Shterev, a long-standing colleague in ABL’s expanding Black Sea operations, is an ex-Chief Engineer and Marine Superintendent with nine years of seafaring experience and more than 20 years as a marine surveyor.
His track record in the maritime industry covers a large variety of vessel types, with particular expertise in capesize bulk carriers, reefer vessels, and yachts.
Since coming ashore, Shterev has been an integral part of ABL’s marine consultancy team in Bulgaria, providing a range of technical services to de-risk and drive value in both maritime and offshore energy projects in the Black Sea. Shterev specializes in superyacht surveying, hull and machinery (H&M) claims support and marine warranty surveys.
He takes on his new position, having been a driving force in the inception of ABL’s operations in Romania, which is based in Constanta.
“Alex is a valued member of our team not only in the Black Sea but in supporting clients across Europe with marine solutions. Having been central to setting up our Romania office and helping drive many of our projects in the Romanian offshore energy space, Alex is the ideal candidate to take our local operations further so we can support more clients in this important chapter in the Black Sea’s history,” Lyubomir Djambazov, Sub Regional Director for ABL in the Black Sea.
ABL Romania provides energy, marine, and engineering consultancy solutions to support projects and assets across renewables, maritime, and oil & gas sectors. The team has been providing marine warranty survey (MWS) on two of Romania’s most significant offshore energy construction projects in recent years—the Midia Gas Development and Neptun Deep.
In addition to this, utilizing the wider ABL Group’s in-house expertise in renewable energy consulting, ABL Romania has supported the Black Sea’s first steps into offshore wind and floating solar with feasibility and market studies.
The local operations have rapidly grown and continue to do so, with a multi-disciplined engineering team led by engineering manager Alexandra Coman and assisted by technical assistant Loredana Carcea. ABL’s wider Black Sea operations include offices in Bulgaria and Turkey.
ABL is the energy and marine consultancy branch of Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group.
