Fluviofeeder Armement Operations Manager

Technical Manager - 2011 - 2015

• In consultation with the captains, manage preventive maintenance and stocks of parts and consumables.
• Management of corrective maintenance: diagnosing breakdowns, prioritising action, allocating tasks between an employed mechanic and external subcontractors, monitoring, testing and reporting.
• Planning, budgeting and monitoring of technical stoppages in dry dock or on the quayside.
• Document management and relations with the administration.

• Refurbishment and preparation of the Marfret Marivel for sale. Obtained Rhine certification, the highest level of certification on French rivers.
• Repair and study of the rudder system on the 45 m vessels to ensure the system is sustainable.
• Maintaining high availability of the fleet.
• Reduction in incident and accident rates.

Marfret Auxence, Marfret Brevon, Marfret Chatelet, Marfret Digeanne, 20 TEU capacity

optimised for container transport on the Marne. see Fiche boat

Marfret Marivel see </ignore>fiche ship

capacity 108 TEU

Marfret La Lys

capacity 54 TEU

The fluviofeeder company was developed by the maritime transport company Marfret to provide part of its feedering service on the Seine (Le Havre hinterland) and to respond to industrial projects in the Paris area.

I had the pleasure of working with the following shipyards during my assignment:

• Chantiers de la Haute Seine
• Van Pratt shipyard
• Floating dock in the port of Rouen
• Le Havre dry dock

Guillaume Vidil, then Director of Fluviofeeder Armement, now Managing Director of Marfret. gvidil@marfret.fr

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