Nereus Shipping S.A. is dedicated to providing services to the tanker & bulker markets at the highest possible level. We are committed to upholding outstanding standards with regard to Safety, Environmental Protection, Health, Security and Performance. Our employees are skilled and experienced through ongoing training and development, that focuses on their continuous improvement. All of our vessels fly the Greek Flag.
Excellence in all business operations is at the heart
of Nereus Shipping S.A.’s business philosophy
The maintenance standards on Nereus Shipping S.A. vessels meet the requirements of classification societies, flag, worldwide port requirements as well as major companies. To achieve this, skilled and experienced superintends work 24/7 to ensure that each equipment, requirement, maintenance, efficiency are properly met.
Major tools in hand is the use of various software which ensure the in time application of measures, maintenance, efficiency to minimize off hire periods with the aim of zero class recommendations imposed as well as the minimizing of comments from vetting companies.
Purchasing of various supplies, spares are vital to ensure good quality, mainly oriented from the original maker sources. Experiences superintendents’ team is also occupied in new building project from the day one contract stage until the specification review, improvement, the plan approval and supervision during the building. The knowledge gained is left in house since operation of the new build vessels is managed after the new vessels deliveries.
Nereus Shipping S.A. recruits and offers career opportunities to Greek Officers and Fillipino ratings. Crew department is responsible for the manning of vessels which includes the sourcing, selection, recruitment, travelling plus the professional development and education of all the crew staff.
Our selection methods ensure our crew have the required professional qualification but equally importantly the required personality to maintain the “Family connected and caring for each other” environment applied onboard all our vessels. Consistent training programmes, ensure our crew to be in line always with the latest legislation and industry demands.
The Company has a corporate vision which emphasizes customer needs and quality in all activities.
The Company’s corporate vision is to continuously improve its position in each of the Company’s market segments, thus setting the standard for how customer needs are best served, never compromising the Company’s commitment to quality, safety and environmental protection.
The Company should continuously enhance its position as a leading supplier of sea transportation to major clients requiring reliable service, special know-how, and/or specially designed ships in each market segment in which the Company is active.
We strive for excellence
Good ships are only worth
as much as their crews
(1910 – 1995)
The “Nereus Shipping S.A.” company was established by the Lemos family which hails from the Greek island of Oinousses. The Lemos family traces its roots back to the 19th century, when Captain Michael K. Lemos (1881-1940), managed a fleet of steamships and was among the founders of the Piraeus Shipping Bank.
Continuing the tradition, Costas M. Lemos (1910-1995) was a graduate of the University of Athens Law School and a Merchant Marine Captain. He began his career in shipping in London in 1937, and after the outbreak of World War II, he settled in New York. While in New York, he managed a fleet of 15 Liberty ships, along with Emmanuel Kulukundis, in service of the Allied forces. Three (3) of the ship were lost during the war.
As recognition by the US Government for the company’s efforts and sacrifices during the war (including the loss of the 3 vessels), the organization was invited to participate in the post-war sale and purchase of US built of Liberty Ships.
In 1947 the Liberty ship “John Drew” built in 1943, was acquired as a form of war reparation since the Lemos family had lost three steamships during the war, and renamed her “Michael”. In the same year, the “C.M. Lemos” company was founded in London to serve as the headquarters of an expanded Liberty fleet.
Seeing the potential for Japanese vessel building innovation and quality the group was among the very first to build ships in Japanese shipyards in the 1950s, in such volume that in 1965 he was honored by the Japanese government for his contribution to the country’s economic development.
Passionate about science and technology, he is credited with the development of combination cargo ships (Ore-Bulk-Oil carriers, Ore-Oil carriers.) and the introduction of horizontal watertight bulkheads on them. He pioneered the transfer of vessel’s bridge accommodation to the stern, from the tradition mid-ship position which was the prevailing trend at the time.
In cooperation with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (now part of the JMU group), the organization experimented with “double-shell” hull design on a 70,000 mt dwt OBO vessel. This was the precursor to the double-hull which was to come 20 years later. In 1969 the Nereus Shipping S.A. fleet compose on 60 vessels.
In 1971 he took delivery of the two largest bulk carriers in the world, the 174,000 ton OBO’s “Rhetoric” & “Romantic”. In 1973 he took delivery of the 446,500-ton supertanker “Homeric” among the largest to ever be built. In the mid-1980s the company’s fleet was significantly reduced and recorded a decreased shipbuilding activity in Japanese shipyards.
The Nereus Shipping fleet composed of more than 5,000,000 mt dwt capacity was the largest of any Greek owner at the time.
Apart from being a true pioneer in business and shipbuilding design, Costas M. Lemos had an honest and sincere love and support for his homeland and Greek seafarers, especially the younger generation entering the maritime profession.
In the mid-1990s the company would begin newbuilding programs of modern Suezmax tankers (150,000 tonnes) and VLCCs (300,000 tonnes) at the Japanese yards of Mitsui, NKK, and Universal.
In 2010 Nereus Shipping S.A. took delivery of two of the largest Capesize cargo ships from the Odense shipyards in Denmark and in 2013 it started its cooperation with Korean shipyards SPP & HII for the building of bulk carriers and tankers.
The company currently operates a modern fleet of Suezmax & LR2 tankers and bulk carriers. Throughout its history, the company has remained loyal to the same core values: quality of services, health and safety, innovation, seafarer well-being and training and environmental sustainability.
The company’s headquarters are located in Piraeus, in the “Lemos Maritime Building” while the chartering offices are in London and New York.
Nereus Shipping S.A. is an established ship management company which traces its origins back to the 19th century. The Company has adopted a long-term strategy of prudent operation and is committed to the highest health & safety standards.
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