COMPANY HISTORY
The shipping group known today as “Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation” was founded in 1967 by two partners as a purely ship management company.
The company managed by 1975 a total number of twelve small bulk carriers ranging between 8,000 DWT and 20,000 DWT.
In that year the two partners split and a separate company was founded which managed and owned six ships.
Since 1992, this Company has obtained its currently known name “Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation” and is an established international provider of sea-borne transportation services for bulk cargoes with its managed fleet of three ships, consisting of two panamaxes (70,000 DWT) and one capesize (152,000 DWT).
Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation offers both short and long term charters to well known companies such as Bunge, Cargill, Toepfer, Coeclerici, Noble, PCL, Tradigrain, Glencore etc.
Management believes that, in recent years, Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation has established a reputation in the international shipping community for the high standards of safety, performance and reliability.
In 1995,Pioneer Tankers Shipping Corporation was set up,with the sole purpose of managing tanker tonnage that would be acquired by its existing clients.As a result of this,several product carriers were purchased between 1995 and 1999.
The company created a reputation for transporting vegetable and palm oils around the world,with charterers of a high quality,such as Bunge,Cargill, Dreyfus,Kuok and Nidera.At the same time it also remained active in the CPP sector where it developed relations with oil majors and oil traders.
In 2000 the company bought its first crude tanker,an aframax,which would remain in the managed fleet for the next 5 years.
In Octomber 2006 the company would proceed with its first new building order for 4x50,500 dwt IMO 2+3 product carriers which will be built at the GSI shipyard in China.These ships are expected to be delivered from 1st quarter 2010 onwards.
In January 2007,Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation took over the responsibility of managing all of the ships that were under the Pioneer Tankers management.
In December 2007, the company placed an order for two post panamaxes of 92,500 DWT which will be delivered from the Jinling Shipyard in China, in the 2nd half of 2011.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation is to cover clients' needs with professionally operated bulkers and tankers fleet in a most efficient way, warranting a safe, cost effective and trouble free transportation of cargoes.
COMPANY STRATEGY
Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation’s strategy is to maintain its commitment to the Bulk Carrier and Tankers market through the specialization and the recruitment of experienced personnel it has achieved over the years in this sector.
To this effect, the cornerstone of its strategy is to continue to make available to the shipping industry a well maintained, professionally manned and effectively operated fleet of bulk carriers and tankers and maintain the highest management standards regarding Marine Safety, Safe Working Practices and Protection of the Environment.
Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation is committed to spare no effort in identifying areas where it can improve the performance of its fleet.
COMPANY SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation considers Safety and Environment as two areas of paramount importance. Every effort is made for their effective control in order to prevent casualties. The Company’s policy is based on the prevention and the promotion of the safety culture onboard its vessels and ashore considered as the first step for its policy implementation.
In accordance with the IMO's International Safety Management Code, Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation has developed and is implementing a Safety Management System (SMS) which is designed to ensure that the Company’s activities are sufficiently controlled to protect personnel, property and environment from all risks and hazards that can be reasonably foreseen. For this reason, the principle of the continuous improvement has been established by the top management and is respected by all its employees both onboard and ashore.
