Ernst Tschopp (C. Eng., M.SNAME, AMIMarstEST)
Senior Marine Consultant
Oberwilerstrasse 26
CH-8547 Gachnang (near Winterthur)
E-Mail  :  et-marine@bluewin.ch
Mobile  :   +41 (0) 79 232 06 32
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Service history

During 40 years E.Tschopp, the Swiss Maritime Expert , has served in the shipping industry and has worked on and dealt with many projects and topics for different owners , customers and organization. Within the scope of this homepage its impossible and not practical to list all of them. Some highlights are nevertheless listed below.
Its not the intention of this list to be used as reference but rather for the records and information . References however can be handed out upon request.

Company / Organisation

Place

Services /management rendered by ET

 

 

 

Achille Lauro Group Group

Naples / Monaco

Supporting the taking over of the remaining  Lauro  fleet into Acomarit SA  management

Acomarit   Services Maritimes SA prior to the  merger with Vships Monaco , Acomarti SA was the largest Ship Manager with captain  Giorgio  Sulser as founder and german

Geneva

Chief Engineer and technical superintendent  1973 - 1978 , instrumental in creating the technical office. Technical manager / fleet director  1988 - 2002 for  a fleet  of up to  50 Vessels of  various  types and sizes (2000  - 406'000 tdw)

Admiralty  Academy

St. Petersburg

Selecting senior Ship Personal

B.Skaugen  Shipping AS shipbroker

Oslo 

technical consultancy provided for  NB projects

Banque Paribas

Geneva and Piraeus

Assisted the  banque  (who became  mortgagee in possession) in arresting  3 tankers in Egypt  and managing the vessels later until  the vessels were  sold

Bnavi

Carrara Italy

Consulting jobs for the management of their fleet  of vessels

DEUTZ 

Kiel and branch offices in Rotterdam

Instrumental in solving severe fuel injection problems having caused internal engine damages

Enzian Shipping

Schlieren , Zürich

Providing senior staff for the group's superintendendency office

Euroceanica

Geneva  / Genova  /London

as technical manager / fleet director  of Acomarit /VShips  Switzerland handling part of  their  fleet under full management contract

Fritzen (owner Thyssen Bornemisza Group)

Emden Germany

Ship management , consulting . ET  supporting the merger between Fritzen Schiffsagentur and Suisse Outremer AG Zürich

Frontline

Norway

as technical manager / fleet director  of Acomarit /VShips  Switzerland handling part of  their  tanker and OBO fleet under full management contract

Hamburgische Landesbank

Hamburg

Ship inspection on behalf of prospective  buyer

Hanseatic Lloyd  AG

Bottighofen / Uttwil Switzerland

Providing senior staff for the group's superintendendency office

ITF  International Transport worker  Federation                                              GLOBAL MARINER

London

Global Mariner. The "Global Mariner" was a converted 160 m long cargo vessel with a clear political message against substandard shipping. ITF entrusted  Acomarit  Geneva as the vsl's manager and ET was project manager  for the technical conversion and the technical management of the vessel. Global Mariner toured around the world for 18 months

MAK

Kiel

Instrumental in solving inherent cavitations problems in MAK Diesel engine's fuel injection system

Marfret

Marseille

instrumental in Technical  management of their fleet of  vessels

Marfret Co Maritime

Marseille

Ship management , supporting technically general average  and particular average insurance  case

Massoel  SA

Geneva

Technical  Management of their  fleet of vessels (bulk carriers) ,  project  manager of various new building program in China  and Japan

Massoel S.A.

Fribourg  Switzerland

Ship Management services for their  fleet

Navigomes

Spain

instrumental in Technical  management of their fleet of  vessels (RORO , Car carriers)

NYK

Tokyo

Full Management  of  2  RORO  vessels , instrumental for the technical  management

OSEC

Osec Business Network Switzerland  , Zürich

Paper presentation "The Shipping business and its particular demands on suppliers of  machinery  , goods and systems" held in Zürich August  2004 for Swiss suppliers of marine equipment  , OSEC  working on behalf  of SECO

Osprey  Ship Management 

Bethesda  USA

coordination of taking over and into management  of  two ULCC

Petrobras  Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Management of  vessels  , Tanker Inspection

Roland Marine Inc.

