WHO
My name is Brendan O’Shannassy and I am the founder of Katana Maritime.
Drawing upon a diverse background including the Royal Australian Navy, P&O Maritime, commercial pilotage and multiple decades successful captaincy I can find solutions for yacht owners, their teams and managers.
Partnering with leading firms provides the global reach depth to underwrite service delivery. This is more than brokerage, as a board member of the International Superyacht Society and Chair for the International Superyacht Society’s Captains Committee I maintain an awareness of the pressing issues affecting operating Yachts, their captains and their crews.
I maintain currency with my unlimited command license and am a qualified DPO and licensed Marine Pilot.
In addition to yachting based partnerships I remain active in commercial maritime as an advisory board member of Oropesa Port Management Pty Ltd, Australia.



Command History
MY ANDROMEDA (ULYSSES)
107m / 5937 gt
Captain


MY AMADEA (Project MISTRAL)
107m / 5937 gt
Build & Operational Captain
MY VAVA II (Project 55)
96m / 3393 gt
Build & Operational Captain


MY OCTOPUS
126m / 9932 gt
Refit & Operational Captain
MY PRINCESS MARIANA
79m / 2479 gt
Operational Captain

Published works
I write for several industry journals and speak at industry conventions.
A selection of these are given below.
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