Today’s commercial vessels are extremely complex and technical. A considerably amount of coordination and organization required prior to a vessel’s arrival in port. Careful pre-planning ensures a vessel owner or operator the most efficient, safe, and effective operations is employed to attain a timely and cost effective dispatch of a vessel.

The Prestige Group takes care of all the activities required by vessel owner, manager or operator for securing the technical maintenance or operation of vessel and ensures the services are delivered in an efficient and cost cautious manner.

We provide customers with detailed cargo specifications and port information to ensure a quick turn-around in port. For some ports / commodities expected time of completion and port "line-ups“ can also be provided. We assist with instructions for cleaning of holds and also arrange for cleaning itself.

The Prestige Group offices proactively prepare for cargo operations in checking availability of relevant shipping documents, readiness of vessel and cargo, hold/tank cleaning, equipment readiness and working conditions, in addition to any other relevant issues. These are monitored and controlled in advance in order to secure a quick loading /discharging operations and vessel turn-around.

The Prestige Group works with various international liner agencies and their represented principals to augment ship husbandry services during the pre-arrival planning and actual port call of a vessel. Husbandry offers a number of services, depending on the individual customer requirements:

Execution of ordered services ensuring all 3rd parties perform and deliver the services and products in the way customers had specified.
Fresh water
Ship chandlery, laundry and mail services
Underwater cleaning
Monitoring of execution of services and visit to vessel
Safekeeping of funds

The Prestige Group co-ordinates bunkering and marine gas oil, marine diesel oil, marine fuel oil, marine lubricants oil delivery, and will ensure correct procedures are followed to protect vessel and customer interests.

Dry-docking encompass all activities required to take the a vessel into a dry dock and provide support to the vessel and the owner or manager during the entire docking period.