Thome Shipping India Bags Award for The Best Employer For Tanker Fleet - Mid Segment
Mumbai, February 11th, 2016:
Thome Shipping India recently won an award as ‘The Best Employer For Tanker Fleet - Mid Segment’ (lesser than 1000 Indian seafarers onboard tankers) at The Indian Seafarers Choice Awards 2015. Thome Shipping India is an iconic joint venture between Thome Ship Management Singapore and Elektrans Group (formally known as DoehleDanautic India). An outstanding number of 13005 Indian Seafarers voted online, for over a month, to crown the industry leaders that they recognise as game changers. The award was presented to Thome Shipping India, on February 6th 2016, in a glorious ceremony held at The Lalit, Mumbai.
From ship management to offshore structure management, port agency, vessel inspection and crew training, Thome Group offers a complete range of services and products under one roof. Thome Ship Management ranks among the world’s best performing global ship management companies with a wide range of clients from every corner of the world. The company has built up a solid list of Principals from Europe, Scandinavia and from across Asia, Japan, China and Korea in particular. These Principals are mainly blue- chip, often stock market listed shipping companies and recognized as leaders in their own fields. Thome Group has more than 300 vessels under full technical management, serviced by 650 shore staff and 11,000 crew members.
With more than a decade of a strong collaboration between Thome Ship Management Singapore and Elektrans Group (formally known as DoehleDanautic India), the shipping industry has witnessed revolutionary transformations. Through the joint venture, Thome wanted to build its base for Indian Seafarers. The management at Thome India has always believed in the potential of Indian seafarers. This award marks a step towards yielding the results and acknowledging India as a futuristic maritime sourcing hub for qualified Indian officers for worldwide trading.
Today, Thome Shipping India is regarded as one of the world’s leading shipping service providers. The shipping giant recognizes individual competence, attitude and performance as part of Thome team’s success. Zero accidents and zero pollution is one of the most
emphasized missions of the company. In an attempt to ensure the growth of the company’s personnel and its surroundings, the company fundamentally functions to incessantly improvise in the health, safety, security, environmental and quality management.
Safety is pivotal to the functioning of Thome Group’s business and the company intensely encourages safety to be at the core of its activities. The consistent efforts of the company to implement safety as a principal practice, has resulted in the seafarers inculcating the concept of ‘Thome Human Element’. This is a culture- building model that is inspired, for all the related parties in the industry, to function in a secure environment. It embodies a holistic approach to business excellence through people.
Thome Shipping India has consistently and relentlessly undertaken initiatives to provide the most well- equipped seafarers. They recruit proficient experts and consistently train them to meet the dynamic market demands. A number of training modules are offered by the company to provide the necessary impetus in the growth of the seafarers. Each seafarer is skilled to furnish every requirement of the client and thus enable the smooth functioning of the tankers. They are trained to be highly dedicated and committed to significantly contribute to Thome’s progress.
Speaking on the occasion of being bestowed by the prestigious award, Mr. Daniel Chopra- Chairman and Managing Director of Elektrans Group, said, ‘We, at Elektrans, were convinced that our relationship with Thome Ship Management would witness a plethora of innovative opportunities together in addition to crewing. This award is an acknowledgment and reinforcement of the confidence of the industry in our immense efforts to invest in the recruitment, training and management of effective tanker fleets.’
About Elektrans Group
Celebrating 15 years as a business, privately owned Elektrans Group offers a wide range of tailor made and integrated shipping services to its global customer base.
From ship owning with technical management, e-commerce, commercial management to crew management, marine travel, ship recycling and freight forwarding the company seeks to offer sustainable value added services to its global clients.
The company owns and operates its own fleet of tanker vessels and actively pursuing a fleet expansion strategy.
With backward integration as the mantra, the company is supported by a growing number of 250 shore staff and 1500 ships crew.
The Group offers its services through a strong foothold of offices spread in Singapore, Dubai and across multiple key locations throughout India.
The name of the company Elektrans is derived from
E - E commerce
T - Transport
S - Shipping