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Technical and Crew Management company - Accord Ship Management - has been in existence since 1992. Accord currently manages over 20 vessels, with oﬃces in Hong Kong, in India (Mumbai and Goa), and in the Netherlands. Accord has 55 employees who work together to realise the company's vision of being a globally competitive ship management company, oﬀering cost eﬀective technical and crew management solutions with a commitment to customer satisfaction.

Nepa Projects of Hong Kong has been involved with the management of the company since 2010. The company has since seen a steady increase in business prospects and international repute, thanks to the eﬀorts of its Managing Director and Managing partner Mr Sanjay Shesh. Accord has been diversifying into Europe since 2013 and has gained international acclaim for personal attention to assets under management.

In what can be considered as a unique partnership, Crowley USA has joined the management of Accord. The company will be rebranding the technical and crew management services as CROWLEY ACCORD, a step that ensures recognition of both brand names in their present markets whilst enhancing the size and scope of the management activities.

The move also makes Crowley a rare U.S. company - one that provides third-party international crewing and technical ship management. The combined ﬂeet size of third party ship management activities goes to over 60 vessels of various sizes and types.

The partnership most importantly takes the combined experience of the technical management team to over 100 years. "When investigating international ship management companies that would allow Crowley to expand our business and create a greater presence outside of the U.S., we were careful to only pursue companies that share Crowley's corporate values and culture – especially as it relates to safety," said Mike Golonka, vice president, Crowley Technical Management. "

After several visits to observe their culture and operations, we are convinced that Accord is the right ﬁt to complement Crowley's existing operations. Accord has built a team that allows access to trained, qualiﬁed mariners without the additional expense of third-party crewing companies – something potential customers are demanding." Crowley Accord oﬀers Crowley the opportunity to provide additional and more regionalized support to its worldwide operations, including its solutions, liner, logistics, petroleum services, and Titan Salvage groups.

Accord's Managing Director Sanjay Shesh said, "Crowley stepping into the management of Accord is a great step forward for Accord. The spotless image and pure charisma of Crowley will propel Accord to a higher plane where economical solutions will be available to our existing and new clients with greater brand value and higher standards of committed service."

"Crowley for us is a strategic alliance wherein we provide them with a much required platform for their initial steps into this part of the world and they provide us the necessary brand image to grow in the Western Hemisphere", said Capt Pappu Sastry, Managing Director of Nepa Projects
Hong Kong.

Crowley's solutions group encompasses technical management of commercial vessels along with several of the company's other essential business functions. Crowley has main oﬃces, equipment depots and vessel homeports in Jacksonville, Fla.; Houston, Texas; Seattle, Wash.; and New Orleans, La.; supplemented by those the company has internationally.

The background of Crowley is available on www.crowley.com. Nepa Projects is a Group company of Nepa, a shipping operator originally founded in Amsterdam with major oﬃce in Hong Kong. Nepa Projects is a solutions company based in Hong Kong and Dubai, providing commercial management to traders and vessels, project management in several shipping sections and carrying various other management and operator functions apart from the management of Accord. Please visit www.nepashippin.biz to learn more about Nepa.