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VARUNA SENTINELS BV IS SELECTED TO PROVIDE IHM MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR HAPAG-LLOYD VESSELS
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Houston , The Hague , Hamburg , New Delhi , Singapore | 8February 2021 – Varuna Sentinels BV is proud to announce that it has been selected to provide IHM Maintenance Services for theHapag-LloydFleet using its “ state of the art ” Cloud based software ( VSIMS ) supported by inhouse team of Hazmat Experts . Starting from 31 December 2020 , ships above 500 GT and flying the flag of an EU / EEA member state , or third-party flagged vessels calling at European ports , must carry an Inventory Hazardous Materials ( IHM ) certificate on board . IHM Maintenance includes maintaining of IHM by tracking on-board hazardous materials from on-boarding to off-boarding in compliance with International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) guidance contained in Hong Kong Convention2009and European Union Ship Recycling Regulation ( EU SRR ) guidelines . TheMaintenance processalsoinvolves maritime suppliers to provide documentssuch as Material Declarations ( MDs ) and Suppliers Documents of Conformity ( SDoCs ) for select items whichhelps in keeping the IHM record updated .
ABOUT VARUNA SENTINELS BV
Varuna Sentinels BV consists of a team of young and experienced maritime professionals , experts in Fleet management , IHM and Sustainable Ship Recycling ( SSR ) with over 35 + years in experience across the globewith offices in The Netherlands , Singapore , and India .
Business through innovation is Varuna Sentinels ’ mantra . The company developsagile software keeping its client ’ srequirement at the heart of it . Varuna Sentinels strongly believesthat inculcating cloud computing , machine learning , and Artificial intelligence holds the key to reinvent its business processes with increased level of efficiency , sustainability andmake it future proof .
Varuna Sentinels ’ IHM maintenance server ( VSIMS ) is designed to help ship owners and managers comply with HKC 2009 and EUSRR regulations .
Varuna Sentinels ’ core is in staying a step ahead , using data and record collection in the simplest and most economical way possible without any disruption to the day-to-daymanagerial operations .
ABOUT HAPAG-LLOYD
With a total transport capacity of 1.7 million TEU , Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world ’ s leading liner shipping companies . The company has around 13,200 employees and 388 offices in 129 countries . Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of approximately 2.7 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers . n
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