Gajanan Karanjikar

Master mariner with 28 years of diversified experience in the shipping business and related operations multimodal transportation and logistics industry. Head of coastal shipping and integrated logistics at Sical Logistics limited(since November 2016), gm- quality assurance and compliance at Mercator Ltd. (July 2015 – October 2016), head of dry-docks at Mercator lines (Singapore) Ltd./ Target ship management (October 2013- May 2015), head – marine operations at Mercator Lines, Singapore (October 2010- September 2013), manager- conversion project, China at Mercator Ltd. (august 2008- May 2010), master mariner at ASP ship management Ltd.(2000 – 2006). Publication and speeches includes panel discussion member at Maritime Spectrum, MarriotMumbai for CMMI on coastal shipping and its challenges, guest speaker at IIM Indore for talk series on “leadership in dynamic environment, speaker at MBPT roundtable on coastal shipping 2017, Mumbai, speaker at maritime spectrum- on shipping, Singapore 2015, speaker at maritime potpourri on port state control 2010, speaker at nautical institute command seminar on leadership on board ship. Memberships: member of international chartered ship brokers, nautical institute, London, founder of free India, (finding and research of endangered environment. Awards: awarded runner-up for PG diploma in NMIS – with 7 state awards for excellence, awarded fellowship of NMIS,Mumbai. Professional strengths: strategic planning, technical management, business development, safety and quality, ship operation, dry-dock management, strategic partnership, logistic solutions, project management, conversion of ships, port development, port management.