**PLEASE NOTE THAT EDGAR MARTIN IS PRESENTLY UNDER A FULL-TIME CONTRACT AND THEREFORE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED.**
Since January 2007 Edgar Martin
has been the General Director of ICS Danube Logistics SRL (the largest
foreign investor in the Republic of Moldova) and the Port Manager of
Giurgiulesti International Free Port, Moldova's only Danube port and
only port capable of receiving both maritime and river vessels. For
details see: www.gifp.md
Edgar Martin - Central & Eastern European inland
waterways and shipping specialist
(trading as "Danube
Research")
Edgar Martin offers expertise
in issues of transport
and navigation
on the River Danube,
he has also worked extensively on neighbouring rivers, especially the Dnistr
(Dniestr / Dniester / Dnister / Nistru) and Dnepr
(Dnieper / Dnepro), and on the Black
Sea.
Edgar Martin
offers…
- An in-depth
and up-to-date knowledge of Danube
shipping matters;
- A wider
knowledge of the
ten Danube riparian states (shipping, transport, politics, culture,
business practices, history) to provide a better understanding of how to do business
and of the current situation;
- Extensive contacts
in Danube transport and navigation;
- Experience from regular trips undertaken along the length of the Danube
to be up-to-date with the situation, recent changes and contacts;
- A vast private archive
of published and unpublished materials and images;
- A non-riparian background (United Kingdom) providing a
broad, non-biased
viewpoint across all riparian states and beyond;
- A Maritime Danube present location with immediate access to Ukraine, Moldova and Romania and quick access elsewhere;
- Basic familiarity with all European rivers and canals;
- Project experience (examples): port and shipping company privatization;
Danube Commission and Danube river navigation policies; European and Russian transport
policy on the Danube; cruise
shipping itinerary planning and on-board lecturing; salvage and wreck
removal; infrastructure
investment; shipping company and shipyard assessments; feasibility studies
for new scheduled shipping services; historic vessel restoration and
export; port facilities comparative
studies (see below for example projects);
- Clients
including
Ministries of Transport; privatisation agencies; international
consulting and accounting firms; shipping companies; port authorities; towage and salvage companies; civil
engineering companies; credit reference agencies; ship and yacht
brokers; other consultancies; authors; private and individual
researchers;
- Representation
of Western European and North American companies in Danube countries;
representation of certain Danube companies worldwide;
- Ability to discuss Danube
shipping aspects and impacts
of environmental, economic, geographical, political and historical
studies; and current affairs including Danube floods / flooding, Danube
droughts, European Union enlargement and other natural and political
events;
- European(EC-funded)
project experience - as a group / project leader, subcontractor and as
a member of a project partner’s team; some FIDIC experience;
- A solid research background: academic qualitative research
since 1997; focus on business research and consultancy since
2001;
- 14 years
experience on the Danube; 18 years experience in worldwide
shipping;
- Km-by-km familiarity with the Danube and its ports, navigational features,
towns and villages;
- Good media links and regular appearances in both
international and specialist press;
(left)
Edgar Martin with the then President of Romania, His Excellency Emil
Constantinescu, discussing the impact of the NATO bombing of the Danube
(middle)
Edgar Martin live on
BBC World television discussing opportunities for Danube transport in
new member states of the European Union
(right)
Edgar Martin’s
visit to the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP / UDASCO) in Izmail
(Izmayil) makes front page news
Example
Danube projects involved with:
- Mahart Hungarian Shipping Company assessment (Hungary)
- Novi Sad bridge debris clearance (Yugoslavia)
- Rostok
wreck removal (Romania)
- Bystroe / Bistroye Channel assessment (Ukraine)
- Calafat - Vidin bridge construction (Romania and Bulgaria)
- Budapest Csepel Freeport privatization (Hungary)
- Bulgarian River Shipping Company, Rousse (BRP)
privatization (Bulgaria)
- Sulina Channel rehabilitation (Romania)
- Serbian Danube investment priorities (Serbia)
- Giurgiulesti / Jurjuleshty port development (Moldova / Moldavia)
- Mainromline container shipping service development (Romania)
- SLKB Komárno / Komarno shipyard assessment
(Slovakia)
- Libertatea
/ Nahlin
yacht export and restoration (Romania)
- Port of Vukovar redevelopment (Croatia)
- Grain transport capabilities on the Dnepr and Danube (Ukraine)
- via donau Danube e-news (Austria)
- Novi Sad navigation (Serbia & Montenegro)
- Navrom Galati barges wreck removal (Romania)
- via donau Danube Ports Manual (all riparian states)
- Impact of NATO 1999 bombing on Danube ports (all riparian
states)
- Involvement of non-riparian states in Danube navigation
(all riparian states)
- History of the Commissions of the River Danube 1856 to the
present day (all riparian states)
- Danube bridges analysis (most riparian states)
- Danube shipyards analysis (most riparian states)
- Danube vessel salvage (most riparian states)
- Danube shipwreck analysis (most riparian states)
- On-board Danube cruise ships, postgraduate &
undergraduate
university and professional lecturing (most riparian states &
beyond)
- Upper and Middle Danube passenger shipping study (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,
Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro)
- Lower Danube / Black Sea passenger shipping study
(Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine).
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons)
Maritime Business with Maritime History (Institute of Marine Studies,
University of Plymouth); PhD
"The involvement of non-riparian states with the continuing development
of Danube navigation and transport" [underway] (Transport Research
Institute, Napier University)
Past employment:
Maritime
Transport Research; Brittany Ferries; S.N.A.T. / Railfreight
Distribution; Associated British Ports; British Waterways
Membership: IVR (European inland vessel registry and representation); PIANC
(International Navigation Association); PYNDA (Plymouth Nautical
Degrees Association); IAME (International Association of Maritime
Economists)
Trading as "Danube
Research" since 1997.
Edgar
Martin news page: selected River Danube-related conference
presentations, media appearances and public domain work
SEE MESSAGE ABOVE - NOT AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTANCY WORK
Contact: Edgar Martin
E-mail: edgar [at] danube-research [dot] com
If contacting via email please use a
clear and relevant subject to avoid the message being lost in the spam
filter, thanks for your understanding.
Tel. +44 207 871 4100
Fax: +44 870 094 0316
Web: www.danube-research.com
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