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supervision crew management number of employees 200 on shore website http www.univan.com univan ship management limited is a global ship management company headquartered in hong kong . it is amongst the top 10 third party ship management companies globally . univan has offices in india philippines china dubai and japan and other agents all over the world . univan also has a large training facility in india with expansive infrastructure for cadet and stcw training courses . its simulators are considered to be one of the most modern simulators globally . univan s consistent record for safe and efficient operations of ships has led to various recognition from the industry bodies . contents 1 history 2 training setup 3 joint ventures 4 ship owning 5 products and services 6 awards and recognition 7 references 8 external links history edit univan abbreviation origin united vanderperre group of companies was established in 1973 by the late 1 capt. c a j vanderperre widely accepted as the father of third party ship management . in 1975 univan took its first tanker ship m.t. sun clipper under technical management followed by establishing its own manning office in mumbai india in 1976 . univan continued to grow over the next decade and between 1989 and 1991 univan established its own manning office in manila philippines yangon myanmar and new delhi india . this was followed by new offices in chennai 1994 kochi 1995 kolkota 2006 dalian 2008 and tokyo 2010 . training setup edit univan inaugurated its first training academy in kochi in 1996 followed by a much larger setup in mumbai in 2005 operated under the name univan maritime training academy umta . in 2006 univan inaugurated its ship maneuvering simulator and full mission liquid handling simulator for five different oil and chemical gas cargo handling in mumbai . in the following years univan also set up a training academy in manila philippines . joint ventures edit univan ship management has had joint ventures with several of the biggest names in shipping including torben karlshoej who went on to set up teekay omi msc clipper fred cheng clarksons and vlasov the family behind v. ships . these companies are very well known as major tanker owners containership owners dry bulk owners ship managers and ship brokers . at present univan operates a jv with cido shipping . ship owning edit capt. vanderperre founder of univan created a ship owning jv under the name vanship holdings in early 2000 . vanships had a large fleet of vlccs and some bulk carriers . these ships were managed by univan ship management . these ships were subsequently sold off in 2010 right before the crash in vlcc rates . products and services edit univan has been managing ships since 1973 . during that time univan has managed over 700 ships of all types from yachts to vlccs and has gained great experience working for and alongside listed companies traditional ship owners investment companies trading houses and state owned shipping companies . over the years univan has fostered close ties with some of the world s leading financial institutions and is well recognized as a leading ship management company . our ship management services include technical ship management crew management marine safety quality management insurance services new building and conversion projects travel services commercial and project management ship inspection bunker broking ship agency services grandteam awards and recognition edit lloyd s list awards global 2012 finalist operator of the year highly recommended lloyd s list awards asia 2012 winner ship manager of the year seatrade asia awards 2012 best ship manager lloyd s list awards middle east & indian subcontinent 2013 runners up maritime services award highly recommended runners up lloyd s list awards asia 2013 winner ship manager of the year highly commended ibj awards 2013 special achievement awards seatrade asia awards 2013 best ship manager lloyd s list awards asia 2014 winner ship manager of the year references edit http www.univan.com company message.htm external links edit official website 1 2 3 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title univan ship management & oldid 729819421 categories companies of hong kongshipping companies of hong kongcompanies established in 1973commercial management shipping companieshidden categories orphaned articles from january 2012all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from february 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export 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