Joachim Hanel

Monitoring and controlling the safe and cost efficient technical operation of the assigned cruise vessel

Drawing up budgets

Planning, tendering and executing of dry and wet dockings

Arranging and following up of repairs

Ensuring validity of certificates and safety equipment

Visiting vessels, including pre-purchase inspections

Conducting of senior officer's appraisals

Held technical responsibility for 6 container vessels up to 8800 TEUs

Ensured safe daily vessel's operation within the budget

Planned and conducted dry dockings, with bulbous bow refit and propeller replacements

Conducted senior officer's appraisals

Effectively implemented harmonization of safety equipment services in the fleet

Achieved more reliable machinery operation by substituting
frequently failing components

Responsible for the personnel management of 5
employees and the fleet of 17 multipurpose vessels and 2 bulk carriers

Main duties included heading the superintendents
and purchaser, ensuring safe and economic operation of the
vessels, handling of guarantee claims, planning of dockings.
Key improvements:

Successfully introduced electronic filing

Simplified the purchasing process

Reduced purchasing costs

Headed a team of 4 employees with responsibility for 17 container vessels up to 8500 TEUs

Conducted final guarantee negotiation with shipyard

Technical operation of up to 7 container vessels as Superintendent

Customer care in the Hamburg service center, personnel management of 30 service technicians and 3 sales engineers,

for large 4 stroke diesel engines

Field test engineer, work scope large 4 stroke diesel engines

Worked up the ranks on container vessels, passenger vessel, reefer vessel and ferry