respect to our LR2 vessels, and $325 per vessel per day with respect to each of our Handymax and MR vessels, plus 1.50% commission on gross revenues per charter fixture. These are the same fees that SCM charges other vessel owners in these pools, including third-party owned vessels. For commercial management of our vessels that are not operating in any of the Scorpio Pools, we pay SCM a fee of $250 per vessel per day for each LR1 and LR2 vessel and $300 per vessel per day for each Handymax and MR vessel, plus 1.25% commission on gross revenues per charter fixture. In September 2018, we entered into an agreement with SCM whereby SCM reimbursed a portion of the commissions that SCM charges our vessels to effectively reduce such commissions to 0.85% of gross revenue per charter fixture, effective from September 1, 2018 and ending on June 1, 2019.
SSM’s services includeday-to-day vessel operations, performing general maintenance, monitoring regulatory and classification society compliance, customer vetting procedures, supervising the maintenance and general efficiency of vessels, arranging the hiring of qualified officers and crew, arranging and supervising drydocking and repairs, purchasing supplies, spare parts and new equipment for vessels, appointing supervisors and technical consultants and providing technical support. We pay SSM an annual fee of $175,000 plus additional amounts for certain itemized services per vessel to provide technical management services for each of our owned vessels.
Amended Administrative Services Agreement
We have an Amended Administrative Services Agreement with Scorpio Services Holding Limited, which we refer to herein as SSH, or our Administrator, for the provision of administrative staff and office space, and administrative services, including accounting, legal compliance, financial and information technology services. SSH is a related party to us. We reimburse our Administrator for the reasonable direct or indirect expenses it incurs in providing us with the administrative services described above. The services provided to us by our Administrator may besub-contracted to other entities within Scorpio.
Further, pursuant to our Amended Administrative Services Agreement, our Administrator, on behalf of itself and other members of Scorpio, has agreed that it will not directly own product or crude tankers ranging in size from 35,000 dwt to 200,000 dwt.
Our Amended Administrative Services Agreement may be terminated by us upon two years’ notice.
Our Relationship with Scorpio and its Affiliates
We believe that one of our principal strengths is our relationship with Scorpio. Our vessel operations are managed under the supervision of our Board, by our management team and by certain members of Scorpio, including SCM and SSM. Our relationship with Scorpio provides us with access to Scorpio’s customer and supplier relationships and their technical, commercial and managerial expertise, which we believe allows us to compete more effectively and operate our vessels on a cost-efficient basis. We can provide no assurance, however, that we will realize any benefits from our relationship with Scorpio.
Scorpio is owned and controlled by the Lolli-Ghetti family, of which Messrs. Emanuele Lauro, our founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Filippo Lauro, our Vice President, are members. In addition, all of our executive officers serve in similar management positions in certain other companies within Scorpio and Mr. Emanuele Lauro, Mr. Robert Bugbee, our President, and other members of our senior management have minority equity interests in SSH, a member of Scorpio and our Administrator.
These responsibilities and relationships could create conflicts of interest between us, on the one hand, and SCM, SSM, SSH, or other entities within Scorpio, on the other hand. These conflicts may arise in connection with the chartering, purchase, sale and operation of the vessels in our fleet versus the vessels managed by other members of Scorpio. For example, SCM and SSM, our commercial manager and technical manager, respectively, may give preferential treatment to vessels that are timechartered-in by related parties because Messrs. Lauro and members of their family may receive greater economic benefits. As a result of these conflicts, such Scorpio