Capt. Giovanni Lucenti

At sea since 1982

I was born in 1962 in Pozzallo, a small and beautiful town on the Mediterranean coast of Sicily. I started my career in 1982 as a deck cadet and never really came ashore.

I sailed for years as an officer on tankers, then on offshore tugs supporting oil rigs, where I became Master. From 2000 I worked on dynamically positioned drilling units, the ones that stay on the well without anchors, held by computers and thrusters, and from 2009 I was in command of one.

In 2015 I founded GL Marine Surveyors and since then I have been surveying ships and cargo. I also taught navigation to the students of the nautical institute in my home town. The apps and courses on this site come from all this: they are the tools I wanted to have in my own hands, on the bridge and on the quay.

Experience

• 1984 – 1990 · Texaco Panama Inc.
  From cadet to 2nd Officer on medium-size tankers and VLCCs, worldwide: dangerous cargo handling, stability, coastal and ocean navigation.
• 1990 – 1991 · Novella, Genoa
  2nd Officer on tankers.
• 1991 – 2000 · Augusta Offshore, Naples
  Offshore tugs for rig support and anchor handling: Chief Mate for five and a half years, then Master. Italy, Egypt, Israel, Libya and Brazil.
• 2000 – 2003 · Transocean, “Deepwater Frontier”
  DPO and Ballast Control Operator on the drillship, DP class 3, in Brazil: wells in water depths from 500 to 3,000 metres.
• 2003 – 2009 · Transocean, Sedco 707 and Sedco 710
  Senior DPO and Chief Mate on the semi-submersible rigs, DP class 2.
• 2009 – 2013 · Master of the Sedco 710
  In command of the drilling unit in the Atlantic Ocean, offshore Brazil.
• Since 2015 · GL Marine Surveyors
  Founder and marine surveyor: cargo quality and quantity control, surveys of ships and goods.
• 2017 – 2018 · “Giorgio La Pira” institute, Pozzallo
  Teacher of Navigation and Logistics.

Languages: Italian, English, Portuguese.
For surveys and inspections: www.glmarinesurveyors.com