USCG, AMSA, MARLU & ABS Seminar

Trading in US & Australian Waters & Overview of Piracy Issues

Shanghai & Taipei
Synopses & Presenters’ Resumes

Port State Control & Other Regulatory Requirements in Australia

The presentations by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority will cover:
 The role of AMSA in inspecting ships in Australian ports, compared with other Australian
government agencies (Australian Customs Service, Australian Quarantine Inspection Service and
the Office of Transport Security)
 Selection of ships for PSC inspection in Australia – Risk-based approach and validation of our
targeting matrix
 The PSC inspection process – What to expect
 Detention procedures and notifications
 Types of detainable deficiencies commonly found and approaches to rectify and allocate the
Recognized Organization responsibility
 Detention appeal procedures
 Statistics related to Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese flags, owned and operated ships
in Australia as appropriate to venue
 Australian jurisdictional system and recent reform activity
 Current ‘hot’ issues – STCW hours of rest and fatigue management, helicopter operations, bulk
cargoes, Great Barrier Reef issues, asbestos on board ships
 Regional PSC – Australia’s involvement in Tokyo MOU and upcoming Concentrated Inspection
Campaigns and planned technical cooperation
 MLC in Australia

Reza Vind, Manager, Maritime Operations – West, Maritime Operations Division,

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Reza Vind commenced his cadetship with Arya National Shipping Lines in 1976
and obtained his Master class 1 certificate of competency in 1984. He sailed for
14 years (four years as a master) on various types of vessels including ro-ro
passenger ships, containerships, general cargo ships and bulk carriers. In 1987,
he was appointed as an owner’s representative to oversee building of 20 bulk
carriers in Okpo, Korea. In 1991, Vind joined the Australian Maritime Safety
Authority as a Marine Surveyor and was promoted to a Senior Marine Surveyor in
1993 in charge of day-to-day activities of the West. His responsibilities included
ship surveys, Port and flag State control inspections, PSC Auditor, OH&S
inspector, investigation of incidents, Casualty Coordinator and Examiner of
Masters and Mates.

Vind was promoted to Manager, Maritime Operations Division for the Western Region in 2008 and is
responsible for all ship safety and pollution prevention activities in line with AMSA’s mission for the
Western Region. Vind is also quality manager for the Maritime Operations Division in AMSA.
Alex Schultz-Altmann, Manager – Ship Inspections and Registration, Maritime
Operations Division, Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Alex Schultz-Altmann is the Manager of Ship Inspections and Registration

working at the AMSA Head Office in Canberra. During his 14-year career with
AMSA he has moved from the role of Port Marine Surveyor through the roles of
Senior and Principal Marine Surveyor in the cargoes and communications areas
before taking up the role of Manager, Ship Inspections and Registration in May
2010. Schultz-Altmann manages port State and flag State functions of AMSA as
well as the Registration of Ships and operational and policy requirements related
to the carriage and handling of cargoes. He is also responsible for managing the
surveyor training program, in conjunction with others in the maritime operations
division.

Schultz-Altmann started his career in the marine industry with ten years as an officer in the Royal
Australian Navy, including a four and a half year stint in submarines. He then retrained to gain his
second mate’s certificate before starting a new career as an officer in the Merchant Navy working up
to Master. Schultz-Altmann holds a Master Class One Certificate of Competency as well as a
Master’s in Business (Maritime Management) and a range of other professional and tertiary
qualifications.

Introduction to MARLU & Current Trends, Tactics & Threat Mitigation

Efforts for Maritime Piracy in the Indian Ocean
Piracy in the Indian Ocean impacts more than 2 million square miles of ocean and sea lanes, puts the
lives of seafarers in jeopardy and effects the economic interests of all nations. Maritime piracy is an
international offense that establishes universal jurisdiction. Therefore the responsibility to combat this
criminal enterprise is equally shared among vessel owners and operators, flag States and the
international community. In this presentation, the Maritime Liaison Unit (MARLU) – Pacific, will
discuss its role in building partnerships with the commercial maritime community to combat all
aspects of maritime security-related issues and will focus on Indian Ocean piracy trends, tactics and
threat mitigation efforts from the perspective of the US Navy.

