Mehmet Kepce
Captain
Nationality: Turkish
45 years of experiences in the maritime services.
Water cruised: Aegean , Medditerrenean Sea , Black Sea, Baltic, Atlantic Sea, Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Work Experience:
*1970-1975 Chief Deck Officer and Bossman in cargo ships.
*1975 Moved to the Turkish Maritime Authority.
*1977 Received Captain’s License.
*1980 Worked as a Captain at the Halas 71 when Halas 71 was at the public service as a ferry.
*1995 Obtained Oceangoing Chief Officer Liscence. While he was working at the Turkish Maritime Authority’s public ferries, he was also lecturer at the Maritime Vocational School and served on the Examen Commission.
*2005 Retired from the Turkish Maritime Authority
*2005-2006 Worked as a captain at the merchant vessels and tankers.
*2006-2011 Worked as a captain at the private yachts including Halas 71 where she was already turned into luxury charterer.
*2014-2018 Worked as the Oceangoing Master and Oceangoing Chief Officer at the cargo ships.
*2021- Halas 71 Captain
Licences & Certificates:
Maritime licence: Oceangoing master & Chief Officer
1) Certificate of personal life saving techniques at sea
2) Basic first aid certificate
3) Fire preventation and fire fighting certificate
4) Personel safety and social responsibility certificate
5) Safety –Related white paper certificate
6) Security awereness certificate
7) Designated security duties document certificate
8) Life –saving certificate of proficiency using tools certificate
9) Radar observation and plotting document certificate
10) Automatic Radar plotting Aids (ARPA) certificate of use
11) Electronic chart display and information system (ecdis) certificate
12) Bridge resource managment certificate
13) First aid certificate
14) Medical care certificate
15) Advance fire fighting certificate
16) Fast rescue boats certificate
17) Passenger ship certificate
18) Ship security officer (ISPS)