Synergygroup Operations Inc.

⚓ 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗨 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

Synergy Marine Group and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) signed a memorandum of understanding in Kochi on 22 September to jointly pursue shipbuilding, repair and conversion projects in India.

The MoU was signed by Ajay Chaudhry, Co-CEO Ship Management, Synergy Marine Group, and Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Director (Technical), CSL, in the presence of our Group CEO Jesper Kristensen and Jose V J, Chairman and Managing Director of CSL.

Incorporated in 1972, CSL is India’s largest public-sector shipyard by dock capacity and builds and repairs vessels for commercial and naval customers.

In February, it signed a contract with CMA CGM for six 1,700-TEU LNG dual-fuel feeder containerships. Its 310-metre dry dock expands its capacity to accommodate larger vessels.

🤝 The collaboration combines Synergy’s engineering, project management and operating experience with CSL’s shipbuilding and repair capabilities.

For Synergy, total cost of ownership is central to this collaboration. Decisions about equipment, maintenance access and commissioning influence operating costs and reliability for decades.

Bringing operating experience into these decisions helps address issues while there is still scope to change the design.

As Jesper Kristensen said: “A vessel’s long-term performance is shaped well before it enters service. Our role is to carry the owner’s requirements through engineering and project ex*****on into the years of operation that follow.”

🌏 Our current newbuilding assignments cover more than 150 vessels at 20 shipyards across six countries. Our conversion experience includes LNG carrier-to-FSRU projects, from feasibility and engineering through commissioning and subsequent technical management.

Thank you to the Cochin Shipyard Ltd leadership and teams for their hospitality in Kochi and their work in bringing this collaboration together.

🔗 Read the full announcement through the link in the first comment.

𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. ⚓

𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. ⚓

Nord Luna was a Panamax bulk carrier looked after from a small office in Chennai. She has since changed hands and names, and it is good to see her still in service.

Captain Rajesh Unni founded Synergy that year. In the first Chennai office, colleagues worked together in one room and spoke directly across roles. Captain Unni led with empathy, listening to people and taking them seriously whatever their position.

Today, more than 750 ships are in our care across bulk, tanker, container, gas and offshore fleets. Among them is MAERSK FLINDERS, a methanol dual-fuel container ship owned by NKS Canopus of the Nissen Kaiun Singapore Group. She is very different from Nord Luna, but the relationship behind both vessels spans twenty years.

“Owners do not entrust us with a ship because of where we sit in a league table,” says Jesper Kristensen, our Group CEO. “They want to know who is accountable for her, whether her crew will have the support they need, and how our decisions will affect her performance and total cost of ownership over time.”

Our thanks begin with our seafarers and the colleagues ashore who support them. We are grateful to Captain Katsuya Abe and Nissen Kaiun for entrusting a new company with its first ship and for their continued confidence. To every other customer who has placed a vessel in our care over these twenty years: thank you for that responsibility, for working with us and for helping us improve. 🚢

📢 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑, 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐈𝐋/𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐑❗️

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤:
📧 [email protected]
📞 𝗠𝘀. 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮: 0917 180 5626

or submit your details through this link: https://forms.gle/zEs1mNSHT3m7PKCh8

𝗡𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗗𝗠𝗪 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼.: 𝗗𝗠𝗪-𝟭𝟯𝟱-𝗦𝗕-𝟬𝟳𝟬𝟱𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝗥-𝗠𝗟𝗖

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗼

National Maritime Week is underway in the Philippines, and our SGOI colleagues have been taking part in activities in Cebu and Iloilo.

Observed from 20–27 September, this year's National Maritime Week carries the theme “From Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime Excellence.” It is also the IMO's World Maritime Day theme for 2026–2027, with an emphasis on turning maritime policy and commitments into practical action.

For our colleagues in Cebu, that began at the shoreline.

On 19 September, colleagues from SGOI Cebu joined the International Coastal Cleanup in Lapu-Lapu City under the local theme “Clean Seas for Resilient Communities.”

Alongside participants from government, the maritime industry and the wider community, they spent the morning helping clear waste from the coastal area. The photographs tell the story particularly well: this was not simply about being present for an event, but about getting involved and doing the work.

Two days later, the focus moved to Iloilo, where colleagues joined the opening activities for National Maritime Week.

Christina Amparado, PIC – Iloilo Branch, and Capt. Francis Alian, an active seafarer, were joined by Makati colleagues Nick Galve, Henry Mina and Shiela Aniversario.

The program began with a Mass bringing members of the local maritime community together. Afterwards, our colleagues joined a Walk for a Cause organised by Women in Maritime Philippines (WIMAPHIL) – Western Visayas Chapter, alongside representatives from across the maritime community.

The two activities were very different.

In Cebu, colleagues were working along the coast. In Iloilo, shore colleagues and a serving seafarer were walking alongside others from the industry.

But there is a connection between them, and it sits neatly with this year's Maritime Week theme.

