Capt. Farhad Patel

Capt Farhad P Patel joined Sharaf Shipping Agency (SSA www.sharafshipping.com) at Dubai in 1999 after an illustrious seafaring career spanning 12 years. Capt Farhad Patel is today one of the youngest dynamic Director in Sharaf group today, helping the organization to go to the next level despite challenging market conditions and made sure the company remains profitable and grows under his leadership.
Sharaf Shipping Agency is the leading award winning shipping house spanning across the Middle East & Indian Ocean region since 1976 serving more than 35 countries, with more than 4000 people worldwide. Farhad is an experienced Master Mariner with B.Sc. in Nautical Sciences, MBA in International Business & Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.With his proven commercial flare and dedicated focus to path breaking innovation in agency services, he has been instrumental in setting up & heading the tanker & non- liner business for the group.The award winning subjective/intuitive reporting mobile app created by Sharaf Shipping Agency is first of its kind in the agency world. Farhad is an active member of the global shipping community; he regularly speaks at various shipping conferences on array of interesting topics.