A&P launches 24-hour Shipcare

The UK?s A&P Group has launched ?A&P Shipcare?, a complete support package for all vessel types which is available 24 hours a day at any port through a single telephone call. The new concept offers services ranging from in-service repairs and overhauls to specialist capabilities such as aluminium welding, in-situ machining and procurement of spares and consumables.

The group has already operated this type of service through its Chatham, Dover and Southampton divisions for a number of years, and describes Shipcare as a natural development to extend the level of service available to customers. “A&P Shipcare has been created to raise the profile of our afloat repair service and to provide best practise around the clock,” said Mark Giles, group sales director. “A&P knows only too well that time is of the essence in shipping. With this in mind we are placing greater emphasis on our service through a ?one call? approach, which will trigger the mobilisation of highly skilled, well equipped and strategically located repair teams capable of handling the most demanding tasks wherever the vessel might be.”