Ch.Eng SAPTARSHI BASU

Ch.Engr Saptarshi Basu is a carrier superintendent. Graduated from premier government institute DMET/MERI now called IMU-Kolkata campus. Marine Engineer, Naval Architect and Structural with 25 years of experience in Design Engineering services like ship building, conversion projects including dredgers, tugs, Marine engineering,

offshore engineering, structural engineering, civil construction, projects execution with complete life cycle management from project conception, bankable DPR, design, fabrication, erection, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance and occasionally decommissioning and scrapping/recycling.

EDUCATION 

Degree Institute MEO Class 1 and Extra First-Class Part-A Directorate general of shipping PGDNA Naval architecture Mumbai University M.B.A.Shipping Logistics Management AMET Chennai, TNOU Saidapet.

 B.TECH in Marine Engineering Indian maritime University, Kolkata Campus Certificate and executive course in strategic management IIM Khozikode TECHNICALSKILLSET Insurance and quality Auditor/Surveyor Specialist in detecting and annulling the maritime insurance frauds worked with underwriters Class A surveyors as resource person, internal auditor, vetting inspection and TMSA preparation coach. 

Diving supervisor Consultant supervisors for diving companies on dredging, ship repairs, salvage and wreck removal process.

Chief engineer Sailed as Chief Engineer on all types of vessels in both the mainfleet and the off-shore field Site supervision Technical superintendence

Drydocking

Setting of site office, team management, onsite visits guidance and trouble shooting. Complete vessel management suite including annual budgeting, ship inspections, pre-purchase and take over and hand over reports surveys and certifications and repairs and PMS management Design and erection and construction of drydocks          (Graving docks) with drydock management with repair planning, budgeting and execution and docking , undocking as well as          warfage repairs. 

Conceptual design Design spiral from basic fundamental specification, to full and final detailed design and engineering Professional engineer Certification of final detailed design, fabrication design and as built design Author Has written books on various maritime and geo political issues. 

Recent activities

Served astechnical head and DPA as well as CSO of three companies quadrant maritime, Nautilus shipping, SSRshipping, Bapu shipping, algayasexports 

 Developed the entire documentation system 3 to 4 layered, manuals company as well as vessel, forms and checklists as well as vessel type specific manuals, got DOC, DDOC audits done, initial, intermediate, renewal. 

Worked with prestigious clients like Adani ports and SEZ, friends group for floating cranes, Oil miners and exporters in Nigeria, Kandla port, Jindal ITF.

 Participated as chief consultant in first in India underwater salvage operation for oil recovery and removal from sunken wreck at Mangalore under Bansal endeavors and Burhani steels. 

Was involved in floating repairs of critical operation such as main hydraulic cylinder failures of split barge, floating extraction of propeller shaft and rudder assembly and renewal of stern bush, laser alignment of gear box and transmission.

Conversion of propeller from open rounded edge propeller to kort nozzle propeller, conversion of propeller system to jet propulsion system.

 Undertook diving operation forunderwaterpolishingofthehullandpropeller,underwaterweldingofthehingepinsupport andbracketofthesplitbargemainhydrauliccylinder.  Floatingcofferdamingofseachestsandchangingoftheleakingsea chestsvalve,intermediateruptured andleakingseawater pipelineswith intermediatevalvesetc.  Dockingandundockingspecialistsofvesselsaswellaslay-upcommissioning.  Adviserstowreck removalcompaniesforunderwaterobstructionsandsunken vesselsofferinginnovativesolutions.  Installation ofcaptivepowerplant,superstructurecomposite andsteelandutilisation ofrecycledsteelforfabrication and vesselbuildingetc.