Euronav

Euronav is founded in 2004, international shipping company headquartered in Antwerp, which focuses on the transportation of oil by ship. The company owns a fleet of large oil tankers. It bereedert tankers from third parties. It is the successor of the European Navigation Company Ltd.. Euronav heard (as of 2013) to 37.5 per cent Marc Savery and his sister Virginie.

Fleet Management

Fleet management is operated by three Euronav subsidiary companies: Euronav Ship Management SA and Euronav SAS (both French company headquartered in Nantes and based in Antwerp, they are both 100% Euronav ) and Euronav Ship Management ( Hellas ) Ltd.. established in Piraeus. Euronav - tanker driving (as of mid 2013) under the Belgian, Greek and French flag.

Most Euronav super tanker ( VLCC ) are operated in the Tankers International Pool. Pools are used to spread the risk of misunderstanding Rents -ness of a ship to the pool participants.

In January 2014, Euronav bought 15 VLCCs from Maersk Maersk Tankers Singapore subsidiary for 980 million U.S. dollars ( at the time of purchase, the equivalent of 720 million euros ). The number of Euronav vessels rose to almost 50 The ships had the time of purchase an average age of four years.

CEO Paddy Rodgers, COO Alex Staring, CFO is Hugo De Stoop. 2013, the company had 1700 employees; in the wake of the takeover of the Maersk Tankers, 300 added to 400.