Astramar Agency Group started her activity in September 1993 as a private company, now with offices in Ventspils, Riga, Liepaja, Salacgriva, Klaipeda, Butinge, Tallinn, Primorsk, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Kaliningrad and Rotterdam. Head office for tanker business is located in Ventspils   In Latvia we are ranking No.1 for number of vessels assisted. Agency in Ventspils has always kept one of first 3 positions. It is situated in the centre of business part of the town. Any vessel we attend is maximum 15 minutes of car drive from the office which is a private 718 sq.m. building equipped not only with up to date technology but also reasonable entertainment facilities for the off-duty staff and our guests. i.e: billiard, sauna and two fire-places.   Our annual turnover is about Eur 10 000.000 and Usd 7 000.000.   The company have gained a good reputation of experienced and reliable agents among such companies as BP Shipping, Shell Shipping and Trading, Yukos, Glencore International, Sibneft Oil Trading, Sinochem, Tradeca, Kurekss, LKE, Latvian Shipping Company, North-Western Shipping Co, Unicom Cyprus, Rix Shipping, Samin Shipping, Scotline and others.   Our present agency activities are for vessels loading mainly crude oil, gasoil and timber. We also have a good experience with such cargoes as steel, coal, ferro alloys, muriate of potash and pigiron and we hope that our agency prominence acknowledgements will not be limited by already well-known: *First foreign Navy vessel to attend as ship's agent *First tanker to load over 100 000 mts in the port *First lighterage in port   We work for the Client so that to *arrange accelerated and safe loading of a vessel *minimize possible demurrage *providing professional and timely information referred to vessel's stay at port *supply with useful commercial logistics referred to cargo flows and  vessels' movements.   Ships’ repair division of Astramar Shipping Agency in Ventspils is ISO 9002 certified an official representative of Unitor – the world's leading service provider to the international merchant fleet and shipbuilding industry. We are always at your service arranging *Maintenance and repair equipment *Full range of marine gases and a world-wide gas cylinder  exchange program *Marine refrigerants, compressors and spare parts *Cleaning chemicals *Fuel treatment additives *Products for boiler and cooling water management We are well acquainted with such works and equipment as: Engine an Boiler Gear and Steering Welding  Deck Equipment