Guy Platten Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

The UK Chamber of Shipping delivers for the members trusted specialist expertise, lobbying and influence on maritime issues across National, European and International government and governmental bodies. The UK Chamber keeps its members informed through its committee structure, numerous seminars and events, publications and online services. During my time as CEO we grew the membership, increased the profile of the organisation significantly, expanded the events and services for members and placed the organisation on a firm financial footing following many years of operating deficits.

Port Glasgow

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) owns 31 ships (plus three under construction) and 24 ports and harbours on the West Coast of Scotland. These assets are then made available to operators who provide lifeline ferry services to the various island communities. CMAL is repsonsible for the long term maintenance, modernisation and replacement of the extensive asset portforlio. The company derives its income from chartering out the vessels and by way of access charges to our various ports and harbours. Highlights of this post include establishing the organisation and building it to be a respected company delivering on vital transport infrastrucure. 4 new ships built or under construction, maintenance regime established at 24 ports after many years of under investment and a number of significant capital projects to improve the port infrastructure completed. With colleagues I investigated and negotiated an innovative finance deal with Lloyds Banking Group which enabled an investment of £43m in a new state of the art ROPAX to be delivered in Summer 2014. Please see our website www.cmassets.co.uk for more detailsCMAL is a public corporation with Scottish Ministers as the 100% shareholder

Responsible for the operation and management of the NLB Ships, Support Base in Oban, 24 Hour Monitoring Centre. Also responsible for advising the NLB on navigational requirements and ensuring statutory obligations for LLAs under the MSA 1995 were carried out.Highlights include lobbying, negotiating funding and introducing into service a sophisitcated replacement ship NLV Pharos. I served on a number of international committees inlcuding IALA Aids to Navigation Management Committee

Acted as Project Manager and Salvage Master on a number of high profile assignments including the refloating of a grounded Type 23 Frigate, recovery of a ditched Merlin EH101 aircraft, removal of oil from a sunken WW2 Battleship and seabed clearance in Holy Loch following withdrawal of USN submarine facilities

Responsible for the efficient operation of Lifeboat Stations around the coast of Scotland (latterly) and North of England. Training and management of volunteer and full time lifeboat crew members and station personnel. Carried out numerous investigations of both meritorius service and casualty incidents. Introduced a number of state of the art lifeboats into service within my areas.Highlights include investigating the service to MV Green Lilly by the Lerwick Lifeboat which resulted in the Coxswain being awarded the Gold Medal, the highest decoration for bravery in the RNLI.

Starting as a Deck Cadet I progressed thorugh the ranks before leaving as a First Officer.In my final position I acted Navigator, responsible to the Commanding Officer for all navigaitional matters and running the Bridge

Chartered Master Mariner

Chartered Manager

Master Mariner, Marine Transportation

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