VGG India Private Limited Kochi

VGG India is an integrated third-party crew manager, offering a comprehensive range of Crew Management and Crew Supply services to all vessel operating in all sectors across the merchant shipping, offshore and oil & gas industries.

We operate out of Mumbai with Branches in Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata & Chennai.
We believe in "the power of partnership " because by working with our customer as "partners" we can tackle any issue, be they commercial pressures, technical problems or crewing challenges.
In a highly competitive environment, we successfully provide technical and crew management to a wide range of vessels from all marine and offshore sectors, operating in dynamic markets across the world.

Managing your vessel in today’s highly regulated environment is a difficult enough task but when you factor in the pressures of lowering freight rates and rising operating costs, the task can seem even more challenging.
That is why it is important to work together to find long-term, profitable solutions for your business.
We have developed a suite of ISO-accredited ship management services designed to operate today’s ships efficiently.

We provide a wide range of crewing solutions for vessels, big and small, from across the industry. Our Management Philosophy is based on “ Three 3 C “which represent three pillars :

Commitment
Competence
Continuity

We work in partnership with our clients to optimise their operational efficiency while meeting the highest standards of safety, health, environmental protection and quality.

Our robust crew selection process, value added training and management system that is fully compliant with SOLAS chapter IX (ISM Code) and Chapter XI (ISPS) Code, ISO 9001-2008 accreditation earns us the unique place as reliable and quality crew manager. Annual quality Compliance audits to ensure that our high standards are maintained and verified.

To ensure our seafarers and onshore staff maintain the high level of competence needed to carry out their duties, we have an in-house Safety, quality and Training Manager who can provide advice on both mandatory and non-statutory training, thereby enabling us to fulfil client specific ship management requirements.

Our ‘ Crew Supply & Management ‘ business model gives client required the flexibility of opting for ‘ Full Crew Management ‘ service OR only ‘ Crew Supply ‘ as required. Ship owners / Operators can also choose to Include OR Exclude any given activity covered from Crew selection – approval – placement on-board – sign off – training & certification---till re-join.

Full Crew Management : In this Process full crew of the vessel is managed by VGG India team i.e. Crew selection, nomination & approval by client, arrange value added training & certification, arrange Visa + travel, Coordinate with port agents + Vessel & operator, place the crew on-board, address crew & operator concerns, manage Payroll / crew allotments, plan relievers, sign off crew on completion tenure, manage performance and get the crew ready to re-join.

Crew Supply : Under this arrangement owner / operator request nominations of a certain number of fixed ranks or crew positions as required. Owner / operator can also exclude some of the services like supply of working clothing & Safety gear, arranging flag state certificates, value added training, travel etc.