| Experience | - 1993-1998 Deck Officer See Experience under Latmar-Columbia Shipmanagement, Latvian Shipping Company.
First vessel after academy Fjodors Bredihins GRT 6391 Engine 13200 Hp carriage of bananas from Philipines to Persian Gulf. Then mv AMATA GT 7392 Engine 5520 kW mostly carriage of bananas from Ecuador, Columbia however additionally carriage of various other cargoes potatoes from Canada, oranges from Marocco, avocadoes from Chili. Frozen fish from West Africa to Japan. After two contracts of third officer and two contracts of second officer promoted to Ch.Officer and continue work on management level.
1998-2015 Chief Officer/Master See Experience under Latvian Shipping Company ,Wallem Ship Management , V-ships Norway, DOBSON Fleet Management, ARMADA reefers, Maestro Shipping, Nordtrade Ltd.,AQUASHIP,EIMSKIP
Almost all the time works on board reefer vessels.
From 1998- 2000 continue work on board above mentioned mv AMATA on
Ch.Officer position. In 2000 due to summer layout of reefer fleet in Latvian Shipping
Company lost regular employment and start looking for another job. Was employed
by Wallem Ship Management to mv Supreme Harvest DWT8937 Engine 10550 on
Ch.Off position. While working in Wallem, supplement to previous experience ,
participate in Lichyes carriage from Madagaskar to France. Due to too long contracts
decided to find another work and was employed by V-Ships Norway as Ch.Officer
on board mv “Tundra Consumer “ GRT 11590, ME 11800HP. Worked on liner
service between Costa Rica and USA. Vessel was in Del Monte time charter and used
for carriage of various mixed cargoes such as melons, water melons, bananas, plantains
and up to 144 reefer FEU containers on deck. During this contract was promoted to
Master position however due to change of management to Indian FML was not
reemployed (company had only three reefers at this moment, and all of them was taken
by FML).
In November 2002 employed by ARMADA reefers as Ch.Officer and in 2004 was
promoted to Master position. The vessel mainly worked Norway fishing trade in
summer time and fruits /vegetable trade on liner service from Israel to France in
winter time. Working in Armada gain great experience in arrangement
self loading/discharging operations, mooring/unmooring without pilot assistance in various weather condition.
In 2007 understanding that reefer fleet is not build any more have first attempt to work ashore.
Ashore working experience:
- Ship’s operator, UNIMARS SHIPPING COMPANY Ltd. Operation of dry cargo vessels . Calculation of economical efficiency of voyages, close work with agencies round the world, planning of bunker supply and control of the most efficient use of vessel’s capacity. Analyze of final economical result and reasons of discrepancies with preliminary voyage calculations.
- Gained a lot of practical experience and knowledge of Ship’s operations. Method of control and cooperation with ship’s crew concerning commercial and operating matters, knowledge of port dues and agency fee calculations in various ports within European and Mediterranean area.
Due to reduction of salary in year 2008 financial crisis, resume sea work in ARAMDA(at this moment renamed in Maestro reefers) .
In 2012 receive offer to work in Nordtrade Ltd.
- Operating and Chartering Manager. Working in Nordtrade Ltd have gained experience in negotiation and preparation Charter parties. Chartering the timber, steel scrap and other General cargoes including project cargoes. Same period have worked on board managed vessels as Master-Supervisor. As Master-supervisor mostly was used to assist crew in calculation of ship’s stability, vessel modification and increasing vessel intake. As example during my work mv Kergi increase intake of sawn timber from 7500 till abt 8000 cbm. Additionally assist to crew in protection Owner’s interest in case cargo problems. Worked in close cooperation with Technical managements to improve effectiveness of repair/maintenance works.
Working as Staff Master on board mv Atlantic Trader, was requested by Owner’s to assist crew in entering San-Nikolas, Argentina and make general vessel inspection.
In 2014 have decided to return to sea due to, as per my opinion, absence of
personal perspectives working ashore.
Continue at sea
Sending applications to various companies, received offer from previous Time
Charterers EIMSKIP to work on board mv Winter Bay managed by Aquaship LTD.
Where worked till 01.05.2017.(company was rebranded to PLATANO).
On board m/v Winter Bay have passed North Sea Route from Iceland to Japan and
back without pilot and icebreaker assistance.
Latest contract was on board 55309 DW bulker with cranes. Carry abt 30000 mts
of steel coils from S.Korea to Turkey via Gulf of Aden and Suez Canal.
Vessel was sold and presently I am looking for new employment.
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