Lauranne Shipping B.V. (LS) was established as a vessel management company in 1996 and has managed over 30 oil and chemical vessels since. At present she manages 8 tankers, all commissioned by LS in Romania and Turkey, with an average fleet age of 4 years.----LAURA H - 5.413 DWT, build in 2002--LS CONCORDE - 4.692 DWT, build in 2003--LS JACOBA - 15.551 DWT, build in 2006--LS CHRISTINE - 8.673 DWT, build in 2007--LS EVA - 4.726 DWT, build in 2007--LS ANNE - 5.757 DWT, build in 2008--LS JAMIE - 5.775 DWT, build in 2009--LS EVANNE - 7003 DWT, build in 2010--More details of our fleet can be found in the chapter FLEET.--LS is specialised in tanker management and does not manage other types of vessels.----All management activities, except for crewing, are performed in house, resulting in very short communication and decision lines.--LS has its own IT department that has developed all processes and systems necessary to comply with the standards applicable in the oil and chemical industry. The people running the department have both nautical / technical and IT experience.----Activities of Lauranne Shipping BV cover all aspects of Ship Management, such as Operational and Technical Management, Quality-Safety and Environmental Management, Purchasing, Catering and Crewing.--The vessels are under first class charterers operating with three year contracts and our core business is trading of oils, tar products, CPP and chemicals.----We trade predominantly in Western Europe, Mediterranean, Black Sea, African Coast and occassionally the East Coast of the USA and Canada.----Mission----Lauranne Shipping provides safe, reliable and high quality transport of oil products and chemicals at satisfaction of the charterers of our vessels at profitable margins.----Employment----All LS Vessels sail primarily for the majors such as ExxonMobil, Total, Shell, BP, Lukoil and Chevron.--Upon Request, Vettings can/ will be performed fot other oil company's.
