Capt. Jitendra Misra
Managing Director, Emarat Maritime Ltd; Chairman, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, UAE; Secretary General, UAE Shipping Association and Director, BIMCO
Capt Jitendra Misra, Managing Director, Emarat Maritime LLC, Dubai has devoted 37 years of his life to the Maritime industry. The start of his distinguished career was as a Deck Cadet with India Steamship in 1971 and he steadily ascended the ranks to become one of the youngest Masters’ in the Indian shipping fleet. After over eight years in Command of General cargo ships, container vessels, Panamax and capsize bulk carriers, he stepped ashore in 1988 to take up commercial challenges ashore with a firm in UK. As a lead up to a shore based assignment, he completed the Final examinations of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London in 1988 and came 3rd on the International Merit List.
A call from the Middle East brought him to Dubai in February 1990, when he was involved in the set up and commencement of the ship-owning division of the Sharaf Group. His experience, qualifications and hard work enabled him to quickly climb up the corporate ladder. He is, since 1997, the Managing Director of Emarat Maritime Ltd.
Capt. Jitendra Misra is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London and a Member of the Institute's Controlling Council. He is the founding Chairman of the UAE Branch of the Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, London and after being the Honorary Corresponding Member for a number of years, he took the initiative to set up the UAE Section and was elected as the first Secretary General. Further, he is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London and is also is a founding member and Secretary General of the UAE Shipping Association. In 2009 he was elected Director of BIMCO.
His contributions to the Industry have been widely recognized by a number of organizations and in order to benefit from his rich experience, ClassNK set up their Middle East technical committee with Capt. Misra as the Chairman, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping have also elected him as a member of their Middle East Technical Committee and American Bureau of Shipping have elected him as a Member of the Society for 5 year term. In 2009, SEATRADE awarded him with the “Outstanding Achievement Award” and the International Bulk Journal (IBJ) honoured him with the “Life time Achievement Award” at the inaugural bulk awards held in Amsterdam.
A keen sportsman, he enjoys playing golf whenever he gets the opportunity.