Per Bjornsen, Business Development Director, V. Ships Leisure
The Elements of the Modern Cruise Industry
PER BJORNSEN joined V.Ships Leisure in 1997 and is responsible for development of new projects and marketing of the company’s services in the maritime leisure sector.
He has previously worked as a shipbroker with emphasis on the passenger ship market in Norway, Sweden and France.
He was educated and the Norwegian Naval Academy, Oslo Business School and the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo.
V.Ships is today the world’s largest ship management company with a fleet of more than 1000 vessels under management. It is also a leading provider of third party ship management services to the cruise, ferry & yacht industries and is today providing services to 140 passenger vessels. Amongst its current cruise clients are, Carnival Group, Club Med, Paul Gauguin Shipping, Phoenix Reisen, Orion Expedition Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Swan Hellenic Cruises and Voyages of Discovery.