NEWS
The largest ship management merger ever: OSM Thome gets the green light from authorities
Competition authorities have now approved the merger of OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group. The merged company, OSM Thome, will be a powerhouse in the international ship management market, represented in 22 countries and headquartered in Arendal, Norway. “This is a big day for OSM Thome. Our merger is now formally and finally approved. The merged company combines proud traditions with high...
A Greener Workhorse Pilot Report – Feasibility Study is out!
OSM Thome’s Torbjørn Lie has teamed up with SinOceanic Shipping’s Magne Aunebakk to write about energy optimisation activities to reduce fuel consumption and emission reductions and CII compliance in their recently published work entitled “A Greener Workhorse: Pilot...
Hurtigruten and the OSM Foundation are partners towards community empowerment
300 indigent children from a far-flung mountain region in the Philippines received school bags and school supplies from Hurtigruten Foundation through OSM Foundation’s Initiatives for Social Development (ISD) Program…
Delivery of Mount Norefjell
We are proud to announce that the Mount Norefjell was delivered to Himalaya Shipping yesterday, and will sail out from the NTS shipyard in Jiangsu, China on the 4th of March.
The delivery of Mount Norefjell marks a special occasion for OSM, and we are extremely grateful for the support and trust from owners in awarding OSM the management of this vessel and an additional five sister vessels to come later in 2023 and 2024.
Improved Safety Management System nears completion
On the 1st of November 2022, the OSM Maritime Group launched an improved Safety Management System (SMS) based on the SMS simplification principles of Lovoy. Our main goal when the project started in 2020 was to have one common user-friendly SMS as we know that clarity and simplicity improve procedural compliance…
Setting your Health and Fitness Goals Right (and how to honor them)
We have reached the beginning of February, the second month of 2023. How are you? Have you set health goals this year? Do you find it hard to catch up with your goals, or maybe dismiss them altogether?
No worries…
Celebrating Five Years of Holistic Maritime Healthcare
More than ever before, health has become a top priority in people’s lives. For seafarers, physical and mental fitness determines their career and continuous employment that allows them to take care of their families. Towards healthy and health-empowered people…
OSM Maritime and Thome to merge to strengthen position as a world leader within ship management
OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group have agreed to a merger of the two companies. By joining forces, the companies will be…
OSERV Catering supports the education of indigent children in the Philippines
20 OSERV team members, including the management, trekked through a long lahar sand trail leading to an isolated school in Zambales Province in the Philippines. The school is part of a small remote community of indigenous people called Aetas who are being challenged to get access to basic life…
Meet Shehzad Gandhi, Restaurant Manager (Hurtigruten Expeditions)
Shehzad Gandhi was born in Baroda, India in 1983. After his school studies, he decided to study Hotel and Tourism Management, at one of the finest institutes in India and achieved his bachelor’s degree in 2004. During the last year of his college studies, he got selected from one of the best brands in the hotel hospitality industry…
OSM Foundation Center for Learning, for mountain communities
The OSM-AD Foundation is a non-profit organization that operates to help uplift indigent communities in the Philippines. The latest Foundation’s initiative was the installation of a 60-inch touchscreen LED TV…