UltraShip Crewing Phils., Inc., is a joint venture between Ultragas and a local crewing agency in the Philippines. The original founding company was renamed Othello-Micomar in October 2009 before becoming UltraShip Crewing Phils., Inc., in August, 2014. The company has provided highly qualified and experienced seafarers to the Ultragas Fleet since 1988. The long term plan is that the company will also be in position to supply seafarers of Philippine nationality to other vessels in the Ultranav group, in line with the company’s long term strategic plan. UltraShip Crewing Phils Inc. (UCPI) offers highly competitive maritime professionals both at sea and ashore to the Ultranav group. With Crew Management as its core competency, UCPI currently provides experienced mariners to a growing fleet of LPG vessels managed by UltraShip ApS in Denmark and Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement in the UK. UCPI has a pool of well over 500 seafarers with a retention rate of close to 93% allowing the company to provide marine HR solutions with high degree of dedication, loyalty and efficiency. UltraShip Crewing Phils., Inc also provides other support functions to the UltraShip technical management organization in Copenhagen (HQ) such as Marine IT/Planned Maintenance System and Ship Payroll services.