Marine Engineer

BEng (Hons), MIMarEST

work Liverpool

volodymyr.petrov@brookesbell.com

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Career Summary

Curriculum Vitae

Volodymyr Petrov has more than 20 years’ experience in marine engineering, working across various vessels including tankers, FPSOs, SP Jack-ups, Containers and Car Carriers.  

His background includes a wide range of engine types, together with extensive involvement in vessel maintenance, repair, and the management of multiple drydock projects across different countries and continents. His work includes major machinery replacement such as diesel generators, boilers, and inert gas systems, as well as the installation of scrubbers and ballast water treatment systems, including additional generator installations.

Background

Throughout his career, Volodymyr has successfully overseen technical operations and ensured compliance with the highest safety and environmental standards. He has managed vessels undergoing complex inspections, including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) trials, DP trials, Port State Control (PSC), Vetting, CDI, SIRE, Flag State and both internal and external audits.

He also has experience in vessel performance monitoring and optimisation, particularly in fuel consumption systems and is proficient with a range of Planned Maintenance Systems (PMS) and gap analyses, including BASSNet, ShipNet, Titan, Danaos, One Ocean, and others.

Professional Qualifications

Class 1 Motor Certificate of Competency (Unlimited), LNG, Oil/Chemical/Product tankers

DPVM (DP Vessel maintainer) acc. to NI regulation from 2024

Internal auditor – ISM, ISPS, MLC.

Basic Offshore Safety Induction Emergency Training Course (BOSIET)

Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST)

Academic Qualifications

Specialist Diploma in Operation of Ship Power Systems

BEng Ship Power Engineering (Operation of Ship power Plants)

Professional Memberships

Member of the Institute of Marine Engineers, Science and Technology

Surveying and Consultancy Employment

As a Freelance surveyor my clients were IDWAL Marine and Sinotech Marine

Sea going Employment

Chief Engineer (1^st Ass. Engineer), ZMI Holdings (SP DP2 Jack-up barge)

Engine Room Supervisor (Chief Engineer), Bluewater Energy Services (FPSO)

Chief Engineer, Zodiac Maritime Ltd (Oil/Chemical tankers)

Chief Engineer, Sloman Neptune (Oil/Product/Chemical tankers)

1st Ass. Engineer, Grindrod Shipping/Unicorn Sipping (Oil/Product/Chemical tankers)

2nd Ass. Engineer, MOL Ship management, Columbia Ship management, Maruta Industries (Containers, Car carrier, Oil/Product/Chemical tankers)

Surveying and Consultancy Experience

• Main propulsion and auxiliary diesel engine failure investigations
• Stern tube and shafting failures
• Turbocharger failures
• Thruster and azimuth propulsion failures
• Engine and vessel performance assessments
• Bunker quality and quantity disputes
• Tanker cargo contamination, maintenance, and operational disputes
• Mooring equipment failures
• P&I insurance surveys
• Hull & Machinery (H&M) insurance surveys
• Loss of Hire (LOH) insurance surveys
• General condition inspections
• Annual inspections
• Pre-purchase inspections
• Pre-sale inspections
• Delivery and re-delivery inspection disputes
• Pre-charter vetting inspections
• Internal audits (ISM, ISPS, MLC)
• PMS gap analysis

Experience of main and auxiliary engines:

• Akasaka
• MAN
• Sulzer
• Man B&W ME-C
• Caterpillar – CAT
• MTU
• Cummins
• Daihatsu
• Mitsubishi
• MAK
• Wartsila
• Yanmar