About Medship
Mediterranean Shipping Agency was established on 1990 by Mr. Ali Farhat, naval architect, consulting marine engineer, marine surveyor and non-exclusive surveyor of international register shipping USA, with head office activity centered on Tunis, Rades and La Goulette and branches in Bizerta, Menzel Bourguiba and Gabes.
Operating in all Tunisian ports, the company employs qualified shipping professionals available to vessels round the clock, 7 days a week, always focused on the principal’s interests.
Medship assures customers of its best care and attention, arranging the smoothest call at the most economical turnaround.
In 1992, Medship expanded with a branch office at Bizerta to cover Bizerta and Menzel Bourguiba ports. One year later, a second branch office at Gabes was opened to cover Gabes, Zarzis, La Skhira and Sfax ports.
Ali Farhat Founder & General Manager
About Chairman of Medship
Ali Farhat was born in 1957 and is a marine engineer and naval architect. He earned his Baccalaureate Mathematics-Technics in 1976 and an Assistant Marine Engineer diploma in 1978 from the Merchant Marine High School in Sousse, Tunisia.
From 1979 to 1980, he served at the Direction Generale de la Marine Marchande in Tunis as assistant officer of Mercantile Marine, handling port management tariffing, vessel inspection and annual marine safety inspections.
From 1981 to 1983, he worked at Socomena Shipyard in Menzel Bourguiba as superintendent, responsible for estimation of repair costs, supervising vessel repairs and dry-docking operations.
More about the Chairman of Medship
In 1983, Ali Farhat reinstated the Merchant Marine High School and graduated in 1985 as a Marine Engineer Naval Architect. In August 1985, he obtained a certificate of instruction from the University of Louvain La Neuve in Belgium, Shipbuilding Department.
In September 1985, he returned to Socomena Shipyard in Menzel Bourguiba and took charge of the following responsibilities:
Manager of Maintenance Department of following equipment
- Air-compressors, sand blasting machines, high pressure pumps and related equipment.
- Mobile cranes from 3T up to 45 tons capacity, gantry cranes, electric cranes and travelling crane trucks.
Manager of Piping Heat Exchanger Department
- Boilers on board ship.
- Refrigerating installations on board ships.
- Coolers.
- Fresh water, seawater, gas oil and steam piping.
Manager of Design Department
- Technical specifications for trawlers, tuna ships, barges and fishing boats.
- Preliminary plans for fishing boats.
- Elaboration of building plans.
References Since 1988 Marine Surveyor
- Draft surveys on vessels loading and discharging bulk cargoes.
- Marine safety inspection for a towed barge from Menzel Bourguiba to St. Nazaire.
- Supervising fishing boat building in Tunisian shipyards.
- Off-hire and on-hire surveys.
- Supervising lightening operations.
- Condition surveys for bulk carriers and general cargo vessels.
- Annual survey work for Lloyd registers and Hellenic Register of Shipping.
- Cranes re-certification for Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company Ltd.
- Non-exclusive surveyor for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and Registro Italiano Navale.
Ship's Design & Stability Calculation
- Design and stability calculations for trawlers, yachts, fishing boats and passenger ships.
- Design and stability calculation for coast fishing boats ranging from 3.4 up to 12 meters.
- Class surveyor and non-exclusive surveyor of International Register of Shipping, New Miami, USA, in charge of Tunisia.