He has over 2 decades of experience in Ship Sale & Purchase, New Building, Demolition, and Chartering. He is a Member of ICS since 2011 and was elected as a Fellow of ICS in 2017.  He is the Director of Eastgate Shipping LLC, Dubai, and helps his clients with Buying and Selling of Ships (New Building, Second-hand Ships, Demolition). He is also actively involved in Chartering.

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He extensively works with Shipowners, Investors, Traders, Demolition Cash Buyers, Charterers, Fund Houses, Banks, Shipyards, etc. He also supports them with Market Research and Analysis, Financial modeling, Ship valuations, Feasibility studies, and Consultancy.  He is active in Tankers, Bulkers, containers, LPG Tankers, and Offshore vessels. 

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He helps the ICS students in the tutorship Programme and teaches them Ship Sale and Purchase and Ship Finance. Before entering the Shipping industry, he qualified as a Mechanical Engineer and MBA from premier institutes in India.

Capt. Zarir Irani Hon. FIIMS, FICS, FNI, MBA The Chair of the Board of Directors at Constellation Marine Services, London & UAE.
Honorary Fellow & Current Board member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS)
Global Assurance committee member at Nautical Institute, UK, Past council member of Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers - UAE Branch Committee member.
MD of Constellation Cyber Consultancy winning awards:
- Seatrade & Lloyds list 2021 winner,
- OJME winner in October 2022 of technological innovation.
Capt Irani completed an “In person” MBA specializing in “Services Marketing” between the years 2005 to 2007.
Over 32 years of work experience in the Maritime insurance industry, of which 19 years as an independent surveyor having concluded 26,000 nominations as principal of Constellation Marine.

Dinesh is a Fellow of the ICS, a postgraduate in Economics, and holds an MBA degree from Leicester University. His career in shipping has spanned 26 years starting in 1994 in Bombay port with one of India's leading agencies during which he handled a variety of ships including vegoil parcel tankers, LPG tankers, general cargo, bulk, cruise, and oilfield support vessels. Since 1997 he has lived in Dubai with 11 years in ship operating and 12 years leading National Shipping Services LLC, a shipping agency company involved with varied ship types, feeders, mainline container, and iso tank line agencies, and activities in projects, forwarding, and logistics. His interests include music, sports, hiking, and long-distance adventure driving in other countries.

Working with GAC Dubai – Manager – Projects, Energy & Special Services; 28 years of Shipping & Logistics experience covering Commercial, Operations, Quality Systems (ISO9001:2015 / BSC / CRM), Regulatory Compliance (AEO). A specialist in Ocean and Road Freight with a focus on Oil & Gas, High & Heavy, ODC, Break-Bulk, RORO, Live Events, Military Cargoes, Ship-spares (un-manifested), PO Management, Customs Brokerage, CFS (Freight Centre).

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Actively associated with Industry bodies namely; 

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• NAFL -Member of the Executive Board; General Secretary & Chairman of Training Sub-committee.

• DSAA -Member of the Executive Board and DSAA Legal & Technical Committee (Dubai Shipping Agents Association).

• ICS UAE -Ex Member of Executive Committee, Ex. Secretary Finance, Ex. Training Sub-committee Head.

He has over 3 decades of experience in Liner Shipping. He is a Member of ICS since 2000 and was elected as a Fellow of ICS in 2016. He is in UAE since 1989 and worked for United Arabs Shipping Company (Container, Chemical and Bulk) for more than 26 years under various departments (Operations, Pricing, Commercial, Contracts, Management Reporting, Accounting, Treasury, Finance, Internal Audit, ERP Implementation etc.). He is presently the CEO of Hussain Al Shemsi Chartered Accountants, an audit firm in the UAE. ​He helps the ICS students as well as newcomers to the shipping industry to understand what is shipping, shipping accounts from the point of view of the agency and principal, shipping documentation and process flow, etc. He is also a consultant to many shipping and logistics companies in Indian Sub-Continent, Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, and the Mediterranean.

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He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (since 1987) and Member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (since 2000). He loves and practices the great quote from Mother Theresa “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.”

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