Our Partners


At Sembawang Shipyard, we see alliances and partnerships with international shipowners and operators as the way forward for forging long-term business relationships, leading to synergistic value creation for the shipyard and our valued partners. We are proud and honoured to be chosen by oil majors Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (UK) and BP Shipping Ltd (UK), leading chemical tanker owner and operator Jo Tankers AS (Norway) and BHP Billiton, one of Australia’s biggest conglomerates as their exclusive partner to refit and service their fleet of vessels operating in the Far East. Additionally, we have long-term contracts with Alaska Tanker Company (USA), ASP Shipmanagement Group (UK), ConocoPhillips Inc. (USA), Euronav Ship Management SAS (Belgium), EMS Ship Management (formerly TESMA), Exmar Shipmanagement N.V. (Belgium), North West Shelf Shipping Service Company (Australia), TMT Ltd (Taiwan) and V. Ships Group (Monaco), all of which are internationally renowned shipping companies.

	Signing of evergreen alliance agreement between Mr Heng Chiang Gnee, MD of Sembawang Shipyard and Mr Blair Maclntyre, General Manager, Ship Technical of Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd in December 1998

Critical to such innovative refit alliances is the commitment by both ourselves and our partners to jointly develop and co-create innovative ship repair procedures, safety and quality improvements and other productivity enhancement schemes, which will bring quantum mutual long-term benefits and value creation to each others’ operations.

	Alliance signing ceremony between Mr Heng Chiang Gnee, MD of Sembawang Shipyard and Ms Linda Adamany, Chief Executive of BP Shipping in May 2000

	Signing ceremony in August 2004 – From left, Ms Lee-Lin Wong, Executive Director & General Manager of Sembawang Shipyard and Mr Peter Vertuvft, Deputy Managing Director of TECTO Belgium N.V., Belgium

	Signing ceremony in October 2004 From left, Mr Savas Athanasiadis, Technical Manager of NWS, Mr Nick Harrison, General Manager of NWS, Ms Lee-Lin Wong, Executive Director and General Manager of Sembawang Shipyard and Ms K K Wee, Assistant General Manager (Business) of Sembawang Shipyard, signing the long-term refit contract in NWS’s office in Perth, Australia.

	BHP Billiton		Jo Tankers A/S

	Taiwan Maritime Transport (TMT) Ltd		Alaska Tanker Company Ltd

	V Ships Group		EMS Ship Management (formerly TESMA)