Unitor and BP Marine to Dissolve The Marine Alliance
Unitor ASA and BP Marine, who co-founded The Marine Alliance B.V. joint venture three years ago, have now decided to dissolve this partnership and focus individually on their respective customers’ requirements. The transition will commence early October and will be completed by 1 January 2004. After that date, Unitor and BP Marine will each provide their own customer services. The Marine Alliance was established to deliver improved customer services (order processing, sales support, technical support and credit management services) to its founders. Since its formation, the organisation has evolved to reflect changing business needs, delivering improvements in service levels and customer satisfaction.
Jarle Roth Takes The Helm At Unitor
Effective March 2001, Jarle Roth took over as the president and CEO of international ships service provider Unitor. Roth, a qualified naval architect, joins Unitor from Norway's Umoe Group where he was executive vice-president and CFO. He brings to Unitor a wealth of experience in all aspects of the marine industry, from shipping, through shipyards, to equipment supply. Other positions held by Roth within the Umoe group include director of Technical Services, managing director of Umoe Schat-Harding and project director. He has been a member of Unitor's Board of Directors for four years.
Umoe Announces Strategy for Schat-Harding
Plans by the Norwegian group, Umoe Industri, to merge its lifeboat and davit subsidiary Umoe Schat-Harding with Bergen-based equipment manufacturer TTS Marine ASA have been cancelled. Umoe has called off the proposed all-share merger following a change in the shareholder profile of TTS. Jarle Roth, executive vice-president of the Umoe Group, says, "Umoe Industri has sold its shares in TTS Marine. This means that the merger between TTS and Umoe Schat-Harding announced on August 16, 2006 will not take place. Umoe's decision to sell the shares and consequently stop the merger process with TTS was based on the recent development in the shareholder structure in TTS Marine. Another industrial shareholder recently acquired close to 40 percent of the shares in TTS Marine."
