PBX: (502) 7948-3661
(502) 7947-5157
FAX: (502) 7945-3129
gerencia@ams-usa.com
amsimport@ams-usa.com


LUIS A. MONCADA A.
Marine Merchant Captain, Harbor Pilot, Marine Surveyor Professional
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, HN
Plaza Marinakys, 5 y 6 Calle, 3Ave. Bo. Centro,
Puerto Cortes, Honduras. CA
PBX: (504) 9941636
Email: aviscortes@hotmail.com
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, GT
Guatemala, Guatemala. CA
PBX: (502) 7948-3661 - 7945-3612
Cell: (502) 54040286 – 5507-4382
gerencia@ams-usa.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Marine Merchant Captain, Harbor Pilot, and Marine Surveyor CMS, with over 20 years of an extensive domestic and International professional career experience. Being a certified professional recognized by several international societies, has demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of a successful maritime career, and an extensive knowledge of the Surveyors Trade, resulting in a strong experience in The Maritime Industry and Marine Surveying, dedicated to the highest ethical and technical standards. Additional abilities include, excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, superior customer service expertise, good written and oral communications skills, and demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
COMPANY GROUP PROFILE
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, GT
Guatemala, Guatemala. CA
Email: gerencia@ams-usa.com
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, HN
Puerto Cortes, Honduras. CA
Email: catram@globalner.hn
Since it’s founding in 1985, AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers Consultants Inc., has become one of the leading maritime company in the region. We offer our customers a high level of integrated transportation services, while maintaining the highest standards for safety and quality of services.
Since it’s inception in 1990, AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, GT, we have continuously striven to become a premier Marine Surveyors and Marine Inspections group company. We are currently one of the top 5 Central America and one of the top 10 Surveyor and Inspectors Company in the Latin American industry with various types of services.
Our heritage of customer service excellence proudly continues. Our group company has expanded container service to reach different markets. Other exciting accomplishments include: expansion of inland services, improved Regional Customer Service Center; and soon to be, electronic service on the Web, sailing schedules, rate request, online booking, cargo tracking & tracing and Internet B/L service etc.
After all, our philosophy is simple: AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers Consultants Inc. and our business partners in Guatemala and Honduras are proactive in meeting customer demands and dedicated to customer satisfaction with the work team who, customer-oriented and committed to high business ethics, are constantly pursuing the innovation and service expansion for the benefit of customers. Our continued success ensured, we embrace the vision to become the most competent Marine Surveyors and Marine Inspections Company in the area by the year 2005.
ABILILITIES – ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Bow Troster Inspections Bunker Condition Survey Cargo Survey and Condition evaluation Certification of weigh on Scales Containers condition evaluation Container Cargo Inspection Damage Report Direction and Supervision of Dredgings operations Draft Survey Report Dredging Studies and Dredges Dredging Studies and Topographic Surveying Docks & Wharfs, Marinas, and Marine machinery Evaluation of amount and condition of cargo Advisory in the Master Plan Ports elaboration Petroleum Surveys Marine & Petroleum Surveys Mass Flow Meters Calibration Barge and Tank Calibration Crane Test Bathimetric Survey Marine Appraisals Calibration for Seraphins, Meters OPIP Consultant |
Hull Survey, including corrode and cathodic protection Hull Inspection, Rudder and Propeller Inspection and Appraises of Cargo Inspection and Appraise of Tugboats Marine claims investigation, evaluation & reports New & Used vessels Survey for Condition & Value On Hire Bunker Survey Off Hire Bunker Survey Rescue Operations Tonnage measurement Car Carrier Inspection Supervision Q&Q Tank Calibration, Inspection & Repair Yacht Insurance Advisory Yacht Inspection Types of Meter for Calibration Inspection of Mooring Facilities Bollard Pull Test Trials Mooring Testing Commodity Services ISPS/ISM consulting implementation Molasses full survey Vegoil full survey |
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Surveyor (CMS), ACMS (The Association of Certified Marine Surveyors, Inc.), USA.
NAMS Certified Marine Surveyor, (NAMS-CMS) (The National Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMS) USA.
MASTER MARINE SURVEYOR (MMS), US SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION, USA.
IMO Certified Vessels Inspector, IMO, International Maritime Organization, a UN organization, London, England.
IICL Container Certified Inspector, IICL, Institute of International Container Lessors, New York, USA.
