We offer an efficient, cost-efficient service for clients that need an accurate presentation of causes and mitigating factors in a large range of marine claims, accidents and damage incidents. Our expertise combined with our teams’ marine and engineering know-how helps us provide an accurate impartial assessment of the data presented.
We offer detailed investigative services probing structural strength, stability, navigational safety, mooring analyses, amongst other areas, to support clients in legal claims and disputes. We work with different data sources, typically from CDR (Voyage Data Recorders), and AIS (Automatic Identification Systems), or ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) and VTS (Vessel Traffic Services).
We can provide our marine claims investigations expertise for fixed and floating objects as follows:
Initial site investigation.
Desktop studies.
Expert advice on repair solutions and costs.
Third-party monitoring of repair contracts.
Advice on settlement of claims.
Sourcing replacement cargo handling systems.
Organising and management of repair contracts.
Marine pollution investigations
We can represent various parties and carry out the following in case of marine pollution incidents.
Investigation of the cause, nature, extend and effect of marine pollution.
Advice upon marine oil spill control methods to minimise pollution.
Preparation of oil spill contingency operations.
Review and approval of marine oil pollution claims.
Execution of environmental impact studies.
Feasibility studies relating to oil recovery.
Monitor OSRO carrying out recovery in a pollution incident.