Summary Profile

• Persistence guarantees results in shipping profession. With 18 years of experience in ship operation, maintenance, Dry Dock repairs and Quality Assurance & Safety Management I believe I have achieved the quality of persistence.
• Manage a wide spectrum of ship machineries, equipment & utilities on their operation, maintenance and repair.
• Have always ensured adherence to the highest standards of Health, Safety, Security, Quality and Environment and compliance with relevant rules and regulations.
• For more than 6 years since I have been in management role I am actively involved in training and mentoring of onboard staff, providing an example of leadership in all types of situations.
• Adept in effective interaction with people of diverse nationalities and comfortable working in multi-national setup.
• Describe myself as a well-balanced and hard working employee with an appetite to succeed and strive towards perfection in my job.
• Possess exceptional troubleshooting, analytical & organizational capability with exemplary skills in maintaining composure under pressure.
• I can be a part of a team and develop a team as well with different cultures.

• Fluency in verbal/written English; conversant in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil.
• Good working knowledge of standard computer programmes.

AREAS OF EXPOSURE & EXPERTISE

• Conceptualizing and implementing plans/strategies to facilitate smooth execution of projects along with maintenance and repairs carried on board various vessels.
• Can monitor projects with respect to Cost, Resource Deployment, Quality Compliance and Manpower planning to ensure timely execution of laid maintenance guidelines.
• Supervising and over-seeing the various stages of vessel’s construction in the yard.
• Take-over of LNG vessel from yard involved in commissioning sea and gas trails.
• Instrumental in successful clearing of vessel PSC, ISM, SIRE, NAV,MLC audits and Annual survey with all oil majors including CDI  inspection on chemical ships.
• Extensive experience in Oil, Chemical & Liquefied Natural Gas shipping.

Ship / Vessel operations

• Effective collabration with Port & Terminal for quick turn around and earned appreciation from charterers for creating win win situation for all.
  • Monitoring vessel’s operations to assess efficiency & optimize where ever possible.
  • Effective budget control and judicious expenditure to ensure cost performance.
  • Planning, budgeting and supervision of dry-docking& maintenance of vessel.
  • Overseeing maintenance operations & scheduling corrective /preventative maintenance.
  • Manage and supervise shipboard technicians, surveyors and third party contractors.

Safety Management

• Implement safety systems & procedure for minimizing occupational hazards, pollution prevention & protection of Marine environment.
• Create awareness about safety among crew & officers through their active involvement with various case studies, training programs and Technical circulars floated within the company.
• Internal Audit and vetting inspection for the vessel whereby all operational aspects are tested and verified for compliance with the company/maker’s requirement.
• Being an integral part of the Shipboard Management Team, play an active role in the implementation and compliance of the integrated management system.
• Review of processes and procedures being followed to further and continuously improve by identifying the critical tasks involved.

Quality Assurance

• Formulating systems and procedures, ensuring and enhancing smooth Vessel/business operations.
• Implementing various systems and processes in the organization to ensure smooth, effective and safe business operations including effective use of master’s accounts.

Personnel Management

• Devising and planning training programs and discussion forums for the ship board personnel.
• Aligning team members around organizational strategy and values.
• Managing personnel issues of floating staff including crew training, appraisals, health and welfare etc.

CAREER PATH

Shell International Trading & Shipping Company

• Instrumental in promoting accountability, ownership & sense of belonging among shipboard staff.
• Recognised for exceptional role in delivering from shipyard & consummating maiden voyage of one of the world’s largest LNG tanker.
• Selected into the Nakilat LNG fleet on the basis of consistently high performance in the oil fleet.
• Expertise in handling the ship and con the vessel from Pilot – Berth – Pilot area.
• Handling Operations and Maintenance of Liquefied Natural Gas
•  Knowledge of the Cryostar Reliq Plant.
• Full in charge of LNG cargo loading/Discharging operations(More than 70 ops) in different terminals across the world.
• Overall in charge for the deck maintenance of the ship and its equipment.

Dec 2009 – present q-max  lng                      Chief Officer (Q-Max)

Feb 2008 – Dec 2009  lng vessel                   2 Officer (Conventional LNG/Q-Max)                         

Oct 2005 – Nov 2007    oil fleet                   2 Officer (VLCC/Afarmax/Product)

Other companies

Fleet Management Pvt.Ltd              

 Apr 2004 – Nov 2004                         CHEMICAL TANKER                        2 Officer                          

V-SHIPS Inc             

Aug 1999 - Oct 2002                        CHEMICAL/OIL TANKERS              2/3OFFICER

EDUCATION

• Class II Certificate of Competency,2004 Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, United Kingdom.
• Higher National Diploma in Nautical Studies, GCNS, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2003 – 2004)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer studies, Apple information technology, Chennai, India.1991