Building a ship manager's fleet by corporate transactions rather than organic growth is just fine with V.Ships chief executive Bjoern Sprotte. But he has definite views on the right way to integrate an acquisition.

Sprotte was headhunted to V.Ships after a stint at OSM. The two companies have a common history of growth by acquiring shipowners' in-house management organisations.

Sprotte makes no apologies for that way of growing a fleet.