RIGHTSHIP’S MISSION
TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY

Operating as CEO from March 2018, Martin brings over 20 years of maritime industry experience to RightShip.

Formerly of DNV GL, where he was responsible for leading significant change and introducing innovative services, for the past decade Martin has held senior positions around the world with a track record of successfully building businesses and adding value to key stakeholder relationships.

After completing his formal education in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Martin started his maritime career as a class society surveyor and auditor. He gained first-hand experience of ship board operations on a geared bulk carrier in the deck and engine room as part of his training.

Over his career Martin has been instrumental in delivering safety initiatives and supporting ship owners and investors around the world. With this maritime experience, as well as strong management and leaderships skills Martin leads the RightShip team in fulfilling the company’s vision to improve industry safety and environmental standards.

Since opening RightShip’s London office in 2007, David has significantly grown the European business expanding into new territories and now oversees eight vetting superintendents. Before joining RightShip, David was Deputy General Manager at Golar LNG. David has a strong background in maritime safety and quality with significant experience in Safety Management System recertification, tanker vetting, training and auditing, and conducting risk assessments of vessels and port authorities, and in March 2017 David was appointed as a Director at the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).

David has consulted on ISO 9000, International Safety Management, safety and quality and related auditing services to a range of companies including P&I Clubs, industry associations and various ship owners. He began his career with the P&O General Cargo Division and has served as a First Mate and Master on offshore supply vessels and salvage tugs.

With over 30 years maritime experience both at sea and onshore, Anuj joined RightShip in October 2013 to drive business development, lead the vetting team and foster customer relations in the Americas region. He was previously President, Anglo-Eastern (Houston) LLC with operational responsibility for all Anglo-Eastern managed vessels visiting US ports, managing risk evaluation, assessment and mitigation and liaising with customers, charterers, Oil Majors, the United States Coast Guard, P&I Clubs, flag and classification societies.

Anuj began his seafaring career as a deck cadet working his way up to Master and sailed on various types of tankers, bulk carriers, container and passenger vessels. Anuj has a strong background in Shipboard Safety and Environmental Management systems and advanced to become an Auditor, Trainer, Investigator, and eventually Ship Manager with operational oversight on tankers, gas carriers, bulk, heavy lift  and container vessels. He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute and current chairman of the US Gulf Branch, and sits on the boards of NAMEPA and the College of Technology at the University of Houston. Anuj holds a Commonwealth Extra Masters Certificate of Competency and Shipping Management from the Indian Institute of Management.

With over 35 years of maritime experience both at sea and onshore, Hayden commenced with RightShip in 2011 as a Tanker Inspection & Vetting Superintendent before stepping up to manage the Australasian vetting and dry cargo inspection teams in 2018.

Prior to his career at RightShip, Hayden transitioned from Deck Officer to Chief Officer & later Safety Co-ordinator at ASP Ship Management, and held positions as Marine Superintendent at both Shell and BP. Alongside these roles, Hayden has 20 years of experience as an OCIMF SIRE inspector for petroleum, gas and chemical vessels.

Hayden has a Diploma of Applied Science (Nautical Science); a Master Class 1 Certificate of Competency and a Bachelor of Business (Maritime Management & Logistics).

Jimmy oversees BHP Billiton / RightShip’s global petroleum, gas and chemical vetting and inspections. He has been with RightShip since its inception in 2001 when he transitioned across from BHP Billiton where he was a vessel and terminal clearance officer and inspector for tankers, LPG and chemical vessels and other offshore vessels for several years.

Jimmy began his career with Neptune Orient Lines and sailed up to the rank of Chief Engineer on tankers, bulk carriers, general cargo vessels and containerships. He has also worked as a Classification Surveyor for 10 years with the American Bureau of Shipping. He carried out surveys and new buildings on petroleum, cargo vessels and offshore vessels such as oil rigs, semi-submersible, anchor handling, tugs, accommodation barges and supply vessels. Jimmy speaks fluent Mandarin and is an OCIMF SIRE inspector for petroleum, gas and chemical vessels.

Kris commenced with RightShip in 2014. He is the Sustainability Manager responsible for the ongoing development of RightShip’s GHG Emissions Rating, which provides instant comparison of the CO₂ efficiency of over 76,000 vessels. It is now used as a selection tool for one in every five ships chartered.

Kris works across the maritime industry – with charterers, ship managers, financial institutions and ports – assisting them develop the framework and tools to reward sustainable vessels. Kris also drives RightShip’s partnership with AUSMEPA, assisting them in winning the 2016 Google Impact Challenge grant to build their Maritime Emissions Portal, and played an integral role in RightShip’s being awarded runner-up in the Economist Ocean Innovation Challenge in 2015.

Prior to RightShip, Kris worked in the private and government sectors undertaking strategic planning and environmental assessments. Kris holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science and a Graduate Certificate in Management.

Tony’s 45 years of maritime experience commenced at age 16 as an Apprentice Deck Officer with Cunard Shipping Services in the UK.

Prior to his move to Australia in 1987, Tony gained seagoing experience aboard Bulk Carriers, Product Tankers, General Cargo, RoRo Containers, Fast Refrigerated Cargo and Passenger Vessels.

With shore experience as a Marine Surveyor, AMSA Surveyor, Port Manager with the Port of Melbourne Authority and Operations Manager with Western Bulk and Eitzen Bulk, Tony joined Rightship in early 2009.

Tony worked initially as a Vetting Superintendent but moved quickly into the dry inspections area where he was recently promoted to Senior Superintendent. Tony has a Master Class 1 Certificate of Competency and a higher Technical Diploma in Nautical Science.

Trained as an engineer, Robert became interested in statistics after early success applying to statistical methods to manufacturing engineering problems.

After completing a Master of Scientific Studies in Statistics at the University of New England, Robert moved to RightShip in 2013 and used his statistical know-how and industrial safety experience to redevelop the incumbent RightShip risk algorithm.

The decision tree model algorithm Robert developed enhanced the accuracy of the risk assessment in an explainable format, resulting in ease of adaptation for RightShip customers. It was successfully implemented as a core feature of RightShip’s maritime risk management platform, ‘RightShip Qi’, in late 2016.

In addition to ongoing retraining of RightShip’s predictive risk model, Robert also analyses data for various industry sectors – such as insurance – in order to develop specialised predictive models for RightShip customers.