V.Group

The opening of V.'s new office in Muscat, Oman earlier this year was a milestone not just for our growing presence in the Middle East, but in also strengthening our relationship with local businesses and talent in the region. Read more about our new Oman office on p4 of the July edition of Way Point. https://lnkd.in/eJdfjtRW

This summer, we announced that we’ve opened two new offices for our technical services arm SeaTec, further powering up what the business is able to do as part of V. Read the full article on p10 of the July edition of Way Point: https://lnkd.in/e2DWu7z2

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘝.'𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯. Stephen Macfarlane, V.'s CIO, in the latest edition of The Maritime Executive on the growing trend of ship owners relying on ship managers to operate their fleets in a time of unprecedented change and challenges. Thanks to Paul Benecki for this insightful piece. Read in full on p61 ➡ https://lnkd.in/e5h_StkJ

Did you know? Le Belem, managed by V.Ships France, carried the Olympic flame from Greece to France, ahead of the 2024 Olympics. #didyouknow #committedpartner

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. V. CEO René Kofod-Olsen spoke to Riviera Maritime Media Ltd's Edwin Lampert about the journey to achieve V.’s strategic goals whilst delivering excellent customer service and innovative solutions. Read the article in full: https://lnkd.in/eBmDiBmb

In June, Posidonia welcomed more than 40,000 visitors and 2,000 exhibitors from 138 countries – and V. was proud to be there in force. The highlight of the week for us was our party on 3rd June at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). The event provided a perfect place for us to catch up in a more relaxed setting with customers and showcase V.Services like Global Marine Travel, ShipSure, V.ERDE, SeaTec, Marcas, ShipMoney and Oceanic. It’s always great to see our teams come together, all driven by one goal to be the industry’s Committed Partner of Progress for Everything at Sea. Read more about our presence at Posidonia on p6 of the July edition of Way Point. https://lnkd.in/eAFxszYT

𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. Ilias Bougas, Business Development Manager at V.Ships Leisure, and James Helliwell, Decarbonisation Manager at V. spoke to Ship Nerd News on a range of decarbonisation and sustainability topics including V.Group's approach and goals for a greener future. https://lnkd.in/e9shq8M3 #CommittedPartner Per Bjornsen

Earlier this year V.Ships Greece made a donation to the Greek coastguard on the islands of Chios and Oinousses to assist with the repair of one of their vessels. The boat in need of repair was operating between the two islands, patrolling the region and providing emergency services to the local community. In recognition of V.Ships’ support, Central Port Authority Master Commander C.G. Panteleimon F. Vatousis wrote a letter of appreciation to V.Ships Greece MD Costas Kontes, thanking V.Ships for the donation: “With your selfless offer you demonstrate your practical support to the work carried out by the Officers of the Central Port Authority of Chios, guarding the maritime borders of our Country and having as a top priority the establishment of a sense of security to the residents of out border islands. Thanks to your contribution the patrol boat ΠΛΣ-1051 after the end of its repair, will again be in the front line in guarding the maritime borders of our Country and especially the islands of Chios, Oinousses and Psara.” Costas Kontes said: “V.Ships Greece has always been committed to our community at a local, regional and national level and we were happy to help our friends in Chios with repairs to their vessel. We are delighted to see the boat up-and-running and again providing a vital service to the island community.” #CommittedPartner

Did you know? Oceanic is the world leader in marine catering, hospitality and wellbeing services, medical solutions and culinary training, committed to crew welfare, digitalisation and ESG. #didyouknow #committedpartner

We are pleased to launch the July edition of Way Point, the V. magazine. In this edition, you’ll find: ⚓ A recap of our change in ownership which we announced in June. ⚓ News of our office opening in Muscat, Oman, part of our wider growth in the Middle East. ⚓ A review of Posidonia 2024, including our celebration event at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). ⚓ Spotlight interview with special guest Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO of Tototheo Global, who reflects on how technology is reshaping the way shipping operates. ⚓ Exciting news on the expansion of our technical services arm SeaTec, with the opening of two new offices in Florida and Genova. Read Way Point online: https://lnkd.in/er8AdZK7 and let us know your feedback.