V.Group, the global ship manager and marine service provider, has opened an expanded office in Chennai, India, strengthening the company’s ability to engage with both customers and seafarers in the region.
V. has a long-standing history in India, stretching back to 1984, and this new office is expected to strengthen the organization’s presence in the country. The expanded office houses over 200 colleagues supporting V.’s crewing, seafarer recruitment, ship management, decarbonization and digitalization operations, as well as business functions including finance and Information Technology (IT).
The Chennai office is also home to V.’s Operations Support Centre, supporting over 400 vessels managed through its Fleet Cells across the globe. The new office will consolidate this presence by combining two existing offices into one.
Mario Moretti, Managing Director, V.Ships Asia, stated, “Our new office in Chennai is a great opportunity to better serve both our clients and seafarers in India and is a testament to our ambitions in the region. It gives us a stronger, more consolidated platform for our operations in India and the Indian Subcontinent and will enable us to support our partners to achieve efficient, sustainable and safer operations.”