New York

New building projects consulting , tankers , OBO's  , bulk carrier , Portugal , Spain ,

Schweizerisches Seeschiffahrtsamt

Basel / Bern  , Switzerland

Coordination and logistic  services in connection with New building under Swiss flag

Seascope  SA Geneva

 

as technical manager / fleet director  of Acomarit /VShips  Switzerland managing their ULCC (406'000 tdw) SS Marine Atlantic    and  SS  Marine Pacific for 6 years

Seawave Agencies Ltd

London

Ship broker  , Mr  Kousov as German

SECO

Bern

See OSEC

Setaf  Saget

 

instrumental in Technical  management of their fleet of  vessels

Setaf  Saget / Maritime Group Bourbon

Nantes

as technical manager / fleet director  of Acomarit /VShips  Switzerland handling part of  their  fleet under full management contract

SGS Society Générale de Surveillance  SA

Geneva

sea service with their former vessel   Henri G.  , later using SGS control services worldwide

Soc. Des Armateur  Suisse / Swiss Ship Owners Association

Switzerland

Member and chairman of the technical commission of the Swiss ship owner association

Society Generale  de Surveillance

Geneva  Switzerland

Sea services as engineer on their  Multi purpose vessel Henri G

Sosema  SA 

Bursinel  , Switzerland

Technical management of SS Red Seagull (ex  ESSO Tokyo  ,  400'000 tdw ) for 7 years

SOVCOMFLOT

Moscow

Assisting Management  and taking over into western flag of Sovcomflot's  former fleet  under Soviet / Russian flag

Suardiaz

Madrid

Ship management  and consultancy  to this Spanish Ship owner

Suisse Atlantique  SA

Lausanne

1st assistant engineer on bulk carrier ,  later ship inspection on their mv  Romandie on behalf of a prospective  buyer

Suisse Outremer  AG                    Thyssen Bornemisza group  owned  by the late Baron Heinrich  Thyssen von Bornemisza

Zürich

10 years as  suptd. and senior suptd. handling  tankers, OBOs , bulk carriers ,reefer vessels .Project manager  for numerous new buildings ; OBO ,bulkers ,incl super tanker Settebello built by SETENAVE Setubal

Swiss Maritime Navigation Office

Bern

As member  of  the technical committee of  the Swiss Ships Owners  association , supporting the Swiss Maritime  Navigation Office 

Swiss Maritime Navigation Office

Basel / Bern  , Switzerland

Consultancy works and services

Swiss Ship Owners  Association

Lausanne  / Renens  Switzerland

Consultancy works and services

Tanksystem SA Bulle

Bulle  Switzerland

Conducting  marketing studies for new products

Thyssen Bornemizca

Monaco , New York , Zürich etc

See Suisse Outremer AG

TORM Ship owner

Copenhagen

Ship management  and consultancy  to this Danish  Ship owner

Trollship  Geneva

Geneva

instrumental in Technical  Management of their fleet of RORO

UNICOM Ship Management Services (offspring  of  Sovcomflot , Moscow) 

Cyprus

Assisting the building up of the Shipping company  dealing  with former  Sovcomflot  ships , as allocated  for  5 years to       Acomarit  Geneva

VELA  Bahrain

Bahrain

Ship Inspection of chartered  ULCC  tankers

VShips Cyprus

 

 

VShips Glasgow

Glasgow

close  cooperation in developing management tools  for the Vships Group of companies

VShips Switzerland SA

Geneva

Full management of   a fleet of up to 50 vessels  of  any  size and type 2000 - 406'000 tdw

Wilton Fijenoord ship yard with 500'000 tdw  dry-dock

Rotterdam , Holland

ET acting as agent  for their Dry Dock services / facilities  in  Rotterdam , while engaged with Suisse Outremer

Zürich Reederei AG (MIGROS Group)

Zürich

Chief engineer  on their  general cargo vessel mv Sunamelia 

 

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Global Mariner: ITF's global campaign against substandard shipping , Acomarit SA Geneva in charge of conversion in Korea and the nautical / technical management of the

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ULCC Ultra Large Crude Carrier SS Settebello GT :152'374 , LOA : 346..24 m , DWT : 322.44 mt
New building Project Manager until near completion (pending sea trials) E.Tschopp


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