LCDR Kenneth Klima, Officer in Charge, Maritime Liaison Unit – Pacific, US Navy

Lieutenant Commander Kenneth T. “Max” Klima currently serves as Officer In

Charge of the Maritime Liaison Unit – Pacific, based in Yokohama, Japan. LCDR
Klima has over 15 years of experience in naval planning and operations. This
includes assignments to Afghanistan, the UN Mission in Liberia and NATO’s
Unified Protector mission to free Libya. Klima has also served globally as part of
the US Navy, Joint and Multinational Staffs in the US, Europe, the Middle East
and now Asia. LCDR Klima holds a Master’s degree in National Security Affairs
from the US Navy’s Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California and was
recently selected for promotion to the rank of full Commander. LCDR Klima will
be permanently promoted to Commander on 1 September 2012.

Trading in US Waters: Ship Safety & Security Issues

The presentation by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) will cover:
 Unit introduction
 Review of the USCG 2011 PSC Report
 Vessel crew and USCG expectations
 US regulatory requirements
 ISPS and US security requirements
 Appeal process
 USCG jurisdiction
 Marine casualty reporting requirements
 Serious marine incidents
 Major marine casualty

LT A.J. St. Germain, Senior Marine Inspector, Assistant Chief of Inspections

Department, US Coast Guard Activities Far East, Tokyo, Japan

Lieutenant St. Germain has been with the USCG for 21 years and his
duties include survey and inspections of US-flagged ships operating in the
Asia-Pacific Region and Certificate of Compliance examinations for
foreign-flagged tankers that intend to trade in the US. Over the past 18
years, LT St. Germain has been involved in many aspects of Port State
Control and he has broad experience in marine environmental
contingency planning and marine casualty investigations.

LT St. Germain received a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the

University of New Hampshire. He has recently transferred back to Tokyo
following a tour of duty at USCG Activities Europe in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands, where his duties included flag State surveys of vessels in Africa, the Middle East
and Europe.

Reducing the Port State Detention Factor

The maritime trade industry is inherently international, thus the laws regulating international trade via
the maritime environment are international law. However, each country has the ability to require more
stringent regulations on vessels calling on their ports. Port State Control (PSC) and the impact it is
having on ships is growing. Port States in their regional groupings are becoming more organized and
professional in their approach to ship investigations, and when detentions occur, ships are ‘named
and shamed’ in public. Ships and shipping companies with a history of detentions will begin to find it
difficult to trade unhindered. Thus with the continued increased vigilance of the PSC, vessels need to
be satisfactorily maintained in accordance with regulatory requirements. This presentation will cover
the different type of port State deficiencies that were encountered, Concentrated Inspection
Campaigns (CICs) in place, trending of the type of deficiencies identified and what shipowners and
ship management companies need to do to verify that their vessels continue to trade uninterrupted.

Duncan Peart, Assistant Chief Surveyor, Greater China Division, ABS

Duncan Peart is the Assistant Chief Surveyor (ACS) for the ABS Greater
China Division. He is responsible for the day-to-day activities of Survey
department personnel and for maintaining the quality and consistency of
the survey work within the Division including verifying compliance with the
applicable ABS and statutory requirements as appropriate. Additionally,
the ACS is responsible for maintaining the Port State Control database of
detained and/or intervened ABS-classed vessels in the Greater China
Division and liaising with the MOU Regimes, as necessary, regarding
ABS-classed vessels that have been detained by the Port State
Authorities.

He has more than 35 years experience in the marine industry which has included years sailing deep
sea as a Marine Engineer, a period in the North Sea as Chief Engineer on semisubmersible oil and
gas rigs, Commissioning Engineer with Ingersol Rand Pump Division, and 20 years in classification.

Peart joined ABS in 1994 and was based in Dubai, UAE as a Field Surveyor before transferring to
Singapore in 2007 as Principal and Divisional Lead Surveyor for the Pacific Division. In 2011, Peart
transferred to Shanghai as Assistant Chief Surveyor for the Greater China Division.

Peart holds a Class I Certificate of Competency, Marine Engineer, from South Shields Marine &
Technical College and is a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineers.