V.Ships, which Giorgi says is developing its marriage with Greek ownerContamare after penning a joint-venture, has the scope to grown under thestewardship of CEO Clive Richardson.

“There is no reason not to think why in the future you could have a verylarge manager with 2,000 ships,” he said during a WebTV interview atNor-Shipping this week.

The company presently has around 1,000 vessels on its books, of which halfare fully managed.