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IMarEST’s NEW PRESIDENT APPOINTED
Maurice Storey CB, MBA(Hons), CEng, FIMarEST, FRINA, MCMS, Chairman of Hatsu Marine Ltd; and Non-Executive Director of James Fisher PLC has been appointed the 103rd President of The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) taking over the presidency of the Institute from Dr Bil Loth at the Institute’s AGM today (10 March). He will serve the IMarEST in this capacity for one year.
“Maurice Storey has enjoyed an illustrious maritime career, rising from shipyard apprentice to the very highest seats of power,” explains IMarEST Director General, Keith Read CBE. “He has also been an unstinting supporter of the IMarEST both in front and behind the scenes, notably on the Technical Committee. He played a key role in helping the Institute navigate the regulatory requirements of broadening its purview from pure marine engineering to embrace science and technology. We are delighted that he has agreed to be the Institute’s President, and look forward to his stimulating and dynamic input in the coming year.
“His first task as President will be his speech before nearly 700 members and their guests at the IMarEST Annual Dinner tomorrow (11 March), when Martin Stopford, Managing Director, Clarkson Research will be the guest speaker, with the reply from The Revd Canon Bill Christianson, Secretary General, Mission to Seafarers. We will greatly value Maurice’s contributions throughout his year of office as we work towards , and indeed hold, a major event for the UK - the World Maritime Technology Conference (Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 6-10 March 2006).”
About Maurice Storey
Maurice Storey was born in 1943 and brought up in North Shields, Tyne and Wear.
He joined Swan Hunter Shipbuilders in September 1958 aged 15, trained and qualified as a Naval Architect. During that time he gained experience in the shipbuilding, repairing and operations business. He left the North East in 1967 and moved south to London and joined Shaw Savill Line as a Superintendent working on behalf of the owners looking after operational ships for that company during which time he carried out passenger liner conversions and operated a number of dry cargo and refrigerated cargo vessels.
In 1972 he joined Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, took over six of their ships ranging from 50,000 tons to 210,000 tons and then went on to build a further four ships of up to Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) size and four gas carriers. He became Technical Manager of that company before being headhunted in 1976 to join the Sea Containers Group and set up their Ship Operations Department.
In 1984, Sea Containers bought Sealink from British Rail and he became a Director of that Company and was instrumental in the reorganisation of the onboard ship operations. In 1990, Stena Line purchased Sea Containers and in addition to operating the fleet of ferries, Maurice was charged with the operation of all the company owned Ports. During this time he carried out major conversions to the Ports of Fishguard, Holyhead, Harwich and Stranraer to receive the world’s largest fast ferries.
Maurice was also a Director of the UK Chamber of Shipping and Chairman of the Chamber’s Shipping Marine Policy Committee, where he was responsible for representing the UK’s Shipping Industry with the Marine Safety Agency (now part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency) and the International Maritime Organization.
He took up his role as Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on 1 April 1998. Once taking up this post he was engaged in taking forward the challenging task of the merger and integration of the two former Agencies and their future development.
After retiring from the MCA, he was appointed Chairman Hatsu Marine Ltd (a subsidiary UK shipping company of Taiwanese Evergreen Group), and Non-Executive Director James Fisher PLC.
He also is a member of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Council and the IMarEST Technical Committee.
Maurice’s main interests are swimming, tennis, golf and walking. He is married to Linda and has a daughter and two sons.
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