AW Ship Management Ltd.

We provide a complete ship management service. Our team of experienced superintendents and managers ensure you have the safest, most secure and cost effective vessels: whatever their size, type or location.--We are based in London, operate worldwide and have been established for over one hundred years--We provide a complete range of services, from new build, valuation, repair and maintenance to crewing, purchasing and accountancy--We are a proven leader in the UK’s maritime industry and key players in all the world’s shipping markets--We offer a service that is personal, flexible and bespoke: providing you with complete reassurance and maximum ROI--Ship Management--We provide experts to supervise all aspects of the maintenance of your vessel.--We will plan, arrange and execute scheduled or emergency docking repairs anywhere in the world--Our long-established relationships with key manufacturers and suppliers of marine equipment allow us to respond quickly to your urgent requirements--Our integrated maintenance and purchasing software ensures that day-to-day operations are carried out efficiently and cost effectively--We offer a complete solution to crew supply and management, for all types of ship--Our fully qualified officers and crew are sourced from around the world to meet your precise requirements – and comply with national and international regulations.--Crew--We offer a full crew sourcing and management service.--Our global network can be used to select highly skilled crew from a number of nationalities--We will ensure crew meet all applicable national and international regulations--Our team of experienced superintendents and managers ensure you have the safest, most secure and cost effective vessels: whatever the size, type or location--We believe that the training of the next generation of seafarers is of the utmost importance. We have recruited and trained our own--Cadets for many years and can offer our experience in Cadet Training to you--We train selected UK Ratings to qualify as Ships Officers--Maintenance--Our maintenance programme ensures that your vessel maintains optimum performance and earning capability.--We provide bespoke planned maintenance systems and 24-hour shore support--We can plan and execute scheduled or emergency docking repairs anywhere in the world--Our specialist project management software can write repair specifications and help you reduce costs by assessing quotations from competing yards--Purchasing--We have a global network that allows us to secure competitive rates from equipment and service suppliers – keeping your vessel in great shape and your ROI high.--Our purchasing service is built upon the SpecTec AMOS purchasing system--We utilise a twice-weekly electronic data transfer that lists exports to and imports from vessels--Our purchasing process runs in tandem with a planned maintenance and stock control system. This provides office personnel and ship’s staff with accurate status reports and a clear understanding of future requirements--Please click here to view our Purchasing Terms and Conditions--Cruises--We have a long history of managing cruise providers. We are members of the Cruise Lines International Association and are ATOL protected.--We are the managing agents for the RMS St Helena and make bookings with Ascension Island Tourism Authority for RAF flights between Brize Norton and Ascension Island--We have a dedicated passenger department that provides bespoke systems to effectively manage passenger bookings on a variety of vessels--St Helena--Drawing on fifteen years of experience in the operation of the RMS St Helena and the St Helena Line shipping service, AW Ship Management will provide a marine cargo service to St Helena which will commence when the RMS St Helena is retired. The service will connect St Helena with Cape Town directly and will also call into Ascension Island on every other voyage.--A draft schedule will be published for the new service once an announcement on the future of the RMS St Helena is made.--Due to AWSM’s involvement with the RMS St Helena, the infrastructure for cargo bookings and management already exists. Therefore, our agents on St Helena (Solomon & Co) and Cape Town (RNC) are ready to assist as always.--AWSM can arrange transhipment bookings ex-UK for the RMS St Helena and the new service.--For details of UK transhipment dates, please see the schedule here.