Columbia Shipmanagement is an international organisation with 40 years of experience as world-class ship management and maritime services provider. Since the founding in Cyprus, Columbia has developed a global reputation by continuously exceeding clients´ expectations providing the highest quality and professional management services and a global presence with more than 20 management and representative offices, crew agencies and training centres worldwide connecting Columbia’s 15.000 employees. Since becoming one of the leading practitioners of global technical and crew management, Columbia cooperates closely with other global partners to leverage economies of scale. The services offered are cost-efficient and fully optimised to the individual client’s business needs, resulting in delivery of the best customisable and modular solutions. Columbia fully embraces the digitalisation era within the organisation and proudly contributes to the technological revolution in the maritime industry. The POCR was designed in line with these objectives and Columbia Shipmanagement is fully committed to the strategy. For this commitment to digitization, Columbia won the Smart4Sea Europort – Ship Operator Award 2019.