“From Policy to Practice” is about what happens after principles, standards and commitments have been agreed. Ultimately, they depend on people choosing to put them into practice—in our industry, in our workplaces and in the communities around us. IMO similarly describes the 2026–2027 theme as focusing attention on implementation and the people who turn maritime policy into action.

For our SGOI colleagues in Cebu, Iloilo and Makati, National Maritime Week offered a very local way of being part of that wider maritime community.

Thank you to everyone who represented SGOI and gave their time.

Credit to 📸: Maritime Lenses for the 5th photo

We are inviting all seafarers from Iloilo and nearby provinces to join our OPEN HOUSE RECRUITMENT in the Iloilo Branch Office on September 24, 2027 ❗️SEE YOU ❗️❗️

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗜𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀!
We are inviting all seafarers of all ranks to our 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 for deployment across the following vessel types:
✔ 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐋𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐎𝐢𝐥/𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥
✔ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥
✔ 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: September 24, 2026
🕘 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: SynergyGroup IloIlo Office
🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/2dH3YN501k

Mga KABARO, this is your chance to join our growing fleet!

🎉 Join us in celebration of National Maritime Week 2026!
Don't forget to bring your most recent CV and necessary documents. We can't wait to see you there❗

📢𝗩𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝗕𝐮𝐥𝐤, 𝗟𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤, 𝗖𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝗢𝐢𝐥/𝗖𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝗧𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝗩𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝗟𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝗖𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝗖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝗢𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝗩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥❗

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤:
📧 [email protected]

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀:
📍𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
4th Floor, SM Cyber Makati One Building 373 Gil Puyat Avenue,
Bel-Air Village, Makati City

📍𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
2nd Floor, Capitol Square
N. Escario Street, Cebu City
📞𝗠𝘀. 𝗕𝗲𝗮: 0917 126 2968

📍𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗢 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
2nd Floor Balsy 2020 Building, El 98 St.,
Brgy Cuartero, Jaro, Iloilo City.
📞𝗠𝘀. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮: 0917 597 8796

𝗡𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗗𝗠𝗪 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼.: 𝗗𝗠𝗪-𝟭𝟯𝟱-𝗦𝗕-𝟬𝟳𝟬𝟱𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝗥-𝗠𝗟𝗖

📢𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗗𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗥❗

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤:
📧 [email protected]
📞 𝗠𝘀. 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮: 0917 180 5626

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀:
📍𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
4th Floor, SM Cyber Makati One Building 373 Gil Puyat Avenue,
Bel-Air Village, Makati City

📍𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
2nd Floor, Capitol Square
N. Escario Street, Cebu City
📞𝗠𝘀. 𝗕𝗲𝗮: 0917 126 2968

📍𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗢 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘
2nd Floor Balsy 2020 Building, El 98 St.,
Brgy Cuartero, Jaro, Iloilo City.
📞𝗠𝘀. 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮: 0917 597 8796
𝗡𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗗𝗠𝗪 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼.: 𝗗𝗠𝗪-𝟭𝟯𝟱-𝗦𝗕-𝟬𝟳𝟬𝟱𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝗥-𝗠𝗟𝗖

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗜𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀!
We are inviting all seafarers of all ranks to our 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 for deployment across the following vessel types:
✔ 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐋𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐎𝐢𝐥/𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫
✔ 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥
✔ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥
✔ 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: September 24, 2026
🕘 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: SynergyGroup IloIlo Office
🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/2dH3YN501k

Mga KABARO, this is your chance to join our growing fleet!

🎉 Join us in celebration of National Maritime Week 2026!
Don't forget to bring your most recent CV and necessary documents. We can't wait to see you there❗

For many of our seafarers from Central Visayas, training does not need to mean travelling far from home.

From 27 to 31 July, our Cebu office hosted its seventh Pre-Joining Familiarization program, bringing together 32 seafarers for Crew Safety Training, Officer Safety Training and MARPOL/VECP familiarization before they joined their vessels.

Twenty colleagues participated in the Crew and Officer Safety Training sessions, while 12 attended the MARPOL and Vessel Environmental Compliance Plan program.

The sessions were led by C/E W***y Balot, Training Manager, and Capt. Marlon Malong, Marine Manager. What matters about program, like this is not simply the number of courses completed. They give seafarers the opportunity to refresh procedures, ask questions, discuss situations they may encounter onboard and reconnect with the standards expected before returning to sea.

Holding the training in Cebu also makes that preparation more accessible for colleagues from Central Visayas. It brings learning closer to where our seafarers live and gives our regional office a more direct role in supporting them before they join their vessels.
For those of us in Cebu, that is an important part of the work. A seafarer should not have to wait until reaching the gangway to start thinking about the next assignment. Good preparation begins earlier, ashore, with the right conversations and the right support.

Our thanks to C/E W***y, Capt. Marlon, our Cebu colleagues and, most importantly, the 32 seafarers who took part.
The seventh program is now complete. The real value will be seen in how that preparation carries forward onboard.