The grandfather of modern day shipmanagement Captain Charles Vanperperre has died after a long illness.
Captain Vanderperre, who handed over the responsibility for the day to day operations of Univan to the management team some months ago, passed away peacefully on 19th September, in his 88th year. A private funeral will take place in Thailand this week.
InterManager, the international association of in-house and third party ship managers, was quick to pay tribute to his life and memory.
In a statement, Guy Morel, General Secretary of the Association, said: “We salute his memory and applaud the work he did in driving forward the development of third party shipmanagement. Many of today’s top managers owe their success to the wisdom of Capt Vanderperre and for this he will be sorely missed.”
He was credited with being the founding father of shipmanagement and played a hand in mentoring many of the industry’s major players today.
Univan Ship Management Group said in a statement that it was deeply saddened to announce “that our Founder and guiding light, Captain C. A. J Vanderperre, passed away. Although he will be greatly missed by all who worked under him, the work of Univan as a premier ship manager will carry on as normal despite the Captain’s passing.”
I would like to thank everyone for the many kind words about my grandfather. He will be greatly missed by his family residing in belgium.
It’s certainly a huge honour to be served under Captain Vanderperre for two years. I was the Legal Officer of Univan between 2003 and 2005. My time at Univan was brief… but, I must say that if it wasn’t for my experience at Univan… I wouldn’t have realized that I am actually quite mentally tough than I would have ever thought! RIP Captain Vanderperre
Captain’s immortality and dedication to shipmanagement will be lasting forever.
It is really a great honour to serve Captain and Univan.
It is much more as a matter of profit- maximization and money-earning.
It is spiritual.It is a baptism by fire.It is a pilgrimage.
Come on guys!Keep on fighting like Captain!