AMC – Accredited Marine Surveyor, SAMS – The Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors, Inc., Jacksonville, FL USA.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
ACMS (The Association of Certified Marine Surveyors, Inc.) West Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA.
NAMS-CMS (The National Association of Marine Surveyors, Inc.) Chesapeake, Virginia, USA.
MMS (US Surveyors Association), Ft. Myers, Florida, USA.
FIATA “International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations”, Zurich, Switzerland.
IICL “Institute Of International Container Lessors” South Briarcliff Manor, New York, 10510 USA.
“Guatemalan Sailors Association” Member and Founder. Guatemala City, Guatemala. “Asociación de Navieros de Guatemala” Guatemala, Guatemala. Miembro y Fundador.
“Latin American International Maritime Law Association” Member. “Asociación Latinoamericana de Derecho Internacional”.
“The Maritime Law Association of the United States (MLA)” Member, New York, NY
Guatemalan Representative to The OEA, Organization of American States “CIP” Interamerican Ports Committee’s general convention. Guatemala, Guatemala.
American Maritime Safety, Inc. (AMS) White Plains, New York. USA
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, IMAREST. London, England
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). The Hague, The Netherlands
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P). Linthicum Heights, Maryland. USA
The Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors, (SAMS). Jacksonville, FL. USA
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc., (NCBFAA) – Nation’s leading freight forwarders, custom brokers, NVOCCs and air cargo agents. Washington, DC. USA
The Cornell Group, Inc. Representative in Guatemala.
The Olko Engineering, representative in Guatemala.
Member of the Lloyd’s Register Fairplay
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Diploma in Marine Surveying. Provided by The Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and accredited by the National Sea Training Centre.
Program Modules:
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The Maritime Industry and Marine Surveying Marine Survey Practice Effective Writing and Reporting Naval Architecture for Surveyors Marine Surveying Law Marine Surveying Insurance Marine Incident Investigation Safety Surveys |
Hull and Structural Surveys Fundamentals of Marine Engineering Surveys Non-Liquid Cargo Surveys Liquid Cargo Surveys Small Craft Marine Environmental Surveying Marine Engineering Surveys International Safety Management |
The Handling of Hazardous Bulk Liquid Substances in Port, International Maritime Academy (IMA), Trieste, Italy.
Marine Accident Investigation Procedures, International Maritime Academy (IMA), Trieste, Italy.
Logisitc and Safety of the Transports, International Maritime Academy (IMA), Trieste, Italy.
Master courses in Maritime Transport and Insurance, International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (I.O.P.C.) of London, England,
Survey and survey practices, The World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo, Sweden.
Tanker safety and pollution prevention, The World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo, Sweden.
“The Shipping Law and The International Law of the Sea Post-Graduate Program”, The IMO International Maritime Law Institute, (University of Malta Campus), Tal-Qrogg, Msida, Malta.
Program Modules:
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Ships and Shipping Public International Law International Institutions Introduction to Shipping Law |
International Law of the Sea International Marine Environmental Law Shipping Law Maritime Legislation |
Chassis Inspection, IICL “Institute Of International Container Lessors” South Briarcliff Manor, New York, 10510 USA.
Refrigerated Container Inspection and Repair, IICL “Institute Of International Container Lessors” South Briarcliff Manor, New York. USA
“International Maritime Law”, Rafael Landivar University School of International Studies, Guatemala City, Guatemala. CA
“Oceanographic and Dredging Studies” Coastal Oceanographic, Inc., Veracruz, Mexico. CA
“The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. OMI, International Maritime Organization. London, England.
Post-Graduate Program of Master Business Administration. Regent University, Virginia, VA. USASpecialization Program in International Port and Transport Management. ATAS, Traimar Association of South America. ILO (International Labour Office) PDP (Portworker Development Programme).
“Containers Refrigeration Systems CRR-40” Training. Thermo King, Inc., Kansas City, KS. USA
Participated in the First Seminar-Shop of “Standardization on Procedures of Calibration” and also for “Inspections and Supervision of Maritimes Aspects” in Panama City, CA.
Course of Auditor of Protection of the Port Facilities from IMO.
I Study Foundations and Interpretation of the Norma ISO 9001:2000
Course of Auditor of Protection of the Port Facilities (APIP) code PBIP
Course of Port Security for Countries of the Central American Area
Course of Norm ISO 17020 implementation.
