FleetPro Passenger Ship Management explained

FleetPro Passenger Ship Management was founded in 2012 as a merger of two existing passenger ship management companies and is based in Switzerland. It combined International Shipping Partners (ISP), a passenger ship management services company headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States, and River Advice of Basel, Switzerland. The majority owners became a Netherlands-based private equity fund.^[1] In January 2014 the two operations were renamed FleetPro Ocean and FleetPro River respectively.

Management and administrative services provided include deck and engine manning, maintenance, drydockings,^[2] inspections, conversions, upgradings and volume purchasing.^[3]

Former sea-going fleet

• Akademik Ioffe
• Akademik Sergey Vavilov
• Ambassador II
• Batanga Queen/Discovery Sun
• Beauport
• Caribbean Carrier (freight roro)
• Clipper Pearl/Clipper Pacific/Festival/Ocean Pearl
• Dolphin IV
• Enchanted Capri
• Europa Jet/Club Royale
• Island Breeze/The Big Red Boat III
• Island Sky
• Kapitan Khlebnikov
• Manistal/St Tropez
• Maya Express (freight roro)
• OceanBreeze
• Ola Esmeralda
• Palm Beach Princess
• MS Regal Empress
• Regal Voyager
• Rembrandt
• Royal Star
• Scandinavian Dawn/Discovery Dawn/Island Dawn
• Scandinavian Song/Santiago de Cuba/The Empress
• Scandinavian Star^[4]
• Seabreeze I, which sank in suspicious conditions in 2000.^[5]
• Seawind Crown
• Sonia
• Sun Fiesta
• The Big Red Boat II

Current sea-going fleet

FleetPro's fleet consists of mid- to small-size passenger vessels:

• Bahamas Celebration
• Clipper Odyssey/Silver Discoverer
• Freewinds
• Gemini
• Oasia
• Ocean Atlantic
• Ocean Diamond
• Ocean Endeavour
• Ocean Nova
• Ocean Pearl
• Perla (general cargo ship)
• Quest
• Scotia Prince/Prince
• Sea Adventurer
• Sea Discoverer
• Sea Explorer
• Sea Spirit
• Sea Voyager. ISP helped bring the vessel out of layup in 2010, to be used in providing accommodations for World Food Programme staff engaged in relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti^[6]
• Warrior Spirit

FleetPro also operate over forty inland waterways cruise vessels.

References

1. News: FleetPro Passenger Ship Management Establish the Leading Passenger Ship Management Company. https://archive.today/20140216013956/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=215824741. dead. February 16, 2014. 16 February 2014. Bloomberg Businessweek. 1 November 2012.
2. News: SHEPPARD . Suzanne . Vessel good for 25 more years . 26 April 2012 . . January 30, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222042219/http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,25270.html . 22 February 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: Ship Management. FleetPro Passenger Ship Management. 16 February 2014.
4. Web site: Asklander. Micke. M/S Massalia.. 26 April 2012. Swedish.
5. News: Crew rescued from sinking ship. 26 April 2012. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dec 18, 2000.
6. Web site: USA. Lloyd's Register classes International Shipping Partners Sea Voyager to offer accommodation for Haiti relief workers . 26 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130423/http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=67079 . 22 February 2014 . 19 March 2010 . dead .

External links

• Fleet info (company site)