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2015

Bibby Ship Management

www.bibbyshipmanagement.com | +44 (0)151 708 8000

Sailing to success Editorial: Ajuanne Payne

Bibby Ship Management, a division of the 200 year old Bibby Line Group, have grown exponentially over the past five years despite difficult market conditions and are taking exciting steps to further expand the business in local markets and beyond…

Bibby Ship Management is part of the 200 year old Bibby Line Group and is responsible for the ship management work for the group, offering marine services to all vessel sectors. Bibby Line Group itself was established in 1807 and is the UK’s oldest family controlled company – with sixth generation owner, Sir Michael Bibby, at the helm today.

The group is a £1.59 billion turnover business, operating in more than 20 countries

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globally and employing 6,000 staff. Bibby Ship Management was established as a separate division within the group in 2008, where the offshore side of the business accounts for a significant portion of its focus, partly due to the flourishing North Sea oil industry and the unrivalled reputation that comes with being part of a major company with such a long and successful track record.

With offices in the UK, Isle of

Man, Norway, Eastern Europe, Sweden, India, the Philippines and Singapore, Bibby Ship Management provides its services to the group’s own fleet as well as its major third party customers.

The company offers comprehensive, tailor-made services, encompassing all areas of technical management, crew management and supply, training and travel and is currently managing and supplying crew to over 60

Bibby Ship Management vessels - ranging from platform supply vessels and jack-up rigs to container vessels and accommodation barges.

RESPONDING TO THE MARKET One of the key contributors to the group’s success historically, and a culture that is present in Bibby Ship Management, is its deep-rooted focus on being flexible and making strategic decisions that ensure longevity and are responsive to the market.

Bibby Line Group has been pushing its Ship Management business for the last six to seven years with the aim of increasing on its already significant market share and also as a response to changes in the market. Due to the economic downturn, starting in the mid-2000s and

still effecting international economies to the present day, the management side of the business has become one of the more financially sound areas of Bibby Line Group, with the company shifting focus slightly from its more traditional involvement in mainstream ship owning.

Sir Michael Bibby is quoted as saying: “China is the pivotal growth market in the world today.” And this is one of the key strategic locations in which Bibby Ship Management is looking to grow and strengthen its business.

In November, 2014, Bibby Ship Management formed the new joint venture, Bibby-USM, with United Ship Management in the China and Taiwan regions. This new strategic partnership will focus on the offshore oil and gas, LPG

and LNG sectors and aims to exploit business opportunities in the growing Chinese market and diversify on both company’s operations there.

The new independent company will provide a range of comprehensive services such as consultancy, technical management, crew management, surveying, offshore training and marine travel. Arvind Mohan, Managing Director of Bibby Ship Management’s Singapore operations, said that the company is “looking forward to working with United Ship Management to venture into the Chinese market through Bibby-USM Shipping Pte Ltd. “We believe the alliance will open up new opportunities for us in this fast moving and important shipping region.

It is an exciting time for our

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The benefit of teaming up with Bibby Ship Management, f ro m t h e p o i n t o f v i e w o f United Ship Management, is the wealth of industry knowledge and expertise that comes with teaming up with a company who has such an i m p re s s i v e re p u t a t i o n a n d l o n g t r a c k re c o rd .

Kelvin Sun, Managing D i re c t o r o f U n i t e d S h i p Management, explains that: “ W i t h t h e n e w J V, w e a re confident and determined

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to be one of the major ship managers in these specialised and niche sectors.”

A NEW APPOINTMENT At the end of February this year, Bibby Ship Management appointed Andrew Rodden as its new Regional Director for the UK and the Isle of Man. W ith over 23 years of industry experience, Rodden will be responsible for crew and technical service delivery across the region, while also managing the support functions and other

operational areas within each local business.

Previous to this appointment, Rodden was vice president of strategic resources for Technip and based in Paris - however his experience spans many different facets of the shipping and offshore industry. W ith a wealth of experience in management roles, on oil, gas and chemical tankers, diving support, pipelay and construction vessels, the new regional director brings with him the skills to further develop the continuously growing offshore side of the business.

