Indian shipping fleet owners are having tough time given the pandemic. Amidst this situation, these owners are inclined to avail services of the best in class yet cost effective service provider for the shipping needs. One of India’s boutique providers of maritime solutions, Nautilus Shipping has been in the ship management business with a little above 13 years of experience.
With 6 offices across the globe, Nautilus has been offering its services enclosing Ship Management, Crewing, Ship Agency, Ship Broking, Vessel Inspections, Surveys and, Commercial Vessel Management. Nautilus’ expertise is rest on 3 pillars- Crew, Technology, and Nimble team. Crew account for 60 percent of the ship’s operating expenditure. Nautilus has a strong crewing team and is able to find crew that continuously go back to the same vessel, thereby bringing in continuity to the owner for the requisites.
As for technology, Nautilus has a strong tech platform which positions the company at a vantage point for managing vessel. The company is able to make pre-empt changes, perform advance monitoring and control requirements while handling a lot of routine changes through an AI based platform. Nautilus keeps close communication with the vessel by getting regularly updates through the platform, online
monitoring through normal noon reports and traditional log abstract. This also sets Nautilus ahead of its peers in the market. All the data is fed into the platform which then analyses and provides early warning indicators to the superintendents. The superintendents follow a robust contingency management system and attend to any breakdown 24 X 7. Nautilus’ nimble team takes on all challenges regardless of complexity. This team has helped Nautilus set benchmarks for taking on vessels even during the pandemic time from remote locations.
Differentiated Approach to Shipping Management Capabilities
Nautilus is one of the very few emerging players in the maritime domain, that has an in-house security expert, as well as one of the very few companies that has a standalone security generical manual in additional to the vessel specific SSP and SAA. Nautilus also has RSS feed from the UKMTO and RECAAP system. Adding to the advantages, Nautilus has reach to ECOWAS region to monitor all security incidents throughout the world and have a plan and protocol ready for all possible situations. “We have extensive experience in working with Professional Security companies that provide armed guards on board as well”, adds Ajay Krishnamani, Managing Director, Nautilus Shipping.
We believe that technical management is all about project managing the dry-dock like a well-orchestrated symphony
Nautilus has an extensive drydock policy wherein the firm starts the dry-dock preparation at least a year before the event. “We believe that technical management is all about project managing this dry-dock like a well-orchestrated symphony”, explains Ajay. Nautilus team of engineers maintains dry-dock to dry dock defect list. The firm carries out the UT gauging viaClass approved gauging companies using advanced techniques such as rope access process or industrial mountaineering. The dry-dock timing is reduced and dock is selected with cost comparatives across different yards and deviation costs to the yards, well in advance. Moreover, proper budgeting variance analysis and follow up through pert charts and net charts are carried out.
“We believe more ship owners and ship managers are going to move to India as a primary destination for cost effective ship management. This market is progressing to vertical and horizontal integration and consolidation”, says Ajay. With that said, Nautilus is looking at several ways fill this progression and become a one stop shop for all the shipping services and management.
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