Course of OPIP
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Spanish, and English
PROFESSIONAL WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Marítimas MONSAN, S.A., Guatemala, Guatemala. CA
Marítimas MONSAN, S.A. is a main Shipping, Import, Export, World Wide Logistics, Freight Forwarding, Marine Surveyors and Marine Inspections Company, since 1985, doing business in Central and South America, United States, Canada and The Caribbean.
MONSAN Maritimes, Inc., Miami, FL USA
MONSAN Maritimes, Inc. is a main Shipping, Import, Export, World Wide Logistics, Freight Forwarding, Marine Surveyors and Marine Inspections Company, since 1990, doing business in the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers, Consultants, Guatemala, Guatemala. CA
As a division of AMERICAN MARINE SURVEYORS & APPRAISERS CONSULTANTS INC., AMS is a mayor marine surveyor and appraiser company specialized in Marine Environmental and Engineering Surveying & Appraisers.
AMS operates in Central and South America, the Caribbean.
AMS, American Marine Surveyors & Appraisers Consultants Inc.
AMS is a mayor marine surveyor and appraiser company specialize in Marine Environmental and Engineering Surveying & Appraisers.
Central, South America, and the Caribbean.
President and General Manager.
As the President and General Manager of our group company, I always be working in a team conjunction, towards providing services specially designed and suited to give YOU, our valued customer, quick, simple and convenient functions to help save you time and money.
Inspections
Authorized General Inspection and Certification of Containers and Cargo for the following Shipping and Import – Export Companies. These tasks are performed en conjunction with authorized CUSTOMS and SAIA (Guatemalan Anti Drugs Enforcement Administration) personnel.
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Almacenes Siman Agrocaribe AIMAR Bimagua - Kalea Boss Shipping Caniz Nuevos Almacenes, CEMACO C.P.S Crowley Liner Services, Inc Dacotrans Panamericana Dist. Alcazaren Industria Licorera de Guatemala P&O Nedlloyds Gas del Pacífico ADM Terpac APL/AIMAR Maersk Line MULTIPERFILES |
Distribuidora Garesa DIDEA Henkel Hermes International La Curacao Leader Freight Nestle Guatemala Lab. Menarini Schenker Sears RadioVision Coprodosa-Whirpool Continental Motors EXPOGRANEL ADM Terminal de Granos EVERSEAS Chiquita Logistic Services / GWF UPS Aceros Suarez |
We certify and inspect the ships of LPG and Combustibles so much on board as in the plant.
Also we Certify and Inspect the ships of Corn cargo on board by Draft Survey to ADM in Guatemala.
We certify and inspect the CTI from Belgium vessels with fertilizer vessels cargo in Guateamala.
We are the fertilizer inspectors in Guatemala for Phosagro-Moscow of Russia.
Empresa Portuaria Nacional – Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala, C.A.
General Inspector for the “Autoridad Marítima de Panamá, IMD94” “Panama Maritime Authority”. Panama, CA
Empresa Portuaria Nacional, Guatemala. CA
Maritime Ship Main Captain and Sr. Harbor Pilot, maneuvering ships of all types and tons of weight, working at the ports of Santo Tomas de Castilla, Puerto Barrios, and Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, CA, and Cartagena, Colombia. SA
Arrival end entrance’s Guidance System Installation for The Channel Access of the ports of Santo Tomas de Castilla and Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. CA
As a Sr. Harbor Pilot worked for over 20 years for The National Port Authority (Empresa Portuaria Nacional) in Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala. CA
Private Consultant
Consultant Supervisor during the Dredging Study & Actual Dredging of the Access Channel of the ports of Santo Tomas de Castilla and Puerto Barrios. Guatemala. CA.
Work was performed by “Ballast Nedam Dredging Co.” of Holland. 1993 – 1994.
Managed to a successful completion the Dredging Study & Actual Dredging of the “Amatique Bay Hotel & Resort” in Puerto Barrios Izabal. Guatemala. CA
Managed to a successful completion the Salvage in the Caribbean Sea, of the ships “ELLA” and “SCHAKENBORG”.
Marine Consult of the american company Nathas in the study of the Master Plan of the port Quetzal-Guatemala.
Marine Consult of the american company The Cornell Group, Inc, in the study of the Proposal Technique of the project of Modernization of the Port Cortes - Honduras
Cobigua
Working for Cobigua Co., Independent Banana Corporation of Guatemala, managed to a successful completion the Dredging Study & Actual Dredging of the Puerto Barrios’s port piers. Puerto Barrios. Guatemala. CA
CONAMA
Managed to a successful completion the Dredging Study of “Rio Dulce” for “CONAMA”, Guatemalan National Commission of the Environment. Guatemala. CA.
