The team of MARCARE®
THE MARCARE-TEAM
The MARCARE®-Management
is handled by a highly experienced leadership, being well aware of the scope
of ships’ and ports’ security based on the know-how of seamen with
extraordinary qualifications as approved auditors by the GL (Germanischer
Lloyd) at Hamburg, Det Norske Veritas at Oslo and the Maritime College at
Warsash/Southampton, respectively by a long termed cooperation with the
Authorities as managers or instructors.
Chief Eng. Bernhard Loerts
joined the merchant marine after having gone through
his apprenticeship as agricultural machinery mechanist and subsequently kept
on advancing his educations as chief engineer on several merchant vessels.
Later on he worked in the maritime supply sector as operations manager.
Afterwards he achieved his qualifications as Auditor / Lead Auditor with Det
Norske Veritas at Oslo. Since January 1999 he has been working for Messrs.
MARCARE GmbH and took over the management in July 2007.
Capt. Andreas R. Schepers
opened MCC in 2008 to provide expertise in
maritime management to shipping companies (owners and operators). Born in
1968, he partly grew up on his father’s coaster. Later graduating as master
mariner, he served as Captain and developed maritime management systems well
before the ISM Code came into force. Capt. Schepers then worked several
years in shipping companies as superintendent and DP. He implemented the
ISPS Code in a 40-vessel-fleet trading into the USA. In 2008 he founded the
company MCC at Haren/Ems. On January 1st, 2010, Mr Schepers merged with the
well-established company MARCARE, running the branch at Haren/Ems.
Capt. Siegfried Ottinger
is a Master Mariner and was leading vessels worldwide
before he settled as harbour master at Lomé/Togo in West Africa. During
those 25 years at Lomé he represented important classification societies and
P&I Clubs as auditor. For his personal engagement in several development aid
projects of West Africa in 1987 he obtained the Federal Cross of Merit. In
October 1995 he graduated as Assessor / Lead Assessor at the Maritime
College at Warsash/Southampton. In July 1998 he became managing director of
Messrs. MARCARE.
Mrs Ingrid Wheeler is tradeswoman for wholesale, a. o. with a long termed overseas working
experience including US personnel and forwarding
agency matters. Since April 2003 she has been working with MARCARE as a
secretary and additionally supports the inspection coordination, whenever
needed. She carries out all German and English company correspondence with
national and international business partners.
Mrs Gitta Hanegraaf
is a graduated foreign language correspondent clerk since
July 1985, obtaining her knowledge amongst others working for six years in
the marketing-/ export sector of a big frozen fish company with
international activities, as well as working and living abroad. In January
1999 she joined MARCARE to organize and coordinate the various kinds of
safety inspections on behalf of the Flag State of Antigua and Barbuda, W.I.
(ADOMS IID) and to recruit new inspectors, when needed.
Mrs Ute Brettschneider
re-skilled to an office clerk and became MARCARE
employee in April 2006, assisting the whole team in all different scopes and
matters.
Mr Christian Stritz
is a graduated industrial engineer for shipping company logistics. After his
basic military service in the German navy and his studies he joined the
MARCARE-Team in 2008 to mainly focus on the quality management system. His
scope of duties comprises the consultancy, implementation of safety
management plans and systems, as well as the ship specific MARS-programs.
Mrs Heike Klaas
is industrial business management clerk. For many years
she worked as a secretary and in the processing of important industrial
enterprises. Since the beginning of 2010 she is employed with the
MARCARE-branch at Haren/Ems to execute the daily office work and assist in
the customer’s service as well as in the preparation of audits.
Christoph Sawert
is a graduated industrial engineer for shipping company logistics and made
experience as a nautical superintendent of a shipping company for several
years. His responsibility comprised the quality and environmental
management. Beginning of November 2010 he joined MARCARE-branch, Haren/Ems,
to care about diverse shipping companies as well as to prepare and carry out
audits in Germany and abroad.
Capt. Wolfgang Dittmar
was engaged as a director in the technical management / administration of a
worldwide acting container and shipping company for many years, after he had
become a master mariner. Obtaining a large variety of experience in several
companies, he has been working part time with MARCARE as a casualty
investigator for years.
Mrs Deike Beeck has been working as assistant tax consultant for many years since she joined
MARCARE in 1998. She is responsible for all financial matters, as well as
taxes and wages.
Frauke Koopmann
has been working as assistant tax consultant for many
years and supports the MARCARE accounting on a part time basis.
