About Integral Maritime Solution

Integral Maritime Solutions (IMS) S.à.r.l. was established in Luxembourg in 2009 as a shipping Luxembourg company duly licensed as Marine Manager by the Ministry of Economy following the Maritime Act of November 1990 as amended in 1994.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a founding member of the EU, is open, neutral and safe and has a strategic geographical position in Europe.  It is a central banking, insurance and re-insurance center which allows and encourage the development of various activities around the maritime affairs mainly with the financial, legal and fiscal centers.

IMS was founded by a group of multilingual experienced and complementary experts of international shipping, and maritime business and tax law who share the same ethics and vision in order to best serve the client, who is every day the center of our efforts. Language spoken includes English, French, German and Luxemburgish.

When you deal with IMS, you will always be treated as a member of the ‘IMS club’, based on a "made to measure" approach for each individual customer and for each individual project. Indeed dynamic management style, teamwork and constant innovations will always look forward to realize your own desire project.

The team has built-up an in depth past and current experience through involvement in more than 90 ships registered and managed either for private or commercial use.

Jean-Pierre Vernier, Partner Director of IMS is graduated in management, economics and law from the University of Pantheon Sorbone in Paris. He started his career in 1974 as shipbroker in Sale and Purchase and Chartering of ships in London, New-York and Paris. He also been appointed in London as Manager of a shipowning company specialised in Car carrier business. In the meantime, he also joined the banking industry and worked for nearly 26 years with banks in Paris and in Luxembourg where he always been involved in Shipping, Aircraft and Films financing. He ended up his banking career as Senior Banker in charge of corporate and private client.

Mid 2009 he created together with Shipping, Tax and Law experts in Luxembourg Integral Maritime Solutions (IMS) S.à.r.l. where he is the Director.