Crew operating expenses takes up nearly 40-50% of ship's operating cost on ship owners. It is very important to recruit and retain dedicated, well trained and experienced officers and crew to safeguard owner’s investment. In association with our manning agency Norseman Company Inc. located in Manila, we are able to provide qualified and experienced officers and crew to meet the MLC, STCW and ship Owners' requirements. The cordial relationship and trust between ship owners and Norwest has been building on well. The tri-lateral relationships among Norwest, owner, and ship’s staff have given added confidence to the ship owners.

We perform pre-purchase inspection and vessel evaluation on behalf of buyers and ship brokers. After the inspection, a brief report will be emailed to the client within 36 hours. A full inspection report, complete with documents and photographs, will be delivered to the client by email &/or courier service. We also provide budget and cost analysis for the client to make procurement decision of the vessel.

We are project manager of various type of vessels ranging from container, bulk carriers and tankers. We are able to provide customized and versatile services according to owner's individual needs and requirements. Our project teams are marine engineers or ship yard specialist with vast experience in managing the new building project. Each client's new ship is supervised by a dedicated team of experienced professionals, ensuring the construction receives maximum attention to detail possible; to meet the delivery, quality, client, classification and flag administration requirements.

Norwest Shipping Agencies Pte. Ltd. performs ship agency duties for vessel calling Singapore. We provide ship's husbanding service of all vessel types to our customers. Our Technical department, working closely with the Operations department, provide technical expertise to back up our agency services should ship owner requires additional assistance. We are capable of handling all owner's matter such as crew change, ship’s store and spare parts delivery, repair and service arrangement, cash to Master, medical arrangement, classification or flag state audit and survey arrangement, and other matters. We are the one-stop service centre for customers and look after all the husbanding needs of their vessel calling Singapore.

• Conduct inspection to verify vessel’s condition.
• Source & assess ship yard for vessel’s dry docking at owner’s request
• Provide technical consultant service to ship owners as and when required.

Owners or seafarers who wish to apply under the Antigua & Barbuda flag state for Certificate of Competency, Seafarer's Book, Endorsement and Renewal can contact us for further information.