EXMAR Ship Management ("EXMAR") and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group ("Anglo-Eastern") have announced the formation of a joint venture ("JV") dedicated to the newbuilding supervision and vessel management of LNG carriers for third-party owners.

The joint venture, AEX LNG Management, brings together two of the leading names in ship management and LNG ship management, with more than 70 years of combined industry experience.

Based in Singapore, AEX LNG Management will draw on EXMAR’s niche expertise in the LNG sector, while leveraging the systems, resources and global reach of Anglo-Eastern to provide specialist services for the growing LNG carrier market. Services will include newbuilding planning and supervision, ship management, crewing and training via Anglo-Eastern’s network of strategically located maritime training centres and state-of-the-art simulators.