Hull Supt / Inspection Services
NDT.org Member Since: 2004
Added: 5/20/2004
Last Updated: 5/20/2004
Country:
Scotland
Status:
I am willing to Travel.
I need a job as soon as possible.
I am willing to work overseas.
I prefer temp jobs.
I prefer permanent jobs.
Certifications
HND : Naval Architecture
City & Guilds : Shipbuilding, Craft and Advanced
The Welding Institute : Welding Technician, (Tech Engineer, Euro)
Nebosh : National General Certificate
Hodge Clemco, Sheffield : Completed two - one week in Shotblasting and Airless Spray Painting Technical Courses
Experience
Shell Trading and Shipping Co. London March 2004
Carried out Vetting & Delivery Survey onboard 300,000 VLCC Tanker “Front Commerce” in all Water Ballast Tanks, Cofferdams, Main Deck, Machinery Spaces, and Accommodation. Compiled delivery survey report.
Novoship (UK) Ltd, London July – Dec 2003
2. Worked on 88 dry-docking, onboard M/T Grigoriy Nesterenko, work includes Major Oil Company upgrade / CAP 1 status, 300 tons steel renewal, shotblasting & painting double bottoms, LR Intermediate Survey work, at the Novorossiyk Shiprepair Yard, Black Sea, Russia.
1. Carried out 42 dry-docking, onboard M/T Akademik Vereshchagin, work included Major Oil Company upgrade work / CAP 1 status, 43 tons steel renewal, shotblasting & painting of double bottoms, DNV 3rd Special Survey work, (for 2004), at the Gdansk Stocznia Remontowa Yard, Poland.
Northern Marine Management (Clydebank) April –June 2003
2. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the water ballast tanks, double bottoms, void spaces, cargo decks onboard the Stena Line Ro Ro Mont Ventoux on the Tunis - Marseilles run
1. Carried out newbuilding first year guarantee structural condition survey in all water ballast tanks, double bottoms, void spaces, cargo decks onboard the Stena Line Ro Ro Cetam Massilia on the Marseilles – Tunis run
Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) Monaco Feb 2002 – April 2003
Far East Hull Supt working in Vietnam on a 5th Special Survey for offshore FPSO Rang Dong 1, co-ordinating Rope-Access team on UTM Gauging of Cargo & Water Ballast tanks and ABS surveys, compiling Repair Specifications and sending-out tenders for steel repairs, scaffolding etc. Supervising scaffolders & steel repairs offshore in Cargo Oil Tanks, Water Ballast tanks, and engine room tanks / areas with local Vietnamese sub-contract labour.
Dockwise Shipping BV, Netherlands. May – Dec 2001
3. Carried out 50 day dry-docking, onboard the Mighty Servant 3 including L.R. Intermediate survey and 90 tons of steel renewals for the life extension project at the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard, Vietnam.
2. Carried out 33 day dry-docking, onboard the Dock Express 10 including L.R. Intermediate survey and 55 tons of steel renewals at the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard, Vietnam.
1. Carried out 47-day dry-docking, including L.R. Intermediate Survey and 100 tons of steel renewals for the life extension project onboard the Mighty Servant 1 at the Daewoo- Mangalia Shipyard, Romania.
Northern Marine Management (Clydebank). Jan – May 2001
4. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the North Sea RoRo ferry Stena SeaTrader
3. At ASRY, Bahrain for 28 day dry-docking on bottom shell & bulbous bow repair, water ballast and cargo tank repairs on Products Tanker ‘Yamilah’ for the Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co on behalf of Tritec Marine Consultants / NMM.
2. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the RoRo’s Stena Clipper, Stena Timer and Stena Tender in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S.A.
1. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the North Sea RoRo ferry Stena SeaRider.
Allworld Marine & Tech. Ltd, England (for Denholm Shipmanagement) Oct 2000
Carried out Shipyard Assessment and Pre-Purchase Structural Survey for Greek Owners on three 38000t tankers, built 1990, converted 1998 to Double Hull Product Tankers at the Damen Shipyard, Galatz, Romania.
BAe Systems Marine, Barrow-in-Furness, England Mar 2000 – Jan 2001
Project Engineer working at the BAe Systems Marine Barrow shipyard carrying out a structural condition survey throughout their newbuilding vessel (AO 01) RFA Wave Knight, an Auxiliary Oiler for the Defence Procurement Agency. Other duties include working in conjunction with Class to clear structural steel blocks, tanks and compartments for acceptance, supervising a small repair team working through tanks and compartments carrying out rectification work, also carried out survey work on the sister ship (AO 02) Wave Ruler at the BAe Glasgow Govan Yard.
Acomarit (UK) Ltd, Glasgow Oct – Dec 1999
Seconded to Acomarit Canada in Montreal to carryout Condition and Assessment Surveys on four Canada Steamship Lines Great Lake vessels. The surveys where to assess and inspect the structural condition of the ships, write up dry-docking and steel renewal specifications for the ship-repair winter lay-up programme.
