EPTM Ltd - marine,vessel and subsea support,consultancy and management

ETPM are uniquely placed to provide the full range of services involved in the management of construction vessels.

These services extend from a single specific, well defined activity such as:

• Provision of Marine Operations Procedures
• Vessel and Rig Pre surveys
• Rig Audits
• Vessel Audits
• Vessel Condition surveys including pre-charter, P+I and H+M pre-entry surveys
• Vessel / Rig Market Valuations
• On / Off Hire Surveys
• 3rd Party Audits
• 3rd Party Reviews
• General Marine Consultancy
• Dynamic Positioning Consultancy
• FMECAs
• Trials preparation and executions

Plus the complete management of the operation of a single vessel or a fleet of vessels, including full crewing and all associated support/maintenance services, such as:

• Crew Management
• Vessel Operations
• Insurance
• Accounting
• Crew Travel
• Marine Training
• Quality Assurance & Control
• New build Shipyard Management/Supervision

ETPM is confident our experience enables us to provide this service to any DP vessel. We especially recommend this service to any client requiring an honest middleman between joint venture partners or other shipping alliance. This service can be coupled with our technical vessel expertise and contacts to ensure your chartered-in vessels are being competently run by their owners.

ETPM also has a dedicated figures within the company which can deal with transactional work including in particular bi-lateral and syndicated debt financing transactions as well as ship sale, purchase work and charter work.

Areas of expertise include:

• Debt and equity financing
• Pre and post-delivery financing of new buildings including assignment of ship building contracts and refund guarantees
• Financing of second-hand vessels and sale and purchase work
• Refinancing
• Flagging issues
• Leases
• Commercial, technical or management and agency agreements
• Joint venture agreements and special projects
• Formation, acquisition and investment in shipping companies worldwide

ETPM Marine Operations service includes, marine compliance DP Crewing and safety audits with a firm belief that ETPM will strive to meet the needs of both the client and the personnel thus ensuring the ideal solution to both urgent and longer term requirements.

Ranks of Personnel Include:

• Masters
• Senior DPOs - Chief & 1st Officers
• DPOs - 2nd Officers
• Chief engineer
• 2nd engineer
• 3rd engineer
• 4th engineer
• Electrical Technical Officers
• Electricians
• Crane operators
• Bosun / AB
• Client / Marine representatives
• Offshore Medics
• Riggers

ETPM personnel have a wide range of backgrounds and we are more than happy to source personnel with specific experience and certification.

Etpm's New Build Supervision is responsible for ensuring that latest and tested Shipping technical requirements are achieved. These are achieved through a number of processes which include:

• Shipyard technical audits to ascertain suitability for contract
• Production of a complete tendering documentation package for new-build vessels
• The development of design standards for vessels
• Vessel specification development and contractual negotiation
• Detailed design development and plan approval
• Construction supervision
• Attendance at equipment/systems factory acceptance tests
• Provision of commissioning, test & trial supervision
• Guarantee claims technical support
• Technical support for the Client Shipping operated and managed fleet

We use a lot of resources to recruit our work force - both onshore and offshore and have a long term strategy to ensure a constant flood of maritime expertise into the Company.

ETPM is in a period of great expansion and this requires us to have a professional crew covering all technical areas. This includes apprentices, cadets as well as experienced workers with high levels of expertise.

ETPM has a good reputation and working conditions which is why there are a lot of people who want to work with us. As a result we get the best and most ambitious seamen through our recruiting programme which gives us a competitive advantage. If you would like to join us, or check out the possibility for work with us please refer to our vacancies page or our contact us section.

The health and safety of our crew is of the utmost importance and ETPM recognises that we have a duty to provide a secure working environment in order to achieve our goal of no injuries to personnel, protection of the environment and no damage to property.

Our operations are performed with the greatest emphasis on safety, quality and environmental performance.

ETPM is committed to a policy of continuous improvement, following industry "best practice". Through internal and external audits, regular review of our systems onboard, experience transfer, near miss and follow up reports, we are committed to maintain and improve our organization.