Company
Cornerstones of my freelance work
Opening of the engineering office in Kamp-Lintfort (north of Düsseldorf) in early 2006
Worldwide expert work with a focus on damages of diesel and gas engines and vessel’s hull damages
Opening of a contact office near Kiel in summer of 2009
Since 2010 by the Niederrhein CCI publicly appointed and sworn-in Expert for vessel’s engine damages
Since 2019 additionally by the Niederrhein CCI publicly appointed and sworn-in Expert for damages and the valuation of gas engines
Services
Documentation of engine and vessel damages and conducting respective investigations and assessments
Documentation of damages of machinery installations, e. g. steam boilers, couplings and oil-filter-units and conducting respective investigations and assessments
Condition Surveys of engine plants and vessels/motor yachts
Reports for a client, a court and arbitration opinion to the abovementioned topics
Audits of Management-Systems (First- and Second-Party-Audits), e. g. Quality-, Safety- and Environmental- Management-Systems according to the standards ISO 9001-, 14001-, 50001-series, the ISM- and the ISPS-Code as well as the MLC 2006
Project Management e. g. for complex repair projects or development projects
We are happy to support you with our partners
• Captain Wilfried Wolf, Hamburg, in case of nautical and cargo damages, On-/Off-Hire-Surveys or Bunker-Surveys and
• Mr. Uwe Baykowski, Kiel, in case of damages and valuation of yachts
Presentations on technical topics e.g. within your inhouse training
Achieved so far:
Clients
Processed Orders
Hours Of Support
References
Experience
Several years of service as a Chief Engineer on board of vessels of the Federal German Navy (German License CI)
Evaluation of engine damages and assessment of parts and components
Systematic analysis of engine damages
Settlement of damages
Project Management for engine overhaul and respective repairs
Development/Establishment of repair procedures
Technical assessment/condition surveys of vessels/yachts in operation as well as of propulsion plants, electric power plants and engine plants
Testing and acceptance of parts and components for machinery installations
Fleet-Management of vessels
Specification of vessels to be built and supervision of newbuildings
Audits of Management-Systems and establishment of a certified Quality-Management-System
Interim-Management
Lecturer in ship engines at the Technical University of Berlin
Gallery
Pictures from my everyday professional life
Links
Memberships
German Maritime Arbitration Association, Hamburg,
www.gmaa.deSchiedsgericht der Schifferbörse zu Duisburg e.V.,
www.schifferboerse.orgSchiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e. V. (STG),
www.stg-online.orgCooperations
Kapitän Wilfried Wolf, Hamburg,
www.nautbureau.deHerr Uwe Baykowski, Kiel,
www.yacht-survey.deTES - Technischen Experten & Sachverständige, Hannover,
www.tes-online.orgContact
Dr.-Ing. Dirk Postel
Consulting Marine Engineer and Surveyor
by the Niederrhein CCI publicly appointed and sworn-in Expert for vessel’s engine damages as well as for damages and the valuation of gas engines
Address
Dr.-Ing. Dirk Postel
Bruchstraße 57c
47475 Kamp-Lintfort
Germany