Hydra Consulting is a boutique marine consultancy offering bespoke services in the ship/owner/bank/insurance/ chartering vetting/screening space, Incident Response planning and action, in addition consultancy services in the trading house/chartering/technical/cargo arena.
Hydra Consulting’s principle is Captain Jonathan R Stoneley who has many years experience in senior positions with the worlds largest trading houses and in the vetting/incident response/technical/cargo arena. Key experiences :
- 20 years with Cargill’s Ocean Transportation business unit as compliance manager, environmental manager and global head of technical operations with a fleet of 450 vessels. More latterly, Global Head of Operations for Noble Chartering Hong Kong.
- Incident response team leader for 20 years.
- Chairman of Rightship pte for 2 years and Director for over 8 years.
- Member of the Equasis Advisory Board for over 18 years.
- Fellow of The Nautical Institute and Younger Brother of Trinity House.
- 14 years at sea as Master to cadet on a variety of ship types. 3 years with London law firm Norton Rose and one year with Lloyds Register.
- A recognised global industry figure, speaker at many international conferences and the IMO.
- A detailed CV can be provided on request.
A “real expert” with years of relevant senior industry experience that provides expert advise on all vetting/incident/cargo and technical matters!
Our Values
Five core values express how we aim to behave and what we aspire to be as a team.
Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Respect, Safety
We go to great length to follow these fundamental principles, and as a values-driven organization, we trust that we will be successful if our clients are successful.