Basic Resources International Co., Bahamas
Working for the “Basic Resources International Co.” of Bahamas, managed to a successful completion the Dredging Study of the Puerto Barrios’s port piers. Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. CA
CORNELL GROUP USA
Advisory in the Honduras Port Cortes Modernization Project.
NEITHAS GROUP INC.
Advisory in the Master Plan Ports elaboration to Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala.
Naval Officer
As a Naval Officer sailed around the world on board of ships of all types and tons of weight from different International shipping companies.
Flota Mercante Gran Colombiana, Colombia. SA
Navenal, Compañía Nacional de Navegación, Colombia. SA
Federico Ford Co.,
Compañía Nicaragüense de Navegación, Nicaragua. CA
Naviera Gas del Pacifico, S.A. DE C.V., México. CA
CONASTIL, Cartagena, Colombia.
As a Naval Officer worked on the operation of Conastil’s “Floating Dike Shipyard and Shop” for repairs of ships. Cartagena, Colombia.
PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
AMS, a division of AMERICAN MARINE SURVEYORS & APPRAISERS CONSULTANTS INC.
General business representative for Central America.
IBS - Isthmus Bureau of Shipping
IBS - Isthmus Bureau of Shipping is a Panamenian company that with its well-qualified team can carry out inspections and issue and provide you with different sorts of statutory certificates for your vessel, as per IMO and national regulation on its behalf.
Ever since Isthmus Bureau of Shipping (IBS), Panamà started in 1995, Marítimas MONSAN, S.A. is its General business representative for Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Belice.
MSB - Marine Surveyors Bureau
We are representatives in Guatemala and Belice, of “Marine Surveyors Bureau” MSB with headquarters in Panama.
SERVICONTAINERS LTDA, CHILE.
SERVICONTAINERS LTDA is a Chilean company specialized in the areas of Import & Export, Representation Services, Sales and Containers Inspection as well as Maritime Consulting Services.
Maritimas Monsan S.A. is SERVICONTAINERS LTDA’s general business representative for Central America and the Caribbean.
Private Consultant
Representing several Insurance companies in the United States, involved in the inspection of Vessels, Yachts, and Sailboats in the Caribbean and Central America Atlantic and Pacific oceans, for Condition – Insurance – Valuation Surveys and Reports.
NEITHAS Consultand
It participated in the study of the Master Plan Development of the port Quetzal in Guatemala.
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
As a Sr. Harbor Pilot with over 20 years of experience, Instructing and technical training of The Marine of the Defense harbor pilots.
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-MEXICO Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico. CA
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-Panama, Universidad Ulacit de Panama. Panama, CA
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “International Maritime Law” TRAIMAR-Panama, Universidad Especializada de Las Americas, UDELAS. Panama City, Panama. CA
Instructor TRANIMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “The Maritime Industry and Marine Surveying” TRAIMAR-Panama, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, ULACIT. Panama City, Panama. CA
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-Panama, Panama Maritime Surveyor Bureau. Inc. Panama, Panama. CA
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-Guatemala, “Empresa Portuaria Nacional”, Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla. Guatemala. CA
Instructor TRAIMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-Panama, Isthmus Bureau of Shipping Inc., Panama, Panama. CA
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Maritime Transportation” TRAIMAR-Panama, International Maritime Bureau, Inc Esso Standard Oil Itd, S.A., Panama, Panama.CA.
Instructor TRAINMAR 1.03 Code, according to the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Switzerland) TRAIMAR Program standards. “Naval Architecture for Surveyors” TRAIMAR-Panama, Universidad Tecnológica de Panama, Panama, CA
Instructor, “Shipping Agency General Administration”, INTECAP – Instituto Tecnico de Capacitacion de Guatemala, (Guatemalan Technical Training Institute). Guatemala City, Guatemala. CA
Instructor, of the “Asociación Gremial de Exportadores de Guatemala (AGEXPRONT)” “Union Association of Exporters of Guatemala”. “Distribución Internacional de Productos” “International Products Distribution Diploma”. Guatemala City, Guatemala. CA
EDUCATION:
REFERENCES: Furnished upon request
Upon request, references are available from companies listed below. These references are the result of over 20 years of a very productive professional career of services provided, and excellent business relationships. This high degree of excellence has been recognized by several Ports and Harbors authorities.