Timothy Ritz Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Founding Partner at Platinum Maritime specializing in ship brokerage and consulting including commercial and marine operations, logistics, incident investigation, Safety Management Systems and Offshore Marine HSSE, including seismic, simultaneous operations and harsh marine environments. Recent projects include marine and aviation competency modeling and assessment, offshore Marine HSE Representation (Indian Ocean, Baffin Bay [Arctic Ocean], Caspian Sea), shuttle tanker risk assessment and IMCA CMID Vessel Inspections (Audits). Certified ABS Internal ISM (International Safety Management) Auditor, Master Mariner.

The Woodlands

Directed demobilization of MC252 (Deepwater Horizon, Macondo Well) Incident response fleet with commercial and technical teams as well as field survey resources.

Established and directed deepwater marine risk management, and compliance with Class, USCG and MMS regulatory requirements including BP Group standards for BP’s largest offshore production fleet.Identified and managed marine risk for seismic vessel exploration activities in the Deepwater US Gulf (spring/summer 2010) for the GRASP 4D Seismic Project.

Identified and managed marine risk for BP Canada business unit associated with Arctic seismic vessel exploration activities in the Beaufort Sea (summer 2009) for the Pokak prospect.

Principal architect for Gulf of Mexico fleet chartering and operational strategy. Developed demand management tool for offshore fleet including platform supply vessels (PSV), anchor handling towing supply vessels (AHTS), fast boats, inspection, repair & maintenance (IRM) vessels, including multiple construction and heavy lift vessels. Hurricane preparedness leader for the Gulf of Mexico E&P business unit.

Established upstream exploration & production marine operations team to manage offshore marine risk for 8 production platforms consisting of 1 fixed platform, 3 spars, 1 tension leg platform and 3 semi-submersibles and associated drilling, construction and support vessels.

Leader of the Americas marine operations team, managing the global tanker fleet operations, emergency response and crisis management in the Western Hemisphere. Marine project manager for Gulf of Mexico shuttle tanker operations after hurricane Katrina in fall 2005.

Managed the clean petroleum (CPP), chemical, petroleum coke and Panamax dirty petroleum product chartering for the Americas. Acted as sole vessel procurement point for 4 (gasoline, distillate, chemical, vgo) trading benches.

Managed chartering, operations, laytime, insurance, claims, and bunker hedging for fleet of bulk carriers, combination carriers, tankers and chemical tankers transporting limestone, lime, bauxite, alumina, petcoke, grain, containers, break-bulk cargo, diesel and caustic soda.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marine Transportation

Master of Steam or Motor Vessels of Any Gross Tons Upon Inland Waters; Master of Steam or Motor Vessels of Not More Than 1600 Gross.

Business Administration And Management, General

Education record