ASP's origins date back to 1875 with the establishment of McIlwraith McEacharn, also known as the Scottish Line. For 90 Years the company traded successfully between Europe and Australia until in 1964 McIlwraith McEacharn joined with Adelaide Steamships to create the 3rd Party Ship Management entity called Associated Steamships Pty Ltd. In 1991 Associated Steamships, now owned by Cyprus Coal Limited was merged with the ship management arm of ANL Ltd to create ASP Ship Management, with ANL holding the major shareholding of 60%.

In 1997, ASP Ship Management was acquired by the Pan Gulf Group as part of a global expansion of its ship management business and that business was subsequently spun off as an independent entity. The new group adopted the ASP acronum from its Australian subsidiary to become the ASP Ship Management Group and used it as a new identity without losing that of the regional fleet offices. A typical example of this is found in the UK fleet office where Seascot was re-badged ASP Ship Management Limited.

The ASP Group operate decentralised fleet management offices based in UK, Norway, Finland, India, Singapore, Australia and Germany. Each of these offices is structured to manage about 50 vessels for owners in their immediate geographic area and carry DOC's for most vessels and Flag States.

ASP crew it's fleet through a separate manning organisation called ASP Management Services Limited. The CMS Group is responsible for recruiting, training and career development of all ASP seagoingstaff. CMS also provides third party manning to non ASP fleet vessels and owners

We strive to exceed best industry practice and standards for Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Ship Management and all our onshore and seastaff are continuously assessed and trained through relevant courses and seminars to improves their Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality awareness.

We are committed to complying with, and where possible exceeding, all relevant national and international environmental legislation and regulations, and to implement industry best practice to a level of performance exceeding the expectations of our customers.

To achieve these goals we actively encourage feedback and input from both our customers and employees in a constant effort to improve our services. We operate to the following reference standards in all our daily operations;

ISM Code

ISPS Code

ISO 9001

ISO 14001

TMSA

MARPOL

SOLAS

We fully recognise the impact of sea transport on the environment and we are committed to preventing and eliminating pollution in all forms and to implement measures to continually improve our environmental performance.

Environmental issues are incorporated into business planning of all ASP Group activities along with the monitoring of technology improvements in consideration of an improved environmental performance.

ASP has a duty of care and to ensure adequate and appropriate measures are taken to protect the environment both ashore and at sea.

We constantly review existing and pending legislation in respect of environmental protection and in conjunction with reports and recommendations received from the vessels and our global offices, we complete an annual review which results in the implementation of key improvements.

HSE & QA Objectives

All our business areas have in place a formal HSE&Q improvement process to ensure that we systematically and proactively manage all phases of our work and that we focus our efforts on problem prevention rather than problem detection.

ASP has established HSE&Q objectives at all relevant functions and levels. These objectives are measurable and consistent with our HSE&Q policies and our continual improvement commitment. They also provide for safety at sea and environment protection by continuously improving Health, Safety and Environmental management skills of personnel on board and in the office.

HSE & QA Policy

We support a corporate philosophy that demands total work force involvement in the policy of "We Manage Ships Safely". We require every employee to recognise, report and attempt to correct any potentially unsafe condition and participate in finding ways to reduce and mitigate safety risks. This corporate safety culture is a vital part of training for all staff and is supported by everyone working with the ASP Ship Management Group whether ashore or on our managed vessels.