Prabhat Jha is the Group Managing Director and CEO of MSC Shipmanagement Limited, Cyprus. The biggest in-house Ship Management company in the world and has a proud policy of exclusively managing only MSC-owned vessels. Today, it manages over 700 vessels and ensures the highest technical standards and a first-rate commitment to safety and punctuality. It is part of world’s largest container shipping company, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. MSC Shipmanagement is among the few companies whose entire fleet is certified with ISO 9001,14001, 50001, 26001, 27001 and 45001 standards.
Prabhat is a Marine Engineer and his career at sea was on various kinds of vessels up to the rank of Chief Engineer. He has played a key role in the set-up of MSC Shipmanagement Limited Hong Kong in the year 2005 and subsequently MSC Shipmanagement Limited, Cyprus in the year 2008. Under Prabhat’s leadership, the company has increased its managed fleet nearly thirty times since its inception in 2008 and has the highest crew retention rate (98%) in industry.