Rachid Lamane

Professional timeline

Sea-going engineering first, shore-based impact now. Scope follows the resume — no quantified claims beyond it.

1. 2024 – Present

   Safety and Sustainability Superintendent

   AML / Stena Line — Tangier

   • Support implementation and continuous improvement of Safety Management Systems (ISM, ISPS, MLC) through audits, inspections and drills, in coordination with the Designated Person Ashore (DPA).
   • Manage environmental compliance: SEEMP implementation, CII performance monitoring and corrective action planning to maintain or improve vessel efficiency ratings.
   • Oversee emissions monitoring and regulatory reporting under IMO DCS, EU MRV, EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime.
   • Authorised representative in the EU Union Registry — manage the company holding account under Spain's RENADE, covering EU ETS compliance, EUA transactions and annual allowance surrendering.
   • Member of the Energy Efficiency Project Steering Team: fleet decarbonization and operational performance work with onboard crews and technical, commercial and financial teams — CII improvement, SEEMP fuel-consumption reduction, operational efficiency, hull and propeller condition, anti-fouling considerations, resistance reduction, energy-saving measures and alternative/green fuels.
   • Coordinate inspections and verifications with flag states, classification societies, port state control and independent verifiers; represent the company during external audits.
   • Deliver safety leadership and environmental compliance training to seafarers and shore staff; prepare HSEQ reports and support fleet decarbonization initiatives.
2. Mar 2024 – Sep 2024

   Fleet Controller

   Eurostar — Brussels

   • Coordinated daily fleet allocation and maintenance planning to ensure trainset availability and operational coverage for the commercial transport plan (D to D+7).
   • Monitored fleet performance and out-of-service units, keeping continuous coordination with maintenance centres to optimise fleet balance and return assets to service on time.
   • Implemented and adapted planned maintenance programmes, supported daily assignment planning and prepared operational derogations balancing transport performance with safety compliance.
3. Feb 2023 – Jun 2023

   Consultant

   Maritime Campus Antwerp — Antwerp

   • Analysed collaboration dynamics among key stakeholders in Belgium's maritime innovation ecosystem — ports, shipping companies, research institutions and government bodies — using combined quantitative and qualitative research.
   • Identified structural pitfalls, weaknesses and pain points affecting stakeholder collaboration and innovation performance.
   • Ran stakeholder interviews and survey-based data collection and translated findings into practical recommendations to strengthen ecosystem-wide innovation outcomes.
4. Oct 2017 – Mar 2018

   LNG Project Assistant

   Exmar Shipmanagement — Antwerp

   • Supported the Project Manager and Technical Superintendent on the conversion of an LNG carrier into a stationary unit for ship-to-ship LNG cargo transfer between shuttle carriers and receiving vessels.
   • Contributed to retrofitting of the propulsion system, main engine and safety systems, including winterization measures for year-round stationary operation in an extreme cold-climate location.
   • Reviewed system and machinery manuals to support engineering assessments and alignment with applicable regulations.
   • Tracked drydock / punch-list items and coordinated between shipyard, Master, Chief Engineer, suppliers, vendors and manufacturers to keep the conversion on schedule.
5. 2013 – 2023

   Marine Engineer

   Excelerate Technical Management / Exmar Shipmanagement — LNG / FSRU

   • Operated and maintained propulsion and auxiliary machinery on large marine plants: steam turbines, generators, boilers, pumps, compressors, purifiers, motors, fans, valves, heat exchangers and associated piping and utility systems.
   • Planned and executed preventive, planned, condition-based and corrective maintenance through computerised Planned Maintenance Systems — inspections, troubleshooting, overhauls, component replacement, testing and return to service.
   • Stood control-room and engine-room watches: process monitoring, alarm response, setpoint adjustment and stable plant operation within safety and performance limits.
   • Handled bunkering and waste streams under international rules; applied permit-to-work, lock-out/tag-out, risk assessment and toolbox-talk discipline; prepared technical reports and maintenance records.
   • Managed the full spare-parts cycle — demand forecasting, stock optimisation, supplier sourcing, price negotiation, purchase orders and goods receipt — with OEM and vendor coordination.

Scope of work

Built at sea and ashore, tested in audits and verifications.

Maritime experience, learning the data layer

Ten years of machinery, fuel and compliance data — now building the tools to analyse it better. An honest label: Python, data and AI are actively developing capabilities, not software-engineering roles.

Why this matters at sea and ashore: noon reports, MRV/DCS datasets, CII curves and SEEMP measures are data problems as much as engineering ones. The goal is practical — cleaner inputs, clearer analysis, better ship-shore decisions.

Learning in public

The profile is an ongoing learning portfolio combining maritime expertise with sustainability, decarbonization, energy efficiency, data-driven decision making, digital transformation, Python and AI. Tutorials and forks are labelled as such — not client work.

A maritime route into climate work

Not activism in general — the ship-specific side of the energy transition, where an engine-room background is an advantage.