The Company, in its present form, was established in January 1997 under the aegis of ShipVet Services, a company incorporated in 1988 with the aim of providing a centre of inspecting expertise on which the oil companies and other interested parties could draw in giving effect to their vetting policies.

During its nine-year period of operation as a limited company ShipVet Services carried out some 654 vetting inspections on oil, gas and chemical tankers under contractual terms with two major international oil companies, and other oil company and ship owner clients seeking inspection services on an ad-hoc basis. In 1997, for administrative reasons and in order to provide greater flexibility, the business of the limited company was transferred, without change, to ShipVet Services. It was felt that this name would better reflect the activities of the Company in the future.

Since 1997, those activities have expanded primarily into the field of ship vetting, and in so doing ShipVet Services became the first independent company in the world to offer such a service. Now in addition to its inspection service ShipVet Services offers a twenty-four hour vetting service to clients world-wide whose organisations have little or no in-house expertise in the marine field, or otherwise in support of existing marine safety and operational functions.

ShipVet Services is headed up by Colin Evans and Fintan Cullen, assisted by John Watt, who operate jointly from their respective homes in South Wales, North Yorkshire and Berkshire.

Fintan Cullen spent 15 years at sea with a number of major oil companies and ship operators of oil, chemical and gas tankers including several contracts onboard the world’s fourth largest ship.

After coming ashore he spent 4 years inspecting for the BP Vetting Service accomplishing some 400 inspections and gaining his CDI accreditation during this time.

Since joining ShipVet Services in 1997 he has established strong links with a number of leading chemical organisations and has been instrumental in the development and administration of vetting policies in a number of those organisations.

He represents one of our major clients on the CDI Board and is a member of the CDI Accreditation and Technical Committee’s.

He is a Member of the Nautical Institute.

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Colin Evans has had a lifelong association with BP Shipping which included 26 years seagoing of which the last 7 years were in command, followed by 8 years in shore management with BP and OCIMF.

He is a director of ShipVet Services, the company he founded following early retirement from BP.

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John Watt joined Shipvet in 2002 to assist with the vetting programme.

He spent 33 years with Mobil and latterly ExxonMobil. Following 23 years at sea, including 8 years in command, he joined the shore management at Mobil managing and repairing ships for 9 years followed by 6 years in the Nautical Services group.

For two years prior to his retirement he was head of the ship inspection group at IMT and was on the CDI and SIRE inspector accreditation committees.

ShipVet Services is able to provide a world-wide service at any time and location.

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