Role of the Prudent Shipmaster: • Marine accident investigation • Charter Party disputes • Unsafe ports & berths • Due diligence • Navigation • Collisions • Groundings • Seamanship • ISM code • Hold cleanliness • Hatch covers • Cargo stowage & securing • Ship operations • Ship management • Ship performance • Seaworthiness • Passage planning • Fumigation • Liquefaction • Ship-handling • Weather routing • Containers • Bulk cargoes: coal, concentrates, grain, ore, fertilizer, steel, timber, rice, sugar, DRI, fines, scrap, cement, ...

Analysis of knots used in strangulation, hanging, binding of limbs & disabling a person • Experience in defining knot characteristics & comparisons with other evidence & to assess likely involvement of specific trades • Assessment of urgency of tying, skills involved & personal traits or habits evident in the manner of knot tying • Knot analysis for knots & bindings used in recreational activities, such as climbing, sailing, fishing, boating • Also those used in commercial seafaring & fishing • ...