OUR MARINE TEAM

CAPT. MLADEN BRKOVIC

CAPT. MLADEN BRKOVIC


EDUCATION:

  • Graduated 1973 at Advanced Maritime School, Split, Croatia. 
  • Maritime Engineering/ Master Mariner.
  • Graduated 1989 at Croatian Chamber of Commerce as Master of External Trade Transaction. 
  • 1989 obtained Diploma in Road and Sea Transport.
  • Certificate of Competency as MASTER MARINER obtained 1976 at Harbour Master Office, Split, Croatia.
  • Certificate of Competency as MASTER MARINER renewed 2002 at South African Maritime Authority, Durban, South Africa.
  • 1995 obtained Business Management Diploma at Damelin College.
  • Holding a valid / revalidated Master Certificate of Competency.

LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY

  • English, Italian, Croatian, and Russian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

“Jadroplov”, Split. Croatia

  • Ships Officer between 1973 to 1983
  • Ships Master between 1983 to 1988
  • Owners Representative/ Agency Manager and Port Captain between 1989 and 1992 in Mombasa, Kenya.
  • Owners Representative / Commercial and Marketing Manager  between 1992 and 1996 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jadro Agency, Durban, South Africa between 1996 – 1999

  • Ships Agency Manager
  • Operation Director
  • Supercargo Works

Freelance Commercial Surveyor between 1999 and 2000

South African Maritime Safety Authority

  • Ships Surveyor and Port State Control Officer and Senior    Examiner, between 2000 and 2002, again from 2005 to date.
  • Sailed on container ships as a Master from 2002 to 2005.
  • Principal Officer in Richards Bay between 2011 and 2013 and in Durban from 2013 to 2015.

DOCUMENTS, PERMITS, AND CERTIFICATES:

  • Custom Clearing and forwarding
  • Audit: International Safety Management Code (ISM)
  • South African Search and Rescue
  • Oil and Chemical Oil tanker safety training program
  • Port State Control officer
  • Audit: International Ship Security Code
WERNER KIRSCH

WERNER KIRSCH


EDUCATION:

  • Graduated 1976 at  Marais Viljoen Technical High, Alberton
  • NTC III: Passed examination in 1976
  • Qualified Motor Mechanic with the SA Railways in 1980.
  • Passed the examination for the Certificate of Competency in 1990 – Chief Engineer Officer STCW III/2 Motor.
  • Appointed as Senior Engineer Examiner in 1994.

LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY

  • English, German, Africans

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Safmarine between 1980 – 1988

  • Junior Engineer, 4th Engineer, 3rd Engineer & 2nd Engineer

Atlas Aircraft Corporation

  • Project Co-Coordinator between 1988 to 1989

Safmarine between 1989 – 1994

  • Gdansk Shipyard as Chief Engineer in Poland from 1992
  • Promoted to Chief Engineer Officer in 1993
  • Chief Engineer on reefer and container ships in 1994 

Sulzer / Wärtsilä

  • Service Engineer between 1994 – 2007

BMT Offshore & Marine Surveys (Salvage Association)

  • Salvage Surveyor between 2008 to 2009

MAN Diesel & Turbo South Africa from 2010 t0 2011

SAMSA- Durban office between 2012 – 2018

  • Ship Surveyor, Marine Accident Investigations, Suitability to load Grain Surveys and Suitability to load Class I Dangerous Goods, Oil Spill, Vessel Grounding Investigations, Incident Investigations. 
  • Appointed as Senior Engineer examiner March 2015.

Grindrod Shipping from 2019 to date

  • Chief Engineer Bulk Carrier

COURSES, DOCUMENTS, PERMITS, AND CERTIFICATES

  • Delco Remy – Heavy Duty Electrics
  • Cummins Diesel (S.A.) Ltd.
  • Illings Mack – General Maintenance Course
  • Technicon, Natal – Firefighting Course
  • Garnett Cross Fluid Power Training
  • Maintenance of Hydraulics & Advanced Hydraulics
  • N.B.C.D. School, Simons Town (S.A. Navy) 
  • Firefighting Damage Control
  • Two and four-stroke engines and their remote-control systems.
  • Basic operation of the MAN four-stroke common rail system.
  • Small Vessel Survey course.
  • Marine Accident Investigation course.
  • Port State Control Course. (Appointed as Port State Control Officer).