Features: - Tanker Operator

INDUSTRY - INTERTANKO PROFILE
Intertanko’s new
chairman sets the
agenda
Intertanko introduced its new chairman last month
– Teekay Marine Services president Capt Graham Westgarth.
In a wide ranging discussion,
Westgarth said that he is a champion
of ‘promoting best practices and
competence schemes’, citing as an
example - Tanker Officers Training Standard
(TOTS) - introduced by the association
last year.
He outlined three priorities to be addressed
during his chairmanship of the organisation.
1) To profile the tanker industry in a
proactive manner.
2) To educate the general public in tanker
operations.
3) To promote the services offered by
Intertanko.
“We need to be progressive and proactive,” he
said. “The industry needs to speak as one as
different points of view offered up by the
same industry are not helpful.”
Also sharing information among the
membership was another vital service that
the association should continue to promote,
he said.
His 12 years spent with Maersk was the
“best grounding”, he said. Down the years
with Maersk and Teekay, Westgarth said
that he had gained a “round knowledge of
the industry.”
The challenges were of a “significant
operational perspective,” he thought. “I
believe in co-operation and collaboration.
We need to be solution focused on what we
can do positively in technical, safety,
environment, human, operational terms and
find mutually accepted pragmatic solutions
by interfacing with stakeholders.”
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Capt Graham Westgarth
- a potted biography
Intertanko chairman Graham Westgarth has
accumulated some 38 years experience in the
shipping industry, including 17 years spent at
sea, including five years with command
experience.
He joined Teekay in 1999 and prior to this spent 12 years with
the Maersk Company heading up its UK fleet. During his spell
with Maersk, he established and became general manager of AP
Moller-Maersk’s FPSO operations in the North Sea.
During his time with Teekay, in 2006 Westgarth relocated to
Norway for eight months following the company’s acquisition of
Petrojarl and as an interim CEO, successfully led the company and
integrated it into Teekay.
In August 2007, he returned to Vancouver and resumed his
position as president of Teekay Marine Services.
Today, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the
Teekay fleet, involving 165 vessels and almost 5,000 multidisciplined
sea and shore staff. His mandate includes
newbuildings, conversions, repair and maintenance, manning and
training, procurement, marine and last not least – HSEQ.
During his career, Westgarth has held several positions at board
level and has also found the time to complete the Columbia
Business School Senior Executive Development Programme.
He has served as an Intertanko council member for nine years
and joined the executive committee in 2006. He was elected vice
chairman in May 2009.
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TANKEROperator November/December 2009