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Certification
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Ganesan Thanendran

Copenhagen

Summary

Having 18years experience in the Marine industry with various experiences in different departments . Acquired management skills and HR experience in communication with Marine Senior officers and crew.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Crew Consultant

Maersk
01.2021 - Current
  • Fleet Management for crewing on 28 vessels.
  • Planning and executing crew change for Top 4 senior Ranks ( Capt., C/E , 2/E and C/O )
  • Marine HR Duties - calculating extended service and over tour payments.
  • Preparation for vessels in regards to dynamic changes of crew change requirements and fast changes of trading rout of vessels (Schedule changes).

Marine Consultant

Viking Marine Private Ltd (Freelance)
09.2019 - 09.2020

Marine advisory and consultancy for strait piloting(VLCC transits in Malacca-Spore Straits).

  • Private Pilotage consultant for Singapore waters. For laden VLCC with 20m draft and Vessels with deep draft challenges.
  • Sea trial and vessel delivery
  • Rig movements
  • Tow master.
  • Increasing revenue for the company by 20 percent by taking long navigational jobs

Head of Operations ( Project Manager )

Boskalis Keppel Smit
05.2019 - 09.2019

Task was overall in charge of the operation restructuring and management and improvement of their new piloting project and logistics.

This included the following

  • Fleet management. Managing a fleet of 25 harbor Tug vessels.
  • Planning and deployment of harbor tug vessels for towing and berthing vessels
  • In charge of the team management of the operations. Was managing 40 employees under me.
  • Daily reporting and KPI monitoring of existing activities of each business units
  • Planning and arranging schedules and roosters for the team members
  • I was acting as the Deck superintendent of allotted vessels.
  • Responsible for Health and Safety division, Tasked handle all accident investigation and action plans to improve the division

Harbour Pilot

PSA (Port of Singapore Authority)- (Singapore)
04.2006 - 05.2017
  • Acting as an ambassador on behalf of the port master and Singapore nation to Vessel’s crew.
  • Interacting and participating in bridge management team to advice master to safely navigate the vessel in Singapore port limit waters.
  • In charge of tug management, terminal management and bridge management to safely berth the vessel.
  • Responsible for training and managing junior Harbour Pilots
  • Working under immense pressure and maintain patience and composure by handling Health and safety requirements relevant for the job.
  • Was a member of the Pilot committee which was in charge for improving and reviewing internal operation and strategy
  • Was also a member of the safety committee, which was in charge of Health and safety requirements for PSA Marine ltd.
  • In charge of disaster recovery on the job.
  • Training and mentor to junior pilots.
  • Keeping up KPI and meeting company sales target.

Marine Nautical Officer

P.I.L(Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd)-
11.2000 - 09.2004
  • Performing cargo watch to ensure safe loading and unloading of cargo in various ports facilitating with positive GM and worthy for Sea
  • Navigating vessel as an officer on watch in numerous e voyages.
  • Meeting deadlines for monthly safety and quality checks of the fire fighting and lifesaving appliances on board the vessel
  • In charge of ensuring the safety on board is met with international maritime regulations and company safety policies.
  • Stock checking inventory, ordering and purchasing and keeping sales accounts on board for Bond stores.

Singapore Police Force (National Service)/

Service Rank Corporal -Singapore
01.1996 - 06.1998
  • Performed ground officer duties with fast response team and task force undercover duties.
  • Also further served as some reserve personnel for about 6 years and made 25 arrests in total.
  • Retired from active duty at the year 2016.

Education

Associate of Science - Diploma in Food And Beverage Management.(WSQ) /

Avanta Academy
Singapore
06-2017

Bachelor of Arts - BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)

University of New Brunswick
Canada
06-2015

Bachelor of Science - Maritime Studies COC 1 And 2

Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore
02-2006

High School Diploma -

Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore
02-2001

No Degree -

St Patricks Secondary School
Singapore
12-1993

No Degree - PSLE

St Stephens Primary School
Singapore
11-1988

Skills

Linguistic- Able to speak fluent English, Tamil and conversational Mandarin, Danish, Malay

  • Very good at working under immense pressure and graduated in problem solving by being very hands on always in job
  • Great interpersonal skills with an outstanding networking ability- am very good at interacting with colleagues and external stakeholders related to job
  • Excellent understanding of both Eastern and Western culture through international exposure in previous jobs but also through travelling personally
  • Great management and training skills - have great experience in training and managing people from different organizational level and cultural background trough job
  • Very good problem solving skills like to look at the solution or finding one rather than focusing on the problem itself

Certification

Awards

  • Pilot Safety commendation award in 2012.
  • Pilot recognition award in December in 2016
  • Commendation for Team manager (PSA Football team)
  • Spot awards Maersk for good work ethnics and

Languages

Tamil, English, Malay, Danish
Native language

Timeline

Senior Crew Consultant

Maersk
01.2021 - Current

Marine Consultant

Viking Marine Private Ltd (Freelance)
09.2019 - 09.2020

Head of Operations ( Project Manager )

Boskalis Keppel Smit
05.2019 - 09.2019

Harbour Pilot

PSA (Port of Singapore Authority)- (Singapore)
04.2006 - 05.2017

Marine Nautical Officer

P.I.L(Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd)-
11.2000 - 09.2004

Singapore Police Force (National Service)/

Service Rank Corporal -Singapore
01.1996 - 06.1998

Awards

  • Pilot Safety commendation award in 2012.
  • Pilot recognition award in December in 2016
  • Commendation for Team manager (PSA Football team)
  • Spot awards Maersk for good work ethnics and

Associate of Science - Diploma in Food And Beverage Management.(WSQ) /

Avanta Academy

Bachelor of Arts - BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)

University of New Brunswick

Bachelor of Science - Maritime Studies COC 1 And 2

Singapore Polytechnic

High School Diploma -

Singapore Polytechnic

No Degree -

St Patricks Secondary School

No Degree - PSLE

St Stephens Primary School
Ganesan Thanendran