Tom Roberts

Founding Partner, Mobile: 201.463-3832

Sale & Purchase, New Construction, Evaluations, Project Finance

Tom has been involved in the sale of tankers, bulkers, container vessels, tug boats, cement carriers, cruise and fast ferries since beginning his career as a ship sales and purchase broker in 1978. He completes hundreds of valuations each year and has extensive contacts in the ship finance community.

Tom was the President in 2010 and 2011 and is currently a Board Member of The Association of Ship Brokers and Agents, USA (ASBA). He is an Associate Member of the Marine Society of the City of New York (chartered in 1770). He is also a member of the Baltic Exchange in London, the Connecticut Maritime Association and is the founder of the Chappaqua Shipping Group.

In 2010 the Harvard Business School prepared a case study based on the process of valuing ships titled "Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships" using Tom as one of the case protagonists.

Tom has testified as an expert witness (ship appraiser) before the United States Bankruptcy Court (Southern District of New York), the United States District Court (Eastern District of Louisiana) and performed valuations for cases before the United States Tax Court. Tom has valued ships of all types including the world's only "rocket" ship - see www.sea-launch.com

Tom graduated from Indiana University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation Management. After completing his undergraduate studies, Tom attended a student exchange program in Rotterdam and participated in a training program at a major Dutch ship owning company. He then worked for Farrell Lines in New York while working on his Masters of Science degree in Ocean Transportation Management at State University of New York Maritime College.