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NATIONALITY
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Australian
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LANGUAGES
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English
Japanese (working knowledge)
Malay (working knowledge)
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QUALIFICATIONS
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First Class (Class 1) Engineer of Steamship & Motorship.
United Kingdom and Australia
Chartered Engineer, United Kingdom
Presently appointed as Non-Exclusive Surveyor to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the Cairns region, North Queensland, and Papua New Guinea
Accredited Surveyor to Maritime Safety Queensland for all Queensland State Government Registered Vessels
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MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
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Fellow of Institute of Marine Engineers, United Kingdom
Fellow of Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, United Kingdom
Member, The Institution of Engineers,
Australia
Member of Society of Accredited Maritime Professionals (Qld) Inc.
(SAMP)
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EXPERIENCE
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Forty years experience in Superintendence, Marine Insurance, Loss Adjusting, Marine and Industrial Surveying, and other related surveys.
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Feb 1990 - Present
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FOUNDER / DIRECTOR
Russ
Larkin & Associates
Pty Ltd
Consulting Marine
Engineers & Ship
Surveyors
Cairns,
Queensland, Australia
Appointed non-exclusive surveyor to the American Bureau of Shipping for Cairns region, North Queensland, and Papua New Guinea.
Accredited Surveyor to Maritime Safety Queensland for all Queensland State Government registered vessels.
Regularly commissioned for survey work by all of the major Australian and International insurance companies and P & I Clubs with interests in Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
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1976 - 1990
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FOUNDER / MANAGING DIRECTOR
Marine Services Limited, Brunei
Engaged in operating support vessels in off-shore
oil exploration.
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FOUNDER / MANAGING DIRECTOR
Russ Larkin & Associates, Brunei
Set up and registered own operation at same time as above and eventually employed two other full-time surveyors.
Appointed non-exclusive surveyor in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak for: American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det Norski Veritas, Lloyds Register of Shipping, and Nippon Jaiji
Kyokai.
Involved on a full-time basis as a Consulting Marine Engineer and Surveyor to most of the major regional insurance companies and brokers in South East Asia, the P & I Clubs and Underwriters in the United Kingdom. |
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1972 - 1976
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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Wallem Towage and Salvage
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Straits Maritime Leasing
Both Singapore-based tug and barge operators.
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1969 - 1972
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CHIEF ENGINEER SURVEYOR / LOSS ADJUSTER
American International Underwriters Singapore Adjusters
Marine and industrial engineering, general claims assessing, and loss adjusting for Singapore and South East Asia, based in Singapore.
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1968 - 1969
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CONSULTING MARINE ENGINEER AND
SHIP SURVEYOR
Self-employed, Sydney, Australia
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1965 - 1967
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ENGINEER SUPERINTENDENT
R.W. Miller & Co, Sydney, Australia
Australia's first independently owned tanker company
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1960 - 1965
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ENGINEER SUPERINTENDENT
Manners Navigation, Singapore and Hong Kong
Hong Kong based shipping company
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1959 - 1960
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ASSISTANT ENGINEER SUPERINTENDENT
Manners Navigation, Hong Kong
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1952 - 1959
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SEAGOING ENGINEER
Manners Navigation, Hong Kong
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