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Michael
Banning
Senior Marine Engineer - Fuel Specialist
MSc, CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEST
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Liverpool
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+44 (0)151 236 0083
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+44 7403 434 395
michael.banning@brookesbell.com
Career Summary
Michael Banning is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Marine Engineer with 20+ years’ experience working within the marine industry. His sea-going career spanned both the Royal Navy and Merchant fleets, having sailed on a variety of vessels including Warships, Very Large Crude Carriers, Liquid Natural Gas Carriers, Product Tankers, General Cargo Vessels and Ro-Ro ferries.
Background
Michael expanded his technical knowledge and expertise ashore working for a fuel additive manufacturer, holding the position of Technical Service Manager Marine and as a Technical Consultant, Fuel Specialist and Surveyor at a London based consultancy before joining Brookes Bell as Senior Marine Engineer and Fuel Specialist in 2022. Michael’s experience includes fuel analysis, product formulation and development, failure analysis, incident investigation, standardisation and specification, energy efficiency management, project management and consultancy.
Michael is an active member in ISO working groups responsible for the Classification and Specification of both traditional and alternative Marine Fuels amongst other industry technical committees. He has assisted the industry with the aim of improving overall fuel quality mitigating risks onboard being involved in the 2017 revision of ISO 8217, PAS 23263 in the run up to 2020 and the latest version of the standard in 2024. Michael has continued his committee work and has a renewed focus on in setting up the framework for the inclusion of Biofuels and Alternative Fuels onboard marine vessels in the latest version of these standards, such as the ISO standard for Methanol.
Professional Qualifications
- Chartered Engineer – Engineering Standards Council
- Chartered Marine Engineer – Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
- MCA OOW Engineer III/3 Unlimited (Motor)
- Dangerous Cargo Endorsements for Petroleum and Liquefied Gases
Academic Qualifications
- M.Sc., Engineering and Management, University of Portsmouth, UK, 2017
Professional Memberships
- British Standards Institute (BSI) – Member of Technical Committee PTI/002 Liquid Fuels
- International Organization for Standardisation – Member of Technical Committee
- TC28/SC4/WG6 – Classification and Specification of Marine Fuels
- International Organization for Standardisation – Member of Technical Committee TC
- 28/SC 4/WG 18 Specifications of Alternative Fuels for Marine Applications
- Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) – Member
- IMarEST Special Interest Group – Fuels and Emissions
- International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) – Member
- IBIA Future Fuels Working Group – Member
- Surveying and Consultancy Employment
- Senior Marine Engineer and Fuel Specialist, Brookes Bell
- Technical Consultant, Fuel Specialist and Surveyor, Exponent
- Technical Service Manager – Marine, Innospec
Sea going Employment
- Marine Engineering Officer, BP Maritime Services
- Marine Engineering Officer, Foreland Shipping
- Marine Engineering Officer, Bibby International Services (IOM) Ltd
- Marine Engineering Artificer, Royal Navy
Surveying and Consultancy Experience
- Bunker Quality Disputes
- Main and auxiliary engine failure investigations
- Shafting failures
- Opinion work on machinery failures and fuel quality issues
- Machinery repairs, inspections, assessment of costs, etc
- Engine/vessel performance assessment
Types of main and auxiliary engines:
- Sulzer
- Wärtsilä
- Win GD
- MAN
- MAN B&W
- MAK
- Caterpillar
- Deutz
- Yanmar
- Daihatsu