Capt. Yves Vandenborn, FNI

Head of Loss Prevention Asia-Pacific at North Standard

Speaker

Yves Vandenborn is a master mariner and sailed with Exmar Nv. Belgium on chemical/product, LNG and LPG tankers. Since coming ashore in 2003, Yves has worked as a marine superintendent and as an independent marine surveyor undertaking numerous P&I condition surveys, oil major SIRE pre-vettings, TMSA audits, pre-purchase surveys, bulk carrier hatch cover ultra-sonic tests, etc.

Yves joined the club in Singapore in February 2010. Following the merger in 2023, he was appointed as Head of Loss Prevention, Asia-Pacific. In this capacity Yves oversees all loss prevention activities within the Asia-Pacific GeoSector, together with his team of five regional LP executives. These activities include providing guidance to members on a wide range of topics, benchmarking claims records and determining trends, contributing to crew seminars and member workshops and generally working on improving club/member engagement. Yves is also heading the Decarbonisation as well as the People and Wellbeing services offered by the club.

Yves regularly speaks at shipping industry events across the world on behalf of the club and the Nautical Institute. He uses his vast personal experience to explain serious issues in a way that is interesting and relevant to the audience. He uses anecdotes and lessons learnt from his sailing career to illustrate best practice guidelines, making him a welcome fixture at many speaking engagements.

Yves is a member of the Safe Navigation working group, part of the Singapore National Maritime Safety@Sea Council, which reviews the safe operation of the port of Singapore, reporting to the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore.

In line with his beliefs of giving back to the industry, Yves is currently closely engaged in maritime discourse topics such as seafarer wellbeing (physical, mental, and social), misdeclared container cargoes, vehicle car carrier fires and navigation related incidents.

Yves is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute and following his tenure as the Hon President of the Nautical Institute Singapore branch between 2020 and 2024, he was appointed to the Nautical Institute’s Executive Board. In this capacity, Yves works closely with the local maritime industry for the improvement of seafarer standards, safety and wellbeing.