FleetWeather Ocean Services Announces Opening of Singapore Office

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- FleetWeather Ocean Services, Inc. (FleetWeather), a global provider of weather forecasting, routing, vessel performance monitoring and optimization services for the commercial shipping industry, announced the opening of a new office in Singapore. The new office expands FleetWeather's ability to service the growing demand for FleetWeather's services in the Asia Pacific region of the world and to offer local sales and support services to the rapidly expanding base of customers and prospects in the region.

Shipping companies in Asia have been strong adopters of FleetWeather's services particularly in India, Singapore and Hong Kong.  FleetWeather decided to open an office in Singapore to help manage the robust growth in the region while also ensuring that FleetWeather can maintain the high level of personal and customized service they are known for providing.

"We have seen significant growth in our customer base and level of interest in our services and solutions," said Jess Hurwitz, Director of Sales and Marketing at FleetWeather. "Our customers are constantly looking for ways to exist, grow and profit in a very tough global environment and many have found a competitive edge and cost savings by expanding their use and adoption of FleetWeather's services. The Singapore office will allow us to expand our resources and deliver superior sales and support to our customers and to the growing prospect base in the Asia Pacific region."

FleetWeather's new Singapore office is located at:

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FleetWeather chose Centennial Tower, a prestigious high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore due to its central location and close proximity to many shipping companies and clients. The building is located in the zone of Marina Centre and is near other well-known business centers such as Millenia Tower and Suntec City. FleetWeather's initial plans for staffing will be to rotate current staff between their US headquarters in New York and the Singapore office while seeking to hire permanent staff in Singapore over the next few months. Interested parties can review open positions and submit resumes at the FleetWeather Group's (www.fleetweathergroup.com) employment web page.

About FleetWeather Ocean Services

FleetWeather Ocean Services is one of the prime global providers of weather forecasting, routing and vessel performance monitoring and optimization services to the commercial shipping industry. FleetWeather is best known by the ship owners, operators, managers and charterers it serves worldwide for providing the highest level of personalized and customized services in the weather routing industry. FleetWeather's niche focuses on providing legendary service, accurate results and customized reporting services to their clients. FleetWeather's boutique style prioritizes live personal service (24/7) from their team of marine meteorologists, ship routers and claims analysts over non-personal automated services offered by most others in the weather routing industry. FleetWeather offers their clients a fresh, innovative and flexible approach to traditional weather routing while remaining cost effective and competitive. FleetWeather Ocean Services is a division of the FleetWeather Group of Companies, Inc. (www.fleetweathergroup.com), is privately held and has been in business since 1969. More information is available at: www.fleetweather.com or by calling +1-845-226-8400.

SOURCE FleetWeather Ocean Services, Inc.