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Management

 
 

 

Jitendra Misra | Managing Director

Capt. Jitendra Misra has devoted 39 years of his life to the Maritime industry. With a career that started as a Deck Cadet with India Steamship in 1971, he steadily ascended the ranks to become, at 25 years old, one of the youngest Master in the Indian shipping fleet. After eight years in command he stepped ashore in 1988 to take up commercial challenges with a firm in UK.

He came to Dubai in February 1990 to set up the ship-owning division for a large business conglomerate. This was the beginning of Emarat Maritime and Capt. Misra has been the Managing Director of the Company since 1997.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (London) and the founding Chairman of the UAE Branch, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (London) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and a founding member and Secretary General of the UAE ship owners association.

His contributions to the Shipping Industry have been recognized by a number of organizations. In 2007, ClassNK set up their Middle East technical committee with Capt. Misra as the Chairman. In 2009, he was also elected Director of BIMCO.

He has been bestowed with various accolades over the years, the most recent being the Life Time Achievement Award, from International Bulk Journal.

 

 
     
 

Salah Sharaf | Assistant Managing Director

Mr. Salah Sharaf achieved his Master degree in Business Administration from Boston University and joined the Sharaf Group in 1998, after his graduation. He has the qualities of an entrepreneur with excellent management skills and sharp business acumen.

Armed with abundant knowledge in both shipping and maintenance fields, with a very good exposure to different types of fleet & their operations, he actively participates in organizational strategy planning and day to day operations. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the UAE Ship Owners Association.

He is a vivid sports enthusiast with a keen interest in Golf and foot ball.

 
     
     
 

Sanjeev Kharkar | General Manager - Finance

Mr. Sanjeev Kharkar is a Chartered Accountant by profession with over 30 years of post qualification experience, 18 of which have been in the Shipping industry, where he has worked with various organizations in India and overseas.

He has been involved in setting up joint a venture arrangement in India with one of the large Japanese shipping line connected with ship agency, port development and marine transportation infrastructure.

He has been with the group since 1995.

 
     
 

Benny Alex | General Manager - New Buildings

Mr. Benny Alex is a Naval Architect by profession, and has work experience of about 10 years with a prominent New Building shipyard in India after which he served a stint of 5 years with Bureau Veritas (France) as a Chief Surveyor in Sri Lanka.

He has been heading the New Buildings division of Emarat Maritime since 1997.

 
     
 

M.S. Sangwan | General Manager - Technical

Mr. Sangwan started his sea career in 1973 and has sailed with reputed companies like Anglo-Eastern and Mitsui OSK shipping lines, as a marine engineer, ascending to the capacity of Chief Engineer. During this tenure he has been part of a team for pre-purchase inspections, supervision of new buildings in prominent shipyards and takeovers. He has vast experience in repairs & dry dockings of vessels of different types. He was also involved in technical inspections, internal & external audits of fleet vessels and implementation of safety and quality system.

He joined Emarat Maritime in 2002 & currently heads the Technical department.

 
     
 

Suma Easo | Head - Commercial Dry

Ms. Suma Easo has over 13 years experience in the Shipping Industry. During her tenure in Shipping, she has expanded her knowledge and experience in varied facets of Shipping, such as Chartering, Operations, S & P, Agency, etc.

She has a graduate degree in English Literature & History & a post-graduate degree in History, and also holds a post graduate diploma in Public Relations Management from Mumbai University.

She started her career in the shipping industry in 1998 as a Chartering Executive with a leading ship broking and ship management company in Dubai and has been part of the Emarat Maritime dry bulk team since 2004. She is also a Member of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

Suma currently heads the Dry-Commercial department at Emarat Maritime.

 
     
 

Pradeep Kumar Sawhney | Head - Commercial (Tankers)

Capt. Pradeep Sawhney started his sea career in 1980. After sailing for 20 years as a nautical officer in different ascending capacities up to the rank of Master on various sizes of crude and product tankers he started a career ashore when he joined EML in February 2001.

He holds an MBA degree in Finance and is a Fellow at the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (London).

He presently heads the Commercial department of the tanker fleet comprising of Aframaxes.

 
     
 

Sergey Rakhmatullin | General Manager - QSHE

Capt. Sergey Rakhmatullin commenced his sailing career in 1970 & has sailed as a nautical officer on Dry cargo vessels, Container carriers & Ro-Ro ships, in various ranks ascending to the capacity of Master.

He is Member of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and The Nautical Institute.

He joined EML in 1997 & presently heads the QSHE department.

 
     
 

Rajesh K Dabral | Head - Fleet Operations (Dry Bulk)

Capt. Rajesh Dabral started his sea career as a nautical officer in 1982. He is an experienced Master Mariner with a sailing experience on various types of ships. He stepped shore in 1996, as an ISM implementer on board ships. He has versatile experience in Fleet operations, port captaincy, PNI correspondence & Ship Agency.

He joined EML in 2007 and currently heads the Fleet operations for Dry Bulk fleet.

 
     
 

Manish Thapar | Manager - Tanker Operations

Capt. Manish Thapar has been in the Shipping industry since 1990, when he joined India Steam Ship as a Deck Cadet. His sea-service on various types of vessels has spanned over 17 years, the final 8 of which were on Chemical Tankers, ascending to the rank of Master Mariner.

He took up a shore appointment in 2006, with V-Ships Asia, where he was responsible for Training & Pre-vetting Inspections on fleet vessels. In 2007 he joined the Commercial operations department in MISC - Malaysia, where he last served as Manager - Commercial Operations.

Having joined Emarat Maritime in 2010, he is currently in-charge of the Tanker Operations Department.

 
     
 

Sankara Subramanian | Manager - Insurance & Claims

Mr. Sankara Subramanian is a graduate in Economics & also holds a Diploma in Insurance Law. He is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport

He has over 27 years of experience in the Marine Insurance / Shipping Industry where he started his career as a Marine Cargo Surveyor, before moving into a major International Insurance Company.

He joined EML in 1997 & currently heads the Insurance & Claims department.

 
     
 

Baskar Shanmuganantham | Manager - IT & C

Mr. Baskar Shanmuganantham is a graduate in Mathematics and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.

He started his career in 1993 as a Systems Analyst and held various positions in Information Technology divisions of diversified business entities. He has gained extensive knowledge in various IT and Communications business solutions over a period of 18 years.

He joined EML in 1999 and has been in the shipping industry since. He is currently heading the IT and Communications department.

 
     
 

Awards

 
 




Tanker Company
(Year - 2010)




Ship of the year - 2010
(Mv.Dubai Sun)




Bulk Operator
(Year - 2010)




Tanker Company
(Year - 2009)




Bulk Operator
(Year - 2009)




Bulk Operator
(Year - 2008)




Education & Training
(Year - 2008)
 
     
 

Mission & Vision

 
   
 
   
 

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