Personal Profile
A highly accomplished maritime professional with 30+ years of experience as a Marine Captain, Ship Inspector, Auditor, and Marine HR Manager. Proven ability to strategically align operations with business goals and ensure full regulatory compliance, encompassing SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM, ISPS, STCW, MLC, flag and port state regulations, as well as SIRE, CDI, TMSA requirements and classification societies standards. Extensive leadership experience on VLCC and product tanker vessels, with in-depth knowledge of the GCC and UAE maritime industries. Demonstrates a consistent record of optimizing operations while maintaining superior safety and efficiency.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
* Assigned to enhance productivity and cost sensitivity
of operations in Mina Zayed.
* Assigned to recoup the Borouge activity at Khalifa
Port where cargo was stored in open and exposed
to inclement weather.
* Assigned to handle Mugharraq Port development
project in alignment with ADNOC L&S.
* Assigned to work alongside Etihad Rail in developing
Rail yard in Khalifa Port and ADP to handle the
activity in Rail Yard.
* Deeply involved in the most intense project to
assess & take over Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA)
Project in Khalifa Port – EMAL BERTH.
* Deeply involved in the assessment & takeover of
EGA – GAC project in Kamsar Guinea for export of
Bauxite and assess potential for Kamsar Container
Terminal.
* Supported procedure to evolve data and assess
best option for ADP with respect to selection of
TOS.
* Signed a Concession Agreement with Government
of Republic of Congo for East of East Mole Development
to status of a Container Terminal.
* Signed a Concession with the extended arm of Republic
Of Angola – Ministry of Transport – UNICARGAS.
* Involved in several projects within the Central
Asia Region as well – Kazakhstan Port of Aktau &
Kuryk, Turkmenistan – the ICDs on Iran border –
SERAKH and on UZBEKISTAN border FARAB.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• University of Mumbai - The L.B.S. College of
Advanced Maritime Studies and Research, India
• Master - Foreign Going
• Completed Chief Mates Certification
• Completed 2nd Mates Certification
• Completed Apprenticeship with The shipping Corporation
of India Ltd. (SCI)
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