Dockwise, Meer, Belgium.Jan - Aug 1999
3. Special Project of 320t Steelwork Reinforcement to 8 water ballast tanks and 4metre extension to the port and starboard casings, including shotblasting and painting, onboard the Mighty Servant 1,at the Astilleros de Cadiz shipyard, Spain.
2. Carried out 160t of steel renewals to 8 Sponson sections bottom shell plating, longitudinal stiffening and webframe reinforcement due to sea pounding damage, 10t steel renewal to water ballast tanks, Lloyds Reg. third special survey, sea damaged side shell plating / framing and dry-dock of mv Dock Express 12 at the Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
1. Converted Heavy Lift ship “Super Servant 3” to Yacht Carrier, supervision/inspection of fabrication and installation of side dock-walls and centre catwalks, 170 tons steel renewals in 17 water ballast tanks for the life extension project / ABS Intermediate survey work, and dry-docking at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
Reading & Bates, (R.B. Falcon), Aberdeen. Nov - Dec 1998
Carried out inspection/supervision of DNV Intermediate survey work, 89 structural door opening fracture repairs, general steelwork deck and bulkhead fracture / maintenance repairs, stainless steel weld cladding to Kort Nozzles and dry-docking, onboard Semi-submersible msv ‘IOLAIR’, at the Cammell Laird Shipyard, Liverpool.
Dockwise, Meer, Belgium. July - Oct 1998
Carried out inspection/supervision, Jumbo-ising, (30metre mid-body elongation and 5metre port & starboard widening by sponsons), Lloyds Reg. third special survey, 85T ballast tank steel renewal, life extension project and Dry-docking onboard vessel “Mighty Servant 1”, (now the largest heavy lift ship), at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
Acomarit (UK), Glasgow. May 1997 - July 1998
6. Life extension project (50 days), at Chenxi shipyard China, steel renewals of 250t throughout water ballast tanks onboard heavy lift vessel ‘Swift’.
5. At ASRY, Bahrain on 22 day docking of side and bottom shell stiffening on VLCC tankers Front Lord and Front Lady.
4. Carried out ramp repairs on Ro-Ro Kumasi at Tema, Ghana.
3. Carried out Condition Survey of water ballast tanks on Ro-Ro Kukawa at Falmouth Dockyard.
2. Life extension project and DNV intermediate survey at the Chenxi Shipyard, China, 400t steel and piping renewals on heavy lift ship ‘Swan’
1. Carried out DNV Third Special survey / drydocking 120t steel renewals at the Chengxi Shipyard, China on the vessel ‘Tern’
BUE Marine Ltd, Edinburgh. Feb - Mar 1997
Steelwork Superintendent, supervising 16 Welders on installation of ‘Karm Fork’ equipment, repair and refurbishing on anchor handling/supply boats at Baku, Azerbaijan.
From 24th February 1997 formed my own limited company.
AMEC Offshore Development. Dec 1992 - Jan 1997
Structural General Foreman, supervising 2 F/Men and 20 Platers on Oil Platform hook-ups (AGIP ‘Tiffany’ Field and Amerada Hess ‘Scott’ Field.
Technical Marine Planning Ltd, London. Feb 1991 - Apr 1992
Construction Superintendent, supervising construction of passenger cruise ships for Holland- America Line, in Fincantieri, Trieste, Italy.
Three Quays Marine Services Ltd, London. Jan 1990 - Feb 1991
Hull Supt seconded to Aramco Marine Projects to supervise sub-contracted steelwork being fabricated for Ocean-going Tugs in Ailsa-Perth Shipyard, Troon and Richard Dunston Shipyard, Hessle,
Lloyds Register of Shipping, London. Apr 1989 - Dec 1989
Tanker Construction Manager, supervising construction of 29,000t product tankers in Szczecin, Poland.
Maritime Overseas Corporation, New York, USA. Sep 1988 - Apr 1989
Hull/Outfit Superintendent, supervising new construction of a 260,000 crude oil tanker VLCC in Hitachi Zosen, Ariake Shipyard Japan.
Odeco (UK) Inc., Aberdeen. Jan 1983 - Sep 1988
Hull Superintendent with American Drilling Contractor, Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company of New Orleans, on newbuilding construction of semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Alliance
The British Petroleum Company Ltd, London. Nov 1980 - Dec 1982
Hull Surveyor, supervising construction of Semi-submersible ESV IOLAIR and 109,000t segregated ballast tanker BRITISH SPIRIT at Scott Lithgow Shipyard.
CJB Offshore, London. Aug 1977 - Oct 1980
Steelwork Superintendent, working from London Office on the Chevron Ninian Central Production Projects Team and offshore.
Yarrow (Ship) Ltd, UCS, Scotstoun Marine Ltd, Glasgow. Nov 1963 - Aug 1977
Time-served shipwright / hull draughtsman them promoted to Supervisor, Assistant Ships Manager.
Comments
Hull Supt / Inspector, resident in Glasgow having 30 years experience in shipping, shipbuilding and ship repair as a Consultant, Surveyor, Hull Superintendent and Project Engineer.