Chief Operating Officer, Chris Stone explained that: “Andrew Rodden has a proven track record for successfully managing and leading teams.

He knows the industry well so I am sure he will be a big asset to us here at Bibby Ship Management.”

FURTHER OFFSHORE GROWTH The decision to appoint a n e w re g i o n a l d i re c t o r f o r the UK and Isle of Man with the experience that Rodden h a s w a s a t i m e l y m o v e f ro m Bibby Ship Management, as t h i s y e a r a l re a d y i t h a s s e e n a 2 0 % i n c re a s e i n i n q u i r i e s for its services to the o ff s h o re s e c t o r.

C u r re n t l y, o v e r 5 0 % o f t h e s e a f a re r s e m p l o y e d b y B i b b y S h i p M a n a g e m e n t a re p o s i t i o n e d i n t h e o ff s h o re sector and the company has a wealth of experience in w o r k i n g w i t h i n t h i s s e c t o r, which is a significant factor i n i t s re c e n t j u m p i n i n t e re s t

Bibby Ship Management into its services to the o ff s h o re m a r k e t .

Another factor contributing t o t h i s i n c re a s e i s a c t u a l l y re l a t e d t o t h e re c e n t s l u m p i n o i l p r i c e s . Ve s s e l o w n e r s a n d o p e r a t o r s a re t r y i n g t o re d u c e c o s t s , w h i l e s t i l l re c r u i t i n g t h e b e s t c re w s a n d ensuring the quality of their service.

T h i s p re s s u re t o c u t c o s t s w i t h o u t e ff e c t i n g e ff i c i e n c y and quality has led to Bibby Ship Management seeing m o re i n t e re s t f ro m h i g h - c o s t o p e r a t o r s w h o re q u i re t h e high level of service that comes with working with the f a m i l y c o m p a n y.

Rodden explains the hike i n i n t e re s t f u r t h e r, e x p l a i n i n g t h a t : “ T h e re i s a c a l c u l a b l e c o m m e rc i a l a d v a n t a g e t o b e m a d e a n d t h e re i s a partnership between owner and manager which can b e n e f i t a n d i m p ro v e t h e overall quality of the service d e l i v e re d t o t h e o i l c o m p a n y. “ S u p p o r t v e s s e l s a re operating in very high cost a re a s , s u c h a s A b e rd e e n a n d O s l o , a n d m a n y a re now looking to see if they c a n i n t ro d u c e c o s t s a v i n g s w i t h o u t j e o p a rd i s i n g t h e l e v e l o f s e r v i c e . T h e y a re l o o k i n g c a re f u l l y a t t h e O p E x o f t h e i r vessels to see if they can s a v e m o n e y f ro m t h e c re w employment perspective.”

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A n d re w R o d d e n s t a t e s t h a t “ B i b b y S h i p M a n a g e m e n t ’s s t re n g t h l i e s i n i t s d o o r t o d o o r, e n d - t o - e n d s e r v i c e which will add value to the supply chain. Any ship owner can go to any company in the Philippines to get a F i l i p i n o c re w, b u t t h e re a l i t y i s b e i n g a b l e t o o ff e r t h e security of doing all that i n - h o u s e . We m a n a g e a n d c o n t ro l t h a t p ro c e s s a n d w e can add value at each step o f t h e w a y. ” The company is ideally

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KEY TO SUCCESS Bibby Ship Management is one facet of a 200 year old company that has p ro v e n t i m e a n d a g a i n t h a t it consistently makes the decisions necessary to re m a i n s u c c e s s f u l a n d g ro w,

positioned to weather the storm in global markets and w i t h re c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t s in China and a dedicated a p p ro a c h t o q u a l i t y s e r v i c e and end-to-end solutions, it h a s m a d e a n i m p re s s i v e s t a r t t o t h e y e a r a n d p ro m i s i n g t h i n g s a re o n t h e h o r i z o n f o r t h e c o m p a n y.

Bibby Ship Management a re b u i l d i n g o n i t s a l re a d y s i g n i f i c a n t m a r k e t s h a re a n d making the strategic moves t h a t w i l l e n s u re t h e c o m p a n y continues to flourish for the next century as it has in the p re v i o u s o n e

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