Team Profile

Capt. TIM COWLEY

Went to sea in 1962, serving with Blue Star Line, Ellermans and Safmarine, qualifying as Master (Foreign-going) in 1969. Gained 11 years of practical towing and salvage experience with Land and Marine and Salvage Contractors, a member of the International Salvage Union - initially as tugmaster and subsequently as Marine Superintendent then Operations Director.

After setting up a salvage and towage consultancy and broking company in London, he founded MARINT (Offshore Services) UK in January 1987 and now oversees operations as General Manager.
( Mobile Tel No. 07836 325231 )

MARTIN HUTTON

Well known in the international towage & salvage market, gaining experience initially with Lloyd's Intelligence Department before moving to Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd London in 1968. In 1971 he joined London-based brokers Samuel Stewart as Manager of their salvage and towage department.

In this capacity he was instrumental in significantly expanding the activities of the department, he left the field of towage & salvage broking after 14 years to successfully run his own retail/wholesale business. In 1991 he returned to his original chosen field by joining MARINT .
( Mobile Tel No. 07831 312888 )

GRAEME LITTLE

Joined MARINT in September 1998 - well known in the Offshore Industry, Graeme started his career with P&O, later moving to Marathon where he gained considerable experience in tanker operations. After Marathon, he spent 13 years firstly with O.I.L. and latterly with European Marine Contractors where he developed a sound base of knowledge and contacts worldwide.
( Mobile Tel No. 07887 933075 )

ANDREW HOLDER

Graduating in Oceanography/Zoology from the University of Swansea in 1988, he took a position as Money Broker with Butler, Harlow & Ueda. He remained in the City for a year before leaving the field of broking and becoming a schoolmaster for six years during which time he established himself as a respected teacher as well as concentrating on his semi-professional career as a rugby player for London Irish and Rosslyn Park.

Contacts made in this field brought him back to broking when he joined MARINT'S Towage and Salvage Department in July 1997. In addition, he is now responsible, with Graeme Little, for developing the Offshore Chartering Department internationally.
( Mobile Tel No. 07831 451555 )

Capt. CHARLES LEERAAR

Went to sea in 1973 and served with S.A. Marine Corp (Safmarine), De Beers Marine and Unicorn Lines, serving on a wide variety of vessels including VLCC's, cable-layers and salvage tugs prior to qualifying as Master (Foreign-going) in 1983. He joined the South African harbour service company Portnet in 1984, serving as Tugmaster, before being promoted to Pilot and subsequently Assistant Operations Manager.

In 1994 he joined Swansea-based West Coast Towing Co. Ltd as Operations Manager, being responsible for the efficient operating of the Company's tug fleet in harbour, coastal and international towing operations.

He joined the MARINT team in August 1999 in the Towage and Salvage Department.
( Mobile Tel No. 07836 325230 )

Miss DALIA GAMALI

Joined Marint in July 2004. Dalia graduated in Environmental Geology from London University in 1994 and started her career with Premier Oil. She then moved into processing having worked for Western Geophysical and Spectrum Energy. She took a break from the oil industry and worked for Intel during which she developed a passion for marketing/sales. She has joined Graeme Little and Andy Holder to assist in developing the Offshore Chartering Department internationally.
( Mobile Tel No. 07766 254137 )

PAUL HEATH

Graduated with BA Hons in Philosophy from York University in 2006, during which time he was also an Officer Cadet in Leeds University Officer Training Corps.  On leaving university he joined Lamnalco Nigeria  as a commercial management trainee.  Primarily based in Port Harcourt he also worked in Lagos, the United Emirates and Oman.

In October 2007 Paul joined Marint working in the Towage & Salvage and the Offshore Chartering Departments.                 (Mobile Tel No.  07824 364309)