Warm welcome for TMG at Chamber

The Maritime Group (International) has extended its reach with membership of the UK Chamber of Shipping.

It has joined the leading trade organisation as it continues to expand with new business and offices worldwide.

Managing Director Captain Malcolm W Parrott and fellow directors attended the Chamber’s annual meeting where they were formally presented with TMG’s certificate of membership.

UK Chamber of Shipping president Sir Michael Bibby Bt performed the honours at the Chamber’s offices in Park Street, London.

Malcolm said: “The UK Chamber of Shipping has a long history and an excellent reputation and shares many of the same values as TMG. We are proud to have become members.”

“TMG has a very well established London office and we look forward to working closely with the Chamber and fellow members both in business and to promote the best interests of UK shipping.”

Malcolm was accompanied by TMG’s Business Development Director Kevin W Hawes, Operations Director Commander Jonathan Powis and Director Joanna J S Parrott.

Malcolm also had the opportunity to renew old acquaintances at the annual meeting. He met with Captain Kevin Slade, who is Chairman of the MN Training Board, Captain John Garner, who is Operations Director of P&O Ferries and Maurice Storey, who is Chairman of Evergreen UK and a former Chief Executive of the MCA.

Maurice was Ship Manager of Sea Containers in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s when Malcolm was a Senior Master. Both Kevin and John served as Malcolm’s Chief Officers.

TMG continues to grow after recently opening its TMG (Asia) office in Singapore. It has international reach with its headquarters in Seattle, USA, and regional offices in London, Honolulu and Singapore.

The UK Chamber of Shipping is the trade association and voice of the UK Shipping industry.

It works with Government, Parliament and international organisations to champion and protect the industry on behalf of its members.

It has more than 180 members including shipowners, professional organisations and service companies

The Chamber is also home to the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB), the shipping industry’s central body for promoting and developing seafarer education, training and skills across specific industry sectors.

 

After due consideration, The Maritime Group (International) and State 21 have decided to amicably dissolve their joint venture agreement.

The dissolution places both companies in a stronger position to focus on their core business goals as they each continue to grow.

Both TMG and State 21 will continue separately as private limited companies.

Hampshire-based State 21 is a resilience management consultancy delivering training, exercises and de-briefing at strategic, tactical and operational levels.

TMG will continue to provide maritime security services along with its other services including marine consultancy, ship management, brokerage and as PISR Deputy Registrar of Shipping, UK.

TMG and State 21’s JV achievements together included a top level presentation about coastal security to the influential All Party Parliamentary Group on Maritime and Ports at Westminster.

They part on good terms and may work together again in the future on various projects.

The Government of Assam has invited The Maritime Group (International) to provide water taxis on the Brahmaputra, at Guwahati in India.

We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the Advantage Assam Global Investor Summit 2018 on February 3 and 4 at Guwahati.

Government dignitaries and global business delegates attended the summit which was inaugurated by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.

One of the key focus sectors of the Global Investor Summit (GIS) was water taxi operations.

Captain Malcolm W Parrott, Executive Vice President of the Maritime Group (International), who also attended and addressed the summit, signed the MOU on behalf of the group with the Government of Assam to operate water taxis on the river Brahmaputra.

Malcolm said: “This is a very exciting development and will open up TMG to the whole of the sub-continent of India.”

Patsloke Marine, a part of TMG (Asia), will deliver PATSLOKE I, an eight-seater passenger boat, on February 6. It will travel between the south and north Banks of the Brahmaputra at Guwahati.

Mr K Srinivas Patnaik, Managing Director of The Maritime Group (Asia) Pte Ltd and founder and Chief Executive of the Patsloke Groupe, also entered into an MOU with the Government of Assam to develop a training facility in conjunction with the Ministry of Skill and Development to train local youth in various sectors of the maritime industry.

Mr K Srinivas Patnaik said: “It is a landmark achievement for the Group. I am very enthusiastic and keen to explore and scale up the operations to other parts of India.”

TMG (Asia) is based at Shenton House in Shentonway, Singapore. TMG is ISO 9001 Quality Management System accredited.

Contact TMG (Asia) at The Maritime Groupe (Asia) Pte Ltd., 3 Shentonway, #07-04 Shenton House, Singapore 068805 for more details or on +65 62387036 and mobiles +65 97210775 and +65 96577877 or email Patnaik@the-maritime-group.com.