We look forward to welcoming Omar to the 2024 IMPA London Innovation Zone on:

13:30 - 13:55, 10th September.

Speaker Bio:

Capt. Omar Sultan is an ex. Master Mariner with a maritime career stretching over a period of almost fifty (50) years.

Having put to sea as a Marine-Apprentice in 1976 and post having completed an associate-degree in the U.S. working towards a degree in Maritime Law, he progressed through the ranks and post being duly qualified as a Master mariner, he was given his first command in 1984 onboard vessels trading in  world-wide trade.

Having decided to step ashore in 1991, Capt. Omar successfully established and managed related maritime organisations in the southern U.S. mainly focusing on aspects of Quality & Quality aspects of the maritime logistics.

Returning to Australia in 1999, he continued working in the industry post a brief stint at the Australian Maritime College (2000 – 2002), developing industry related courses primarily covering ‘Carriage of Bulk Cargoes’ for governmental/non-governmental entities and tutored their appointed surveyors,

Currently, he serves as a ‘Director & Principal Consulting-Surveyor’ with Henderson International AUSTRALIA P/L. Capt. Omar is presently engaged in world-wide ‘Consultancy Practices’ assisting owners/operators of foreign vessels visiting Australian waters, plying in IMP/EX carriage of ‘Grains & Minerals cargoes in Bulk.’  focused mainly on providing services from a ‘Protective’ aspect, to limit or eliminate unexpected commercial mishaps and related costs to the vessel’s operational budgets.

Session Details:

To introduce, discuss and implement solutions and practices aimed to enhance and streamline statutory compliance and to optimise and create a profitable, productive, progressive and predictable ‘modus operandi ‘in the maritime shipping industry.

Sec. 1:

Brief History of Marine Surveying, Pre-requisites, Inspections and Consultative practices in Australia.

1.1 Objectives:

To understand the evolvements and related reactions and correspondingly reactionary implementations of the statutory requirements, policies and practices.

1.2 Effects & Benefits:

Better understanding of what is to be expected, by both the shore-based and onboard personnel, thus, to put in place policies and their ongoing compliance pre/post-facto and compliance, developing towards an event-free, predictable and consistently profitable maritime trade in the Australia waters.

Sec. 2: Types of trades, and cargo/es being handled locally on an IMP/EX basis.

2.1 Objectives:

To deliver a brief description of Ports, Vessels and cargoes being handled in the Australian waters and related governmental and non-governmental bodies.

Establish a sound platform to assist all stake holders to be cognisant of ‘the lay of the land’ and become fore- aware of the Statutory and Industry pre-requites of vessels and the related organisations operating in the Australian Waters.

2.2 Effects Benefits:

Clearer understanding the related role of each entity involved and their interaction with the visiting vessels as well as interaction amongst themselves.

Sec. 3:    Conflicts between the interest of the vessel’s Owners, her Charters and other stake holders during her ballast-to-ballast engagements:  

3.1 Objectives:

To raise awareness within all stake holders to the potential mishaps in not appointing an independent ‘Agent’ and/or a local ‘Representative’ to fore-prepare the possibility and/or the grave potential of disaster.

3.2 Benefits:  

The assurance that all interests are adequately protected, and a seamless combination of operations does take place without an unavoidable ‘conflict of interest’ and control (or loss thereof) of events, between the Owners / Charters/ Vessels/Consignee to name a few.

4.     Pre/Post arrival advice and assistance for vessels calling the local waters:

4.1 Objectives:

To ensure that at all stake holders are well cognisant of all unexpected occurrences, pitfalls and potential mishaps that may occur and to seek remedy well in advance, if required.

4.2 Benefits:

Loss minimisation and creation of competitive and safe maritime trade and practices.

5. Role of Surveyors and Consultants:

5.1 Objectives:

To cause awareness of the role of Marine Surveyors & Consultants, their limitations, interests and conflicts.

5.2 Benefits:

Provision of sound assistance to the Owners/Charterers &Other stake holders in selecting the appropriate Surveyor and/or consultant to protect their interest, as required.

6.  The Contribution of Henderson International P/L. in the maritime industry:

6.1 Objectives:

To formulate and facilitate an introduction to the various stakeholders of the trans-spectrum services offered by Henderson International Australia P/L and to announce and introduce the quality of services that we are capable of and do offer to our clients in Australia and globally.

6.2 Benefits: Prospects of a mutually benefitting on-going provision of sound and long-term competitive and cost-effective services and relationship.

Summary: As the maritime industry is a very varied multi-faceted all-embracing worldwide trade, it is alarming that, fairly frequently, it’s realistic on-the-ground practices often bring it to a dangerously close to non-recoverable costly situations.  

The Objectives of  this presentation is to remind the various stake-holders that with some reasonable recognising and mutually supported interaction, therein lies a great potential vastly improve all aspects of the industry offering solutions that would imbed  compliance, improve efficiency and offer personnel and asset safety, helping maritime industry achieve operational excellence and eradicate trade related complexities effectively.

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