Strategic business development. Preparing and tendering in International tenders in Oil and Gas sectors. Meeting existing client’s tonnage requirements. Tugs, barges, heavy lift crane for Oil and Gas terminals/companies, dredging companies, marine construction companies, ship owners etc.Sale and disposal of marine assets.Contract development and follow-up.Preparing and implementing marketing and advertising campaigns.

Responsible for commercial activities relating to cash buying and selling of ships including marketing, ship operations, ship financing, chartering of tugs, insurance, crew manning, bunkering, attending marine warranty (towage) surveys and all special projects including green ship recycling initiatives.Undertook S&P projects requiring extensive planning and coordination, complex deals relating to ships in difficult areas, conditions and indebted owners. Structuring contracts, overseeing and coordinating reactivation of dead vessels and bringing them to recycling yards under their own power. Where reactivation not cost effective, arranging towage to port of delivery.Arranging ship finance for acquisitions till drawdown and delivery of vessels.Conducting inspection of various types and sizes of ships. Undertook number of high profile / margin deals involving ships under tow and activation from tendering offers to ultimately beaching. Majority of them project driven, involving commercial and operation i.e. negotiating sale and purchase, contracts, fixing insurance, towages, armed guards, bunkering, de-ballasting and beaching operations etc. FPSOs, bulkers, cattle carriers containerships, Semi-Submersible Rig, Tankers, Gas Carriers. Undertook first of its kind Green Recycling project under cooperation with IACS member class society Germanischer Lloyds (GL).Held a global webinar on Green Ship Recycling through Capital Link (USA).Panel Discussion Member at Lloyds List Conference on Ship Recycling, London (2012).

Preparing and executing ship disposal and acquisition plans from preconception (study, proposals etc), purchase negotiations and final delivery (take over).Evaluating global and regional economic trends, trade statistics, and government plans such as Five Year Plan and Annual Development Programme and forecast long term and short-term requirements of the Corporation for additional tonnage.Carrying out feasibility studies, economic evaluation and preparing Annual Development Programme and Five Year Development plan of the Corporation, and submitting proposals for Capital Budget (ship purchase) of the Corporation.Undertaking market observations, research (ship demand and supply) and financial analysis, some of the primary works undertaken. Other aspects involved were surveys, inspections and valuations of ships.Project Manager for acquisition of Pakistan’s first modern double hull (Aframax) Oil Tanker and Panamax Bulk carrier. Involved from preconception (study, proposals etc) to purchase negotiations and final delivery (take over) of M.T Quetta ex M.T “Stena Confidence” and M.V “Kaghan” ex “Victory C”.Arrangement of an 8 year Commercial Loan facility of USD 135 Million from ABN AMRO bank for financing acquisition of second hand 2 x Aframax Tankers and 1 x Panamax Bulk Carrier. Undertook acquisition of four Aframax tankers and one Panamax bulker. Sold 7 ships including tankers and General Cargo ships.

Management of Lloyd’s Agency Karachi. One of the oldest Lloyds Agency in the world, involved in Marine Surveying & Consultancy and Insurance Claim settlements, representing some of the worlds top Charterers, Ship owners and Cargo & Hull Underwriters such as Lloyd’s London, Tokio Marine and Fire, Allianz, Tryg Baltica, Codan, Mitsui Marine, Sumitomo, American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU), International Tanker Management, P&O Nedlloyd, Pakistan State Oil, PARCO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Sabic, etc.As a Marine surveyor and claims adjuster, I was involved in reporting to foreign Shipping clients in matters relating to Insurance Damage surveys, Vessel’s pre-shipment inspections (General Cargo and Bulk Carriers), Crude Oil, Petroleum Products, Chemicals and other liquid cargo custody transfer surveys (Tankers), Discharge surveys of Oversize and Overweight special project cargoes (General Cargo and Heavy Lift / Special Project Cargo Ships), Draught Surveys (Bulk carriers), Ingress of Sea Water surveys (Tankers and Bulk carriers), vessels grounding and lightering - salvage (Salvage Association).Project Manager for management system (encompassing Lloyd’s Agency, Crew Manning, Shipping Agency, Foreign Recruitment and Travel agency) certification to ISO 9001: 2000 standards. Completed the project in nine months, less than the assigned 1 year (2001). Involved setting targets, scheduling, training and overall shepherding personnel from various departments towards a common goal. Preparing management manuals in conformance to the ISO 9001:2000 standards.Managed loss prevention program at Karachi Port for the Bhit Gas Field project cargo shipments a/c Lasmo Oil (UK) involving shipments from USA, South Africa, Europe & Far East. Involved a total of 15 vessel’s over a period of 10 months (2002) each vessel carrying oversize/ overweight Oil & Gas cargo worth more than 50 million USD. Not a single loss on any shipment.