate and manage ships

  3. Database of trained crew who will manage the ship.

Ship crew management companies are only providing crew to Vessels and managing their salary, food, travel and welfare whilst they are on-board ships. Indian seafarers have been employed by Indian and foreign ship owners and managers for over century. Indian crews are very proficient in the skills they posses to manage the ships with expert tanker chartering or shipbroker. Indian crew are proficient in English language which also makes them the most in demand as English is internationally spoke language on Ships and maritime Industry.

Some Ship management companies also have a ship agency department which can look after the Ships affairs whilst she is calling Indian ports. This makes them even more self sufficient and they are then able to service the ship and staff more proficiently.

Ship management companies are managers of ship owners and can have a varied role from crew management, technical management and operational or commercial management. Some owners have their own in house company who carry out the role of ship managers and some outsource such activity. Ship management Companies look after day to day requirements of ship and ensures that the vessel performs smoothly. They also provide the crew and technical management if acting as whole. Ship managers in India provide Indian crew also to Ships for employment and some vessels trade in Indian waters. These are traditionally Indian owners and some foreign Owners who have kept their ships on Indian trade.

Outsourcing is the most successful model in shipping business as it is done quite ethically and professionally. An Owner could be based in Norway and having a ship manager in Singapore, crew manager in India and commercial management in London. The beauty which this works is to be seen an experienced.  Unlike other Industry which tries to use its own people and infrastructure to perform the business process, shipping is impossible to do be done without outsourcing. The amount of time spent on different functions and the knowhow of same is quite a task to be done.